Local biking enthusiasts will be pleased to learn that planning permission looks likely to be granted soon for the construction of a BMX track in Little Stoke Park. The professionally-designed track will have about 15 jumps and two turns. Read more: South Gloucestershire Council
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The Asian community in the South-West will be celebrating Diwali in Bradley Stoke’s Town Square this coming weekend. Radio Mast FM, an Asian radio channel in the South-West, is staging a road show on Saturday afternoon (17th October) to mark the occasion of Diwali (festival of light) – celebrated by Hindus all over the world. The theme of the event
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An exhibition has opened in Bradley Stoke Library to show plans of new cycle routes being proposed as part of the Cycling City project in South Gloucestershire. Greater Bristol (the area governed by Bristol City Council and South Gloucestershire Council) was named as England’s first ‘Cycling City’ in 2008 and has received £11.4 million of government funding, matched by an
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Plans for an extension of Bradley Stoke Library have been submitted for approval after funding for the project was announced in South Gloucestershire Council’s 2009/2010 budget earlier this year. Documents supporting the application justify the work on the grounds that Bradley Stoke Library currently provides just 13.7sqm of space per 1,000 residents compared to the value of 30sqm recommended by
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A new bowls club could take up residence at Bradley Stoke’s Baileys Court Activity Centre in 2010, following secret talks between Deputy Mayor Ben Walker and a former president of the now disbanded Northavon Bowls Club. The bowling green at Baileys Court has been virtually unused for the past two seasons after the old bowls club failed to come to
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A number of youth football teams in Bradley Stoke are looking to recruit new players as the 2009/2010 season gets under way. Bradley Stoke Youth FC is recruiting players for its new Under-7s team. Contact Marlon on 07872 399053, or Gunnar on 01179 096557 if you are interested. Bradley Stoke Youth FC also needs players for its new Under-10s and
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The Friends of Jubilee Green group have announced that Bradley Stoke’s new adventure play park at Savages Wood Road is now fully open. The park had been temporarily closed for a few days after the official opening on Friday 24th July “to allow completion of the site”. Information on the Friends website says: “Following the incredibly popular opening of the
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Local football club Bradley Stoke Youth FC is to start three girls’ teams in the new season that starts in September. The club says it is looking for female players for three new teams covering the U9, U10 and U11 age groups. Training for all teams will start on August 11th and all interested girls are welcome to attend. The
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Bradley Stoke Town Council (BSTC) has issued a statement confirming that the recently-opened play park on Jubilee Green has been temporarily closed “to allow completion of the site”. The move confirms a comment left by a reader on this website yesterday (Monday 27th July), which claimed that the park had already been closed just days after the grand opening last
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Scores of families and children turned out this afternoon to see Mayor Mark Forsyth officially open the new Jubilee Green Park at Savages Wood Road, Bradley Stoke. The adventure playground has been under construction since May and there was doubt that it could be completed in time for today’s grand opening. Workmen were still clearing away equipment and fencing just
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