The replacement of a number of cushion-type speed bumps on the access road of the Willow Brook shopping centre with new, more severe, full-width bumps sparked extensive debate on the Journal’s Facebook page during March. The reader who started the discussion remarked on the “large traffic queue” that had formed because of drivers slowing to a crawl as they passed
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Bradley Stoke’s Willow Brook shopping centre got the festive season off to a bright start on the evening of Friday 16th November with a programme of entertainment in the town square rounded off by a spectacular fireworks display. A packed crowd enjoyed performances by Britain’s Got Talent finalist Andrew Bourn, who sang a selection of Christmas songs, and fire jugglers
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New Friday evening spot for popular festive function. The official start of Christmas festivities at Bradley Stoke’s Willow Brook shopping centre will be celebrated with a spectacular firework display on Friday 16th November. This year’s seasonal lights switch-on is set to be nothing short of sensational, with live music from Britain’s Got Talent (BGT) finalists, fire jugglers and more. The
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Beach lovers will be delighted with the news that Bradley Stoke will welcome back sand, smiles and deckchairs next summer. Whilst the Willow Brook Centre can’t promise the return of the ‘summer of sunshine’, it will be reinstating its very own beach in the summer of 2019. Thousands of visitors to the shopping centre relaxed, played and enjoyed the artificial
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As our ‘new town centre’ reaches the tenth anniversary of its opening (today, 13th October), centre manager Andy Wynn reflects on its first decade… I think that, on the whole, the local community can be proud of the effect Willow Brook has driven over the last ten years. Whether it is the thousands of people who have, at some point,
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Discount retailer The Works looks set to open at Bradley Stoke’s Willow Brook shopping centre by the end of June. A statement placed on the centre’s Facebook page this morning (Monday 18th June) reads: “We are delighted to announce that The Works will be joining us at Willow Brook. Their shopfitters are hard at work and they expect to be trading by the end
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The Vodafone store at Bradley Stoke’s Willow Brook shopping centre has closed down, with effect from the end of business on Monday 26th February. A Vodafone spokesperson told the Journal: “We are always looking to expand our presence on the UK high-street. Vodafone has three shops open in Bristol and we have just finished expanding our experience store in Bristol
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Live music, children’s entertainers, fairground rides and Santa’s grotto will greet shoppers at the live turn-on of the Willow Brook Centre’s Christmas lights. The festivities will begin at midday on Saturday 18th November, with the big switch-on happening at 5pm. A Robbie Williams tribute act will entertain the crowds during the afternoon; there will also be music in the mall
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Brother and sister Callum and Chloe Cockle had a thrilling start to Christmas when they switched on the lights at Willow Brook Centre on Saturday 19th November. Callum (9) and Chloe (7), from Southmead, won a competition on the Willow Brook Centre’s Facebook page to be chosen to turn on the Christmas lights alongside Santa Claus at a fun day
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Families will be able to meet two beautiful baby dragons at a special Halloween event in Bradley Stoke this half-term. The young dragons, or whelps as they are known, will be the stars of the Willow Brook Centre’s free Halloween Spooktacular on Friday 28th October. The infant European dragons or Draco Occidentalis hatched in a small sanctuary in Wales, are known
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