Just in time for half-term, Jimmy Deane’s Fruit, Veg & Salad has today (Monday 24th October) commenced trading in the town square at Bradley Stoke’s Willow Brook Centre. Jimmy Deane’s will be open every Monday, Friday and Saturday, selling a full range of fresh produce with stock carefully selected by hand to ensure the best quality. The local greengrocer has several
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My wife and I do our shopping as often as we can at Yate town centre. There is a very good reason for this, as apart from the much better choice of shops, it’s the flowers – there are hanging baskets throughout the centre (see photo). As you walk through the precinct, you are greeted by these huge hanging baskets
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Tesco and the BP Pension Fund have sold Bradley Stoke’s Willow Brook Centre to CBRE Global Investment Partners (GIP) for £88.8m. The centre was originally developed by Spenhill, the regeneration subsidiary of Tesco, but a 50 percent share was acquired by the BP Pension Fund in July 2008, three months before the centre opened, forming an £80 million joint venture.
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The Willow Brook Centre will be on the Batphone inviting all budding superheroes to join them on Thursday 28th July when the Dark Knight rides into town. Batman has left Gotham City to bring the Batmobile to Bradley Stoke. The Batmobile from the 1989 film, starring Michael Keating, will be on display in the town square for families to see. The
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The Willow Brook Centre is celebrating the release of the new ‘Alice Through the Looking Glass’ film with an Alice themed spectacular on Tuesday 31st May. Bradley Stoke youngsters are in for a wonderful day of free craft with lots of amazing Alice characters appearing in the shopping centre throughout the day. There will be fun and slapstick from a
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A new Holland & Barrett store is to open this Wednesday (18th May) at Bradley Stoke’s Willow Brook shopping centre. The store is located within the mall unit previously occupied by Excellence Spa, between Vodafone and Carphone Warehouse. The unit has been closed since the Excellence Spa business suddenly ceased trading in mid-August 2015, leaving some customers with unredeemed gift vouchers. It was repossessed by the
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Families in Bradley Stoke will be able to celebrate the start of spring at a FREE fun day at the Willow Brook Centre this Thursday (7th April). There will be comedy from Leek FM’s expert gardeners Pete and Ged Moss (complete with their musical wheelbarrow and the world’s largest sprout). They will be joined by friends Greenfinger Folk – a pair of
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Tesco is inviting everyone to get into the festive spirit with a Christmas market at its Bradley Stoke Extra store. The retailer is recruiting more Christmas helpers than ever this year, and has asked communities and some of their local suppliers to join them preparing for the festive season. On Saturday 19th December, between 11am and 3pm, customers will walk
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Five lucky families won back stage passes to meet CBeebies presenter Andy Day at the Willow Brook Centre’s Christmas switch-on event on Saturday (21st November). The Armstrong, James, Jones, Smythe and Stodgell families all won a competition run by Willow Brook on Facebook to meet Andy before he switched on the lights. Crowds of Bradley Stoke residents gathered at Willow Brook
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CBeebies presenter Andy Day (of Andy’s Dinosaur Adventures fame) will wow the children of Bradley Stoke when he switches on the Christmas Lights at Willow Brook Centre this Saturday (21st November). Andy, who is starring in Snow White at the Bristol Hippodrome, will light up the town centre alongside Father Christmas at 5pm. Shoppers who complete a special Christmas trail around the
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