A popular car boot sale that takes place near Bradley Stoke will reopen for the 2022 season on Easter Sunday (17th April), organisers have told the Journal. The weekly Trench Lane Boot Sale usually runs until the end of October. Fields at the site were mown today (Friday 15th April) in preparation for Sunday’s reopening.
Continue readingWork gets under way on McDonald’s & Starbucks units at Willow Brook
Work has started on the construction of two new fast food & drink restaurants, both with drive-through facilities, at Bradley Stoke’s Willow Brook Centre. The foundation pads for the McDonald’s building are already in place. The work is expected to take six months to complete, indicating an anticipated opening date of August.
Continue readingGold award for Bradley Stoke Town Council
Bradley Stoke Town Council has been recognised for its standards of governance, community leadership and council development by successfully applying for a Quality Gold Award, the highest-achievable level within the Local Council Award Scheme, which is overseen by the National Association of Local Councils (NALC).
Continue readingAnother setback for town council’s troubled play area project
Bradley Stoke Town Council’s troubled £105,000 project to “refresh” the play area at Baileys Court Activity Centre has suffered another embarrassing setback. The latest delay has been caused by the contractors making a “surveying error”, meaning that some items of new play equipment won’t be able to fit in their approved positions.
Continue readingTwo town council trucks damaged in suspected arson attack
Two vehicles belonging to Bradley Stoke Town Council were severely damaged in a suspected arson attack in the early hours of Sunday 3rd April. A private vehicle parked in Sherbourne Avenue was also set alight in the early hours. The incidents are understood to account for just three of a total of 20+ vehicles damaged across north Bristol.
Continue readingWinter update from the nature conservation group
Winter report from the Three Brooks Nature Conservation Group covering bird survey, newt pond clear ups, fallen tree clearance, bramble bashing, community orchard and hedge laying. Why not join them on their next monthly workday, on the first Saturday of every month? Or try Green Gym, which meets every Thursday.
Continue readingMulti-trail Easter Egg Hunt set for return to Bradley Stoke area
Local charity The Brightwell has announced that its fundraising Easter Egg Hunt is returning to Bradley Stoke for 2022, with a start date of Monday 11th April. Like last year, families will follow trails around the Bradley Stoke area to search for hidden letters displayed on decorated Easter eggs…
Continue readingPath improvement works under way at Three Brooks Lake
The path around the north side of the lake in Bradley Stoke’s Three Brooks Local Nature Reserve has been closed for seven weeks, starting Monday 7th March, for surfacing works. The footpath improvement is part of a £250,000 lake desilting and improvement scheme, the main body of which was carried out in late 2021.
Continue readingTraders set to return to town square after licensing issue finally resolved
A popular mobile butcher’s van and other market traders are expected to return to the town square at Bradley Stoke’s Willow Brook Centre in the coming days following a near-six-month break caused by a licensing issue. The hiatus came after a routine inspection by the local authority found that the site’s block street trading consent had expired in 2017.
Continue readingLabour edge controversial South ward by-election with 3 percent swing
The Labour Party has won a second seat on Bradley Stoke Town Council in a controversial by-election that is likely to have cost ratepayers upwards of £8,000 to stage. The seat, one of seven representing the South ward on the 15-seat town council, became vacant on the sad passing of mayor Michael Hill (Conservative) in November last year.
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