South Gloucestershire Council (SGC) is inviting further comments on proposed works at the Brook Way/Braydon Avenue roundabout [map] in Bradley Stoke following amendments made to the scheme after the initial public consultation, which ran from 5th May to 13th July. The roundabout junction has been included in the Council’s “accident concentration list” after four personal injury accidents occurred there in
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Bradley Stoke has plenty of events to keep the children occupied this half term, with activities on offer at the Leisure Centre, Library and Three Brooks Local Nature Reserve. Bradley Stoke Leisure Centre’s October Holiday Programme (for children aged four to sixteen) runs from Monday 27th Oct to Tuesday 4th Nov and includes activities ranging from trampolining to short tennis.
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Less than two weeks after the opening of Bradley Stoke’s new Tesco Extra store in the Willow Brook Centre, the town’s old Tesco store is quickly being reduced to rubble. Local firm Bath Demolition has the contract to tear down the redundant store, a task that is expected to take six weeks according to a source on site. Once the
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Construction of a new footpath/cycleway on the east side of Bradley Stoke Way (close to Bradley Stoke Leisure Centre) has started, following a public consultation on the plans earlier this year. The new path [map] will link the Pelican Crossing near the Leisure Centre to the end of an existing footpath that runs from Ellicks Close up to Bradley Stoke
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The Nationwide Building Society agency, operated by 1st Equity, opened its doors on Monday (20th October) in Bradley Stoke’s new Willow Brook Centre. This means that all tenants of the Centre that were initially intending to be trading on the official opening day of Monday 13th October are now open for business. Elsewhere in the Centre, a press release put
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Bradley Stoke will continue to be served by Frenchay Hospital after the new acute hospital at Southmead opens its doors in 2013. A report published by the Frenchay Project Group shows Bradley Stoke lying within the “catchment area” for the new community facilities at the downgraded Frenchay Hospital. The report says: The catchment area that has been agreed is for
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Bradley Stoke’s new Greggs bakery store opened today in the Town Square of the Willow Brook Centre. The store was originally scheduled to open yesterday (Thursday), but problems with the property’s power supply delayed the opening until today. Manageress Sarah Walden told The Journal the store had been doing a brisk trade this morning and staff commented on how friendly
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Works on Patchway Railway Bridge, closed to traffic in a southbound direction since May, are likely to take a further six months to complete according to a source at South Gloucestershire Council (SGC). A notice appeared last week in the Bristol Evening Post announcing the extension of the road closure order for an anticipated period of 10 weeks from 15th
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A further two stores are now trading in Bradley Stoke’s recently opened Willow Brook Centre. Reflections (hairdressing salon) opened its doors yesterday (Tuesday 14th), while Costa Coffee begins serving the general public this morning, following a “preview session” for selected guests yesterday afternoon. Opening offers at Reflections include £10 off hair styling (ask in store for full details). The salon
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Police have called a public “walk through” meeting to discuss incidents of anti-social behaviour along a pedestrian route into Bradley Stoke’s new town centre. The move comes after the matter was agreed as a priority issue at a recent meeting of the Bradley Stoke Safer & Stronger Community Group. A recent article in The Journal highlighted the concerns of residents
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