A report on the prize-giving ceremony held at Almondsbury Garden Centre. “The range of gardens was amazing, from well-established ones to several very new ‘lockdown’ gardens, but whether new or old, big or small, the care and attention and the pride taken was very evident in them all.”
Continue readingResidents and businesses invited to enter mayor’s half-term charity scarecrow trail
It is with great excitement that Bradley Stoke Town Council invites the schools, businesses and residents of Bradley Stoke, to participate in a new community event that the town council will be hosting during the October half-term.
Continue readingAdvance booking now available on T1 bus service
With passenger capacity on buses significantly reduced due to social distancing measures, First West of England is trialling an online system that allows customers to reserve space on specific journeys, thereby eliminating the risk of being unable to board because the bus is full.
Continue readingSummer roadworks ‘lock-in’ for the Stokes
Road users in the Stokes have had to contend with multiple sets of roadworks and diversions across the area since the last week in July, leading some residents to joke that the council is imposing a summer ‘lock in’. This article from our September magazine has been updated with the latest projected completion dates for the schemes currently in progress.
Continue reading“Fantastic” GCSE results for BSCS students
The 2020 GCSE results at Bradley Stoke Community School are reported to be “broadly in line” with last year’s outcomes, with 85 percent of students achieving a grade 4 or above in both English and maths (82 percent last year) and 60 percent achieving at least a grade 5 in both subjects (56 percent last year).
Continue readingChanges to bus routes and operating frequencies from Sunday 6th September
Timetable changes coming into effect on Sunday 6th September 2020 will see two new bus services operating in Bradley Stoke as Stagecoach’s 77 and 3B are replaced by new routes. There are also changes to services in the neighbouring areas of Little Stoke and Stoke Gifford.
Continue readingBradley Stoke in Bloom report for August
We’re slowly finding our new normal and have been able to complete a few tasks, even though we’ve yet to reinstate our regular workdays and the blazing hot weather has not been kind to any of us gardeners. Plus: Debbie (the calf) and Treacle (the dog) have both been stolen from our display on Manor Farm Roundabout.
Continue readingRabbit Roundabout works nearing completion
Work on a £2.9m scheme of major improvements at Great Stoke (Rabbit) Roundabout is still on track to be completed by the end of September, three months ahead of schedule. A three-week period of overnight road closures that began on 5th August was drawing to an end as we went to press.
Continue readingBSCS reports another set of “strong outcomes” in Post-16 results
Bradley Stoke Community School reports that its 2020 Post-16 grades are “broadly in line with the strong outcomes of last year”, with all students managing to secure places at their chosen universities and apprenticeship opportunities.
Continue readingBrook Way and Orpheus Avenue daytime road closures start Thursday
Motorists in the Stokes will have to contend with yet another series of road closures from Thursday 13th August 2020 when a major resurfacing scheme gets under way on Orpheus Avenue and the southern end of Brook Way. The work is expected to last four weeks.
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