A public consultation has been launched to gather local views on a proposal to stage a weekly 5km parkrun event in the Three Brooks Local Nature Reserve. The consultation is being run by Bradley Stoke Town Council, some of whose members have voiced concerns about the use of the nature reserve for an event that could attract hundreds of runners every Saturday morning.
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Revised proposals for a weekly parkrun in Bradley Stoke’s Three Brooks Local Nature Reserve are to be discussed at the town council’s Annual Meeting on Wednesday (17th May). The parkrun volunteer group has submitted its formal application to South Glos Council, albeit with an updated run route compared to the one that was presented to town councillors in March.
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A new application to stage a weekly 5km parkrun on Saturday mornings in Bradley Stoke’s Three Brooks Local Nature Reserve looks set to be formally submitted to the landowner, South Gloucestershire Council, in the coming days. The news comes seven years after a similar application was made following the controversial demise of the Little Stoke parkrun…
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Details of an application made by local representatives of parkrun UK to hold two weekly running events in Bradley Stoke’s Three Brooks Local Nature Reserve have been published on the town council’s website. The application has been made to South Gloucestershire Council (SGC), which owns the nature reserve and will make the final decision on whether or not to grant permission, but the
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Members of Bradley Stoke Town Council (BSTC) have continued to express concern about a new weekly parkrun being established in the town’s Three Brooks nature reserve, despite assurances from an expert that the proposed event “will not conflict with the designation or long term management of the site”. The town council’s previous request that South Gloucestershire Council (SGC), which owns
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With the future of the Little Stoke parkrun under threat after Stoke Gifford Parish Council signalled its intention to levy a charge of £1 per runner towards the maintenance costs of Little Stoke Park, it has been revealed that Bradley Stoke’s Three Brooks Local Nature Reserve (LNR) is being considered as an alternative venue for the popular Saturday morning running
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I would like to voice my opinion on the Little Stoke parkrun matter (see the recent article on the Stoke Gifford Journal website). Every which way you look, we are being urged to be more active, be more of a community, be more sociable, and give more back to the community by volunteering. From the ‘Big Society’, to ‘NHS Live
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