Just one month after the official opening of Bradley Stoke’s new town centre, construction of phase 2 of the development is now well under way. The main component of the second phase is the so-called Retail Terrace, a row of larger non-food retail units tailored to suit the needs of major national retailers. Unit one, on the corner of the
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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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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’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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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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The Journal’s photographer has been out and about all day recording events in and around the Willow Brook Centre on its opening day. The day started shortly before 8am, as a group of keen shoppers queued to be the first into the new Tesco Extra store. When the doors opened, a number of lucky customers were rewarded with Tesco shopping
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A squad of former Gurkha soldiers, armed with “here to help” lollipop signs, is today on duty in the car park of Bradley Stoke’s Willow Brook Centre, helping shoppers find their way into the new development. But what will you find when you get there? Check out The Journal’s live guide to what’s open and what’s not. UPDATE: Reflections hairdressing
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The Willow Brook Centre, Bradley Stoke’s new town centre development, opened its doors to the public today, when the giant new Tesco Extra store began trading. A small group of shoppers and representatives of the local media assembled outside the Town Square entrance to the centre’s shopping mall shortly before 8am this morning. On the stroke of eight o’clock, the
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This was the scene shortly before 8am this morning (Monday 13th October) after workmen had toiled through the night to get Bradley Stoke’s new Town Square ready for today’s official opening of the Willow Brook Centre. The stone pillars in the foreground are intended to support a set of wrought iron gates brought over from France, but construction difficulties meant
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