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Monday 28th March 2022 SH (Editor)

Path 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.

Photo showing part of the path that will be resurfaced.

Sunday 6th March 2022 SH (Editor)

Three Brooks Lake path set to be closed for 7 weeks

The path around the north side of the lake in Bradley Stoke’s Three Brooks Local Nature Reserve is set to be closed for seven weeks from Monday (7th March 2022), for surfacing works. The work forms part of a £250,000 lake desilting and improvement scheme, the main part of which was carried out in November and December last year.

Aerial photo of an amphibious excavator working in a lake.

Tuesday 23rd November 2021 SH (Editor)

£250,000 lake desilting project gets under way

The long-awaited project to desilt the lake in Bradley Stoke’s Three Brooks Local Nature Reserve finally got under way on Monday 1st November when South Gloucestershire Council’s specialist contractor Land & Water Services Ltd moved onto the site. The work is expected to take 6 weeks to complete, i.e. until mid-December.

Photo of dead and dying fish on the surface of a lake.

Friday 17th September 2021 SH (Editor)

Sewage overflow devastates wildlife in Three Brooks Lake

A blockage in a sewer pipe is thought to have led to a pollution incident that has had devastating consequences for aquatic wildlife in Bradley Stoke’s Three Brooks Lake. Following sightings of fish struggling to breathe and dying on Friday 27th August, the Environment Agency was immediately alerted via its pollution incident hotline.