An advertised eight-week closure of Little Stoke Lane, to install a series of traffic-calming ‘raised tables’, has caused confusion amongst local drivers and bus passengers. The closure was advertised on the website roadworks.org yesterday (Sunday 3rd February) and yellow signs along the road confirm a closure of eight weeks, starting from today (Monday 4th February). One bus passenger, writing on
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The 85-year-old Stoke Gifford Branch of the Royal British Legion (RBL) is holding a fundraising concert for the Legion’s Poppy Appeal/Welfare Fund, featuring the ever-popular Westerly Showband. The concert takes place on Saturday 23rd February 2013, in the Old School Rooms, Stoke Gifford, starting at 7:30pm. Tickets paid for in advance are £5; at the door £6. For advance tickets,
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Abbeywood Community School became an Academy on 1st January 2013. Along with Bradley Stoke Community School (which already has Academy status since the start of 2012), Abbeywood will now be maintained by the Olympus Academy Trust and not by South Gloucestershire Council. This means that whilst the school is state funded and sponsored by the Olympus Academy Trust, it remains
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Objections to proposals to replace priority narrowings in Little Stoke Lane with a series of full-width raised tables are to be considered at a Council meeting this week. South Gloucestershire Council’s Planning, Transport & Strategic Environment (PTSE) Committee, meeting in Kingswood on Wednesday, will consider three objections to the Traffic Regulation Order (TRO) that was advertised between 20th November and
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Concerned local residents who attended a public meeting called to discuss proposed new housing developments on green belt land to the east of Harry Stoke claimed they haven’t been properly consulted on the plans that could see 3,200 new homes constructed by 2027. Today’s meeting in Little Stoke Community Hall, organised by the Hambrook Lane Action Group, was attended by
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New coach service from UWE to Bristol Airport Greyhound UK has announced that it is introducing a new express coach service between South Wales and Bristol Airport from Monday 11th March. The service will call at the UWE campus in Stoke Gifford, providing a new public transport option between North Bristol and the airport. Existing coach services from UWE include
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South Gloucestershire Council has granted formal planning permission for the new UWE Stadium in Stoke Gifford, following successful conclusion of negotiations over the scheme’s ‘Section 106’ obligations. Councillors originally resolved to approve the 21,700 seat stadium in July, subject to completion of the Section 106 agreement which sets out its contributions and enhancements to local infrastructure and amenities. With negotiations
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The 21,700 seater stadium that Bristol Rovers plan to build on land near the University of the West of England (UWE) in Stoke Gifford, is now unlikely to be ready for the start of the 2014/15 season, as the club had originally hoped. Media reports in the past week have quoted Club Chairman Nick Higgs as saying that the opening
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Braydon Avenue is to regain a frequent bus service from next week, when the Wessex Red no. 13 service is extended to serve Bradley Stoke. Currently running between the Frenchay campus of the University of the West England (UWE) and Bristol city centre, the service will be extended to the Willow Brook Centre from Monday 14th January. Buses will run
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Almost 200 jobs are being created in Stoke Gifford with the opening of a call centre run by Harmoni, the country’s largest provider of urgent care services. Harmoni has been awarded the contract to run the new NHS 111 service by NHS Bristol, North Somerset and South Gloucestershire. NHS 111 is being introduced to make it easier for people to
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