Accessible bench installed in Patchway, funded by the Local Sustainable Transport Fund.

Accessible benches installed around Patchway

A number of accessible benches have been installed around a popular walking route in Patchway. Six bright red ‘Balmoral’ style benches have been positioned at various points around the Patchway walking trails which link routes in the area to local amenities including shops and health services. The benches have been specially designed to be accessible to a wide range of

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Filton Airfield's hangar 16S, where the main heritage exhibition of the proposed Bristol Aero Museum will be located.

Budget boost for Bristol Aerospace Museum

The Bristol Aero Collection Trust has been awarded a £2 million grant from the LIBOR fund (of fines imposed on banks) to support the creation of the Bristol Aerospace Centre, an aerospace industrial museum and learning centre on Filton’s historic airfield site, one of the birthplaces of British aviation. The new museum will be located on the Patchway side of

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The Wild Place Project, Cribbs Causeway.

Volunteering opportunities that help bring conservation to life!

By Jade Stott (Volunteer Coordinator) and Gayle La Croix (Operations Manager) of the Wild Place Project. The Wild Place Project, located near Cribbs Causeway, is a fun, family attraction that provides outdoor adventure, play and learning. Opened by the Bristol Zoological Society, with an emphasis on protecting threatened habitats on our doorsteps and around the globe, the Wild Place Project aims

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Pupils at Callicroft Primary School, Patchway wearing high visibility vests donated by Specsavers.

Specsavers’ hi-vis jackets help Callicroft kids stay safe in winter

A donation of high-visibility vests to a Patchway school will help ensure the pupils can “stay safe and be seen” during the winter months. As part of Specsavers’ national sponsorship of Road Safety Week (coordinated annually by Brake), the store at Unit 30, The Mall, Cribbs Causeway handed over hundreds of high-visibility vests to Callicroft Primary School at the beginning of December. Gaurav

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Charlton Hayes Autumn Fun Day on Saturday 18th October 2014.

Charlton Hayes Autumn Fun Day

Residents of Charlton Hayes are invited to a community BBQ and fun day on Saturday (18th October), organised by the community development worker and resident volunteers. The fun day, which runs from 12pm to 2.30pm, will be a celebration of autumn and will also give residents the opportunity to learn about safety on a building site (construction industry mascot Ivor Goodsite

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Barratt and David Wilson Homes site at Charlton Hayes, Patchway, Bristol.

Charlton Hayes community consultation

Charlton Hayes residents are being given the opportunity to give their feedback on what it is like to live in a new development. Some residents have been living in this evolving community for close on three years, while the development grows ever bigger. The consultation will look at issues such as the impact of parking, anti-social behaviour, the needs for

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