2018 - Patchway Journal

L-r: South Gloucestershire councillors Pat Rooney and Eve Orpen.

Wednesday 14th November 2018 SH (Editor)

Long-serving Patchway councillor Eve Orpen steps down due to ill health

A local councillor who has represented the Patchway ward on South Gloucestershire Council for many years has stepped down from the role due to ongoing health issues. Eve Orpen, who has been undergoing cancer treatment for over two years, submitted her resignation from the council today (14th November). Cllr Orpen said: “I have found it difficult to fulfil my district

Photo of students (l-r) Kieran Mock, Seb Cardenas and Joshua Johnstone, pictured after receiving their Post-16 examination results.

Wednesday 22nd August 2018 SH (Editor)

Post-16 examination successes at Patchway Community School

Details of this year’s Post-16 examination results for students at Patchway Community School show that 44 percent of all grades awarded were in the A*-B band (compared to 51 percent in 2017). The overall pass rate was 98 percent. Students’ performance in vocational subjects remains strong, with 74 percent of all grades awarded being at Distinction level or above, which

Charlton Wood Primary Academy - ground-breaking ceremony.

Tuesday 31st July 2018 SH (Editor)

Construction starts on new £5.6m primary school in Charlton Hayes

Bristol construction firm Beard marked the start of works on the new Charlton Wood Primary Academy with an official ground-breaking ceremony carried out by new headteacher Neil Lankester. Beard is working with Endeavour Academy Trust and South Gloucestershire Council on the delivery of the £5.6 million state-of-the-art academy which is being built on the North Field section of the old

Photo of building 250 at the Aztec West Business Park.

Saturday 16th June 2018 SH (Editor)

Aztec West office block granted listed status

Motorists queuing to get out of the Aztec West Business Park during the afternoon peak certainly have plenty of time to take in their surroundings, but how many of them realise that they are crawling past an architectural gem recently given protected status by Historic England? An office block at 210 to 290 Park Avenue, visible on the left of

Tuesday 17th April 2018 SH (Editor)

BBC Antiques Roadshow jets into Patchway

BBC One’s ever-popular Sunday evening programme Antiques Roadshow is coming to north Bristol on Thursday 17th May. Fiona Bruce and the team of Antiques Roadshow experts will be waiting to welcome you, so dust off your family heirlooms and dig out those car boot bargains and bring them along for free advice and valuations to visitors. The Roadshow will be

Signing of the Cribbs Patchway New Neighbourhood Framework Agreement.

Wednesday 21st March 2018 SH (Editor)

‘Filton Keynes’ framework agreement signed

South Gloucestershire Council (SGC) has announced the completion of an important agreement between developers and landowners which will see thousands of new homes and supporting infrastructure built at the Cribbs Patchway New Neighbourhood (CPNN) over the next ten years. The new neighbourhood will provide approximately 5,700 dwellings, around 50 hectares of employment land, open spaces, schools, community facilities, a new