Category: News & Events

Apple Pressing in the Community Orchard, Park St BS4 on Sunday 10th October starting at 12 noon. Come and join us for some lovely fresh apple juice. Bring a bottle and any spare apples you may have.

Special Bat EditionThanks to Kelly Sheldrick and the BS3/4 Bat Group for this special edition on bats.     If anyone else would like to write a special edition of Wildlife News focusing on your favourite animals or native plants or on the wilding of a local green space in Bristol, get[…]

Totterdown Arts Trail 2021 Bristol’s longest-running, and finest art trail could be returning in 2021, so pencil the date in your diary – 20th & 21st November 2021. Organisers Luciana Bearman and Cai Burton are looking to provide a weekend filled with fun, creativity and a chance to explore the[…]

TRESAcic has made the following points, specific to the Totterdown area, in connection with the consultation on the A4 Bristol to Bath corridor. The survey is here: https://consultation.westofengland-ca.gov.uk/infrastructure/bristoltobathsurvey/ You can also email your views to: bristoltobath@westofengland-ca.gov.uk But you’ll have to be quick – the consultation closes 10th September 2021 ————[…]

TALKING TREES AND OTHER STORIES – Art exhibition by Ben O’Neill Opening night FRIDAY 10 SEPTEMBER 7-10pm. Everyone welcome, free entry, bar and canapes Then 11-26 September, Open Friday to Tuesday 10-4pm daily (closed Wednesday/Thursday) Paintings, prints and cards for sale – all proceeds to The Forest of Avon Trust[…]

The late summer sunshine is lovely, but there is definitely an autumnal nip in the air once the sun goes down, and still some unease as we watch the Covid infections rate with an anxious eye. It would be great to think that we can finally get back to enjoying[…]

Bat Night at Victoria Park. Ecologist, Alex Morss, led a recent bat survey in Victoria Park. As well as eight bat species identified over recent years, other nocturnal creatures in Victoria Park are hedgehogs and tawny owls. Alex suggests some simple measures that will support a strong night-time ecology: less mowing;[…]

Our Councillors Ed Plowden and Lisa Stone would like to hear the views of local residents about the application for a 54 flats, up to 9-storeys high, next to the Thunderbolt on Bath Road – see their message below which includes what can, and can’t, be taken into consideration when[…]

TRESA has drafted a long list of objections to the development at 122 Bath Road (see below). If you agree with any or all of these points, please object to the proposal. You can do so by clicking on ‘make a comment’ on the Bristol City Council website Redevelopment of[…]

Proposed development at 122 Bath Road TRESA has formally objected to the development proposals submitted for 122 Bath Road (the current hand car wash site). Our primary objections are to do with size and scale. We believe that 9 storeys on this site is excessive. This proposal is double the[…]