Category: News & Events

Restaurants and cafes in Totterdown are taking part in a special ‘Dal Trail’ as part of the British Dal Festival that comes to Bristol from 19th to 25th March. The aim is to promote “the cultural richness, flavour, and affordability of dal as well as its contribution to health, nutrition and environmental sustainability”. The[…]

The next public meeting of TRESA is at 19:30 on Wednesday 21st March, held at the Totterdown Canteen. We have a guest speaker from Action for Balanced Communities (ABC) to talk about “Studentification” and possible impacts on Totterdown following the University development.  Their paper on issues in Cotham and Redland can[…]

Hello people of Totterdown. Myself and some others are hoping to start a community composting site in South Bristol, and we’d love some input from you fine people. If you wouldn’t mind filling in our survey, we’d be most grateful. It only takes 5 minutes and is very easy on the[…]

More than 4,600 people have signed a petition that argues the original Temple Meads location is the best place for the 12,000-capacity arena, which means it will be debated at the full council meeting at City Hall, 6.00pm on 20th March. Full council meetings are open to the public, and can also be[…]

Cenex and the Energy Saving Trust (procured by Bristol City Council) want to gather views in a major regional study of electric vehicle charging. Whether you own an electric vehicle or whether you have never driven one before, your opinion is very valuable. Click here to go to the survey: http://bit.ly/2BVaCHv The survey is[…]

For many years the lodge in Victoria Park has been under-used. The roof is leaking and its condition is getting worse. Windmill Hill City Farm and Victoria Park Action Group are exploring opportunities to bring the Park Lodge back into more regular use. We want to find out what local[…]

Hello friends of Victoria Park   We have some good news on the wildlife front and some interesting things coming up that you may like to be involved with, both with us and Buglife whom we are teaming up with this year. Please get in touch if you’d like to[…]

Ok, this is not directly related to Totterdown, but it is our city and our Harbour. A team have set up a crowdfunder to raise money to install a Seabin in Bristol harbour.  These are new, but simple inventions that float in the water and slowly suck water through.  This[…]

A ‘Background Briefing Note: Arena Planning Issues’ has been produced (see link below) to inform Bristol City Council’s Overview and Scrutiny Management Board at their meeting on 8th March 2018. It includes the following points in relation to the option of locating Bristol Arena at an alternative site in Filton. 2. Alternative[…]

A petition has been set up in favour of locating Bristol Arena at Temple Meads https://you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/build-bristol-arena-in-the-city-centre-not-at-filton  Meanwhile images have been released of the plan to transform the old Brabazon hangar in Filton into the Bristol arena. Malaysian owners YTL say their venue could accommodate up to 16,000 people. YTL are willing to[…]