Editor’s note: Below are a series of documents describing environmental plans for Frenchay. Although they have been taken from the old website they may still be a useful reference source. Frenchay Biodiversity Plan - 2020 Draft: A draft plan covering local green areas in Frenchay. It provides a series of ideas …

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At the meeting of the Health Scrutiny committee of South Gloucestershire Council on Nov 23rd Cllr Andrea Reid, (Labour, Kingswood), and Cllr Ruth Davis, (Liberal Democrat, Yate Central), successfully proposed that a group of councillors be set up to investigate the provision of Community Hospitals and Minor Injuries …

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The Frenchay Village Hall Committee would like to wish you all a very Happy New Year. We are looking forward to starting work on some of the exciting improvements to the Hall in 2023 to make it an even more attractive local venue. We were busy last year gathering ideas and working up plans for the improvements using …

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This article is intended to explain some of the legal history of the former school premises, now empty, and awaiting a future yet to be determined. It does not purport to be a definitive explanation, as all the facts and documents are not available to the writer, but it hopefully provides some context for understanding …

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Dear Friends and Neighbours, Happy New Year to you all. We wish you a healthy and happy 2023 and thank everyone who has supported FRA in so many ways during 2022. It was certainly an interesting year as we started to emerge from our Covid measures in time to enjoy a year that seemed to have so much sunshine, including …

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In my half-year report back in June, I mentioned that there were three topics on the radar which are of great interest to local residents. The current update is as follows: Hand-over of the Village Green areas - to be known as ‘Frenchay Parklands’; now agreed in principle between North Bristol Trust and Winterbourne …

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Temporary exhibitions update Our current visiting exhibition, celebrating the lives of South Gloucestershire residents of Indian Heritage, continues until the end of November (and the accompanying computerised continuous display is now working properly). Annual close-down Please note that the Museum will be closed …

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Tuckett Pond We have been doing some investigations into the low level of the water (appreciate we have had little rain!) which has possibly been due to tree roots in the wall and the fall of a tree damaging the wall as well. It needs to be professionally surveyed and when we last had work done to desilt the pond the …

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Dear Friends and Neighbours, We understand from Winterbourne Parish Council (WPC) that all the final agreements are now in place for the Voluntary Village Green and Nature Reserve to be handed over to the Parish. The end of a very long and winding road, going right back to the previous RUG campaign nearly 10 years ago, …

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Construction work has begun on 30 climate friendly and energy efficient new family homes being built at Manor Gardens, a new development located off Malmains Drive in Frenchay, South Gloucestershire. A turf-cutting ceremony was held at the site on Thursday 18 August featuring representatives from South Gloucestershire …

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