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Help support the High Street
Photo: Matt Bigwood Across the country smaller towns are evolving, with Wotton-under-Edge not immune from this change. We have, in recent months, lost some beloved local businesses due to economic factors, writes Town Clerk Andrea Durn. In Wotton we are very fortunate...
Meet the artist: Barry Walding
Article & Photography by Matt Bigwood This months fabulous cover picture, Banjo and Pepsi, Holywell Scampers, was painted by Wotton-under-Edge artist, Barry Walding. “I worked at Rolls Royce for 20 years where I was trained as a draughtsman and technical...
100 Acer Wood – two years on
Article & Photography: Martin Clarke At the beginning of 2021 a small new plantation of 2.5 acres along Tyley Bottom was recognised by Gloucestershire National Landscape [formerly the AONB] as an important piece of wet woodland habitat. 100 Acer Wood Conservation...
Wotton parkrun #250
Wotton parkrun celebrated its 250th event on February 4th 2023. Our parkrun takes place at 9am every Saturday morning in Wotton Community PARC and has been running since October 2016. For this milestone event we asked people to wear green as this is the colour of the...
GR Supra 3.0 Jarama Race Track Edition
Article & Photography by Martin Hall Its time to forget about the snow and remember that spring is just around the corner. Dry roads are soon to be stretching out in front of us, the sun glinting off the tarmac begging to be explored. And the incredible Toyota...
Emergency Alerts System
Stroud district residents warned of UK-wide test of the public Emergency Alerts system People are being asked to be prepared for the first UK-wide test of the public Emergency Alerts system which will take place at 3pm on Sunday 23 April. The alert will be sent...
Tyndale Photography Club
Peter Ottley LRPS CPAGB, who is a keen photographer and has had work exhibited in international exhibitions and salons, travelled up from Weston-super-Mare to judge a recent competition at Tyndale Photography Club. He must have spent quite some time looking at...
Bus service update
The West of England Combined Authority became the responsible authority for supported bus services in 2020 with the three constituent authorities providing funding to the authority. Many will be aware that bus services have not really recovered from the...
Wotton’s swift mapping…look up!
Support is growing for a new walking trail - noticing, mapping and celebrating swifts migrating back from Africa to nest here, their home Town. The swifts are due back from early May, so we need our readers to be listening out and looking up please! "Born in Wotton,...