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Wotton Under Edge Hockey Club Recruitment
At the heart of this wonderful community lays a fantastic hockey club that is looking to recruit. At present the club is looking to recruit the following for our ladies section: Senior players of all abilities, we are very proud of our three ladies senior teams that...
Longfield daisies bloom at Strouds Museum in the Park
Staff from Longfield Community Hospice were joined by a team of volunteers to plant 800 metal Michaelmas daisies at Strouds Museum in the Park on Monday. Following two successful Appeals using metal flowers as a way for people to remember a loved one, Longfield is now...
New Leader and Deputy Leader for Stroud District Council
Councillor Catherine Braun has been elected as the new Leader of Stroud District Council. Following Councillor Doina Cornells resignation from the role of Leader of the Council yesterday (Thursday, July 21), Councillor Braun was elected to the post at the full council...
Wotton Town Hall Tea Bookings (2022)
in case you don't still have a copy of the April issue of the Wotton Directory to hand...here is a list of the Wotton Town Hall Teas for the rest of 2022. CLICK HERE to view the PDF.
The Osprey ( Pandion haliaetus)
By Christiane Goaziou The osprey is a magnificient bird of prey of the family of Pandionidae, which, incidentally,is a monospecific family as all the other birds of prey belong to the family of Accipitridae. It is a majestic bird, dark brown on top with white...
Tyndale Photography Club – July 2022
The last members evening of the 2021-2022 season took on a very different format it was more of a 'back to school' evening ….. but ….. a most enjoyable and very informative 'back to school' evening as the talks given by the three members were 'lectures' on...
Double celebration for Wotton author
Photography and Article by Matt Bigwood Wotton author Beccy Pert is getting ready for the launch of her debut novel, Still Water, on June 23rd. “I won a writing competition in 2018 where you had to send the first three chapters of a novel in progress it was being...
ITS ALL CHANGE AT WOTTON UNDER EDGE TOWN COUNCIL!
2021 brought 4 new Town Councillors, a new Town Clerk, and as the pandemic restrictions lifted, the resignation of 2 Town Councillors and a member of staff. At the 2022 Annual Council meeting, the Mayor and Chairman, Cllr Roger Claydon, stood down after 3 years...
Freedom of the town granted to Arts Festival Founder
Photos and Article by Matt Bigwood Gordon Phillips, founder of Wotton Arts Festival, was granted the Freedom of the Town of Wotton-under-Edge in a ceremony outside the Town Hall on St Georges Day during which he was presented with a commemorative scroll. Gordon, who...