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Pass Wide and Slow Awareness Ride
Wendy Blennerhassett is organising a Pass Wide and Slow Ride to raise awareness and educate drivers on how to safely pass horses on the road. The ride will leave Manners Farm, Wortley Road, GL12 7QP AT 12:00 pm on Sunday, the 18th September 2022. They will ride up...
Charfield Village Hall are seeking a new Chair of Trustees
The Trustees of Charfield Village Hall are seeking someone or a household - to take on the role of Chair of Trustees, filling the roles held by Ruth and Liam Balloch. “We have both always been taught to be socially conscious and to serve where you can if you can....
Local hospice to run Write a Will scheme during September
Longfield Community Hospice has teamed up with three local solicitors to offer a Write a Will scheme during September. Writing a Will is one important way to make sure loved ones are taken care of in the future, but many of us still havent done it. The hospice, in...
The Greenway Group
The Greenway Group has continued to work towards the implementation of the Wotton, Charfield and Kingswood greenway. Supported by Sustrans, as well as the Parish and Town councils, Stroud District Council, South Gloucestershire Council and Gloucestershire County...
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...