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1. Watch
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How's Bishopston doing over air pollution? Watch what's going on for cleaner air! In this section you are invited to observe good and bad things you see in our community, share them with others and analyse ...
04 May 2018
2. Support CAD
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Support Clean Air Day Bishopston on 20th June 2019 - Bishopston's part of a national campaign. In this section you'll find out why we're asking you to give support, what's taking place on and around the day ...
14 April 2019
3. Policies
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This section offers an overview of the policies of The Bishopston Society as they apply to the whole of our work on planning, including individual applications, wider developments and licensing. This should ...
21 February 2013
4. Pledge
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Make a clean air pledge! We're encouraging local residents to pledge to make a small but significant contribution to cleaning up Bishopston's air, in conjunction with others. This section presents the ...
04 May 2018
28 February 2018
6. Planning
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Welcome to our Planning section, revamped May 2018 to coincide with the launch of our new planning portal. A major part of the "core business" of The Bishopston Society concerns the built environment in ...
29 December 2012
7. Partners
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The Bishopston Society is not a single-issue group, it's more a node in a network. We work with a range of partners and like-minded organisations. This section presents our partners and links to organisations ...
28 February 2018
8. Our journey
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The Bishopston Society is reviewing what the Society does, why, and how we can do it better. We are consulting on the journey we've embarked on, and want to share this with you. Please complete the consultation ...
06 January 2017
9. Licensing
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One of The Bishopston Society's concerns for our area is pubs and other alcohol outlets. We are not opposed to alcohol sales,  local entertainment venues or social activities - far from it, they are integral ...
29 November -0001
10. Learn
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What is air pollution? How is it caused? What's its impact on health? How bad is it in Bishopston? How can we clean our air? Do our own actions help? How can we talk to each other and work together to improve ...
04 May 2018
11. Join
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Contact, support or comment on Clean Air Bishopston here. We're a small team or busy volunteers, so we need you! We also need to hear from you if you'd like to contribute to this site, or make suggestions, ...
04 May 2018
29 December 2012
13. Architecture
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This section provides articles on a range of aspects of Bishopston's architecture and helps you to learn about good and bad architecture and design. ...
21 February 2013
14. About
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Find out here about "Clean Air Bishopston", the background and aims of the project, and who's running and supporting it. ...
04 May 2018
 If car owners locally reflect the national trend, then it isn't imagination that hunky SUV type cars are becoming more and more common in this affluent area of North Bristol . In 2018, nearly a quarter ...
10 December 2019
 Bishopston and St Andrews Traffic and Parking Group (BOSA) give more details of this survey and discuss its implications for a Residents Parking Scheme. See the full BOSA background paper and discussion ...
26 November 2019
 Details of this talk by author Rosemary Caldicott, with accompanying Folk Singing from The Feminist Folk Singers can be found here  
04 November 2019
... directly to the Council via an app.  ************************************************************************************************************************** Paul Bullivant of the Bishopston and ...
24 October 2019
 See here for dates, times and further information.  
09 October 2019
 A talk giving advice and answering questions on how to improve the environment along the Gloucester Road. Details on the poster above.
04 October 2019
 Chris Stephens has been a Bishopston resident for nearly 50 years. He reminds us of how much the area has changed in that time and of the valuable work of the Bishopston Resident's Association, a precursor ...
04 October 2019
    Bishopston Community Fair is being held at the Bishopston Library. More information here
13 September 2019
The Community Fair is an event organised by the Friends of the Library, The Bishopston Society and Bishopston Redland and Cotham Community Partnership, in conjunction with Bishopston Library. We ...
26 June 2019
Clean Air Day, June 20th was a busy and successful one for Clean Air Bishopston. Vegan smoothies, bacon rolls, happy cyclists, active children creatively absorbed in activities themed around air pollution, ...
21 June 2019
We've now completed our planning for Clean Air Day Bishopston, Thursday 20th June 2019, all day, at and around Boston Tea Party, Nevil Road/Gloucester Road, BS7 8PE. Details are here on the CAB web ...
07 June 2019
Know Your Place is a free and fascinating on line resource that presents a rich story of Bristol. Pete Insole, Principal Historic Environment Officer at Bristol City Council, will delve into some of the ...
26 April 2019
Thursday 20 June is national Clean Air Day in Britain. Clean Air Bishopston is running a series of local activities throughout the day. The aim is to get people in the community to think about the ...
16 April 2019
We have an exciting series of events and activities lined up for Clean Air Day Bishopston 2019. There are no less than nine activities you can take part in (click on any item to get details):- Make ...
14 April 2019
Thursday 20th June 2019 has been declared national Clean Air Day and we’ll be joining in locally. The Clean Air Bishopston team is planning activities, awareness-raising and events on and around the ...
15 March 2019
The Bishopston Society is throwing open its doors for a celebration of Bishopston’s world-class social life, in a change to our normal public meeting format, on Tuesday 2nd April, 7.15pm for a 7.30pm start, ...
06 February 2019
Back in 2017, concerns over air quality issues in Bishopston led to the formation of the campaign group, Clean Air Bishopston (CAB), in partnership with Sustainable Bishopston, Bristol Walking Alliance ...
15 January 2019
We are pleased to report that it has been a busy year for BOSA which started around a year ago in 2017 with the amalgamation of two informal groups with shared concerns working in Bishopston and St. Andrews ...
15 January 2019
Topics in this latest edition include, Bristol Rovers Events permission, First's reduced local bus services, local Network Rail upgrades and spending of developers' S106 money on community projects. You ...
11 December 2018
The latest BCR CP newsletter includes items on the Consultation on next year's Council budget and the next BCR CP Public Forum meeting. See here for full details ...
11 December 2018
The Bishopston Society is pleased to announce that our Planning Portal has now been relaunched. This unique and innovative web service provides an interactive view of local planning applications that ...
08 November 2018
... Or it may cover a "medium area" which cuts through Bishopston and includes Gloucester Road up as far as Bishopston Library and most of St Andrews. It’s important to remember that this is a draft of the ...
10 September 2018
Bishopston Society Public Meeting reminder Tuesday 2nd October (7.15 for a 7.30pm start) at Horfield Quaker Meeting House How can we as ordinary citizens exploit people power to improve Bishopston? ...
03 September 2018
... Parking Schemes (RPSs) in the adjoining areas of Cotham, Redland and Montpelier as well as restricted parking in other areas such as The Downs. Now a new campaigning group, The Bishopston and St. Andrews ...
28 August 2018
The BCRCP Interim Steering Group which was formed in the wake of the former Neighbourhood Partnership, held its inaugural AGM at Bishopston Library on 22 February. The meeting (which also included ...
28 August 2018
The BCR Street scene volunteers are still working but with a few changes. Why not come and talk to us on Monday August 13th in Bishopston Library 4.30 – 6 pm. The updated student welcome flyers will be ...
08 August 2018
Download the Clean Air Day Bishopston poster then share it with your friends and family, display it in your window, share on social media,.......
12 June 2018
... Bishopston Library. In addition, all the details of the Society's organised trips and their involvement in Bristol's major planning projects can be found at Bristol Civic Society Readers may also be ...
09 June 2018
Plans now revealed for Clean Air Day Bishopston on Thursday 21st June feature public support pledges and a "community call-out", 6-7pm, at Boston Tea Party, Gloucester Road, followed by a clean air walk. ...
06 June 2018
Another web-based innovation by The Bishopston Society has just gone live as we launch the Bishopston Planning Portal following months of earnest software development and careful planning work. Coinciding ...
28 May 2018
The Bishopston Planning Portal enhances The Bishopston Society's planning work by providing a visual representation of selected current planning applications via an interactive map, and access to a database ...
28 May 2018
We are delighted to announce the launch of Clean Air Bishopston, a project developed by The Bishopston Society and a range of partners to address the massive problem of air pollution and work towards cleaner ...
17 May 2018
Options for a Clean Air Zone (CAZ) for Bristol have been published, and a major awareness campaign launched by the Council, but it's not yet clear whether we'll benefit from cleaner air in Bishopston. The ...
17 May 2018
The Clean Air Bishopston project team is hatching plans for Bishopston residents and organisations to take part in this year’s Clean Air Day. Taking place on Thursday 21st June, this national event is ...
05 May 2018
Through its association with the ClairCity project team, Clean Air Bishopston is bringing Skylines to Bishopston for some fun but serious community events. We're going to be encouraging some teaming ...
04 May 2018
June is a favourite time for seeing gardens at their best, so this year Bishopston Garden Group are opening their gardens for charity on Sunday June 10th, from 2 – 5pm. Whatever the weather, we enjoy ...
28 April 2018
A Bristol neighbourhood has ranked in the top five places to live in the whole of the South West region in a prestigious list. The leafy suburb of Bishopston is fourth in The Sunday Times’ list of the ...
28 March 2018
Bristol’s Age of Discovery, 1470-1508. Talk on Thursday April 19th at 7.30pm at Bishopston Library, Gloucester Rd. More intriguing facts and hitherto unknown evidence about this period of exploration and ...
11 March 2018
... soft drinks available.  Bookable online at http://bishopstonlibrary.org.uk or at the library. The events are organised by Friends Of Bishopston Library http://bishopstonlibrary.org.uk (for further information ...
04 March 2018
The Bishopston Society became a founding partner of a new organisation that emerged from the ashes of a predecessor body. Bishopston, Cotham and Redland Community Partnership (BCRCP) was officially ...
28 February 2018
... history dating back hundreds of years'. His book will be on sale at this event.  March 1st, 7.30 pm. Library open from 7 pm. Tickets £3.00 at the library or at bishopstonlibrary.org.uk Cash bar with ...
14 February 2018
A probe into offshore ownership in Bristol shows that properties owned by secretive tax havens are to be found anywhere, including Bishopston, not just in plush mansion areas. "Secret tax dodgers buying ...
31 January 2018
The Bishopston Society’s forthcoming public meeting on Tuesday 3rd October 2017 from 7pm – 9pm at Friends Meeting House is aiming high in aspiring towards a vision for clean air in Bishopston and beyond ...
08 September 2017
... these meeting please contact either Rob or myself. The new drop in sessions at the Bishopston Library have proved useful as they are informal with no set agenda. It gives volunteers who do not follow ...
01 September 2017
For the past seven years I have been the Bishopston, Cotham and Redland Neighbourhood Partnership representative on the committee of The Bishopston Society (TBS). I have enjoyed it immensely and have been ...
24 August 2017
On the evening of Tuesday May 30th 21 residents met at Bishopston Library to discuss the idea of setting up a Friends group to work with and help develop the facilities and activities at the new venue. ...
02 June 2017
Final meeting of the BCR NP June 5th 2017. The evening will start with the closing meeting for the Neighbourhood Partnership and includes final CIL funding decisions and the open Public Forum. 7-9 pm 5 ...
27 May 2017
The library, situated at 100a Gloucester Road next to the old North Bristol Baths building, is built on two floors and includes a children’s library, public computers, an area for visitors to sit and work, ...
23 April 2017
Event Invitation: What Next? Life after Neighbourhood Partnerships 5th April 6:30pm. This meeting is being organised to discus how the work of the now defunct Neighbourhood Partnerships might be continued, ...
22 March 2017
... in local air pollution issues at the Bishopston Society AGM in October 2016. In this article I’ll draw attention to local and national factors relating to air pollution affecting human health and to put ...
21 February 2017
31 August 2018
31 August 2018
67. Friends of St Andrews Park
(Search - Web Links / Neighbourhood)
Friends of St Andrews Park are a key partner to Bishopston Society and we too love the park! Their web site is excellent - many discussions on local hot topics, lots of great photographs, particularly ...
23 April 2016
68. Howzat campaign
(Search - Web Links / Bishopston)
HowZat? is a campaign group formed by local residents from Bishopston and Ashley Down. The objective of the group is to challenge and revise the stadium expansion plans put forward by Gloucestershire County ...
19 April 2016
This is one of Bristol's 14 partnerships representing devolution of decision-making to local communities, in this case across our ward and neighbouring Redland and Cotham. See the "Neighbourhood" for more ...
19 April 2016
70. Friends of St Andrews Park
(Search - Web Links / Bishopston)
Friends of St Andrews Park are a key partner to Bishopston Society and we too love the park! Their web site is excellent - many discussions on local hot topics, lots of great photographs of the wild life ...
19 April 2016
Formed in 1988 to encourage knowledge, appreciation and preservation of local history in the area.
19 April 2016
72. Sustainable <span class="highlight">Bishopston</span>
(Search - Web Links / Bishopston)
The local 'green' group, looking at ways to live our lives in a more environmentally friendly way. ...
19 April 2016
73. <span class="highlight">Bishopston</span> Matters
(Search - Web Links / Bishopston)
Free monthly 'Magazine' giving news of local events and advertisements for local businesses ...
19 April 2016
74. GRAB campaign (and 'Love Gloucester Road'
(Search - Web Links / Bishopston)
GRAB - The Gloucester Road Alternative Bag Campaign - is a group of local residents, shoppers and traders who are interested in helping the Gloucester Road become more sustainable - environmentally and ...
19 April 2016