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29 November -0001
2. News
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Get updates here on selected items of news and view relevant to clean air in Bishopson. This treatment complements what you'll find via our social media feeds. Disclaimer! we are not pretending to offer ...
04 May 2018
3. 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
A revised planning application has been submitted by PG, the developers of the Carriageworks/Westmoreland House site which increases the scale of the buildings, both in height and density. You can see ...
15 June 2019
Wetherspoon are about to try for a fourth time to put in an application to develop the derelict site on the Gloucester Road. The Bishopston Society has always objected to this application and our reasons ...
16 April 2019
The goal of the Clean Air Bishopston web site is to provide an “e-portal” on clean air in Bishopston, a digital “one-stop-shop” providing information on the subject and signposts to more. It aims to ...
04 May 2018
With the change to a new purchaser of the site and with the full support of the Carriageworks Action Group, it really does seem this terrible blot on Bristol's urban landscape will finally be sensitively ...
13 November 2017
... account follows: A recent application was made to Historic England for this site, including the former superintendent’s adjacent house in North Road, to be protected by a grade 2 listing. This unfortunately ...
24 February 2016
With the recent advent of two Green Party councillors for Bishopston, Daniella Radice & Tim Malnick, this was clearly seen by them as worthy of a new website, which can be seen here
31 August 2015
  Photo taken from the Memorial Ground website Our secretary has just received information, below, about a new (blog) website that argues strongly for the retention of the existing Memorial Ground. ...
14 October 2014
Good news. Construction work has at last begun again today, August 4th, on the Bristol North Baths conversion and the new library building next door.
04 August 2014
One of the very few surviving ‘green’ areas in the urban surroundings of Redland and Bishopston is imminently threatened by development.  This is the site of the old New Church building on the corner ...
28 January 2014
The Bishopston Society has a new web site! Following months of redesign, planning and development work, our new site went live on Wednesday 22 January 2014. Nick Plant, our e-services advisor and project ...
22 January 2014
This part of the site is only for administration and is not available to the public
06 December 2013
Some visitors may wish or need to know more about this web site. If so please read on and/or select items of further information from the footnotes shown at the bottom of each page. They are also intended ...
08 September 2013
Our web site has had a revamp! A minor revamp of The Bishopston Society's web site went live today following a 'backroom' effort by our web group over the last few weeks. Most of the work that's been ...
08 September 2013
Sitemap to follow
04 September 2013
04 September 2013
With funding from English Heritage, the Joint Committee of the National Amenity Societies (which includes Civic Voice) has launched a new Heritage Help advice portal. This website can be accessed here: ...
12 April 2013
... add another 3% or so to the tree canopy.     ii) a tree canopy analysis provided by the landscape architect (not up on the planning site yet) is excellent, showing the existing %, the % projected in 30 ...
06 July 2012
... a new website, still in the process of being developed will soon allow you to travel back through time and follow the development of our local high street since Bishopston's early days. Chris Wallace, ...
30 March 2012
... CLOSED. We are trying to maintain some interest via Facebook (and to a lesser exent Twitter) - see our social media feeds on the right hand side of our web site. The web site itself is not being updated ...
09 June 2020
 Cosy and comforting they may be, but even EU approved wood burning stoves are a major contributor to air pollution, particularly as a source of invisible PM 2.5 particles that can penetrate into any part ...
06 December 2019
 If you are concerned about air pollution, its effects on health and what you can do to reduce it, you probably already check out the Clean Air Bishopston (CAB) content on the TBS website. (Just click ...
26 November 2019
... Most roads in our area aren't wide enough for two vehicles parked opposite each other so where there's a marked parking space on one side there probably won't be one opposite. Vehicles are less likely to ...
26 November 2019
... of, supporting and being involved in issues like the fight against the proposed Sainsburys planning development for the Memorial Ground and its Clean Air Bishopston initiatives The website is useful ...
20 November 2019
... in the community. So welcome and help them by explaining about:- Waste and recycling- A collection calendar helps or one of our welcome flyers, or direct them to BWC web site https://www.bristolwastecompany.co.uk/bins-recycling-street-cleansing/students/ ...
13 September 2019
... link, cycleways and new roads. The first phase of approx. 280 units was granted planning permission at the end of 2018 and work is currently on site. This development shows every sign of leading the ...
08 September 2019
   As part of our Clean Air Day activities, two volunteers from Clean Air Bishopston visited Ashley Down Primary School to work with Year 5/6 pupils in monitoring the air quality at their school gates ...
29 July 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
The Clean Air Day website has now developed a very user friendly website specifically designed to inform and answer your questions on all aspects of air pollution. You can access it here.
20 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
... web site address: https://bishopstonsociety.org.uk/cab - take a look now! Providing a rationale for the day, Kevin Molloy, Clean Air Bishopston Lead, said: “You might ask why this is relevant to us, ...
07 June 2019
34. Enjoy an evening walk
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... pollution by driving. Our established web site section on walking for health and cleaner air in Bishopston says much more about this part of our project. As you'll see, we've helped map out some lovely local ...
23 May 2019
35. Get the facts
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At the UWE Fact Bank, which is located at the Boston Tea Party street corner, between 3 and 6pm, you can get the facts on air quality, and hear from academic experts on clean air, to:- Find out how ...
23 May 2019
36. Protect our kids
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Some crucial questions about protecting our kids will be addressed at our schools corner (near Sainsbury's on the corner of Gloucester Road and Longmead Avenue) between 3 and 6pm, including... Can ...
23 May 2019
37. Love your bike
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... bike breakfast Visit the roadshow - lots more about biking The new Cycle section of our web site "High street cycling- good for business as well as health and the environment" Bristol Cycling Campaign' ...
23 May 2019
38. Visit the roadshow
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The Travelwest Roadshow offers a wide range of attractions, all in one space sited outside Lunar, on the south corner of Nevil Road and Gloucester Road, between 8 and 11am AND between 3 and 6pm, including:- ...
23 May 2019
This bulletin looks at an interesting range of topics and issues on public places, transport and planning policy in the local news, offering various links to these, some of which have already been featured ...
30 April 2019
... Bristol Radical History Group: https://www.brh.org.uk/site/ Know your Place: https://maps.bristol.gov.uk/knowyourplace/ David Cemlyn, Local historian: https://www.bishopstonsociety.org.uk/bishopston/history/9-history-of-bishopston ...
17 April 2019
... and food will be available, and the Travelwest team will be on site to give out useful information and encourage sustainable transport. In the afternoon, there will be stands at the crossroads of Gloucester ...
16 April 2019
42. Get a free bike breakfast
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... will also be on site to give out lots of information, encourage sustainable transport, and let you try their smoothie bike You can Love your Bike on our cycling corner, featuring bike repairs workshop ...
14 April 2019
We know air pollution has a range of detrimental effects on our health. You can find out more about these effects on our website here. But we may perhaps be less aware of the close causal link between ...
03 April 2019
... to donate reusable items to The British Heart Foundation. Last year, the campaign raised awareness of the importance of recycling, preventing 205 tonnes of reusable goods from ending up in landfill sites ...
27 March 2019
... 22% had done so. Also, 24,500 potential customers live within half a mile of the Gloucester Road survey site. Similar evidence is available from many other locations and studies. It all points the same ...
27 March 2019
You are looking at a sneak preview of a new section coming soon to this web site, on Bishopston's culture and social life - shhhh, don't tell anyone you found it! This might offer a permanent, growing ...
19 March 2019
... (where this term is intended informally), and organisers/helpers. As you can tell, it is accessible to you in public via our web site but is not intended for public consumption, so we would ask you not ...
15 March 2019
... day. Kevin Molloy, team leader, encouraged everyone by saying “Please save the date, find out more via this web site or social media, and pledge your support.” More details will follow soon right here! ...
15 March 2019
Please email  with any problems you have in following these instructions!! Login to site by clicking on ‘Admin’ at bottom of home page, then entering ID and password at ...
26 February 2019
... is a national charity that’s making it easier for people to walk and cycle. Their website has a wealth of information including: How to use your bike to do your shopping, support for cycling to work, advice ...
26 February 2019
... with a trained leader - then this could be for you: https://www.lifecycleuk.org.uk/over-55s. Details of bike hire, loans, shops and the Cycle to Work scheme are on the Better By Bike website. https://betterbybike.info/ ...
26 February 2019
59 schools were monitored for nitrogen dioxide levels by Bristol City Council in 2018. The results for these are due to be published in the next few weeks. This link: claircity gives help and advice ...
20 February 2019
53. Trees of Bristol
(Search - Web Links / Bristol)
This site provides an interactive guide to the trees in Bristol and surrounds. Currently there are 66,066 live trees in the database and 67,303 including stumps, of which 16,087 are street trees, covering ...
23 June 2017
54. Voscur
(Search - Web Links / Bristol)
This site contains a wide range of information and resources tailored for Bristol's Voluntary and Community Sector (VCS) ...
23 April 2016
55. The Sweet History?
(Search - Web Links / Bristol)
The Sweet History? website explores the impact of the sugar and slave trades on the built environment of Bristol. It includes activities and education resources to support the school curriculum. The website ...
23 April 2016
56. Know Your Place
(Search - Web Links / Bristol)
Know Your Place is a Bristol City Council website that allows you to explore your neighbourhood through historic maps, images and linked information. Know Your Place allows wider access to Bristol's historic ...
23 April 2016
57. 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
58. Phoenix Hedge Preservation Group
(Search - Web Links / Neighbourhood)
This 700 year old + hedge runs between Henleaze Park and Phoenix Grove. The 295ft (90m) long boundary straddles the Henleaze Junior School playing fields and Golden Hill Sports Ground.
19 April 2016
59. Redland Green Community Group
(Search - Web Links / Neighbourhood)
The aims of the group are to maintain, develop and promote the amenity and heritage of Redland Green for the benefit of the local community and those who use the Green.
19 April 2016
60. Visit Stokes Croft
(Search - Web Links / Neighbourhood)
A website aiming to inform about the community of Stokes Croft - Quarter of Culture, Centre for Ideas.
19 April 2016
61. Carriageworks
(Search - Web Links / Neighbourhood)
A group working to develop the long neglected Stokes Croft site. The Overall Vision of this group: The Carriageworks development will make a positive contribution to the economy, culture and environment ...
19 April 2016
62. 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
63. Walk with us through North Bristol
(Search - Web Links / Bishopston)
This site explores the archaeology and history of North Bristol communitie
19 April 2016
64. The Gloucester Road Story
(Search - Web Links / Bishopston)
This site tells the 'then and now' story of living and trading on Gloucester Road in Bristol from the late 1800's up to the present day ...
19 April 2016
65. Gloucester Road Traders' Association
(Search - Web Links / Bishopston)
This is the 'Official Website' for Bristol’s Gloucester Road. It is a business orientated site that supports the local Independent traders. ...
19 April 2016