Our 6 September Café to be held in the Reading Room, Stratford Road SP1 3LL will be the last café of the summer season, so make sure you don’t miss out. The Café will be open from 2.30pm until 4.30pm. We will be stocking up on our famous cream teas, savoury alternative and delicious homemade cakes and there will be more bargains on our seasonal garden & kitchen produce table, and our pre-loved books table. (Cash payments only please.) Proceeds from our September Cafe wi

"...... the "BUS LANE" wording itself requires a specialist hand-lining crew, and unfortunately this element couldn't be completed at the time as specialist resource was unavailable." extract from an email from the Highways Agency 2 September 2026 As highlighted in an earlier newspost, drivers should be aware that the bus lane lettering has not yet been fully reinstated. This is confusing drivers - in particular visitors to our city - who will assume all these lanes are av

Nepal Update Thank you so much to all village residents who have contacted us about the situation in Nepal and expressed concern particularly about Kidasha and its work. Many of you have been supporting John and I over many years to raise money for this charity and we are pleased to pass on the information we have - see below. If you require further information or how you can help do please get in touch. Liz and John Waterman elizabeth@waterman.org.uk Dear Liz, A Devastatin

News from Wiltshire Council "Current Government policy requires Wiltshire to plan for around 3,500 new homes each year, making it important that local people have their say on how the county develops. Growth is something Wiltshire needs to plan for, and local feedback will help to ensure new development supports communities and brings the right benefits in the right places. Find out more about the Wiltshire Local Plan and share your views at Salisbury Market – Tuesday 8 Septe

Friends of St Lawrence talk - Friday 2nd October at 7.30 pm in the Reading Room. Our speaker will be Clare Waddell, who many of you will know as a fellow resident of Stratford sub Castle. Clare is a dietitian at Salisbury District Hospital and has worked in the field of nutrition for more than 30 years. Clare's talk is titled "Can We Make Stratford sub Castle a Blue Zone?". For anyone unfamiliar with the term, Blue Zones are regions of the world where people not only tend to

The first 2026/2027 season of talks arranged by the Stratford sub Castle Guild will begin on Wednesday 9 September. Membership of the Guild s £15 pa and guests are welcome to attend any of the talks for £5 perr evening, with tea/coffee/biscuits included. The full programme is on this webpage: https://www.stratfordsubcastle.org.uk/guild-2026-2027-programme The details of the first talk on 9 September are in the poster below: Enquiries: Jenny Stone Tel: 07511 226828 Email .

The first meeting in the 40th year of the Garden Club is on Thursday 24 September 7.15 pm for 7.30 pm in the Reading Room SP1 3LL, opposite St Lawrence Church. Our speaker for this first meeting is Laura Hall - her talk is entitled “Creating Sustainable Wildlife Features in your Garden”. Laura is a gardener and garden designer – as many of you will know if you visited her lovely garden during the June “Open Gardens”. The meetings following this are: 29 October “Putting t

Please note that the mobile library will NOT be visiting Castle Keep, Stratford sub Castle on the scheduled date of 26 August. No reason has been given for the cancellation.

The latest Newsletter explains how essential watering of the plants and trees is being managed despite a hose-pipe ban imposed by Wessex Water on 19 August.

Early this morning, whilst photographing the Parsonage Farm swallows settlling on the telegraph wires, this large bird flew slowly and effortlessly past. The swallows weren't at all concerned by it. Following similar sightings reported on an earlier newspost, it is tempting to identify it as a White Tailed Eagle. (I will ask more knowledgeable people.) the odd markings in the lower part of the image are window reflections (taken from indoors)