On Monday 5 October, between 11:00am and 3:00pm, members of the Office of the Police and Crime Commissioner for Wiltshire and Swindon and the Wiltshire Police Scrutiny Team will be at the Market Square as part of a Police Powers Scrutiny Roadshow. They’ll be on hand to: Explain how scrutiny works within Wiltshire Police Share plans for improving how we understand and monitor the use of police powers Give you the chance to watch body-worn video from real incidents Hear your vi

image - café scientifique The October talk will be given by Steve Tonkin who will be talking about light pollution and its effects on health and the environment. Steve Tonkin is a Fellow of the Royal Astronomical Society and has written widely on practical aspects of astronomy. He is the Dark Skies Advisor to the International Dark Sky Reserve on the Cranborne Chase National Landscape. He has a monthly column in BBC Sky at Night Magazine, for which he also writes equipment a

Friends of St Lawrence talk - Friday 2nd October at 7.30 pm in the Reading Room. All the tickets have been sold and there is a waiting list in case of cancellations. 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 unfamil

The website is always happy to include details of local charitable or non-profit events. The Studio Theatre's next production opens on Thursday 1 October at 7.30 pm - details below. Tickets are available from Salisbury Information Centre, Fish Row or online at https://www.ticketsource.com/studiotheatresalisbury

Flowers from a wedding on Saturday 12 September remained at St Lawrence Church for several days and residents were encouraged to view them and to 'Smell the roses" - the scent was wonderful! The flowers have now been removed from the church and a few more images have been added to this small collection. Click on any of the images to view in a larger window. An evening view

We will be welcoming Roger Hirons aka The Plant Doctor, for another visit to our Club. Roger is an expert on plants, ecology and garden design and a published author of ‘Hedges & Living Boundaries’, that he wrote in 2022. The title of the talk is "Putting the garden to bed for the Winter". Roger’s interest in plants began at a young age and after training at Pershore College he worked in plant nurseries, has run garden centres and now has his own garden design and landscapin

The Royal Mail sorting office in Fisherton Street has closed and its services relocated to new premises in Brunel Road, Churchfields Industrial Estate, Salisbury SP2 7PU. If you need a later posting time than is offered by the Stratford sub Castle postboxes, note that the postboxes at the Brunel Road premises are emptied at 7.15 pm Monday to Friday and 1 pm on Saturdays. No service on Sundays. The website's Local Information - Contacts/Public services page has been updated.

News from Wiltshire Council: More booking slots are now available at participating Household Recycling Centres "We're making more booking slots available each day at the Household Recycling Centres taking part in our booking system trial. Since the trial started, we've been looking at how residents are using the sites. We've found that most visits take less than 30 minutes and that there is enough space at the centres to welcome more vehicles. This means we can increase the

The current owner has kindly shared this undated postcard image of Orchard Cottage, Stratford sub Castle. British History Online describes the property: Orchard Cottage, of one storey with attics, has rendered brick, flint and rubble walls and a tiled roof. It was built early in the 18th century and until recently was thatched. Inside, chamfered beams are exposed. The image has been added to the Stratford's Historic houses page.

The newly refurbished village noticeboard was officially unveiled on the 9 September 2026 before the first meeting of the new 2026-27 Guild season, by local councillor John Wells and Elizabeth Byford, a long-standing resident and currently the oldest Guild member. Witnessing the unveiling were Steve Mayall and his original build team, the current Guild committee, and Barbara Mayall (Guild Chair in 2016 when the noticeboard was erected). The Guild hopes the noticeboard continu