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Salisbury, Wiltshire UK
Devizes Road closures for essential gas maintenance works
Devizes Road will be closed from St Paul's Roundabout along the length of the A360 to Highfield Road in planned stages starting on Monday 12 October. Diversions will be in signposted. Details in the letter and map below, circulated by SGN (Southern Gas Networks).
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2 hours ago
Studio Theatre - A Christmas Carol - Early Bird tickets now available
Christmas and ghost stories never go out of fashion and Charles Dickens' A Christmas Carol is probably the most famous of them all. This adaptation is by Patrick Barlow (who brought the hit comedy version of The 39 Steps to the stage), runs at Studio Theatre from 4th - 12th December. Tickets are on sale from 12th October. Ebenezer Scrooge is mean-spirited, miserly and not about to change his ways - until one Christmas Eve and a series of ghostly visitors. A handful of actor
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14 hours ago
Salisbury Library Closed - Wednesday 14 October
Salisbury Library will be closed all day on Wednesday 14 October for staff training. Source Wiltshire Library Services
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3 days ago
Having a sort out? Local Scouts appeal for your donations
There's a convenient drop point at the Beehive Park & Ride Castle Road on Saturday 17th October. Details in the poster below.
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3 days ago
Stratford's Defibrillator - UPDATE
A new battery has been fitted to the defibrillator outside the Reading Room, Stratford Road SP1 3LL. It has been tested and is working and its status has now been returned to 'Active' on all the relevant emergency systems. The defibrillator had been out of action since Monday 5 October.
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5 days ago
EV in use on the South Mobile Library Service serving Stratford
Wiltshire Council's mobile library service visits Castle Keep, Stratford sub Castle every two weeks and is now served by an electric vehicle (EV). The new vehicle meets the latest standards for fuel efficiency and emissions - part of Wiltshire Council's wider fleet decarbonisation strategy - with a longer-term goal of moving towards all electric vehicles and expanding EV charging networks across council sites. Source The scheduled dates for Stratford sub Castle have been a
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Oct 3
Wedding flowers at St Lawrence Church
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
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Sep 26
Stratford Garden Club's Thursday 29 October talk
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
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Sep 26
Latest Royal Mail posting times
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.
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Sep 24
Mandatory Booking system for visits to Salisbury Recycling centre UPDATE
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
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Sep 22
Orchard Cottage
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.
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Sep 22
Unveiling the Refurbished Noticeboard
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
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Sep 19
Stratford Guild 14 October talk - 'Unsung Heroes - Animals in War'
The next meeting of the Stratford sub Castle Guild will take place on Wednesday 14 October at 7.30 pm in the Reading Room, Stratford Road, SP1 3LL when Phil Whitemore will be speaking on the topic 'Unsung Heroes - Animals in War'. From ancient times, animals have served the armed forces in wartime. The speaker will be explaining how they have been cared for and recognised with awards and memorials. Doors open at 7.15 pm and the talk will be followed by the usual tea/coffee/bi
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Sep 18
End of the 2026 Summer Season for Stratford Cafes
After the overwhelming success of our August café, we made sure we had extra seating and extra cakes for our September café, which was the last for this summer season. Once again, we broke all records since we began in 2013, with proceeds amounting to £679 being donated to Old Sarum & Longhedge Pantry. What a great summer season we have had……………….. May I take this opportunity to thank everyone for continuing to support the cafés, whether helping, donating items or just com
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Sep 14
Stratford Guild's REVIEW of Wednesday 9 September talk
'Censored' - speaker Miranda Pender Norah James Miranda told us of the intriguing tale of Norah C. James (a late member of her wider family) and the obscenity trial of 1929. Norah was born in London in 1895, into a wealthy, but disjointed family. She was left with a very negative view of marriage. She was also deeply affected by a history of mental health in her family. Before taking up writing Norah had numerous careers including as a nurse during the First World War
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Sep 9
Local 'Wellbeing' guided walks
A national charitable group, Ramblers UK, organises short 'Wellbeing' walks in the Salisbury area. Included in the current programme are these walks local to Stratford sub Castle: Thursday 17 September at 10.00 - meet by the footbridge near Five RIvers Centre A choice of a 60 mins or a 90 mins walk. Friday 18 September at 10.00 - meet at the café kiosk in the centre of Victoria Park 30 mins Details and joining instructions are here: https://www.ramblers.org.uk/go-walking/wel
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Sep 8
A36 Castle Roundabout - bus lane lettering scheduled for reinstatement on 10 & 13 October
"...... 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
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Sep 2
Nepal Flood Disaster - an Update from Kidasha
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
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Sep 1
Wiltshire Local Plan Consultation launched
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
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Aug 31
Stratford Garden Club's 2026 - 2027 season of talks begins
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
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Aug 28
Salisbury River Park August update
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.
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Aug 22
Large bird photobombs Swallow pics
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)
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Aug 22
Hose pipe ban in Wessex Water area effective 18 August
17 August 2026 Dear Customer Hosepipe ban introduced throughout our region Following months of unprecedented hot and dry weather, demand for water has never been higher and we need to protect our water resources, both for you and the environment. Demand is, currently 30% higher than average, and with more hot weather to come and no significant rain forecast, we’ve made the difficult decision to introduce a hosepipe ban. It has been 50 years since water restrictions were las
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Aug 17
Stratford Summer Sunday Café - 6 September
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
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Aug 15
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