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May Day! May Day!
Not a call for help but a heads-up that Sarum Morris will be 'Dancing Up The Sun' on Old Sarum at 5.30 am tomorrow morning, Thursday 1...
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Apr 30


Wiltshire Council - Local Transport Plan 2025 endorsed
The fourth Wiltshire Council Local Transport Plan 2025 -2038 (LTP4) was endorsed at full council on 11 March 2025. LTP4 sets out...
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Apr 29


Missed bin collection?
You've put out your bins on the correct collection date and unfortunately the contractors have accidentally failed to empty it. What can...
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Apr 28


'Wellbeing Walks' May - August 2025 from Five Rivers Centre & Victoria Park,
May - August 2025 dates have been published for the programme of Local guided walks organised by Ramblers Wellbeing Walks - Salisbury,...
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Apr 23


'First Cuckoo' in Stratford heard on 23 April
Richard Death has shared news that he was awoken this morning, 23 April, by the call of a cuckoo, the first call that he's heard in 2025...
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Apr 23


ANZAC Day 25 April 2025
Serviceman from Australia and New Zealand are amongst those laid to rest in the churchyard at St Lawrence Church, Stratford sub Castle....
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Apr 21


Stratford Summer Café Sunday 4 May
Come along and join us at the Reading Room, Stratford Road SP1 3LL (opposite St Lawrence Church) on Sunday 4 May between 2.30 pm and 4.30...
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Apr 19


Smoke from fire at Old Sarum Airfield was visible from Stratford sub Castle
Update from Dorset & Wiltshire Fire Rescue on Friday 18 April: Source: DW FireRescue Facebook post Earlier News 7 pm on 17 April 2025...
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Apr 18


Flood Alert removed for groundwater flooding in the Salisbury Plain area
The Environment Agency flood alert for Salisbury Plain was active between 28 November 2024 and 11 April, 2025. Regular updates were...
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Apr 11


Stratford Guild REVIEW 9 April talk - Laverstock Asylum - a kindly tradition - 175 years of mental health care
The local historian Ruth Newman was an especially welcome speaker at this meeting of the Stratford sub Castle Guild being well known to...
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Apr 9


Stratford sub Castle Summer Sunday Cafés - 2025
Our new season of Cafés begins next month with the first café on Sunday 4 May. Cafés will take place on the first Sunday of the month...
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Apr 2


Stratford Garden Club 24 April talk - 'More colour, less work - fact or fiction?'
Our April meeting is on Thursday 24th April at 7.15pm for 7.30 in the Reading Room, Stratford Road, SP1 3LL, when the speaker will be...
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Apr 2


Could you become a coach with 'Read Easy', a Literacy Charity?
Anita with her book in Salisbury Library When Anita McCarthy left school she could not read and life was a challenge – but now her life...
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Apr 1


'Toad crossing' at Little Durnford
There is a sign at Little Durnford indicating that the 'Toad Patrol' has been in the area recently. At sunset on mild, damp evenings...
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Mar 31


Changing the time of the church clock for British Summer Time
The mechanism of the tower clock at St Lawrence Church will need to be adjusted by one hour so that the one-handed clock dial will...
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Mar 26


Changes underway at Ashley Road cycleway near the pedestrian crossing
The two sets of temporary traffic lights on Ashley Road near the closed zebra crossing have now been removed. The new posts are in place...
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Mar 18


Damaged sign reported to MyWiltshire nearly two years ago, still not repaired
17 March 2025. Our Wiltshire Councillor, Dr Mark McClelland, has been requested to enquire why this sign has still not been replaced....
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Mar 17


Chasing the lunar eclipse around Old Sarum
A local resident has sent in these amazing images to the website, along with the commentary below. Images L-R were taken at 0521, 0552,...
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Mar 14


Stratford Guild REVIEW Thursday 13 March 'Viscountess Frances 'Fanny' Nelson'
Fanny Nelson, a Hero’s Wife - a talk by Christine Mason The connection between Horatio, Lord Nelson, his wife Fanny and Stratford sub...
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Mar 13


Stratford Garden Club 27 March talk - 'Wildflower Seed Collection and Processes'
The March meeting of the Club is on Thursday 27th March at 7.15pm for 7.30pm in the Reading Room, Stratford Road, SP1 3LL. Our speaker...
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Mar 11


Lighter evenings and sunnier days...
... make for some interesting wildlife-spotting opportunities. A local resident sent in the above image with the comment: " On 4 March...
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Mar 6


RESULT of Salisbury Neighbourhood Area Referendum - February 2025
RESULT - Source Wiltshire Council A reminder that when you attend a polling station to vote, you will need to take photo 1/D with you. ...
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Feb 28


Friends of St Lawrence - fundraising talk Friday 28 February - "The King's Troop Royal Horse Artillery"
This event has now taken place. At the end of his talk Nigel mentioned that there's a video available on YouTube of the King's Troop...
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Feb 27


Stratford Garden Club 27 February talk - Laura Hall - Gardeners' World Fair, Show Garden 2024
Laura Hall. Image - Newsquest A local resident and prize-winning Garden Designer will be the speaker for this week's meeting of the...
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Feb 24
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