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Salisbury, Wiltshire UK
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Yellow Warning* of rain forecast for the 200 'Big Sleepers' at Stonehenge
Give a thought to Ted Uren and Chris Lush and all the 200 'Big Sleepers' who have chosen to spend the night of Friday 14 November sleeping under the stars at the Stonehenge World Heritage site. Social media posts indicate that Phil Harding of Wessex Archaeology & Time Team, and Salisbury Mayor John Wells (who represents St Francis & Stratford Ward on both Salisbury City Council and Wiltshire Council), have also signed up for the Big Sleep. The aim of this event is to raise
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Nov 13, 2025
Stratford Guild TALK Wed 12 November REVIEW
Brilliant Mini Beasts - Speaker Juliet ten Doeschate A fascinating introduction to the amazing and intriguing world of invertebrates including wasps, butterflies, ladybirds, flies and many more. Some are very familiar and common visitors to our gardens, but others are so tiny (a mere 3mm) and so well hidden that we are not aware of them. Juliet concentrated principally upon those which inhabit her garden of 2 acres which is half woodland and half garden. Many are parasitic fe
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Nov 12, 2025
Mapping Roman Roads
A high resolution map of Roman roads throughout the Empire was published earlier this week: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41597-025-06140-z . The map is open access at https://itiner-e.org/ It doesn’t really add to our knowledge locally, the lost portion of the road to the Mendips from Old Sarum (Sorbiodunum) remains lost. It is tempting to draw a straight line across the gap but as this route rises and falls across two valleys, and carts travelling it carried lead, th
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Nov 8, 2025
Stratford Garden Club - Thurs 27 November
Join us for our meeting on Thursday 27 November 7.15 pm for 7.30 pm. Our speaker will be Roger HIrons “Plants introduced in the Victorian era and some Victorian gardening techniques”. Roger Hirons is “The Plant Doctor”. He trained at Pershore College and comes with a wealth of knowledge. He has worked in nurseries, run garden centres and has his own garden design and landscaping business. He is also a published author. New members and visitors are always welcome. Membership o
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Oct 31, 2025
'PLEASE clean up after your dog' - Raising awareness/responsibilities
Following concerns about the failure of some dog owners to clean up after their dogs, Salisbury City Council has displayed notices at the entrances to Hudson's Field, to remind owners of their responsibilities. Owned and maintained by Salisbury City Council, Hudson's Field is located between Stratford Road and Castle Road and is open to to the public to walk around and for other recreational uses. It's a great place to fly a kite or throw a frisbie, or for children to learn
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Oct 31, 2025
Is Your Vision Roadworthy? – Wiltshire Police supports national road safety campaign from Mon 27 October
Wiltshire Police is supporting a national two-week road safety campaign asking all drivers a simple but important question: “Is your vision roadworthy?” From today (Monday 27 October), officers will be carrying out roadside eyesight tests as part of efforts to reduce collisions resulting in people being killed or seriously injured (KSI) due to poor vision. If a driver is unable to read a number plate from 20 metres in daylight conditions, they will be referred to the DVLA f
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Oct 27, 2025
Salisbury River Park - October Newsletter
22 October 2025 - Fisherton Rec The River Park October Newsletter describes the work currently planned. Yesterday a new footpath across Fisherton Rec was nearing completion. At the moment the project's website is not available to view but a copy of the Newsletter has kindly been provided by Andy Wallis, (Salisbury River Park Project Lead) and can be downloaded below. page 1 of the PDF document - click the PDF download button above to view all 5 pages.
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Oct 23, 2025
Sarum Master Bible - a talk by Dr Christopher de Hamel
A talk 'The Sarum Master Bible' by Dr Christopher de Hamel will take place at Salisbury Cathedral on 20 October at 7.30 pm (doors open at 7pm). There will not be a charge for the talk but tickets must be booked in advance due to limited capacity - details are on the cathedral's website. Our earlier newspost followed the fundraising campaign to enable the purchase of this rare 13th century Bible so that it might be returned to Salisbury Cathedral. The campaign was successful
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Oct 17, 2025
Restricted road and pavement outside the Reading Room
Wessex Water are replacing the water meter at the Reading Room. There are no traffic lights to control traffic past the obstruction, and the pavement has limited access.
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Oct 17, 2025
Ashley Road 'parallel' crossing - cycle lane obstructed again
The surface on the cycle path near Ashley Road has been removed and will be replaced by a non-skid surface. News from 27 September The image above left, taken on Saturday 27 September, shows the crossing back in operation. Cyclists now have priority over motorists at this point, and do not legally have to dismount. There have been fears expressed on social media of the risks of cyclists not stopping and/or motorists being unaware of their presence/the priority change. Furthe
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Oct 15, 2025
Gradidge Lane sign finally returns....
After repeated reports to Wiltshire Council, in October 2025 the sign was eventually replaced, having been removed from its post in January 2024. (To remove any doubt that was not a typo.) News from 7 May 2025 Image 5 January 2024 KMOC 16 March 2024 As reported on 5 January 2024 , the 'No entry except for Access' sign at the junction of Gradidge Lane and Phillips Lane had been damaged and it was hoped that it was simply a matter of fitting new brackets to re-install the sig
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Oct 10, 2025
Stratford Guild's Wednesday 8 October talk - REVIEW
Forged signatures and how to detect them - John Jameson-Davis John stepped in when our booked speaker became ill and cancelled all speaking engagements. He answered our call while on holiday in Crete! John is a Questioned Handwriting and Document Examiner. His work mainly entails the examination of questioned signatures (those which have been challenged or doubted for some reason, perhaps on a Will, a passport, a bank or credit card or other document). He is also asked to l
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Oct 8, 2025
Pavement refurbishment - Stratford Road
Contractors for Wiltshire Council have resurfaced the pavement on the west side of Stratford Road between Castle Keep and Mill Lane and...
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Oct 8, 2025
Stratford Garden Club's 30 October talk - Stourhead House & Garden
Our October meeting is on Thursday 30 October at 7.30pm in The Reading Room, Stratford Road SP1 3LL, opposite St Lawrence Church. The...
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Sep 28, 2025
Church clock is fully working again
Following further repairs to the clock's mechanism completed on 20 September, the tenor bell is once again ringing on the hour. It is...
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Sep 20, 2025
Update on two Local Road Closures September 2025
Bob-cat work completed - see image taken on 16 September. Original Newspost 7 September Phillips Lane will be closed for 'Bobcat' works...
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Sep 16, 2025
Lunar Eclipse 7 September 2025 - update
This view of the lunar eclipse was taken from St Lawrence Close by Henry Burnside and sent to the website to be shared with other...
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Sep 11, 2025
Stratford Summer Cafés - end of the 2025 Season
This year’s summer season finished with our September café, which was well attended even though the weather was not that kind to us. We...
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Sep 11, 2025
Volunteers needed to help with 2026 Stratford Summer Cafés
If we are to continue our fabulous Sunday Cafés next summer, we will need more volunteers to come forward to join our team of helpers, to...
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Sep 10, 2025
Stratford Guild's talk - Wednesday 10 September REVIEW
The Guild's 2025-26 season began on Wednesday 10 September at 7.30 pm in the Reading Room, with a talk by Colin van Geffen entitled 'The Lady who saved the Nation'. Review follows: When Mr van Geffen began his presentation by asking the audience who had heard of Lucy, no one had. This did not surprise him. By the end of his presentation, however, it seemed amazing that the life and achievements of this remarkable woman seem to have disappeared from our history. Lucy was
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Sep 10, 2025
Stratford Garden Club's new season begins Thursday 25 September
Our first meeting of the new season is on Thursday 25 September 7.15 for 7.30pm. The speaker at that meeting will be Michael Bowyer, his...
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Sep 1, 2025
'Wellbeing Walks' Sept-Dec 2025 from Five Rivers Centre & Victoria Park,
The programme for two grades of local guided walks - Footsteps to Fitness and Doorstep Walks - with dates from September to December...
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Aug 28, 2025
Stratford Summer Café - Sunday 7 September
The weather may have been against us for our August café but the people weren’t! We were delighted to have so many customers (including...
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Aug 24, 2025
Utilities queueing up to work on and around Stratford Road
Southern Gas Networks are still in Stratford with temporary traffic lights* near Chancellor's Farm and equipment and spoil heaps...
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Aug 10, 2025
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