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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


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


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...
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Sep 10


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


'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


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


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


Air Quality Monitoring Device installed at Stratford School
An air quality monitor was recently installed at the primary school. The monitor was provided by the Wiltshire Community Air Network as...
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Aug 9


Four egrets spotted near Mill Lane bridge but no photos - yet
The website has received a heads-up from local resident David Mills that four Little Egret were seen perched in the tree of a garden...
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Aug 6


Stratford Garden Club - end of season
In June we held the AGM of the above Club and I am delighted to say that it was a very successful evening! The current Committee will...
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Aug 1


Clearing & cleaning by Wiltshire Council
Wiltshire Council's yellow 'Parish Steward' vans appear to be visiting our area more frequently. The purpose of a visit today was to cut...
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Jul 31


Wiltshire Libraries free Home Library Service
If you (or someone you know) can’t visit the library due to health, mobility or access issues, Wiltshire Libraries can bring the books to...
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Jul 28


St Lawrence Patronal Festival
As the congregation prepares to commemorate the St Lawrence Patronal Festival on Sunday 27 July, the colours of the flowers decorating...
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Jul 26


University of Southampton Archaeology department set to return to Old Sarum
Students and staff from the University of Southampton will be around Old Sarum and Stratford sub Castle for the next two weeks, using GPR...
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Jul 23


Speed Awareness sign nr Hudson's Field
A 'Your Speed' sign has been fixed to a lampost on Stratford Road, near Hudson's Field. It is not a 'Speed Camera'. Typically, these...
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Jul 23


Stratford Summer Sunday Café 3 August 2.30 pm - 4.30 pm
For our July café the sun peeped through now and again and the threatening rain held off, which meant we had a lively, busy café with...
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Jul 19


New Mobile Library vehicles to serve parts of Wiltshire (but not Stratford)
Wiltshire Council has released news of two new Library vans that will replace two of the three vehicles currently in use in Wiltshire. ...
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Jul 7


Disposing of flimsy plastic film
If you have received a magazine by post, it may have been enclosed in flimsy plastic. A message on a recent mailing from the National Trust said: " Please do not put this wrapper in your plastic recycling bin or with your general domestic waste. Most councils provide garden and food waste bins, please check with your local council if you're unsure ." A different 'provider' advised that the film could go with garden waste. Wiltshire Council was asked to comment and this was
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Jul 6


Download free eBooks, eAudiobooks eMagazines with Libby & your Wiltshire Library card
News from Wiltshire Libraries: Wiltshire library members can check out eBooks, eAudiobooks and eMagazines by logging into the Libby app...
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Jul 6


Salisbury EcoHub - Recycling leaflet
Kerbside collections made on behalf of Wiltshire Council do not cater for all recyclable materials. EcoHub Salisbury has produced a...
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Jun 30


Mobile Library Visit due 18 June has been cancelled
The Library has broken down and will not be visiting Stratford sub Castle today Wednesday 18 June. This follows reports that the library...
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Jun 18


Wiltshire Council & Ramblers replace two Stratford stiles with kissing gates
Today, Monday 16 July, volunteers from South Wiltshire Ramblers working under the direction of Wiltshire Council Rights-of-Way Officers...
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Jun 16


Stratford Summer Sunday Café - 6 July
We do hope that you will join us at our 6 July Summer Sunday Café, which will be open from 2.30pm until 4.30pm in the Reading Room,...
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Jun 16


Summer Snow in Stratford? A rarity in our midst!
June 2025 KMOC The Black Poplar , Populus nigra , is scarce (about 7,000 in UK, mostly in the south). It likes having wet feet so it is...
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Jun 15
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