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Category: KCG News

Weeding Wednesdays

  • Post author By helen
  • Post date February 6, 2018
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This week, Wednesday 7th there will be a weeding session for Montague Green and the surrounding pavements. Everyone welcome. Meet on the green at 10 am with gardening gloves and we will have hoes and…

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Kingsdown January 2018

  • Post author By helen
  • Post date January 24, 2018
  • 1 Comment on Kingsdown January 2018

Although it is a quiet time of year, there are still some issues that residents of Bristol might wish to be kept informed about.  For citywide issues affecting us, you might like to sign up…

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Our Kingsdown in 2017

  • Post author By helen
  • Post date December 30, 2017
  • 1 Comment on Our Kingsdown in 2017

The committee of the Kingsdown Conservation Group would like to wish all residents a Very Happy and Positive New Year.  Here are a few of the topics we discussed and acted upon in 2017: 1.…

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Closure of Tyndall Avenue

  • Post author By helen
  • Post date December 18, 2017
  • 3 Comments on Closure of Tyndall Avenue

THE CLOSURE OF TYNDALL AVENUE,  UNIVERSITY PROPOSALS The university has submitted an application to close Tyndall Avenue to traffic, remodel it as a pedestrian and cycle route and to manage it as part of their…

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57 Kingsdown Parade

  • Post author By john
  • Post date October 25, 2017
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I receive the following via this website: “Thanks for this lovely website. I am interested in finding out if 57 Kingsdown Parade was lived in by my several greats grandfather, John Brittan, a very special…

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Old BRI Building update

  • Post author By helen
  • Post date September 27, 2017
  • 1 Comment on Old BRI Building update

The application to demolish the Old BRI Building on Marlborough Street has been withdrawn from the meeting of the Planning Committee scheduled for today. This is because Historic England has decided to list Frippes Chapel…

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Proposed Demolition of Old BRI Planning Meeting

  • Post author By helen
  • Post date September 15, 2017
  • 1 Comment on Proposed Demolition of Old BRI Planning Meeting

There will be an important Planning Committee meeting to discuss Unite’s proposal to demolish the historic BRI Old Building and the Mortuary Chapel on Wednesday 27th September.    [NB this date now CORRECTED] We encourage…

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The Catalpa on the Gravel Triangle

  • Post author By helen
  • Post date September 9, 2017
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As you may have seen, the Catalpa that was on the Gravel Triangle on Back of Kingsdown Parade/St Matthews Road has disappeared. Well, most of it. A few weekends ago, it was caught in a…

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Kingsdown Paving Theft

  • Post author By helen
  • Post date August 30, 2017
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There have been six incidents of the theft of Kingsdown’s pennant stone paving in the past few weeks. Montague Hill and Spring Hill have been especially targeted. These paving stones are irreplaceable and we need…

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Former Kingsdown Residents from 1829

  • Post author By john
  • Post date August 26, 2017
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I received a fascinating email from Tami Thomas in Lima, Ohio USA. The drawing she attached is marked on the back as “Kingsdown 3 Sept. 1829” and the hand written text reads: “W Reed gave…

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News

  • Bristol City Council is consulting on a new Local Plan 2045
  • St Matthews Church Summer Fayre
  • Film Night and AGM
  • Coffee Morning, Saturday 7th March 10 – 12 am
  • A Kingsdown Winter Warmer Indeed!
  • Marlborough Hill HGV Petition
  • Bristol’s Co-Living Supplementary Consultation
  • My Garden of a Thousand Bees at St. Matthews Church
  • AGM and Talk ‘Kingsdown’s Wildlife Around the Year’
  • Western Harbour Proposals
  • Broadmead and our Tall Buildings Policy
  • Premier Inn’s Planning Alterations
  • Annual General Meeting 2024
  • KCG’s response to the City Centre’s Tall Buildings
  • KCG’s Objection to City Centre Planning Application

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