My Name is Jess, I am a professional Garden Designer based in Eastington. My husband and I moved to the village in 2018 with our two dogs. We have always loved getting our copy of the Eastington Community News, and I am thrilled to be adding a regular garden feature. This time of year can […]
Category: Environment
Red Kite over Eastington
20 years ago this would have been a rare sight – Red Kites were virtually extinct in England, due to persecution, destruction of habitat and use of pesticides. They were still present in Wales and they were re-introduced into the Chilterns. They have since spread their wings as it were, and moved back into Gloucestershire. […]
Wild Hogs in your garden
Traditionally, spring is the time hedgehogs emerge from hibernation. This year, the weather has been so mild that many of them haven’t hibernated or have only done so for a short time. This means they need food and water, at a time when their natural food is limited. Hedgehogs naturally eat earthworms, beetles, bugs and […]
Millend/Cress Green Path
We asked County Councillor Nick Housden why the renovation of this path had stopped half way. He has replied: “We have completed the section of the pathway that was in the worst condition and in the new financial year there are plans to complete the entirety of this path.”
The new railway bridge at the Ocean
Preparations had been going on for months; the towpath had been closed, and the massive concrete sections had been delivered on site. Eventually the time came and the huge, huge crane began to lift the sections into place…… It was all very exciting, and small crowds gathered daily to watch the show. There was a […]
Wild Hogs Hedgehog Rescue
Hedgehog admissions please phone: 07949 976717 General enquiries wildhogsoffice@gmail.com We are now in the winter months and people often expect hedgehogs to be hibernating. Our changing climate and warmer wetter winters mean that often this isn’t the case with some hedgehogs remaining active. Even when in hibernation, hedgehogs will often rouse and seek out water […]
Millend – Cress Green Footpath upgrade
The footpath between Cress Green and Millend has had a serious upgrade – well, at least half of it has! A new path will be a great benefit to anyone trying to walk along there with prams, pushchairs etc – particularly during coming and going to the school every day. But the disappointment comes just […]
Do you enjoy the canal ?
● Do you enjoy walking the canal towpath? ● Are you interested in how canal locks work? ● Would you like to do something for the community and the environment? ● Do you have 2 hours spare every 2 weeks (on a day and a time to suit you) ? Perhaps you might consider becoming […]
The Ocean, the Railway and the Towpath
The canal towpath between Ocean swing bridge and Bonds Mill will be closed from 18 October until the end of March 2022 as part of the work to replace the railway bridge. An alternative walking and cycling route has been arranged through St Cyr’s Churchyard and will be signposted – please be mindful of church […]
Campaign for Safe Speed Limit in Eastington
Petition Update Firstly, thank you to everyone who went out of their way to sign the petition. The response was promising but realistically not substantial enough to make real change. Since this petition, it has been brought to our attention that from January 2022, the Stroud Council Environmental Protection will be placing an air quality […]
Middle Hall Farm Milk
Eastington Farm Shop is very excited to let you know that we now have milk from our own dairy herd available. The milk is unhomogenised, batch pasteurised, whole milk – just like it used to be. It is sold in reusable glass bottles. Plastic free, and zero food miles. The herd is milked on the […]
Can you tell a swift from a swallow?
Old Friends at Swallowcroft
These beautiful horses, that have become a familiar sight at Swallowcroft, are moving on. Jackie and Samantha would like to say: “A big Thank You to the lovely people of Eastington who took our horses into their hearts. Sadly we will be leaving soon.” … and Neil Darwent posted this on Facebook about […]
Cotswold Canals Trust
From a report by John Newton Vice Chair, Cotswold Canals Trust Today the National Lottery Heritage Fund formally announced confirmation of a £9 million grant to enable reconnection of the canal to the national inland waterways network at Saul Junction, thereby enabling vessels to navigate to Stonehouse and then on to Stroud. In 2018 Prince […]
Wild Hogs Hedgehog Rescue
Thank you for your support of this charity which cares for and rehabilitates sick and injured hedgehogs. We are remaining open to admissions during lockdown. If you find a sick or injured hedgehog, please call us to arrange a no-contact handover. Hedgehog admissions: 07949 976717 General Enquiries: wildhogsoffice@gmail.com Hibernation guide Hibernation is a natural part […]
Be a good neighbour
Dog Mess We know that most of you are civilised people and pick up after your dog. If you are not one of these people, yet, please read on. You would not leave your own poo on people’s doorsteps, or gardens or on the pavement, would you? Then why leave your dog’s?? (Or allow your […]
FIREWORKS – Early Warning PLEASE
Fireworks at home will be a popular choice for households this year due to COVID-19 and this is a plea for you to consider others when planning your display – especially if other than on Nov 5th. The noises from loud fireworks are known to terrorise pet dogs and cats as as well as horses, […]
Horses at Swallowcroft
It’s lovely to see the horses in the fields behind Swallowcroft, but please do not try to feed them – even with pulled up grass. Horses can very easily be made ill by eating the wrong thing – (and almost everything is the wrong thing!!) – and please do not enter their field, horses are […]
The Canal Vs the A38 at Whitminster roundabout – on TV!
As most of us are only too well aware, the scheme to restore the route of the Stroudwater Navigation Canal across the A38 (and eventually the Motorway) is now well advanced. This part of the plan is being paid for out of a Highways special budget. It was in order to build the M5 and […]
Wild Hogs Hedgehog rescue
Hedgehog admissions 07949 976717 General enquiries wildhogsoffice@gmail.com Although the weather is starting to feel more Autumnal, we are still getting reports of hedgehogs giving birth to litters. Please be aware that there may be nests in compost bins, under sheds or decking and in areas of undergrowth. If you disturb a nest, please call […]
Cotswold Canal Trust
Due to the Corona Virus, please note that all activities run by The Cotswold Canals Trust are cancelled until further notice. This includes Visitors Centres, Book Store, Western Depot, Eastern Depot, Boat Team activities, Boat Trips and log sales. The office is currently closed until further notice but can be contacted on 01453 752568. CCT […]
A419 – Knights Brown update
The toucan crossings at Chipmans Platt and Oldends Lane will be commissioned week commencing 23 March 2020, and the footpath surfacing will be completed this week. We will be installing new road crossings along Downton Road this month and we are hoping to complete the majority of the works during the day. It may however […]
A419 Improvements Newsletter January 2020
PROGRESS TO DATE Chipmans Platt – The Chipmans Platt phase of works is nearing completion. The final stage will see us surfacing the footpaths and this will take place in early February. Once finalised we will also be able to open the new toucan crossing, providing further safety for pedestrians using the crossing. Oldends Lane […]
Cotswold Canal Trust – Stroudwater Navigation Restoration
The Cotswold Canals Trust is working with SDC and other partners to restore the local canal network. The current phase of the project includes reinstating the waterway, locks, bridges and wetlands which were destroyed when the A38/A419 roundabout and the M5 were built in the 1960s. This is part of the so-called ‘missing mile’. £872,000 […]
Hedgehog rescue
Hello from Wild Hogs. Well what a busy year we’ve had! We’ve now been able to release most of the hoglets which came to us over the summer and it’s great to know they’re boosting the population in their local areas – without us they would have had no chance. And now here we are […]
Knights Brown – A419 Improvements
As part of our ongoing commitment to work closely with local community, our site team visited Eastington primary school in July, ahead of the school holidays. The team delivered a safety assembly telling the children about the dangers of construction sites to make sure they stayed safe over the Summer weeks. As part of the […]
Chipman’s Platt Roundabout – Eastington’s biodiversity hotspot!
My heart sank when the contractors Knights Brown started work on the A419 at Chipman’s Platt. Part of their work involved stripping topsoil off part of the roundabout and I feared that an area of interesting flora might be irreparably damaged. We know that our wildlife is under increasing pressure from human activity and every […]
Wild Hogs Hedgehog Rescue 177
Hello from Wild Hogs. Well by the time you read this we’ll be into Autumn and maybe we’ll be slightly less busy in the hospital. We’ve had the busiest summer ever, and by half way through August had treated as many hedgehogs as we did in the whole of 2018. So many of our patients […]
Wild Hogs Hedgehog Rescue
Hello from Wild Hogs. We’re having such a busy summer in the hospital. Such a lot of our admissions this year are orphaned or abandoned babies, often three or four in a litter and weighing as little as 30 or 40 grams. They take a lot of caring for, having to be hand fed on […]
Dog Poo
It is hard to believe that in this day and age we are still hearing about dog mess being left on the pavements and foot paths. Surely EVERYONE knows by now that apart from being unpleasant, this represents a genuine health hazard to children and to other animals. It can cause diseases like ringworm in […]
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