Kingsway Villagers

Hi,

My girlfriend and I came to Kingsway on Sunday. We really liked what we saw, to the extent we have started negotiations. As we do not come from Gloucester we have talked to colleagues and friends and have heard  mixed reviews with some saying:

Negatives:

• Don’t Move There
• Terrible Place
• Lots of unruly kids
• Hard to resell

Positives:

• Really Nice
• All the bad stuff is rubbish
• We would live there
• Value for money

We would really like some of your opinions we are hoping to buy a house and start a family and have to get this right.

Thanks for taking the time to reply.
 
 
 

Hi,

I’m not actually a Kingsway resident yet so I hope I’m allowed to post here! It is very likely that my girlfriend and I are about to buy our first house in Kingsway. We’ve reserved a plot and we have a mortgage offer and we should be in a position to exchange within the next week or so.

We have had various surveys carried out and one issue has arisen. The environmental survey has concluded that the plot is near an old landfill site. I have followed the reports advice and contacted Gloucester City Council’s Contaminated Land Officer and he has informed me that the landfill is no longer considered a concern due to the remediation work that has previously been carried out. I’m not particularly concerned by the reports findings as I don’t think planning permission would have been granted without the necessary remediation work being carried out first, but I was just wondering if anyone else had similar concerns raised before they moved to Kingsway and whether anyone has any additional information regarding what kind of waste was land filled and what the remediation process entailed?

I have followed this blog over the last few months or so and it has been really useful. I appreciate I may be opening a rather large can of worms here, but is there anything else that anyone thinks would be particularly useful for a new resident to know? I’m especially interested in finding out how bad the traffic gets during the rush hour, and what things are like for cyclists. I know amenities in Kingsway are rather limited at the moment and I don’t want to give anyone free advertising but are there any independent restaurants, pub’s, greengrocers or butchers around Gloucester that anyone can recommend? Finally our home is being built by Persimmon. Has anyone else bought a Persimmon house? What were they like at fixing snags as they have a pretty bad reputation nationally?

Thanks
Jack

I probably am in minority here, but I dont see the sense of Kingsway having it’s own pub’.
We have enough anti social problems here already, surely a pub’ will give us more problems?
There are pub’s closed/closing down in Gloucester already due to lack of profits.
I would prefer more local shops, not a pub’.

Also why do we have to have yet another Tesco, which is so close to their Quedgeley store? I would much rather have a Sainsburys or a Co-op, it would give Tesco some much needed competition in the area.

Hi everyone,

I’m moving to Kingsway this Saturday & was wondering if anyone knows if there are any cut-throughs to Tuffley?

I work in Barnwood & I don’t drive so I would need to get the number 10 bus.

As I don’t know the area very well, the only thing I can think of is getting the 14 into Gloucester and then getting the 10 from there to Barnwood.

If anyone knows any shortcuts I’d be very grateful.

Thanks

Lucy

Hi,

We are holding a tabletop sale, mainly selling nearly-new baby and toddler items, at the Quedgeley Community Centre on Sunday 27 March from 10am to 12pm.

Stalls cost £5 (£10 for traders) and set up will take place 1 hour before opening.

For a booking form please contact me by reply to this posting.

Fees must be paid prior to a booking being confirmed.

Tea and Coffee will be available, plus free car parking.

Funds raised will go to "Christians in Kingzway" who support 2 children in Ethiopia – please see our website for further information, and about the groups that we run.

Thanks,
Charlotte

What is going on with the Lyneham Drive (hope I’ve spelled it correctly) signpost?
It was propped up behind a lamp post on Valley Gardens for ages. Now every morning I walk past it and it is either lying in the middle of the pavement or in various places. 

This morning it was right up near the play area past the new Children’s Centre. 

I don’t even know where Lyneham Drive is or why it was removed in the first place but it really should be put back where it belongs.