Kingsway Villagers

In case you haven’t seen this anywhere else: I am pleased to inform you that, at long last, we are making progress with the provision of a new surgery to cover Kingsway and the surrounding area. We have a public consultation afternoon/evening scheduled for May 24th: 4.30pm-7.00pm at the Kingsway [Continue Reading]

The Kingsway Residents’ Association held a public meeting on March 23rd at the Kingsway Community Centre. The minutes are now available HERE (and via the KRA Home Page: HERE). The meeting in brief: Buses Express coach service to Bristol, services to be extended to Huntsgrove, Stagecoach to launch new App’ [Continue Reading]

Several people have asked about the changes to speed limit signs on Thatcham Avenue in recent months, including yellowhouse who said (HERE): “Is it my imagination, or did there used to be 20MPH speed limit signs along Thatcham Ave, Brize Ave, etc? I can’t see them any more!” He’s right. [Continue Reading]

I had an Email from barker77 with a link to a survey from the City Council. “Gloucester Broadband Survey​ The Gloucester Broadband Survey is designed to give everyone living and working in Gloucester a chance to share their internet experience. In order to help us identify where the telecommunications provision [Continue Reading]

The KRA is pleased to announce our forthcoming Easter Treasure Hunt: The event will take place on Saturday March 26th, starting at 2PM, outside the Kingsway Community Centre. Contestants will take a quiz sheet and follow directions around Kingsway, finding answers to clues as they go. The hunt should take [Continue Reading]

The minutes from the KRA 2015 AGM have (finally) been published. This was a lively meeting attended by around 25 local residents and representatives from numerous local authorities and community groups and organisations, which discussed the following subjects: Reachout! Project Update (Est’ 2013, Reachout! aims to build relationships with youths [Continue Reading]

Sam Ash recently posted HERE (and on facebook) about “Rubbish Bin Problems”, and I offered to look into it. Leaving bins out (Wheelie Bins, Wheeled Bins, Household Waste Bins, Black Bins, etc) on non-delivery days is an offence under the Environmental Protection Act 1990, and many UK councils have used [Continue Reading]

Hi Neighbours, I received an Email from Joe Logan today asking me to post the following message:   Thanks to everyone for your support this year, particularly for The Big Lunch. We hope that Kingsway will continue to support our events and meetings. Wishing you all a very Happy Christmas. [Continue Reading]

Please join us for our 2015 AGM, to be held on: Monday 23rd November at 7:30PM at the Kingsway Community Centre (Committee Room). We will discuss our achievements this year and our plans/intentions for the next 12 months. We have invited Andy Smith (QUVL/Kingsway Developers), Niall Jones (Reachout!), Andy Jarrett [Continue Reading]

Once again local residents and children out-did themselves for the Kingsway 2015 Halloween celebrations! Hundreds (possibly thousands) of local kids and parents were out and about in Kingsway, taking advantage of the huge number of local residents who had decorated their houses to attract little monsters and dish out sweets [Continue Reading]