Working to Improve Your Community

We hope that residents in our local community will find this website to be a useful resource. If you have any suggestions for additional features please get in touch.

The Parish Council has nine Councillors who meet once a month.  They work hard on a voluntary basis to ensure that Stoke Lodge is a pleasant place to live.  … read about our Councillors 

Spring top up Covid-19 vaccination for people at highest risk 

The NHS is offering a seasonal spring Covid-19 vaccine to people who are at increased risk of serious illness from the virus. This includes people aged 75 and over (by 30 June 2024), residents of care homes for older adults, and those aged 6 months and over with a severely weakened immune system.

If you are eligible, you will be invited to make an appointment by your GP or the NHS. You can also book a vaccination an appointment at a GP clinic, your local pharmacy or at a community vaccination clinic in the following simple ways:

• Download the NHS App and make an appointment
• Visit www.nhs.uk/get-vaccine to use the online National Booking Service
• Call 119 for free if you can’t get online (translators are available)

In BNSSG we will also be offering walk-in vaccinations in community clinics – visit www.grabajab.net for more information. Vaccination appointments are available from 22 April 2024 while GPs started visiting adult care homes from 15 April. Spring vaccinations will be available until 30 June 2024.

Four Towns & Vale Link Community Transport day trips for 2024

These day trips are pre-bookable by phoning Four Towns

Trips to country pubs and garden centres from £6.  Locations include The Lamb Inn Iron Acton, Tortworth Farmer’s Table, Eastwood Garden Centre Falfield, The Fox Yate, Almondsbury Garden Centre, Highfield Garden Centre Whitminster and The Rose & Crown Rangeworthy.  Please note these trips are for members only. For further details and to book

The Happy Parent

South Gloucestershire Council has launched a new website for parents and carers of children aged 0-5 years. The Happy Parent, Happy Child webpage features mental health and wellbeing resources for both carers and their children, fun activity ideas and tips on self-care. There are several resources designed to help build resilience and help families thrive, even when times are difficult.

For more information, visit www.southglos.gov.uk/happy-parent-happy-child

The Parish of Stoke Lodge and The Common is a suburb of Bristol in the County of South Gloucestershire.  It is largely made up of chalet bungalows built in the 1950s and 60s. The Parish has easy rail and road access to London and South Wales. There are about 1800 people living in the Parish, which is located approximately 11 miles north of Bristol City Centre.

There are a number local amenities in or near the parish including Stoke Lodge, The Holy Family,  and St Chads Primary Schools; as well as a selection of local shops at Chelford Grove.  There are nearby Doctors Surgeries at Bradley Stoke and Stoke Gifford.  It’s also close to the Mall at Cribbs Causeway, as well as The Venue featuring a Vue Cinema, dining and bowling.

Stoke Lodge has an open area of 20 acres (8.1 ha)  known as Stoke Lodge Playing Fields.

The Pavilion

The Pavilion was refurbished in 2015 and is now an excellent community venue for meetings, children’s parties, Brownies, Kiddies Clubs and Pre-School.  The adjoining field provides an excellent space for football. Read more about the venue and contacts …

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Almondsbury Youth FC

We train Saturday mornings & play matches on Sunday, so we are looking for players who can commit to weekend football. Home team pitch & training is held at The Pavilion Common, The Avenue, North Bristol, BS34 6BD. Call our team manager Stuart 07737181152 or email stu.ayfc@gmail.com

AYFC details above as a pdf to download

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