Are you a real-life friend of Stockwood's open spaces?
Please sign up with us (for free).
Just your name helps FoSOS to thrive, but you can
also help run this key community group.
Please sign up with us (for free).
Just your name helps FoSOS to thrive, but you can
also help run this key community group.
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ABOUT FoSOS
Friends of Stockwood Open Spaces was formed in 2009 to help protect and improve the public open spaces of Stockwood, Bristol. Entering "BS14" on Google Maps will find us. There's the 'Open Space' itself - the protected hillside and meadows that stretch down to Brislington. We have, too, the hillside and the playing fields between upper and lower Stockwood; the 'Sturminster' valley with its tree-lined brook flowing north from the Saltwell Viaduct; and Whitchurch Way, the former railway path offering walkers and cyclists a green escape from the traffic on the main roads. Already, the Friends have carried out or shared in guided walks, habitat restoration, 'clean-ups' to help get rid of flytipped rubbish and litter. We work with the council and the Wildlife Trust on managing and improving the open spaces, and campaign to protect them from development. We publish occasional newsletters, and we're on the web at www.fosos.org.uk |
NEWS and ANNOUNCEMENTS
last update 24/10/2021
LATEST....
The Apple Pressing is back!
Our apple press was brought back into action in October, after the pandemic ruled it out last year 
Thanks to the many volunteers for providing so much delicious freshly squeezed apple juice
Changes of Scenery
Look out for recent changes in Stockwood's Green Spaces. On the Open Space, Avon Wildlife Trust and its volunteers, has been making a big difference, reshaping the 'dipping pond', coppicing in Ilsyngrove, and generally making the place more wildlife friendly. While over at the orchard, a big area of bramble scrub has been cleared by a corporate group's volunteers, arranged by the council's own parks team. Over on the Saltwell Open Space, the overgrown public footpath linking the cyclepath to Wells Road is being restored to a fully accessible and very useful pathway. |
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