An eco-friendly woodland area is being created alongside the Bath-bound platform by the Friends of Bradford on Avon Station. John Baxter recounts the story behind the scheme

Trust member Stephen Hills recalls some of the civil engineering challenges that accompanied the construction of Bradford on Avon’s Southway Park development.

The name of Eric Walrond was completely unknown to me until a historian friend Dave Chapple who lives in Bridgwater mentioned his name to me, together with the fact that Eric had once lived in Bradford on Avon. This impelled me to find out more.

This book is a social history, of what it was like to work in the rubber factory and, as so many in the town worked in or for the factory, of its impact on the life of the town as a whole.

Kate Nicholls gathers recollections of the ‘China Hens’ – the two remarkable women who played a crucial role in the creation and development of Bradford on Avon Preservation Trust.

Twenty years after the then Prince of Wales officially opened the newly restored West Barn, Margaret Dobson writes an entertaining account of the events leading up to the royal visit.

On Sunday 7 May between 12 noon and 3pm, the Bradford on Avon Preservation Trust is hosting a family fun picnic in Barton Farmyard in front of the Tithe Barn.

There has been a massive resurgence across the west country in recent years in the ancient tradition of wassailing and celebrating the fruit of the apple tree. A fine thing indeed.

Our new regular columnist, Ralph Oswick, looks back (fairly) fondly to his days as a resident of Bradford on Avon

Rosie MacGregor discusses the events and themes that inspired her latest book: Remnants and Yarns Poverty and protest in the woollen industry in Bradford on Avon.

Any nasty bugs and evil imps hanging round the Hens’ Orchard were well and truly sent packing at the end of January.

Dan Farrell, General Manager and Technical Director at the Moulton Bicycle Company, will be presenting the next in our series of talks on Wednesday 15 February.

The Preservation Trust are pleased to announce that we have donated £13,000 to A New Skate Park for BoA. 

We’ll be Singing Around the Christmas Tree with the Courage Choir at Barton Farmyard on Sunday 18 December, from 4-5pm.

The Bradford on Avon Carollers will be singing some real traditional carols around the town during December.

Anne Gregson opens our new season of talks on Wednesday 16 November, at 7.30 for 8pm in the Priory Barn.

A personal reminiscence by Rosie MacGregor about dodgy land deals and even dodgier information technology sell-offs at West Wiltshire District Council.

Are there lilac blooms in the heart of town? Maybe not, but the living green wall has transformed an eyesore.

Our 2022 Members’ Open Forum will be held at the Priory Barn, Newtown, at 7.30pm on Thursday 6 October.