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After being unable to re-open last summer due to Coronavirus, it has been announced that Stroud s outdoor pool will be re-opening at 1pm on Saturday, May 29. Volunteer-run community group The Friends of Stratford Park Lido have been working with Stroud District Council and operator Everyone Active to ensure the outdoor pool has had a refresh and is Covid-secure before welcoming back swimmers. “Health and wellbeing is one of our key priorities and reopening the Lido is an important step to make sure we deliver on that,” said Chair of Community Services and Licensing Committee, Councillor Chris Brine. “The pool is such a much-loved facility in the community by generations of people in the district.”
Skatepark’s future in jeopardy following Damien Hirst’s land bid
Artist Damien Hirst has unwittingly painted Stroud’s Rush Skate Park into a corner, with the business’s unsuccessful search for a new home now causing serious concerns for its future.
Michelle and Jerry Norman have not given up on finding a new home for Rush Skatepark, but the clock if ticking…
Rush Skatepark, Brimscombe, Stroud, is looking for a new home.
Rush Skatepark, Brimscombe, Stroud, is looking for a new home.
Action from Rush Skatepark, Brimscombe, Stroud.
Owners of Rush Skatepark are facing a crisis after their efforts to land a new home for the Stroud skating venue continues to fall flat.
A STROUD woman is to stand trial on two charges of contravening pandemic laws. Debbie Hicks, 46, of Stratford Road, Stroud, pleaded not guilty at Cheltenham Magistrates Court today (Monday, May 24) to failing to comply with the Secretary of State’s directions by holding a freedom event during lockdown. It is alleged that she breached the Coronavirus Act by failing to leave the Stratford Park area of Stroud when requested. Some 100 people, many holding banners and placards, gathered in Stratford Park for the Stroud Freedom Rally on November 7th last year. Ms Hicks was told she will stand trial on the charge at the magistrates’ court in Cirencester on June 28th.