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WestFest26
WestFest this year is on Sunday 7 June, on Weston Rec from 12 noon to 5pm.
It’s a brilliant day out for everyone, with a great atmosphere and lots of fun.
Catch the beat with this year’s special line up of music and dance. New for this year are the BathTub Orchestra, and our fantastic Funk Tuckers are back. Ready to join in? Try Morris Dancing or Zumba then kick off your shoes for a barn dance in the Big Marquee.
That’s not all, the fun continues with our sport and games, tug-o-war, hit the coconuts, watch the basketball match between our Filipino teams, bounce on the castle, balance along the new woodland trail, play volleyball.
Time for food and drink, try out our wonderful hot food stalls or relax with a drink, cake and ice cream.
And to round off your day play in the Kids’ Zone, win the raffle, smile through the candy floss, browse all the stands, meet new people, get your face painted, draw a portrait, build the map of Weston....
No entry charge, just come. It’s all happening.
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Woodland Trail on Weston Rec
A new Woodland Trail has been installed in the woods at the top of Weston Rec. Running along the full length of the woodland, it includes walking the plank, swinging through the trees, balancing on a tightrope, clambering across the big net, walking the plank again, and never falling off!
It’s a real challenge to get from one end to the other without your feet touching the ground ! Try it!
Active Weston
Sports and Leisure in Weston Village
At a big public meeting in October, it was decided to start a new organisation in the Weston and Newbridge area called Active Weston. The purpose of this new community association is to encourage active participation in sport and leisure activities by people of all ages and abilities in the Weston and Newbridge area.
A Steering Group has been formed, and research is under way into what local people would like to happen in this area, and what new facilities would be welcomed. There is a big opportunity to encourage more varied uses of Weston Rec, including installing new facilities; alongside making maximum use of the newly restored ballcourt at Weston Hub; and encouraging other sports and leisure activities in the area. The Active Weston Steering Group would love lots of us in this area to be involved in one way or another, and are asking for ideas and suggestions.
So if you are a young family, an active sports person, an older person, a teenager, a person with disabilities, a dog walker...if you love the countryside, love walking or rambling or cycling, love flying kites, love any sport, want to learn a new sport, want to train young people, have some great ideas, whatever it is… then please let us know.
And if you would like to know more, or get involved, or ask any questions, we would love to hear from you. Contact either Duncan Nash (duncan@nashandcobath.co.uk) or Peter Heywood (peter@heywood.co)
Current & planned projects in Weston Village
Planting trees on the hillside above Purlewent Drive
Producing a big Weston Village 3-dimensional map showing all our streets, together with points of interest and the history of the village, now on display outside the Parish Hall on Church Street (the upper pavement)
Weston Village Tea Towels, showing the village map, on sale at the Western Bistro (next to the pedestrian crossing in the village)
Developing a Community Garden outside Weston Hub, for everyone to enjoy
Love Weston Community Garden outside the Moravian Church on the roundabout, for meeting people and relaxing together. The benches are installed, and next comes the planting
Developing more leisure and sports facilities on Weston Rec, to make more use of this wonderful space in the village. The Active Weston steering group has now been formed to take this forward
Arranging Tidy up Weston community events, to help clear litter and weed our streets
Encouraging the planting of more plants and flowers in different areas in the village
Working with the Council on improvements to Weston High Street
Installing street signs saying Welcome to Weston Village
If you’d like to be involved in any of these projects, or have other ideas for brightening up the village and supporting each other, then please contact Peter Heywood.
Weston is a village on the edge of the City of Bath in Somerset. It is closely connected with the adjoining Newbridge area (also known as Lower Weston). About 17,000 people live in the area. The Royal United Hospital is the largest employer. There are two shopping streets – Weston High Street, and Chelsea Road in the Newbridge area.
The Weston and Newbridge area has no fixed boundary, and so the activities of Future Weston are not bound by any lines on the map. So if you live or work anywhere in the Weston or Newbridge area, then make contact and find out more.
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The Weston area is a great place to live and work. But there are still opportunities to develop and encourage improvements in the Weston area. Future Weston looks for these opportunities, and sees how to make them a reality, and then builds groups to make them happen.
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