Update from Dawn Bannatyne, Lead Ranger (The Common/Little Common), on starting works to restore the carriage drive and to reinstate the coppicing at the side of the drive

Posted by Highfield Residents' Association on Jan 17, 2024 in News | 0 comments “Last week we started works on the carriage drive restoring and reinstating the coppicing at the side of the drive.  The section we will be bringing back into rotation is about 450m long, so we intend to do a 45m length section (extending ~10m in from the path) on each side each year.  This means it will take 10 years to bring all 450m back into rotation.   The reason for this work is...
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Two new CCTV cameras for Portswood High Street

Posted by Highfield Residents' Association on Jan 17, 2024 in Crime Incidents, News | 0 comments A successful bid for £1m of funding from the Government’s Safer Streets fund by Donna Jones, Hampshire’s Police and Crime Commissioner, included two new CCTV cameras for Portswood High Street to combat anti-social behavour, thefts, street robbery and other offences. One CCTV camera will be outside Roebridge Farm Shop facing Westridge Road; the other outside the Library opposite St...
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Veg Out Pop Up Vegan Café – every Monday 11.45am to 3pm in the October Books Community Space (189 Portswood Road)

Posted by Highfield Residents' Association on Jan 17, 2024 in News | 0 comments   All info below courtesy of the Veg Out Community Vegan Café: “Join us for another lunchtime of delicious food and a great community vibe at our pop-up vegan Cafe where meals are created from ingredients that would otherwise go to landfill. ======================= v COMMUNITY, FRIENDSHIP, GOOD FOOD AND OFFICIAL WARM SPACE v SHARE A TABLE AND GET TO KNOW NEW PEOPLE OR MEET UP WITH OLD...
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Save the Venny! Info below courtesy of Southampton National Park City

Posted by Highfield Residents' Association on Jan 17, 2024 in News | 0 comments Info below courtesy of Southampton National Park City:   “Join Newtown residents in their fight to save their last remaining public space from closure. Share your views and oppose the closure before Sunday 21 January. This is an urgent ask to support the residents of Newtown in their efforts to fight a public order proposed by the council for the closure of the ‘Venny’: the last...
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Wonderful dappled light on the door of Highfield Church. Photo by Ken

Posted by Highfield Residents' Association on Jan 16, 2024 in News | 0 comments
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This multigenerational ‘meeting place’ re-starts tomorrow Wednesday 17 January from 2.30pm to 4.30pm at October Books

Posted by Highfield Residents' Association on Jan 16, 2024 in News | 0 comments Courtesy of: October Books Meeting Place returns tomorrow, Wednesday 17th January 2.30pm – 4.30pm. Come along and join in the activities.
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This ‘Warm Welcome’ starts tomorrow morning, Wednesday 17 January 2024, in Portswood Library – a really nice initiative

Posted by Highfield Residents' Association on Jan 16, 2024 in News | 0 comments Info courtesy of Friends of Portswood Library.
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The next Repair Café at the Immaculate Conception Church, Portswood is on Saturday 17 February from 10.30am to 1pm

Posted by Highfield Residents' Association on Jan 15, 2024 in News | 0 comments The Repair Café is in the Immaculate Conception Church hall, Portswood Rd, SO17 3SB (the hall is behind the church and access to parking is off Belgrave Rd near its junction with Kent Rd) . Buses stop outside – Bluestar 2 or U6 Southampton Repair Cafés are places where people can bring broken items to be fixed by repairers at the same time as having a cuppa and some homemade cake! Bring...
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