Week 1 – Portswood Broadway Bus-gate Trial

Posted by Highfield Residents' Association on Feb 3, 2025 in News | 0 comments   Illegal parking Portswood Road   07:00  7.5t delivery lorries attempting to turn left from The Avenue into Westwood Road looking for the A335.   Portswood Road KPI 1; KPI 6   Near miss on the Brookvale Road build-out. Blind corner. The mini had to reverse.   Confusing signs in Highfield Lane.   A misleading sign spotted at the junction of Brookvale Road and...
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The Caraway Dementia Action programme for week beginning Monday 3 February 2025, for across Southampton!

Posted by Highfield Residents' Association on Jan 31, 2025 in News | 0 comments Info courtesy of Caraway Dementia News Southampton – February 3rd 2025 MEMORY CAFÉS   •  WELLBEING ACTIVITIES  •  OTHER CAFÉS Hi All February here already! We begin our monthly meets at our Memory Cafes, hope to see you at one of them. As we’ve mentioned before, if you know of something extra happening that might be of interest to others do let us know and we might be able to include it in...
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The Little Common! Photo by Ken, taken late January 2025

Posted by Highfield Residents' Association on Jan 31, 2025 in News | 0 comments
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Parkrun – Southampton Common – Every Saturday 9am on Southampton Common!

Posted by Highfield Residents' Association on Jan 31, 2025 in News | 0 comments Join a running community in the heart of Southampton! “A free, fun, and friendly weekly 5k community event. Walk, jog, run, volunteer or spectate – it’s up to you!” Every Saturday at 9am on Southampton Common! More on this below! https://www.parkrun.org.uk/southampton/
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Southampton National Park City – January 2025 Updates: This includes information on the ‘Urban Wild on the Common 2025 Event’, from 11am on Sunday 1st June, and how to register

Posted by Highfield Residents' Association on Jan 31, 2025 in News | 0 comments This event will be a “unique Southampton-wide celebration of nature, community, and collaboration”… and … “is the final event of the wider Urban Wild festival which aims to showcase the beauty and diversity of Southampton’s green and blue spaces, whilst connecting people to the natural world and each other. Hosted by Southampton National Park City and other...
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Just a reminder that the next date for Ranger led conservation tasks around the Common is Saturday 8 February 2025!

Posted by Highfield Residents' Association on Jan 31, 2025 in News | 0 comments Anyone interested will need to register by the Wednesday before Saturday 8th! Free and tools provided. More info and dates below! Info courtesy of SCC Natural Environment Ranger Team
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A couple of events coming up at Portswood Library in February:

Posted by Highfield Residents' Association on Jan 30, 2025 in News | 0 comments An event for children ages 5+ during half-term week: Jane Austen 250 Paper Dolls & Bonnets / Portswood Library / Wednesday 19 February / 10.30am to 12.30pm. IT help drop-in session For anyone who has questions about digital services or devices such as smartphones, tablets or laptops, get them answered at Portswood Library’s drop-in help session: Monday 3 February / 10am to 1pm. Info...
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Two photos from The Common taken by our HonSec Barbara Claridge – oak branches in a blue sky; and parkrunners (known to her and consenting) from last Saturday 25 January 2025

Posted by Highfield Residents' Association on Jan 30, 2025 in News | 0 comments
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