Waterloo Meadows
On 23 March the Government published stricter guidance on staying at home and away from others that superseded the advice in place at the time of writing on 21 March.
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The view from Katesgrove Hill
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The Rising Sun Arts Centre (Huma Jehan)
Ladies with a fan at the Aspire and CAG meeting at RISC
The Bell of St Agnes.
Reading Neighbourhood Network and Reading Voluntary Action (RVA) have arranged workshops for any Reading resident who would like to arrange a street party during one of the free road closure weekends in June and July 2020.
Basingstoke and Surrey Road junction, Katesgrove
Greggs is open
Reading Borough Council (RBC) have refused permission for two giant illuminated LED advertisement hoardings on Whitley Street and the Basingstoke and Surrey Road junctions. These would have replaced the existing hoardings, both of which until recently were non-illuminated.
Entrance to Waterloo Meadows allotments
Reading Borough Council (RBC) will carry out a statutory consultation on the introduction of double yellow lines at the entrance to Waterloo Meadows allotments and the Makro delivery entrance on Elgar Road South. The proposals were among additional waiting restrictions proposed at the council’s Traffic Management sub-committee on 9 January.
Monuments and Inscriptions in St Mary’s Episcopal Chapel, Reading by John Dearing
John Dearing, the author of In Grateful Memory, has lived in Katesgrove for over 39 years. This recently published and very readable booklet about the monuments and inscriptions in St Mary’s Episcopal Chapel on Castle Street features many Katesgrovians of times gone by.
Citizens Advice Reading will be at the Katesgrove Community Association (KCA) meeting on 8 January 2020. They will be there to offer advice about energy bills and information about saving money.
Alpine Street grit bin in the sun July 2019
Katesgrove’s VIP grit bin tuned in to the webcast from Reading Borough Council’s (RBC) Strategic Environment, Planning and Transport Committee on the evening of 20 November to find out about the gritter and grit bins plans for this winter.
The Katesgrove Community Association (KCA) will hold its next bi-monthly meeting tomorrow, Wednesday 13 November at 7pm at the Waterloo Meadows Children’s Centre, Elgar Road, Reading.
The Katesgrove neighbourhood policing team will be at the Katesgrove Community Association Meeting on Wednesday 13 November at 7pm at the Children’s Centre, Waterloo Meadows, off Elgar Road, Reading.
Waterloo Sunrise. Picture courtesy of Mike Cox
In the 1990s, Mike Cox from the Friends of Waterloo Meadows co-edited and co-researched a book about the history of Katesgrove as part of the Katesgrove Community Book Project.
The Katesgrove Community Association (KCA) will be holding its annual general meeting (AGM) at the Christ Church Centre on Milman Road, Reading RG2 0AY at 6.30pm for 7pm on Wednesday 16 October.
Waterloo Meadows clean-up, 13 October 2018
Waterloo Meadows clean-up, 13 October 2018
Waterloo Meadows clean-up, 13 October 2018
The Katesgrove Community Association and the Friends of Waterloo Meadows will join together on Saturday 12 and Sunday 13 October to clean litter from Waterloo Meadows.
Sustrans signpost on Waterloo Meadows
Stuart Langridge (Sustrans community liaison officer) and Peter Challis (Sustrans network development manager)
The sustainable transport charity Sustrans will hold a drop-in event at on Tuesday 22 October at the Waterloo Meadows Childrens’ Centre to answer questions about their proposals to improve the Kennet cycle and foot path.
The Katesgrove neighbourhood policing team will be at the Katesgrove Community Association Meeting on Wednesday 11 September at 7.00pm at Waterloo Meadows Children’s Centre, off Elgar Road, Reading.
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