‘Lovely to visit’ ‘Antisocial behaviour’ ‘Young people in park – bombfire by bandstand’ ‘Met husband’ ‘Toilets could be better’ ‘Terrific Victorian park, being refurbished, well used for many activities and sport’ ‘Group meet at green’ ‘Cricket pitch’ ‘Bowling club - single most significant sports facility that involves older age group.’ ‘Great walking area – safe’ ‘Bird Aviary’ ‘Sensory park’ ‘Very good facilities for childrens park’ ‘Special events in the park’ ‘Young people use for football’ ‘Café opening’ ‘Page park, memories from childhood’ ‘Tennis courts.’ ‘Beautiful open space. Big lunch event. Running club, markers for distance. Recent regeneration (in the process of) Lots of benches’ Comments on High Street ‘Poppins’ (café) ‘Main road problems’ ‘Shops range & independent’ ‘Shops not empty for long’ ‘Blue sky café’ ‘Salvation army’ ‘Air quality’
‘Traffic on main roads, sharp turn, large vehicles.’ ‘Noise, and incidents not reported’ ‘Oasis’ (café) ‘good – friendly meeting food.’ ‘Oasis’ ‘Bad paving’ ‘Library’ ‘Bad pavements’ ‘Good shopping – local Tesco’ ‘Flooding where you want to cross’ ‘Square’ ‘Air pollution – found as a severe problem in central Staple Hill –monitoring long term.’ ‘Crossroads, cyclists dangerous.’ ‘Icy pavements dangerous.’ ‘Post office useful.’ ‘Shopping needs to improve.’ ‘Bad paving’ ‘Methodist church.’ ‘Traders from different areas, lost ‘local’ feeling.’ ‘Iceland. Cash back.’ ‘Christmas on the hill parade/event.’ ‘Not enough crossings across the high street.’ ‘Centre for enjoying reading – lots of groups (childrens’ craft) band practice. ‘Benches on high street’ ‘Salvation army club, club for older people on Thursdays – meet and greet’ ‘Fountain square – could be more attractive with flowers’ ‘Unreliable buses - have to wait a long time – one hour for bus to Southmead hospital’ ‘Lack of toilets’ ‘High street you can get anything. Shops busy/well used/friendly’
‘Cafes lots of cafes and pubs’ ‘Sculpture’ ‘Church’ ‘Cake’ ‘Always dark not well lit’ ‘Methodist church. Coffee on Saturday morning. Taze service, meditative’ Elsewhere in neighbourhood ‘Gypsies’ ‘Railway path – mixed blessing’ ‘Merlin housing association – will be good – at moment building site’ ‘Private land, no one takes responsibility’ ‘Potholes’ ‘Sharp turn – large vehicles’ landlord’ ‘Mulberry gardens’ ‘Robbery’ ‘Youth club and legion ladies’ ‘Youth club’ ‘Road bridge has been widened’ ‘Local roads –parking on pavements. E.g. Hermitage road and Beaufort road used as rat runs and speeding’ ‘Police station – held smaller officer check in’ ‘Police station – you know they are there’ ‘Community centre. Seems to have a closed membership’ Pendennis estate ‘Berkeley house – lack of police, parking bad, rats’ ‘Lack of police visibility’
‘People moving into flats – not suitable for area which was previously older people/community’ ‘Change in designated housing, used to be fore older people only’ ‘Potholes’ ‘Our place community hub, events for children, across generations, can be hard to get people involved’ ‘Home’ ‘Community flat- events and groups’ Shared use path ‘Walking the dog – son’ ‘Some poor surfacing’ ‘Vandalism etc. cycle path’ ‘Not safe enough for children unaccompanied’ ‘Bath and Bristol cycle way. Biking and walking’ ‘Well used at weekends’ ‘Is now light’ Neighbourhood wide comments. ‘Changing demographics – what will it mean?’ ‘Increasing house prices might change feel of the community cohesion’ ‘Houses: gentrification – divisive’ ‘Cost of rent rising – people in army can’t afford’ ‘Kingswood has better facilities? – some say yes, some no’