Category: Walks

  • Village Walk – July 2014

    [nggallery id=8] (Click on a thumbnail for best viewing) This walk took place on the perfect Summer evening of July 22nd and started at the War Memorial (see photo above) where Tim Parkinson outlined a brief history of the Village Hall, pointed out the fine original(?) chimney and referred to two former inhabitants of Close […]

  • Village Walk – 2013

    Due to the fact that we had invited members of Bristol Civic Society to join this walk on 9th July only HCS members who has not walked before were encouraged to join the walk, particularly as we were largely repeating previous walks. Approx 17 BCS members and a handful of HCS set out from the […]

  • Village Walk 18th July 2012

    Our second annual walk started from the Village Hall and reached Westmoreland Farm with one group going along Henbury Road and the other through the Wilderness. Marguerite Tonkin welcomed us into her home and garden for what turned out to be a final visit as she died three weeks later. But she did enjoy us […]

  • Conservation Society Village Walkabout – 7th June 2011

    After the AGM the assembled members set off on a tour of some of the interesting houses in the village. First stop was Telephone Cottage where Joyce Steel explained how the cottage was named thus. Next was 266 Henbury road with a quick tour or both sides of the house guided by Charles Claxton. Then […]