BERA News

Routine inspections of Chester’s 100-year-old Queens Park Suspension Bridge have revealed issues with the metal work resulting in protective scaffold being installed next week (26 June). Regular inspections are carried out by Cheshire West and Chester Council’s engineers, there were no issues discovered during the 2013 loading tests or the 2020 visual inspection. This year’s […]

15th November 2022 – Quiz night at The Albion from 7.30pm 15th December 2022 – Carol singing around the neighbourhood, followed by mince pies in The Albion. Starts in the Drill Hall Gardens at 6.30pm 11th January 2023 – AGM in The Albion at 7pm

On Saturday 23rd April, the Albion Inn will be hosting Chester Morris, Kinnerton Morris and Mersey Morris when they will dance in the street from approximately 3.00 pm, followed by a traditional sing song in the Albion to mark St.George’s Day.Please come along if you can.

Please find below the agenda for the BERA 2022 AGM which will be held at 7pm on Wednesday 5th January. It will be confirmed nearer the time if this is to be by Zoom or in person at The Albion. Please let me have any additional items for the agenda by 31st December. The minutes of

Please find the latest edition of community champions below,  Key messages to shareThe Council has received £2.9 million from the Government’s Winter Household Support Fund to provide essential support to the most vulnerable residentsAs the Christmas countdown has started and Chester city centre is preparing for an influx of shoppers and visitors, the Council is

To improve Chester city centre security for residents and visitors attending the Christmasmarket and people choosing to go late-night shopping, the hours when the city’s bollards areraised to the ‘up’ position will extend beyond the usual end time of 4.30pm for four weeksleading up to Christmas.From 26 November until 22 December, bollards at the Town

Anti-terrorism measures enacted to keep residents safeResidents and tourists visiting Chester for festive shopping and to attend the Christmas market willsee improvements to the city’s safety measures from 26 November.The bollards, which are in place in strategic locations around the city centre to prevent vehiclesentering, are usually raised in the ‘up’ position between 10:30am to

Please see below a media release that will be published tomorrow with an update on the resurfacing works taking place overnight w/c 13th December. We are also writing to premises in the vicinity to raise awareness in advance of the works and also sharing details via our Northgate newsletter. I hope these will not result in

Just to keep you posted, access to/from the Little Roodee car park will switch from this Tuesday 22nd to be from Grosvenor Road. This will then be the situation until Castle Drive fully reopens in January. I hope that will make access easier for coaches and general traffic. There will be no access to the car

Chester’s Christmas Market opens today and next week sees the return of the Twelve-Days of Christmas parade on Thursday 25 November starting at 7pm. Organised by Cheshire West and Chester Council in partnership with the Chester BID and Destination Chester, the ‘Twelve Days of Christmas’ is the first of four parades to return this year.