Patchway - Modern Patchway

Modern Patchway

Patchway is one of the 44 Parish and Town Councils in South Gloucestershire. Amenities include a fire station, library, doctor's clinic and schools. There is a Day Centre for the elderly and a children's play area. Sports facilities include cricket and football pitches and a sports hall.

Early in 2009, the post office located at Patchway roundabout closed. A plan to reopen a Post Office at the Parade shops on Coniston Road was developed but this was cancelled in September 2009, with the local council stating that plans were in hand to reopen at an undisclosed site. In June 2010 it was disclosed that the Spar convenience store on Rodway Road was developing the rear of the store (currently used for goods storage) to accommodate a Post Office facility. The Post Office facility finally opened on Friday May 6th 2011, following building work and installation of security features at the rear of the store.

The Britannia public house was demolished in March 2010. It was put on the market with a view to attracting buyers for £275,000 but, no buyers were found.

During mid-2010 the current library premises were vacated with a small library being set up in the nearby Casson Centre. The library premises were demolished and this site was incorporated with that of the former Britannia PH to facilitate the building of a new three storey construction on behalf of the local NHS Trust - The Hub. The building will include various social health and well-being amenities for use by all ages. The Hub will also include a new library. The majority of the structure for the first two storeys had taken shape by Christmas 2010. By Autumn 2011 the structure of the building was complete and the building was being fitted out. External groundwork and paving was mostly complete by now as well. The Hub was opened on Monday 5th September 2011 and has since become a focal point of the locality. Due to its height, rising to three storeys, and position on the gently rising slope of Rodway Road, the Hub building can be seen rising above the surrounding buildings, particularly when approaching the are from the north side, over the railway bridge.

Patchway has had a long connection with the Scout Movement, with the Headquarters being located in buildings of Worthing Road - behind the Town Council offices. In June 2011 the Scout Movement are celebrating their 70th Anniversary and will be holding special events to commemorate this.

At the end of August 2011, work began to revise the road layout on Highwood Lane, which will see all through traffic eliminated, the road being closed to normal traffic between Coniston Road and Durban Road, apart from access to the local centre at the Durban Road end. The south side of the then current dual-carriageway becoming part of the internal roadway network for the Charlton Hayes development and the north side being restricted to buses only.