The parapets of the footbridge from Church Road to Walter Stansby Park, Gatley will be repainted from 19th to 30th September, and the bridge will be closed during that period. The retaining wall running alongside Church Road by the park will also be repaired over the same period as part of the Council’s Retaining Walls [...]

For some time the Lib Dems have been working with local residents and police to tackle anti-social behaviour on Diamond Jubilee Park, Cheadle. For anyone  who uses or lives near the park, there’s an open community forum on Diamond Jubilee Park which will take place on the 18th August 2011 at Cheadle Library 6.00pm to [...]

Did you know that there is a wildlife conservation area in walking distance of Gatley village centre? From the Tatton site, go along Old Hall Road, turn left at Conker Island and at the end of Brookside Road is Gatley Carrs, with wild flowers, pondlife, insects, birds and bats. The Conservation Group are having a task [...]

From the Gatley Carrs Conservation Group: After the disappointment with death of fish in the ponds at Gatley Carrs Local Nature Reserve in the big freeze last December, wildlife has received a boost from activities this spring. In late February and March the ponds were cleared of encroaching reed-mace (bullrushes) by a contractor and help [...]

Stockport Council has launched a new service, and is asking members of the public to report illegal dog foulers by text message. The following information is requested in the text: Specific date and time of the fouling Specific location of the dog poo/dog mess Brief description of dog and the owner The name of the [...]

A large tree will be felled outside 6 Cheadle Road, Cheadle this week.  The tree has become dangerous due to the presence of a root decaying fungi. The location is across the road from the Village Hotel and Cheadle baths.

Following a substantial amount of work from Council officers and local community groups, local councillors were pleased to support a proposal that the Stockport and District Anglers Federation manage and bailiff angling activities at Abney Hall Park pond off Newlands Road in Cheadle. The pond has been used for fishing since 1988 and recent anti-social [...]

We had an unusual request to Cheadle Area Committee on Tuesday. The owners of 10 Priest Avenue, Gatley have asked to lease a pond on the edge of Scholes Park from the Council. They had previously fenced the pond (which is a small pond within a copse on the edge of the field – see [...]

The next Cheadle Area Committee will be held at Ladybridge Park Residents Club, Edenbridge Road, Cheadle Hulme starting at 6pm on Tuesday 22nd June 2010.  You can download the (unusually short at only 61 pages) agenda here. As always, the meeting is not only open to the public, but we really want more people to [...]

Some good news.  I reported a while back that Parks and Recs had a cunning plan to get the money to repair the potholes on Gatley Hill (which isn’t a public highway so isn’t covered by normal pothole repairs to the roads). The idea was that the people who are repairing the bridge over Gatley [...]