Category: Leisure

Urban Orienteering Comes to Bridgwater

Orienteering is the kind of sport where traditionally you have to run around various bits of rugged terrain and locate several control points using maps as opposed to following a set course. It started as a kind of military training exercise in the Scandinavian countries and was later taken up by many British schools over […]

Union Events at Engine Room

A couple of events this week with a Union flavour to them are being sponsored at Bridgwater’s ENGINE ROOM in the High Street. PRIDE On Thursday 25th February there will be a special benefit screening of the BAFTA award winning comedy ‘PRIDE’ which was released in 2014 and tells the true story of a London […]

Bridgwater Remembers Joe Strummer

This Friday, 5th February, is International Clash Day and Bridgwater will be playing it’s part with a drop in event at the Engine Room from 2pm to 7pm . Town Council leader Brian Smedley said “When Seattle radio station KEXP asked Bridgwater Town Council if we’d like to join in with their International Clash Day […]

Waterpark Campaign shows that what Bridgwater wants is a Major Leisure Facility

The Cyberspace around Bridgwater had been going crazy these past couple of weeks over the possibility of a Waterpark coming to town. More than 2,000 people have signed up to an online petition, besieged social media sites and now the story is even hitting the front pages. The man behind the project is Bridgwater resident […]