Projects - Bradford on Avon Town Council

The Project File
Current Projects Past Projects

This is just a selection of some of the projects that the Town Council has been involved with.

Fireworks at Midnight The new millennium came to Bradford on Avon with a bang as over 3000 people gathered to watch the Town Council's Millennium Midnight Fireworks display on the Culver Close playing field. The night sky was lit up for a quarter of an hour by a massive display from experts: Pa-Boom! Phenomenal Fireworks.

'Millie' the spirit of the Millennium Millie stands guard over the redesigned Festival Gardens, with seating and replanted gardens.

The statue represents a thread running through the three millennia of the town of Bradford on Avon, celebrating the past but facing squarely into the future.

Millennium Tale of Monarchs, Murder, Mystery and Mayhem A thousand years ago the mysterious millennium was approaching, the Vikings were pillaging and Wessex was in mayhem. Explore the the fascinating evidence left behind by the Anglo-Saxons and Vikings with this multi-media educational display in Bradford Library.

Contributions from a number of organisations covered almost the entire cost of £70,000, with the Town Council organising the whole project and contributing £300. The display moved on to Shaftsbury in October, but the CD is still available for purchase or use on a PC in the Library. The Town Council gratefully acknowledges joint-funding from Wiltshire County Council, Shaftsbury Abbey Museum, Bath and North East Somerset Council, The Heritiage Lottery Fund and The Millennium Festival Fund.

New Courts From Old Bradford people will remember the state of disrepair of the old tennis courts on Victory Field.

The Town Council has repaired the courts and, with the help of some commercial sponsorship, laid out the new court for baseketball and netball.

Railings and Other Footpath Improvements The Town Council has installed railings in a number of places, most recently in St. Margarets Steps leading up from the Library.

Other Town Council work includes resurfacing work on 'The Strips' (right) to make a pleasant 'back-way' into town.