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Four wards. Every community named. Each one different. Each one squeezed in its own way, and held together by the green belt between them.

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Campaign
Why name every place?

Naming places matters.

Too often, decisions are made about Hanham, Longwell Green, Warmley, Bitton, Oldland Common, Parkwall, Cadbury Heath, North Common, Barrs Court and Hanham Abbots as if they're a single ward shape on a map. They aren't. They are distinct communities, with different streets, different bus routes, different planning pressures, and different things going wrong.

The Stop The Squeeze campaign starts by naming each one. The pages below are a working summary, not a finished list. As residents report issues through the Squeeze Audit, this page will get sharper. Every number with a question mark today is a number we want a real answer to by the end of the cycle.

The principle

If a community is too small to be named in a campaign, it is too small to be heard at the council. We name every one.

Hanham

Hanham ward · South Glos · High street · GP access · local traffic

Hanham is one of the main communities in Our South Glos. Its high street is a key local centre, and residents regularly raise traffic, pavements, crossings and access to local services.

The strongest current evidence here is GP access. Hanham Health has said appointment demand has risen by around 20% since before the pandemic, with longer waits for non-urgent appointments. Stop The Squeeze will track GP access, street-level issues and resident reports across Hanham.

Live Issue Areas

GP access Hanham Health has warned of higher appointment demand and longer waits for non-urgent appointments.
Traffic and pavements Residents can report specific traffic, pavement and crossing issues so they can be logged and chased.
High street Hanham High Street should be treated as a local centre that needs proper access, safe streets and visible maintenance.
Local voice Reports from Hanham residents will be logged, checked and reported back.

Longwell
Green

Longwell Green ward · South Glos · A4174 pressure · retail park · family streets

Longwell Green sits close to the A4174 corridor, Kingsfield Roundabout, Bath Road, Barrs Court and the retail park. The issue here is not a vague claim that every road is over capacity. The stronger claim is that key junctions around the A4174 corridor have had documented congestion and capacity concerns.

Stop The Squeeze will track specific resident reports on traffic, potholes, pavements, crossings, buses, school-run pressure and access to local services.

Live Issue Areas

Roads Key junctions on the A4174 corridor around Longwell Green have had documented congestion and capacity concerns, especially around Kingsfield Roundabout.
Pavements and crossings Residents can report specific pavement defects, unsafe crossings and school-run walking routes.
Buses Local bus links — their reliability, frequency and usefulness, tracked through resident reports.
GP access Access to local GP services. Resident reports are logged and checked before anything is published.
Planning Watching any future pressure around the retail park, employment land and the nearby road network.

Warmley

Parkwall & Warmley ward · South Glos · Junction pressure · buses · local streets

Warmley sits on important local routes between Kingswood, Cadbury Heath, Longwell Green, North Common and Bristol.

Bus evidence is especially relevant. From April 2026, First Bus changed several East Bristol routes, including services affecting Warmley, Cadbury Heath and North Common.

Live Issue Areas

Buses April 2026 changes affected local routes, including Service 19, Service 42 and Service 43.
Connectivity Specific junctions, crossings and walking routes, tracked one by one through resident reports.
Pavements Residents can report long-running pavement defects and unsafe walking routes.
Voice Warmley reports are named and tracked separately, not buried inside wider ward language.

Bitton

Bitton & Oldland Common ward · South Glos · Rural-edge · Green Belt · bus changes

Bitton is a rural-edge community where Green Belt, village identity, road safety and bus access all matter. The strongest current transport evidence is the April 2026 change to Service 19, which moved to hourly and lost late-evening journeys.

Stop The Squeeze tracks both planning pressure and the practical daily issues: buses, road safety, pavements, speeding, drainage and local services.

Live Issue Areas

Green Belt Protecting the rural edge and the separation between communities remains a key local issue.
Buses Service 19 changed to hourly from April 2026, with late-evening journeys removed.
Roads Country-lane safety, speeding, junctions and road-surface issues, logged through resident reports.
Sprawl pressure Planning activity is watched closely. No specific threat is claimed unless there is a named site or application.

Oldland
Common

Bitton & Oldland Common ward · South Glos · GP access · bus changes · local roads

Local roads, buses, GP access, pavements and day-to-day services are all live issues here.

The strongest current evidence here is GP access through Hanham Health and Oldland Surgery, plus April 2026 bus changes affecting North Common, North Street and nearby routes.

Live Issue Areas

GP access Hanham Health, which includes Oldland Surgery, has warned of higher appointment demand and longer waits for non-urgent appointments.
Buses Service 42 was improved in frequency but rerouted, with North Street no longer served.
Roads Residents can report potholes, pavements, speeding and junction safety issues.
Planning Local applications are tracked where they add pressure to roads, parking or services.

Parkwall

Parkwall & Warmley ward · South Glos · Local identity · services · buses

Parkwall is one of the smaller named communities in Our South Glos, which is why it is listed clearly. The purpose of Stop The Squeeze is to make sure smaller communities are not lost inside broad ward-level language.

For Parkwall, the campaign tracks practical local issues: pavements, roads, bus access, green space, GP access, local facilities and whether residents feel properly heard.

Live Issue Areas

Voice Parkwall is named in report-backs, not merged into Warmley or Cadbury Heath.
Services Residents can report issues with local facilities, GP access, bins and council services.
Pavements and roads Specific street-level problems, reported and tracked one by one.
Buses Service reliability and route usefulness, especially after the April 2026 East Bristol bus changes.

Cadbury
Heath

Parkwall & Warmley ward · South Glos · Bus changes · local services · community identity

Recent bus changes make it especially important to track route access, local services, roads, pavements and resident concerns.

Live Issue Areas

Buses Service 43 no longer serves Cadbury Heath, although other services continue to serve the area.
Services Local facilities, shops, GP access and everyday council services.
Roads and pavements Residents can report street-level problems for checking and follow-up.
Voice Cadbury Heath is named in report-backs.

North
Common

Bitton & Oldland Common ward · South Glos · Bus routes · local roads · village identity

North Common is affected by local bus changes, road issues and service access. Reports from here are logged under North Common, not absorbed into a wider Bitton label.

Live Issue Areas

Buses Service 42 and 43 changes affect nearby route patterns.
Roads Residents can report potholes, pavements, speeding and junction safety issues.
Voice North Common appears as a named place in report-backs.

Barrs
Court

Longwell Green ward · South Glos · Family streets · school routes · local access

Barrs Court is listed as a named community in the report form. The issues to track are school routes, pavements, crossings, access to Longwell Green, traffic pressure and local services.

Live Issue Areas

Pavements and crossings School routes, walking routes and crossing points.
Roads Specific potholes, speeding concerns and junction issues.
Services Access to nearby GP, shops, buses and community facilities.

Hanham
Abbots

Hanham / Longwell Green edge · South Glos · Green Belt · Avon edge · community separation

Hanham Abbots is named where Green Belt, landscape, Avon Valley access and community separation are relevant. Reports and watch points are not hidden under a generic Hanham label.

Live Issue Areas

Green Belt Pressure on the Avon edge and community separation.
Planning Named applications and site proposals are watched carefully.
Voice Hanham Abbots is named in report-backs where relevant.
The Shared Commitment

Each community. Named. Heard. Reported on.

Every 30 days, every community across Our South Glos will appear in the public report-back. By name. With what was raised. With what was done. With what is still outstanding.

That is the difference between a campaign and a leaflet drop.

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Where to next

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The Case
Green Belt

Why the land between our communities is Green Belt, not vacant land.
The receipt
Report-Back

Every 30 days, every report appears in public, what was raised, what was done, what is still outstanding.
The Squeeze Audit

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