Stunning Hestercombe Gardens Restaurant Revitalized with Award-Winning Chef Sunday, May 18, 2025 hestercombe gardens restaurant taunton chef weddings dining reopening culinary events The Stables at Hestercombe Gardens, a beloved restaurant near Taunton, has reopened this month under exciting new management and with the addition of an acclaimed chef. Andrew Swann, recipient of the prestigious … Read More
Bath Fashion Museum Secures Major Funding for 2030 Reopening Tuesday, May 6, 2025 bath fashionmuseum nationallottery heritage reopening museum unesco collection regeneration culture Bath Fashion Museum has received nearly £800,000 in National Lottery Heritage Fund support to help bring its doors back open in the city centre by 2030. The museum, renowned for its vast collection of over 100,000 fashion … Read More
Somerset’s Beloved Village Pub, The Bird in Hand, Hints at Exciting Revival Tuesday, May 6, 2025 pub somerset northcurry reopening village community hospitality taunton revival announcement The Bird in Hand, the only pub in the quaint Somerset village of North Curry near Taunton, has sparked excitement by hinting at a much-anticipated comeback. After closing its doors in July last year, many feared the end of a … Read More
Grand Reopening: Somerset's Iconic Blue Ball Inn Friday, May 2, 2025 somerset pub history reopening thatched-roof triscombe taunton 400 years celebration landmark The historic Blue Ball Inn at Triscombe, near Taunton, is set to welcome patrons once again, unveiling its 400 years of rich history in a grand reopening event scheduled for Friday, May 2. Having withstood seven previous … Read More
South West's Rail Campaign for Station Funding Reaches Westminster Friday, April 25, 2025 south west rail campaign funding appeal westminster reopening wellington cullompton delegation parliament government A delegation of 30 individuals from the South West recently made a direct plea to Parliament, urging the government to allocate funding for the construction of new railway stations in Wellington and Cullompton. Organized by … Read More
Progress Update: Tarka Line Reopening for Historic Railway Sunday, April 20, 2025 railway reopening tarka line passenger services bideford north devon modernization infrastructure transport stakeholders The North Devon Railway Development Alliance (NDRDA) convened for its second annual meeting in Barnstaple, providing a comprehensive update on the ongoing endeavor to modernize the Tarka Line and reinstate passenger services … Read More