Generated by All in One SEO v4.9.4.1, this is an llms.txt file, used by LLMs to index the site. # Bear Flat Association Working for the Bear Flat Neighbourhood ## Sitemaps - [XML Sitemap](https://bearflat.org.uk/sitemap.xml): Contains all public & indexable URLs for this website. ## Posts - [test post on 12 th jan](https://bearflat.org.uk/test-post-on-12-th-jan/) - does this work ## Pages - [](https://bearflat.org.uk/) - BEAR FLAT ASSOCIATION is a resource for residents and visitors alike. website tells you what the Bear Flat Association is, what we do, what we can do for you, and what great businesses, open spaces and transport links we offer Bear Flat Association - [Planning and Transport Challenges 2025/26](https://bearflat.org.uk/planningandtransport/) - Local Plan Option BFA has responded to the Bath and North East Somerset Council Local Plan Options consultation. Our main comment concerned the extent of traffic generation likely from new employment and residential development on the southern edge of Bath and further afield such as at or near Midsomer-Norton, Radstock and Peasedown St John. This would - [Open Spaces](https://bearflat.org.uk/open-spaces/) - Bloomfield Green Alexandra Park Two Tunnels Greenway Lyncombe Hill Fields - [Membership](https://bearflat.org.uk/join-us/) - Find out more about your membership options at the Bear Flat Association - [Where is my nearest ?](https://bearflat.org.uk/nearby-businesses/) - Find out what Bath local businesses are here in Bear Flat. Bear Flat is based in Bath UK. - [Community Market, Café and Repair Workshop](https://bearflat.org.uk/market/) - The community market is on the third Saturday of the month from 9.30am - 12.30pm in the Community Hall, Bruton Avenue BA2 4QJ. We promote local food and provide space where the community can get together. We welcome local artists and craftspeople as well as local charities. Come in to find their gorgeous food, gifts, - [Committee Area](https://bearflat.org.uk/committee-area/) - [Places of Worship](https://bearflat.org.uk/places-of-worship/) - Beechen Cliff Methodist Church Church of Our Lady and St Alphege (RC) Magdalen Chapel (CofE) St Bartholomews (CofE) St Luke's Church (CofE) - [A Vision for Bear Flat Centre](https://bearflat.org.uk/a-vision-for-bear-flat-centre/) - The Bear Flat Association published a vision in 2020 for improving the Bear Flat Centre. The intention was to stimulate debate and spark more ideas – and to get everyone working together for a better centre. You can read the full Vision document here. The Vision at a high level is : Reconfiguring the Wellsway - [Supporting Material](https://bearflat.org.uk/planningandtransport/current-planning-issues/) - Local Plan: BFA presses for stronger policies for Bear Flat In our response to B&NES Council on Local Plan options, we’ve asked for a pro-active approach to grow and enhance local centres, of which Bear Flat is recognised as one. We support the aim to safeguard and expand locally available services and facilities, but call - [Bear Flat back in Time](https://bearflat.org.uk/bear-flat-back-in-time/) - [The Bear Flat Flyer](https://bearflat.org.uk/bear-flat-flyer-archive/) - Subscribe Recent issues of the monthly BFA Flyer are here, and older ones are listed below. #128 January 2023#127 December 2022#126 November 2022 supplement#126 November 2022#125 October 2022#124 September 2022#123 August 2022#122 July 2022#121 June 2022#120 May 2022#119 April 2022#118 12 March 2022#117 11 February 2022#116 8 January 2022#115 14 December 2021#114 16 - [Where can I park ?](https://bearflat.org.uk/where-can-i-park/) - Download the : Bear Flat Brochure for more details . - [Bear Flat 2030?](https://bearflat.org.uk/bear-flat-centre-2-0/) - Some ideas to stimulate a discussion on the future layout of our area: Some examples from around the World - [The Gore Project](https://bearflat.org.uk/planningandtransport/the-gore-garden-project/) - The Gore (the informal name for the triangular strip of land between Wellsway and Bloomfield Road) had been rather neglected over the years. In particular, the Grade II listed Victoria Drinking Fountain was in a parlous state and the land had become a farm of utility boxes. The Gore is a small green space that - [Friends of Bloomfield Green](https://bearflat.org.uk/friends-of-bloomfield-green-space/) - Since 2014, Friends of Bloomfield Green (formerly Bloomfield Open Space) have helped to care for this recreational space, owned and managed by B&NES Council. The Friends meet regularly for clean-ups and gardening and in June each year they organise the Gathering on the Green. If you would like to join the Friends, contact Email enquiries@bearflat.org.uk and we'll - [Contact Us](https://bearflat.org.uk/contact-us/) - Enquiries, enquiries@bearflat.org.uk Membership membership@bearflat.org.uk Planning planning@bearflat.org.uk Transport transport@bearflat.org.uk For items and comments for The Bear Flat Flyer, please e-mail newsletter@bearflat.org.uk. For copy and comments relating to the website, please e-mail website@bearflat.org.uk. Facebook: Bear Flat Association Twitter: @bearflat Instagram: BFA_Insta - [About Bear Flat](https://bearflat.org.uk/home/about-bear-flat/) - Bear Flat is a residential community on the South side of the city centre with a number of independent cafes , pubs and Menu Gordon Jones, perhaps Bath's most highly regarded restaurant. Why the name ? Well, the area has been farmed since at least the medieval period and an early settlement of Berewick, is - [Local Business Directory](https://bearflat.org.uk/business-directory/) - If you are not shown and would like to be included on the directory, please email the BFA at enquiries@bearflat.org.uk Businesses that have sponsored BFA events and activities are marked with a #. For other nearby businesses not represented on Bear Flat, go to Where is my nearest? Accountants David J Edmunds & Co Beauty and - [Schools, Nurseries, Child Care](https://bearflat.org.uk/schools-nurseries-child-care/) - Beechen Cliff School Chatterbox Pre-School Group Green Shoots Pre-School Hayesfield School Hopscotch Nursery & Pre-School St John's Catholic Primary School - [Organisations, Clubs and Societies](https://bearflat.org.uk/home/organisations-and-societies/) - Art, Crafts and PhotographyBath Photographic SocietyBear Flat Artists Music GroupsBlakk Deth playing your favourite Horrible Histories songs and other mildly inappropriate hits from the (16) '80s and more... If you've got a child-friendly festival then our four young vocalists will bring the housedown. Literally. Party anyone? Contact: John Howell on 07817 230325 or BlakkDeth@karfi.net Birch - [Who are the committee ?](https://bearflat.org.uk/about-the-bfa/) - Our committee is made up of of local residents who meet every few months. Chair: David Morgan Finance: Mark Richardson Transport and Planning : Timothy Cantell Membership: James Gibbons Community Market : Helen Scamell Secretary: Jeremy Trenchard Projects: Gareth Somerset Thelma Grimes; Jayne Allan and Jill Kingaby If you would like to get involved please - [Alexandra Park](https://bearflat.org.uk/__trashed/) - Alexandra Park https://www.alexandraparkbath.org/ - [Air Quality](https://bearflat.org.uk/planningandtransport/air-quality/) - Bath Clean Air Zone Update The huge number of responses (8,400) to the B&NES Consultation on the proposed Clean Air Zone led the Council to delay any decision for the foreseeable future. A revised scheme was to have been introduced in November 2020, bringing in a Class C clean air zone (CAZ),. Most higher-emission vehicles - [Cookie Policy (UK)](https://bearflat.org.uk/cookie-policy-uk/) - [Conservation Area study](https://bearflat.org.uk/planningandtransport/conservation-area-study/) - This BFA study of our area for the Council was published in April 2020. Bath and North East Somerset Council commissioned BFA to do the work, an unusual partnership between a local authority and an association like ours. The study is on the Council web site (see below) to be consulted in planning matters such - [Neighbouring residents associations and groups](https://bearflat.org.uk/neighbouring-residents-associations-and-groups/) - Alexandra Park Friends Widcombewest - formerly ARCH, now comprising Lower Wells Road, Holloway Road and cul-de-sac, Calton Road, Calton Gardens, Alexandra Road and St. Mark's Road. Widcombe Association - [Terms & conditions](https://bearflat.org.uk/home/terms-conditions/) - The Terms and Conditions were last updated on September 20, 2022 1. Introduction These Terms and conditions apply to this website and to the transactions related to our products and services. You may be bound by additional contracts related to your relationship with us or any products or services that you receive from us. If any provisions - [Lyncombe Hill Fields](https://bearflat.org.uk/lyncombe-hill-fields/) - On Beechen Cliff are ten acres of undulating pastureland crossed by footpaths: Lyncombe Hill Fields. The land is owned by Bath & North East Somerset Council and until 2018 was grazed by horses. Now it is under new management with support from Bear Flat Association: we are a co-sponsor of the Friends of Lyncombe Hill Fields (FLHF), - [Gore Garden Work Page](https://bearflat.org.uk/gore-garden-work-page/) - [WARD BOUNDARIES](https://bearflat.org.uk/ward-boundaries/) - ** UPDATE ** ON PUBLIC MEETING TO DISCUSS WARD BOUNDARY PROPOSALS (held Friday, 9th February at 7pm, in the Methodist Church Hall, Bruton Avenue) Download the presentation from the meeting HERE. It contains boundary maps, options and instructions about how to respond. Deadline (1): Complete the BFA survey of residents' preferences by midnight on 11.02.18 ## My Templates - [Default Kit](https://bearflat.org.uk/?elementor_library=default-kit) ## Categories - [Uncategorized](https://bearflat.org.uk/category/uncategorized/) ## Tags - [openair](https://bearflat.org.uk/tag/openair/) - [theatre](https://bearflat.org.uk/tag/theatre/) - [community](https://bearflat.org.uk/tag/community/)