​Welcome to the website of the Birdwood Area Residents' Association (BARA)

New: See some of the photos of the St Thomas' Advent Calendar, new events announced including the Easter Egg Hunt, and our March newsletter is now available.
The Birdwood Area Residents' Association was formed to promote neighbourliness and a sense of community and to form a conduit to the City and County councils about issues related to this area.

We cover Birdwood Road and all roads leading off it:
Birdwood Road; Tiverton Way; Ancaster Way; Trevone Place; Britten Place; Robert May Close; Teynham Close; Budleigh Close; Taunton Close; The Spinney; Chalmers Road; Gray Road; Ward Road; St Thomas's Road; St Thomas's Square.
If you think there is a general problem for the area, do contact us.  We'd also love to hear from  you if you have any ideas for future events or anything to increase neighbourliness.  If you prefer, you can put a note through the door at 52 Birdwood Road.
Birdwood Area Residents' Association logo
Our email list is growing.  Contact us and tell us your address and email and we'll stop sending you a paper copy of our newsletter.   You'll receive our newsletter electronically and occasionally some emails that are time sensitive but we keep these to a minimum.  Your data will be safely stored and will not be given to anybody else.

For those who are not keen on technology we have two noticeboards in the area.  If you'd like to add something to them post them through the door at 52 Birdwood Road.
Stack of books
Community Library
 
The Community Library has set up home outside number 52 Birdwood Road.  Please feel free to take and add books.  Of course, the library will take cover when it rains so you won't always see it there.
1952 map of the area
1952 map copyright National Library of Scotland
Coronavirus.  The Queen Edith's website is providing a lot of helpful information that would be pointless for us to duplicate.  For Cherry Hinton visit https://www.whatwillhelp.org/cherry-hinton (this includes people from Walpole Road area).  Please help your neighbours who are isolating or finding life difficult, while keeping yourself safe.

We are now working with the City Council (Coleridge Ward) and St Martin’s Church.  There is a dedicated phone line for our area:  01223 641021.  There is a new WhatsApp group to cover offers and requests for help, and general communication for our area related to the current emergency.  There is a website for the Coleridge area.

The Coleridge Food Hub takes place at St Thomas' Hall 4-6pm on Thursday afternoons.  If you have extra food or other items that people might need you are welcome to take it along Wednesdays or Thursdays 3-6pm.