Local Group Focus

Avon Gorge Earth First!

We are a new network of people, many were involved in the campaigns at Twyford Down, Solsbury Hill and other revolutionary(?) activities, as well as having the leftovers (the good bits, of course!) from Westbury and Bath Earth First! We are working towards having a few active groups here. Also, the idea of a regional gathering is being chewed on. The campaigns we are involved in at the moment are; demonstrations against nuclear waste dumping in Avon Mouth, the various anti-road activities in Bristol, Bath and Westbury, protests against McDonalds and Pet City, and the planned quarry extensions in this area.

Ashton Court is an area of public open space (one of the few left in the sick city of Bristol), with meadows, woodland and hundreds of years old trees. There has been a quarry there for a number of years but now there are plans for an extra 30-odd acres of the remaining estate to be destroyed. If this goes ahead it breaks an agreement made by the council and the quarrying company, Pioneer Aggregates, and places the whole estate at risk.

The struggle against the Swainswick and Batheaston bypasses continues with a small weekly action and occupations of the companies involved in the scheme. Come and reclaim the land with us on the anniversary of 1 year’s resistance by the Solsbury Hill Campaign, and for a celebration of the obvious success of the anti-roads movement.

See diary for what they're up to!