Park Bridge Residents' Action Group & Fund

17/10/2026

🎉 We’re celebrating ONE YEAR of Park Bridge Residents’ Action Group & Fund! 💚

Today marks one year since we formally adopted our constitution and established PBRAGF as a community group. What a year it’s been!

From campaigning to protect our historic Heritage Centre and championing safer roads, to caring for our natural environment and bringing our community together, we’ve certainly been busy!

To mark our first anniversary, we’re celebrating five achievements we’re most proud of, reflecting on why we came together and sharing our ambitions for the future of Park Bridge.

Of course, there’s still plenty to do. We’re a small, volunteer-led group with big ambitions, and we know meaningful change doesn’t happen overnight.

As we look ahead to our second year, we’re excited to explore new funding opportunities, build partnerships and turn community ideas into practical improvements, one step at a time.

💚 Most importantly, a huge thank you to everyone who has supported us over the past year. Whether you’ve signed a petition, completed a survey, joined a litter pick, volunteered your time or simply offered encouragement, you’ve helped make all of this possible.

🌳 Read our anniversary story and discover our five proudest achievements:

https://parkbridgeaction.co.uk/park-bridge-residents-action-group-first-anniversary/

Here’s to an even bigger year of protecting our heritage, championing our community and caring for our environment! 💚

Discover five achievements from the first year of Park Bridge Residents’ Action Group & Fund and our ambitions for the future of the village.

12/10/2026

Thank you to the amazing Tameside Council volunteers who regularly come out in all weather to help to maintain the unique environment in Park Bridge.

Your fantastic work doesn't go unnoticed and is greatly appreciated 💚

09/10/2026

If speeding cut-through traffic, potholes and crumbling road surfaces aren't enough... residents and visitors now have a dangerous sinkhole outside the Park Bridge Institute, posing serious safety concerns ahead of the village's Remembrance Sunday service.

14/08/2026

🏛️ The future of Park Bridge Heritage Centre

After such a long period of uncertainty, it’s encouraging to see serious proposals now being put forward for the future of the Heritage Centre.

Our position remains clear: whatever comes next must keep Park Bridge’s community, heritage and long-term protection at its heart.

We’ve been working in partnership with The Outdoor Collaborative on their proposal to restore the Centre as a heritage and community hub, while we also welcome other proposals that share those same principles.

There’s still a long way to go, but we’re hopeful about what the next chapter could hold for this incredibly important building. 💚

Read our full update, including more about the proposals and what we believe must be considered as plans develop 👇

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PBRAGF welcomes proposals for the future of Park Bridge Heritage Centre that protect its heritage, involve local people and secure meaningful community use.

21/07/2026

"With only occasional passing places, there is simply nowhere to go. You panic as you hear the car getting closer, knowing that if it’s going too fast as it hits the corner, it won’t be able to stop before it hits you."

While the author of this article on The Times resides in a village on the other side of the country, her message, worries and frustration rings true for us here in Park Bridge.

On the predominantly single lane road through Park Bridge, which was originally designed for a single-track light railway, horses and carts, national speed limit applies.

Now, walkers, runners, cyclists and horse riders share the road with up to 700 vehicles each day. Unfortunately, in the last 12 months there have been several serious road incidents, including a fatality on the road through Park Bridge. Yet residents and visitors alike still have to face the daily risks of speeding and dangerous driving on the country lane.

We have been pushing this issue with Tameside Council since we formed as a constituted community group last year. In that time we have presented several suggestions for viable solutions to reduce the risk, have provided independent traffic data and real-life evidence that we have gathered from residents and visitors.

In December 2025 the council conducted a speed survey, with two cameras recording. Unfortunately, these cameras weren't positioned in the speeding hotspots that Park Bridge regulars fear and know all too well. The 85th percentile speed on the bend of Wagon Road and bottom of Mill Brow Hill (just after the tight corner) was 27mph and 26mph. If cars are travelling that fast on blind bends how quick must they be going on the narrow straights where the carriageway is shared by vulnerable road users?

We know from surveying residents that people don't want isolation; they want safety. Shutting the road isn't a solution, meaningful action needs to be taken instead.

A reduced speed limit, quiet lane status, updated road safety signage, and traffic calming measures are a handful of suggestions that would promote a safer environment and encourage more active travel, walkers, cyclists and horse riders.

We care deeply about this issue and we know it matters so much to so many in Park Bridge. That's why we won't stop pushing this until we see meaningful action.

Why? What's the point? What's in it for us? It's simple: we want to prevent another avoidable tragedy on the road through our village.

We live here. We walk here. We cycle here. We ride horses here. Our kids play here.

We want Park Bridge to be a place where everyone can enjoy the unique environment and heritage without fearing the traffic.

My husband Ben, while out running, has had to cower from a car in a hedge. It’s time for a serious change. By Marina Fogle

05/07/2026

A massive thank you to the 23 incredible volunteers who gave up their Sunday afternoon to help clean up Park Bridge! 🧹💚

Together with our friends from Waterloo Action, we managed to clear 34 bags of rubbish. However, the clean-up also uncovered some deeply concerning issues in our local area.

👇 Read the full update, see what was found, and learn how you can easily report fly-tipping directly to the council:

Our community litter pick in Park Bridge removed 34 bags of rubbish, dozens of nitrous oxide canisters, and exposed urgent fly-tipping issues.

05/07/2026

Good morning! Today’s the day of our community litter pick 🧤

Bring your neighbours, family and friends for an afternoon of fresh air and community action 👊

See you all at the Heritage Centre car park at 1pm.

Hope you like cake, we‘ve got plenty of it for afterwards 🍰

Join our Park Bridge community litter pick on Sunday 5th July. Volunteers welcome. Equipment provided, cake at the Institute afterwards.

29/06/2026

Happy Monday! What a relief the extreme heat has passed and temperatures are back to around average for this time of year 💚

Sunday's conditions look perfect for our community litter pick. We hope to see as many of you there as possible. We'll be putting on cake and a cuppa again for everyone who takes part 🍰

Please let us know if you can make it by filling out the short form here 👇 (this helps us know how much cake to bring!)

Join our Park Bridge community litter pick on Sunday 5th July. Volunteers welcome. Equipment provided, cake at the Institute afterwards.

25/06/2026

Heartbreaking to see the wildfire on Tintwistle Moor and the impact it’s having on local communities, wildlife, habitats, and of course everyone working so hard to bring it under control.

The smoke reaching Park Bridge is a sobering reminder of how serious wildfire risk is in this heat.

Please help us protect Park Bridge while enjoying the warm weather:

🚫 No disposable BBQs or open fires
🚬 Take extra care with ci******es
🗑️ Take litter home

Small actions can have huge consequences in hot, dry conditions. Please enjoy Park Bridge responsibly 💚

24/06/2026

🧤 Park Bridge Community Litter Pick: Sunday 5th July

Come along for a couple of hours, help tidy up our lovely area, have a chat with neighbors... and yes, there’ll be cake afterwards 🍰

Everyone welcome. Hope to see you there!

Join our Park Bridge community litter pick on Sunday 5th July. Volunteers welcome. Equipment provided, cake at the Institute afterwards.