THE online community newspaper for Nailsea people, their family and their friends

May 2026

Our town is a very, very nice town

Property people

To be part of Nailsea or not is the dilemma facting the boundary commission as The Elms housing estate currently adjoined to the town but officially in Wraxall is again under review. Residents accused Nailsea Town Council of attempting a land grab last time!

What's On 2026

Marvellous May comes with two bank holiday weekends, fun fair and lots of street food treats. All club quiz and bingo nights are also featured on our What's On page HERE Eat:Nailsea food and drink street fest is for the first time on a Sunday - which means yippee free parking for stallholders and visitors

Gallery 2026

We have 10 slideshows now in our 2026 gallery including the first farmers' markets, charity concerts at St Andrew’s church, Backwell, and a new how does your garden grow. This photo of an otter feeding at Backwell Lake was taken by Nailsea resident Phil Williams. See more HERE and please email your photos to nailseapeople@gmail.com

Please sponsor Sue our super septaugenarian as she cycles 500 miles to raise funds for Wellspring. And check out all our wonderful marathon runners raising money for worthy causes featured HERE

Sadly a young girl on motorbike dies after collision with car on Brockley Combe Road on Wednesday, April 29. See police appeal for witnesses on our Breaking News page HERE

Christmas is coming and on our What's On page we have details of the pantomimes but did you know local hotels and pubs are already taking bookings for the festive period with The George at Backwell say this May it already has tables reserved and expects all to be gone in four weeks

Girl killed on motorbike at Brockley

It took four years and a quarter of a million pounds for Paul O'Brien to get full planning permission from North Somerset Council to build on the old Weston College site in Nailsea town centre. His company Developments Bristol Ltd has finally been given the go-head for a six storey mix of 38 affordable apartments with commercial units on the ground floor at Somerset Square. Only issue now is finding a housing association to fund the flats...not an easy task although many in Bristol have been built with the help of government grants. Read decision HERE

Wanted housing association help

Nailsea Neighbourhood Policing Team with North Somerset Neighbourhood Tasking Team make shoplifting and bail restriction arrests after day of action in town. More details HERE

Police clampdown on shoplifters

Play park on Hannah More Road is now much improved thanks to Nailsea Town Council spending £70,000 using Community Infrastructure Levy funds provided by builders out of recent development

North Somerset Council reduces car parking fees for Station Road in Nailsea by 50p for first hour and scraps them for Hill Road and Alexandra Road, Clevedon - but reviews are ongoing

Parking fees first hour reduced by 50p

Play away at Hannah More park

Christmas 2026 really is coming

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Downing's Bar turned its building pink for the Cancer Research UK fortnight has counted up all of the donations and its final figure is £1,764.
Owner Geoff Downing said: "It has been an absolute joy to be involved in this amazing and worthy cause." Maggie, on behalf of Nowhere Fundraisers for CRUK team, said: "My goodness me, that is an amazing amount. Painting your building pink was inspiring and I think people will be talking about it for a very long time." If you have donations to pay in the account name is Nowhere Fundraisers for Cancer Research UK, sort code 30-99-50 and account number 64200360. Read more on our Turn Nailsea Pink page HERE

And Karen Leighton added that the award-winning decorations at Coffee Corner could be used again and it would be a shame for them to go to landfill. They are yours for a small donation so pop into Colliers Walk cafe and make them an offer