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Pub throws Victorian party to celebrate road closure

07/10/17

CUSTOMERS of a pub in Playhatch stepped back in time by dressing up for a Victorian street party on Saturday night. Husband and wife Nick Willson and Hazel Lucas, who own the Flowing Spring, decided to make the most of the closure of the A4155 ...

Pub celebrates re-opening of road with motoring party

23/11/17

THE landlords of a pub in Playhatch threw a party to celebrate the end of a 10-week road closure. Nick Willson and Hazel Lucas, who run the Flowing Spring, held the “Life on the open road” party on Saturday after the A4155 Henley Road, which ...

Practical joker channels Scrooge

30/12/19

THE mystery practical joker of Sonning has struck again. A giant humbug appeared on the roundabout on the Reading road at Playhatch last week. In a nod to the festive season, the “sweet” had red tinsel wrapped around it and a sign with the ...

Garden centre burgled

13/05/19

A GARDEN centre in Playhatch was burgled over the bank holiday weekend. Thieves broke into Wyevale in Henley Road someitme between 5.30pm on Friday and 2.30pm on Sunday and stole garden furniture and barbecues.

Roadworks extended by five days

02/11/17

THE closure of the main road between Henley and Reading has been extended by five days. More time is needed to finish repairs to the A4155 near the Flowing Spring pub in Playhatch in order to “future-proof” the road, which will now open ...

Road closure chaos warning

17/08/17

DRIVERS have been warned to expect traffic chaos during the forthcoming closure of the main road between Henley and Reading. And residents of villages in the area are being told to expect much more traffic as motorists take short cuts ...

Flowing Spring, Playhatch

22/05/23

ABOUT 150 people attended a garden party at the Flowing Spring pub in Playhatch to celebrate the King’s coronation. The free event included live music as well as a hat competition and parade. There was a collection for homeless ...

Potholes appear days after £1.2m repairs

04/12/17

POTHOLES appeared in a road just days after the completion of repairs that cost £1.2million. The A4155 between Henley and Reading near Playhatch has several small defects where fragments of the surface have become dislodged. ...

Disruptive diversion

19/06/17

THE official diversion for the closure of the main road between Henley and Reading will send traffic more than 20 miles in the opposite direction. The A4155 Henley Road, near the Flowing Spring pub, will be shut for about ...

Road to be closed for 10 weeks

10/08/17

REPAIRS of a subsided road in Playhatch will begin on August 21 and last an estimated 10 weeks. The work on the A4155 Henley Road between the Playhatch roundabout and Spring Lane are being carried out by a contractor for ...

Never mind the flooding, say couple who buy pub freehold

18/07/17

A COUPLE who bought a pub, transforming it into a free house for the first time in its 220-year history, say they wanted to ensure it stayed a traditional venue. Nick Willson and his wife Hazel Lucas bought the freehold ...

Flood road repair plan sunk again

14/11/17

A £7.5 MILLION project to improve a road that is prone to flooding has suffered a setback before the design stage. Oxfordshire County Council, the highways authority, wants to raise the B478 Playhatch Road, near ...

Playhatch road closed over unstable embankment

31/03/17

Part of the Henley Road in Playhatch has been closed for work to repair the road surface. A section of one side of the road was closed near the Flowing Spring pub on Wednesday after an inspection by contractors ...

Couple scoop pub of year months after purchase

03/04/18

THE landlords of a Playhatch pub have received an award from the Campaign for Real Ale. Nick Willson and Hazel Lucas, who have run the Flowing Spring for seven years, were named pub of the year by the ...

Third bridge 'would ease congestion'

09/11/17

A THIRD bridge across the River Thames in Reading would relieve congestion around Henley and Sonning, say experts. A preliminary report commissioned by Wokingham Borough Council says the £110 million ...

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