ST MICHAEL’S HELPS PLAN DORSET’S FUTURE
We have uploaded a new page on to the St Michael’s site this month! Look to the Future explains how we have made a small contribution in helping Dorset Council prepare its Growth Strategy. To quote the council the main aim is to ‘realise the full economic potential of the county, taking advantage of a unique opportunity to present a cohesive brand and different type of narrative for Dorset.’ The Council’s strategic advisers spent a day with us meeting tenants and taking photos both inside and outside several units and studios. Some of these are reproduced on the Look to the Future page. St Michael’s we are told will help illustrate the unique environment, energy and natural assets that Dorset possesses (especially West Dorset and especially Bridport!).
COLLECTIBLES SUPPORTS EDIBLES!
Caroline Croucher and Becky Neal, the two main organisers of the St Michael’s Vintage Sunday Market, present Cllr Ian Bark, Chairman, and Claire Ball of Bridport Food Matters and Jane Neal of Edible Bridport with a donation of £1000 in the Edible Bridport garden at St Michael’s. Edible Bridport supports Bridport Food Matters’ work to transform underused public spaces into places around the town where the community can grow fresh food. Part of the donation will fund the creation of additional vegetable beds and the renovation of a courtyard at St Michael’s while the remainder will support the development of sustainable community growing spaces across Bridport. Edible Bridport and Bridport Food Matters, work with volunteers, schools and community groups to transform neglected public green spaces into productive fruit, vegetable and herb gardens encouraging people to grow, harvest and share food and develop practical gardening skills.
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ST MICHAEL’S HELPS PLAN DORSET’S FUTURE
We have uploaded a new page on to the St Michael’s site this month! Look to the Future explains how we have made a small contribution in helping Dorset Council prepare its Growth Strategy. To quote the council the main aim is to ‘realise the full economic potential of the [...]
COLLECTIBLES SUPPORTS EDIBLES!
Caroline Croucher and Becky Neal, the two main organisers of the St Michael’s Vintage Sunday Market, present Cllr Ian Bark, Chairman, and Claire Ball of Bridport Food Matters and Jane Neal of Edible Bridport with a donation of £1000 in the Edible Bridport garden at St Michael’s. Edible Bridport supports Bridport [...]
HAYWARD BUSINESS AWARD WON BY WINE SHOP
St Michael’s has again recognised the entrepreneurial spirit that shapes and guides the future of Bridport as one of Dorset’s most entrepreneurial towns, by sponsoring the Clive Hayward Award for Best New Business at the 2026 Bridport Business Awards. This year the award went to Wine World, co-owned [...]
BRIDPORT VINTAGE MARKET DONATION TAKES OFF
Dorset and Somerset Air Ambulance Area organiser Harry Hendry receives a £1000 cheque from Caroline Croucher and Becky Neal of Bridport’s unique Sunday Vintage Market. The funds have been raised over the last year by vintage and antiques traders who rent pitches at the St Michael’s Trading Estate [...]
50th Anniversary of Punk Exhibition at Bridport Art Centre
Clocktower is a major sponsor of the 50th Anniversary of Punk Exhibition at Bridport Art Centre. The aim of the Exhibition apart from creating footfall to Bridport is also that business can share it and aim to create hits on their website or visit. #punkbridport #bridportdorset #bridport #lovebridport #visitdorset [...]
BEST OF THE WEST
Hot on the heels of last month’s praise from the pages of Dorset magazine, we quote: “Bridport has the soul of a market town and the spirit of a bohemian outpost and in particular at St Michael’s Trading Estate where the former ropeworks buildings have been reimagined as [...]
BANKSY OF BRIDPORT ??
A very fishy (but far from smelly) artwork has appeared on one of our car park walls in the last few days.We think it’s a mackerel with an accompanying slice of lemon and some ropes and netting to represent the long history of St Michael’s.But who was the artist? [...]
Vinyl Saturday Record Fair – May 23rd
Calling all crate-diggers and music lovers! Whether you’re looking to complete your collection or just starting your vinyl journey, Bridport is the place to be this May. Here is some copy you can use for social media or a community newsletter to help spread the word: 🎵 Vinyl Saturday [...]
St Michael’s Reimagined: the creative heart of Bridport
The highly respected Dorset magazine covers almost every aspect of the County’s life, a constant reminder of the riches Dorset has to offer. The February magazine includes an article on Bridport with specific mentions of St Michael’s: Bridport has the soul of a market town and the spirit [...]
DORSET CIVIC LEADERS VISIT ESTATE
Civic leaders from across Dorset gathered at St Michael’s last month including the Deputy Lieutenant of Dorset, Cleeves Palmer DL, Councillor Stella Jones, Chair of Dorset Council and Mayors from across Dorset including Weymouth, Blandford, Wimborne, Wareham and Chickerell. Not forgetting of course Bridport’s Very Own Trusty Town Crier John [...]
St Michael’s Vintage Market Raises £1,000 for The Harmony Centre
St Michael’s ‘end of the month’ Sunday Vintage Market has had a busy summer. Some 20 of our Vintage and Retro and Antiques tenants are joined on the last Sunday of the month March through September by upwards of 60 independent pitch holders who bring their varied assortment [...]
Colfox Students at St Michael’s
St Michael’s hosted 15 young students from Bridport’s Sir John Colfox Academy as part of a Dorset Work Explore Project which offers opportunities to get students out and about experiencing different workplaces, understanding a little more about the range of jobs available, and finding out about their local [...]
The Seaweed People: Pioneers of Coastal Wellness at St Michael’s
Freddie Hill and Lena Feifrlikova make a major contribution to the rich diversity of our tenants at St Michael’s – they are our only seaweed production company! They set up their operating base in the newly restored Edwards Tower Building a couple of years ago to begin their mission! The [...]
St Michael’s & Clocktower Music Star in New Dorset Travel Guide
St Michael’s and Clocktower Music in particular is featured in a new book: ‘111 Places in Dorset You Shouldn’t Miss’ by the well-known travel writers Jennie Bell and Karen Heaney. Its part of a series of books that will be available across the UK and USA. Part of the [...]
Tallentire’s Taylored Living
Tallentire’s Taylored Living Fiona Taylor along with her sister Lindsay are the owners, designers and managers of Tallentire at No 40 St Michael’s Lane, just below Livingstone Textiles in the grade 2 listed Lilliput Building. All the sisters’ collections are designed in house and made in collaboration [...]
Vintage & Retro Market Day – April to October – The last Sunday of Every Month
Step Back in Time at Bridport’s Vintage & Retro Market Looking for a dose of nostalgia and unique vintage finds? Join fellow retro lovers at the Vintage & Retro Market Day, held at St. Michaels Estate, Bridport DT6 3RR, on the last Sunday of each month from April [...]
Vinyl Saturday Record Fair – 9th August
Discover Vinyl Saturday in Bridport: A Must-Visit Record Fair for Music Lovers If you’re a fan of vinyl, CDs, or vintage music culture, mark your calendar for Vinyl Saturday—an exciting event happening on 9th August at Bridport United Church, DT6 3JL. This vibrant record fair is set to [...]
Welcome Doris Our Very Own Elephant
Welcome Doris Our Very Own Elephant Caroline, Becky and Tina, the main driving force behind our unique Vintage Sunday Market, welcome Doris the Lady Elephant to the estate. Doris will be with us until the end of May as part of the Weldmar Hospice Stampede by the [...]
Estate Regeneration Finally Receives Go Ahead
Estate Regeneration Finally Receives Go Ahead Those of you who know Bridport and St Michael’s in particular, maybe familiar with the long and chequered history of our plans for regenerating and developing the estate, stretching back more than 20 years. Our most recent masterplan had been approved in [...]
St Michael’s Live on the Air
St Michael’s Live on the AirClick here to listen to the radio ads that are being broadcast via a couple of local community radio stations – currently Nine Springs Radio in Yeovil and soon Keep FM in Dorchester with stations in Lyme Regis and Blandford to follow!! St [...]