This year the Queen will celebrate 60 years on the throne, and to celebrate this landmark a network of 3000 beacons will be lit throught Great Britain and the Commonwealth. Your local Scout Group - 31st Bath Scouts, who meet at St Barnabas Church in Southdown, have arranged for a beacon to be lit on Roundhill... http://www.proudoftwerton.com/news.html#beacon Details of a fun event to be held at Bath City Farm on 12th May from 10am to 2pm... http://www.proudoftwerton.com/news.html#may Last year in Twerton a team of council employees and local people did a grand job painting some play equipment in Pennyquick Park. This year, on Thursday 31st May we are back to finish the job... http://www.proudoftwerton.com/news.html#pennyquick When a hot air balloon had to make an emergency landing in Whiteway in 1981, it drew a crowd of interested residents. Mr John Rawlings who lives in Whiteway captured a fascinating set of photographs of the balloon as it settled in the field that is today Rosewarn Field... http://www.proudoftwerton.com/news.html#balloon A number of community events are planned for Twerton to celebrate the Diamond Jubilee... http://www.proudoftwerton.com/news.html#diamond