Ridgeway Bell Notes for: March 2017 (April 2017 issue)
Ridgeway Bell Notes for: March 2017 (April 2017 issue) is now available.
Butts Road Cemetery broken tree branches
Butts Road Cemetery – one of the large trees behind the building on the path way has 2 broken branches. They will be removed on Saturday 11th March. In the meantime please spread the word that anyone visiting should avoid the tarmac path directly behind the Chapel building. Thanks
Parish Precept for 2017/18 and how your precept is spent
Please find below a statement and chart detailing the 2017/18 precept figures for the parish, how they were calculated and how they are going to be allocated. Precept statement and chart 2017/2018
March Full Council meeting agenda
Everyone is welcome to attend. Monday 13th March 7.30pm Rec Hall off Norris Close Click here for the agenda
Current Transport news from SBC (March 2017)
Works step up a gear at Junction 16 Works at Junction 16: Construction is now in full swing on both the eastbound and westbound off-slip roads, within the south side of the roundabout, and at the entrance to Upper Studley Farm. Next week, weather permitting, the contractor will start bringing a large volume of material… read more
Hodson Road Yellow Lines update
After contacting SBC Highways and Transport dept, we received the following update in regards to the yellow lines. To introduce a parking restriction involves a statutory process. An informal consultation will be carried out first for those who will be affected by the changes Once feedback has been considered a formal advertisement of the proposals… read more
Wroughton Library opening times from 1st April
Monday 13:00 – 17:00 Tuesday 11:00 – 15:00 Wednesday Closed Thursday Closed Friday 13:00 – 17:00 Saturday 10:00 – 13:00
Dog Warden Update
Jordan McEwan the warden has advised that she will be visiting Castle View Road to do patrols and stick up extra fouling notices. She has asked that information about times of day or suspected dog owners are passed on to her for investigation. Castle View residents (and others) are welcome to contact her direct on:… read more
Information from SBC Library eNewsletter
From SBC Library eNewsletter: Need help to access support in critical aspects of your life – such as your health and wellbeing, money, benefits or work? Librarians have brought together some of their preferred and trusted websites in one convenient place! It’s called Information4living http://www.information4living.org.uk/ Fully searchable by postcode, the website links directly… read more
Burderop public meeting on Thursday 16th March 3-7pm
Public meeting held by City and Country on Thursday March 16th from 3-7pm at Burderop Park to hear more about the planning application proposed for the site.
Change of opening hours for Clerk’s office
From Monday 6th March the opening hours will be: Monday, Wednesday and Friday 9.30 to 11.30
19th April Annual Parish meeting
Wednesday 19th April starting 7.00pm at the Chiseldon House Hotel is the Annual Parish Meeting. All residents are warmly invited to attend. Our guest speaker is the Police and Crime Commissioner Angus MacPherson who will be talking about the new community policing model and having a Q&A session. There will be reports on the years… read more
Local Writers Group
Thanks to all of you who contacted me when I suggested setting up a group to give mutual support, help and advice to local new and established writers, and apologies that it’s taken a while to get back to some of you. While it wouldn’t be practical to have too large a group (a, because… read more
March Borough/Parish Councillor surgery 4th March
The Borough/Parish Councillor surgery for March is this Saturday 4th March, 11.30 to 12.30 at the Memorial Hall on Draycott Road. All welcome to come in and have a chat about any concerns or issues you might have.
Friends of the Path Feb work day
My thanks to Ian, Howard, Les, Mark, Chris and Tim. We had a successful day, as you can see from the before-and-after pictures below. Not only did we do a lot of clearing, we also removed four large bags of litter and fly tipping! The geology is now much more visible: and we had several… read more
Neighbourhood Watch open forum 25th March
Wiltshire Neighbourhood Watch A key player in the ‘One Team’ approach to reducing crime. Wiltshire Neighbourhood Watch Association is organising a series of Open Forum’s to inform and raise awareness of the ‘One Team One Approach’ community policing model recently introduced by Wiltshire Police. The forum will also provide an opportunity to review how Neighbourhood… read more
Precautions against crime
I am sure everyone has seen the recent Facebook and news posts about thefts from vehicles and vandalism etc. Just a reminder to everyone to continue to keep all doors and windows locked (even when in the house) and vehicles secured at all times. It appears this sadly needs to be the norm, not just… read more
Ridgeway mobile phone App?
Would you like a Ridgeway mobile phone app? We’d like to know what you think about a mobile phone app for use along The Ridgeway – is it a good idea? This survey will take less than 2 minutes to complete: https://goo.gl/forms/D4h1wZGpybJABKb02 We are thinking about producing an app to enhance the visitor’s experience through… read more
Household waste in public rubbish bins
You may or may not know that the Parish Council is responsible for the weekly rubbish bin emptying. Our contractor has recently reported that bins are often filling up and overflowing on their weekly rounds due to people placing household rubbish in the bins. Whilst we applaud every effort to keep rubbish from being thrown… read more