Book Club
The Lit List – Sea voyages and river cruises
Top 10: nautical fiction Whether you’re into mutineers and buccaneers, or murder and madness, all aboard for high seas adventures with this top ten. Bubbling under
Book Club
Burton Book Club – group read for June 2023
A Little Life (2022) by Hanya Yanagihara Description The million-copy bestseller, Hanya Yanagihara’s A Little Life, by the author of To Paradise and The People in the Trees, is an immensely powerful and heartbreaking novel of brotherly love and the limits of human endurance. Winner of Fiction of the Year at the British Book AwardsShortlisted for the Read more…
Crafts
The wait is over…Village Fete, today at 2pm
St Mary’s Church, Nettleton and Burton A sneak peak at some of the stalls Stalls and activities 🧸 craft* and cake stalls 🧸 plant sale 🧸 white elephant stall 🧸 refreshments 🧸 tombola and for younger visitors: 🧸 hook a duck 🧸 lucky dip 🧸 treasure map 🧸 teddy bear Read more…
Village News
Potholes update
by Wiltshire Council Following the increase in potholes seen over the past few months, we thought it would be helpful to provide you with more information about what we’re doing, how we fill potholes and what happens when a resident reports a pothole. We will also be hosting a potholes Read more…
Crafts
Burton Crafts debut at Village Fete
The countdown is on! Where: Village Fete, St Mary’s Church Nettleton and Burton When: Saturday 3 June, 2pm We’re so excited to share that Burton Creative Arts & Crafts will be making our first appearance at Burton’s village fete on Saturday. Behind the scenes our crafters have been abuzz with Read more…
Services
Library Service
Burton’s nearest library is the mobile library at Nettleton, Long Leaze, which operates fortnightly. Map and timetable. Join the library If you have a Wiltshire Libraries membership card you may use any of their libraries and online services. Membership is free to join. You can join the library online and receive Read more…
St Mary's Church
Burton’s favourite hymns
Whether you are a regular church-goer, a once-in-a-whiler on special occasions, or don’t go, won’t go, it’s likely you have a favourite hymn. The hymn may remind you of school assembly, a key moment in your life, or a rousing sporting occasion. It will be something poetic, literary and emotional, Read more…
Events
Village Fete
Saturday 3 June, 2pm St Mary’s Church, Nettleton and Burton Come along to meet friends and neighbours Find out what you can expect on the day and how you can help. What to expect 🧸 craft* and cake stalls 🧸 plant sale 🧸 white elephant stall 🧸 refreshments 🧸 tombola Read more…
Book Club
Burton Book Club – group read for May 2023
Klara & the Sun (2022) by Kazuo Ishiguro Description ‘The Sun always has ways to reach us.’ From her place in the store, Klara, an Artificial Friend with outstanding observational qualities, watches carefully the behaviour of those who come in to browse, and of those who pass in the street Read more…
Book Club
The Lit List – Real People in Fiction
Top 10: fiction books in which real people appear From walk-on part to protagonist, ten great examples of real-life people in fiction. Bubbling under