Garden waste is currently collected at the kerbside every fortnight, however the council has put together three proposals to reduce the cost of the service. People are being asked to choose which of these three options best meet their needs: 1) A three month suspension of the kerbside garden waste Read more…
Hi everyone, Just to let you all know that the plan for the next edition of the Bugle is to do it entirely around Burton Tidy The Village Day, which is being held on Saturday, August 16. So, on the day, could volunteers please take ‘before’ and ‘after’ photographs of the Read more…
I went away for a short break last week and when we got back a new green box had appeared on The Street. So what is it? Well, as it happens I’ve been waiting for this box to arrive ever since I reported that Burton was in the plans for “Super Read more…
Burton Community Association General Meeting Monday 12 May 7:30pm at the Old House at Home At the meeting the Chair of the BCA, Amanda Read, presented the Chair’s Report for Period March-May 2014. The report summarises BCA activities since its inception at the launch event in March 2014. The full report Read more…
This year BCA is backing the village fete and stands to gain £300 or more from this one event. This income is essential if we are to realise much of the Beautiful Burton project, which includes a WW1 memorial bench on the Triangle, and picket fences for the village entry Read more…
At last night’s general meeting of the Community Association the Burton Bridge Group was born. Championed by David Staincliffe, the group already boasts eight members. As David said, ‘the group is open to players of all standards, including the complete novice’. As long as you know what a deck of Read more…
Wiltshire Council have published the following: Temporary Introduction of One-Way Traffic Restriction: C161 Nettleton (Ref: TTRO 3435) Notice is hereby given that the Wiltshire Council has made an Order to temporarily introduce a One-Way Traffic Restriction on the following road in the specified direction: C161 Nettleton; from its junction with Read more…
Thanks to Graham Read for this update sent from digitalinclusion@wiltshire.gov.uk, also known as Wiltshire Online: ‘The good news is that I can confirm that Burton is within the intervention area for the Wiltshire Online programme; this means we are able to survey and invest in the area. I am also Read more…
At this time of year the churchyard at St Mary’s has loads of plants on the south side that look like wild garlic and smell like wild garlic. If you would like some wild garlic, there is no guarantee that they are actually wild garlic, or are even edible, so Read more…
Our Parish Council seeks a new Parish Clerk. Applicants should have good admin and computing skills and be able to work flexibly. Previous experience in a similar role is preferred. An average of 6 hours per week is expected to be needed, including one evening per month. Pay is around £10 Read more…