At 1pm on Monday 1st June 2015 the new bench situated at The Triangle in Burton was officially declared as open for use. The dedication ceremony was conducted by Cllr Jane Scott (Leader of Wiltshire Council), Terri Hayes Pugh (Cotswold Homes), & Mr Alistair Caie (Chair of the Burton Community Read more…
That green cabinet in The Street has suddenly come to life. Anyone in the village with an existing phone line can order “superfast” broadband today. I just did and the order predicts I will get download speeds of up to 80Mb and upload speeds of up to 20Mb. If you Read more…
After the resounding success of our earlier village tidy-up, Victoria and Trystan Hitchens are proposing a second day of cleaning, clearing and making good, before winter sets in. All welcome. Meet at the Church at 10am.
As you may know the Burton Community Association has asked John Millican to look at street lighting in the village. We stress that there is no definite plan or commitment to provide street lighting in Burton and that this is just a consultation. John would be interested in your views on the Read more…
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…