BCA Minutes
BCA General Committee – notes of meeting 25th Jan 2022
Minutes from the meeting of the Burton Community Association General Committee held on 25th January 2022 are presented below.
BCA Minutes
BCA Trustees – notes of meeting for 25th Jan 2022
Minutes from the meeting of the Burton Community Association Trustees held on 25th January 2022 are presented below.
Photo Comp
Photo Competition – May’s Theme
This month’s theme: many rivers to cross Just as Jimmy Cliff lamented in his powerful Jamaican soul classic, so we have many bodies of water in the Burton area. For rivers think brooks – take your pick between the Burton, Bybrook or Broadmead – plus springs, streams, bourns, lakes, ponds Read more…
Bugle Issues
Burton Bugle Issue 45 – May 2022
Dear Readers, Welcome to the seventeenth edition of the new online Bugle newsletter. A big thank you to everyone who has contributed to the content. To view the Bugle Click here The editorial team would welcome and feedback, any comments please to Bugle@burtonvillage.org Regards Chris On behalf of the editorial team
Cycling
Burton Cycle Route 12
Burton – Grittleton – Hullavington – Norton – Alderton – Acton Turville – Burton 17.3 miles, 530ft climbing (160m) Article by Ian Wilson Download map Leave Burton eastbound on the B4039 then turn left opposite the Coachstyle depot towards Littleton Drew. Pass under the M4 then take a Read more…
Lottery Draw Results
100 Club Lottery Draw
Dear Lottery Club members, The eighty third draw of the 100 Club Lottery took place on the 29th April 2022. The draw was made by Lesley Dawson a member of the Burton Community Speed Watch team 1st prize (£50) was won by Paul Lortal 2nd prize ((£35) was won Read more…
Events
What makes Nettleton Parish so special for nature
Sunday 15th May 10.00-11:30 St Mary the Virgin Church, West Kington Invitation from Julia Howey If you would like to find out more about nature in our parish, please join us for a guided walk (1.5 hrs approx) looking at river banks, grassland, woodland and verges. We will meet at 10am Read more…
Natural Science
Sky Watch 1
Blog by Ian Wilson A resume of local weather in the Burton area together with pointers of what to see in the night sky. The year started quietly with January dominated, much of the month, by a large area of high pressure or anticyclone (same thing). This gave us an unusually Read more…
History
Massacre in the Temple
The Shrine of Apollo in the post-Roman era Where the Fosse Way crosses the Broadmead Brook, beneath the tranquil valley at Nettleton Shrub lurks a secret dark and ancient. Who would guess this now peaceful conservation area was witness to successive waves of violent assault in the post-Roman era? Two Read more…
Book Club
Burton Book Club: Group Read for April 2022
This month, we have a double-header, take your pick of either, or read both. A Certain Slant of Light (2005) by Laura Whitcomb In the class of the high school English teacher she has been haunting, Helen feels them: for the first time in 130 years, human eyes are looking Read more…