It's always nice to be able to report a good news story and doubly-so when it promises to bring pleasure to the village for years to come. A month or so ago, several of our village ladies got...
Lifestyle
Winterbourne Stoke Cut Off From The (Digital) World: The Dark Ages Return
The irony of this post is not wasted upon us, as those it is of most interest to are the ones least likely to be able to read it at the moment. Over the last couple of weeks, BT Openreach...
Onboard and Online: The Events Committee
Apologies for the somewhat short notice, but we have just been advised that there will be a meeting of the Events Committee at 7:30pm on Monday 12th June in the Solstice Rest. We understand that...
Broken Stile
Please be aware that the stile into the meadow at the southern end of Church Street (Footpath WST010) collapsed on Tuesday evening (6th June). One of the steps and two of the vertical posts, which...
Onboard and Online: Volunteers Needed For The Old Rectory Garden Opening on 25th June
STOP PRESS - The Dutton's have just advised that they will waive any entry charge for residents of Winterbourne Stoke for the NGS garden event on 25th June Just a reminder to all that Jonathan and...
An Evening at St Peter’s
Thank you to the Churchwardens of St Peter's Church for allowing the Parish Council to host a meeting for parishioners to discuss their concerns about the Highways England route proposals last night...
The UK’s Worst-Kept Secret: A Stonehenge Tunnel and Bypass For Winterbourne Stoke
As late as last night we were still being told by Highways England that the Press conference releasing the news on what was going to be put forward for the A303 Stonehenge Scheme Public Consultation...
A303 Stonehenge Scheme Public Consultation: Twiddling Our Thumbs
Well, the one thing we can say for certain about the planned A303 Stonehenge Scheme Public Consultation is that the silence from Highways England is pretty deafening. Parishioners are left...
Out With The Old, In With The New!
A happy, prosperous and peaceful New Year to you all; 2017 has arrived. It is likely to turn out to be a very important year for Winterbourne Stoke. Possibly this will be one of the most...
Onboard and Online
Now although the majority of villagers have access to the internet, it hasn't escaped our attention that there may be those who don't, or who do have access, but don't yet feel confident enough to...