Background In the last 24 hours we have received two communications from the Environment Agency and Wiltshire Council regarding the grounwater situation across Wiltshire. Clearly, these have...
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It’s Still Raining
Although we are not reporting weekly water levels in the aquifer, we are keeping an eye on them and the rainfall. Some of you will have noticed that some of the springs have broken and that the...
Highways England Looking For Help
Highways England would like to speak with residents of Winterbourne Stoke willing to talk about their experience of living in the village. More specifically they’d like to hear from those...
Water, Water Everywhere
Water has been very much a theme in the village over the last few weeks. First we have had the problem with the water supply and secondly we have had a little rain. Actually, we've had something...
A303 Stonehenge Scheme: Survey Work For A303 Stonehenge Scheme Enters Next Phase
The next stage of survey work in preparation for the A303 Amesbury to Berwick Down improvement scheme (near Stonehenge) will focus on Countess roundabout. For three weeks a night time lane...
Summer On the A303
You might have noticed while out and about that there’s some work happening along the A303 between Amesbury and Berwick Down. Highways England is carrying out some more ground investigations...
A303 DCO: The Accompanied Site Inspection
If you had been keeping half an eye on the Planning Inspectorate website, you would have realised that today was the first (and possibly only) Accompanied Site Inspection that the A303 Stonehenge to...
Onboard and Online: A303 Stonehenge – The DCO Inspection Begins
The preliminary meeting of the Planning Inspectorate inspection team took place at Salisbury Racecourse on 2nd April 2019. It was attended by two members of the Parish Council and a number of...
A303: Legacies and Benefits
We've mentioned a number of times in the past that whilst the A303 Stonehenge to Berwick Down Scheme is primarily about the road itself, there are opportunities associated with the scheme that could...
Scoop It, Bag It, Bin It!
Over the last couple of years, we have tried all sorts of things in an effort to reduce the amount of dog mess around the village, in particular, on the public footpaths; nothing, yet, has worked. ...