We have succeeded in securing Asset of Community Value status for the White Hart Inn.
The registration runs for 5 years until 26th August 2026
Huge gratitude to Cllr Ian Holding, Michelle Yemm, David Lewis and Stu Redway and all other parishioners who supported this initiative.
Hello Everybody,
Firstly we would like to thank you all for your amazing support and generosity towards our fund raising efforts on Friday and Saturday . We were so sorry a few of you couldn’t make it but we know you were with us in spirit!
We have now just about finalised all the relevant bits and pieces and we are so excited to tell you that, having rounded the total up slightly, we are sending to The Royal Free Hospital Amyloidosis Research Fund the GRAND sum of
£ 1,000.00
Our thanks again
Angela and Stu
The following letter was delivered to households in the vicinity of Cadbury Lane and Hill Lane junctions with Clevedon Road, on 10th August 2021, concerning significant risks identified by Weston-in-Gordano Parish Council
To the occupier,
We are writing to all residents living in close proximity to a junction with Clevedon Road, to raise awareness of serious risks which have been identified at the top of Cadbury Lane and the bottom of Hill Lane.
The parking situation at the top of Cadbury Lane has been the talking point at several Parish Council meetings and the subject of a working party, set up to specifically investigate a multitude of reported issues and incidents. We have had multiple accidents and near misses in recent months, including one incident where an emergency vehicle could not pass. We have witnessed queues of traffic from both ends of the village attempting to navigate the junction, becoming gridlocked and threatening the ability of emergency vehicles to get through.
Vehicles emerging from Cadbury Lane have very little visibility of traffic coming from the Clevedon side due to the wall and parked vehicles compound this lack of visibility even more. Furthermore, vehicles have become stuck attempting to pull out of Cadbury Lane, due to vehicle(s) parking too close to the junction.
Equally, cars parked at the bottom of Hill Lane create a tight gap for a fire engine or ambulance to navigate. As with Cadbury Lane, the reduction in visibility caused by parked cars creates risk when pulling out onto the busy main road.
An accident at either of these locations could not only involve vehicles, but cyclists and pedestrians. Limiting the passage of emergency vehicles could easily cost someone crucial time in receiving aid.
It’s also prudent to raise awareness concerning speed limits in both Cadbury Lane and Hill Lane. These are both 20 mph limits. Both locations have seen excessive speeds. Coupled with the dangerous parking we now have two very high-risk areas within our village.
Therefore, while we recognise that adequate parking for all has been a longstanding issue within the village, our holistic view of our community must prioritise the safety and wellbeing of fellow people, the road users and pedestrians. I am sure nobody in our community would wish, to cause an accident or indeed prevent an emergency vehicle’s safe passage, potentially leading to loss of life or harm.
The go-to reference material for parking is The Highway Code which, while not law itself, is backed up by law for many of its instructions. The relevant sections are included in their entirety overleaf.
Where the instruction starts MUST NOT, these points are supported by the law. Where the instruction starts DO NOT, they are guidance. Between local authorities (North Somerset Council) and the Police, much of the highway code is enforced in some way.
Note: Where speeding or noncompliance with the highway code are contributors to an accident there may be implications for owner’s car insurance.
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242 You MUST NOT leave your vehicle or trailer in a dangerous position or where it causes any unnecessary obstruction of the road.Laws RTA 1988, sect 22 & CUR reg 103
243 DO NOT stop or park
248 You MUST NOT park on a road at night facing against the direction of the traffic flow unless in a recognised parking space. Laws CUR reg 101 & RVLR reg 24
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The Parish Council is requesting all residents near junctions consider the above guidance, the law and potential impact and risks caused by inconsiderate parking and speeding, adjusting behaviour accordingly.
In addition, if you spot potentially dangerous parking, causing a hazard or obstruction, please report it to the Police. Avon and Somerset Police consider an obstruction or hazard to be:
Full instructions can be found here www.avonandsomerset.police.uk/report/parking-issues/ or you can call 101
Working together, being vigilant and calling out risks, we can ensure a safe environment for all.
Many Thanks,
Weston-in-Gordano Parish Council (WIG.ParishCouncilClerk@outlook.com)
Meeting of 6th July 2021
WiG Social Committee called an open meeting to meet with the village residents on 6th July 2021 to discuss future events following the Covid-19 pandemic and previous poor attendance. This meeting was called at short notice so a number of interested parties were unable to attend.
Committee members present:
Simon Davies
Becky Herbert
Sheilagh Williams
Becky Stubbs
Other Villagers present:
Dav Baulch & Vicky Balch
Geoff Mitchell
Robyn Rimmer
M Howard
V Hounsell
Ian Holding
Dave & Chris Lewis
N Gleod
Steve & Maureen Doble
Apologies:
Ian & Angela Borland
John & Anne Bridges
Lucy Luton
Helen Bragg
Sheilagh Williams welcomed all to the meeting.
The committee were keen to understand the requirements of the village for social events following the Covid-19 pandemic as the last two open air events hosted coming out of ‘lockdown’ were not well attended.
The opinion of the next event, the Village BBQ and fun dog show proposed for 26th September was brought forward for discussion.
After lengthy discussion, it was decided that it would be brought forward to Saturday 4th September and emphasis wold be put on it being a ‘fun dog show’ and BBQ and the best venue would be the field below the Church field. The committee will now proceed with the arrangements for this event on the revised date proposed; 4th September 2021..
Dav Baulch suggested that the Committee need to analyse why people were currently not attending events. It was generally agreed that as we were only just emerging from a year and a half of lockdowns, people were insecure regarding any event held, therefore we needed to ease group activities in gently.
It as also mentioned that the Bar and BBQ advertised recently to support the flying club annual events had not been well received, some people not receiving flyers and others mistaking them for flying club events and not village events.
In future we need to make use of the village email data and more door-step selling of events.
Becky Herbert suggested a ‘bring a rug and picnic event and the Lewis’ offered the use of their field and Petanque court. This was supported by most of those present, so a date has been set for Saturday, 31st July between 2-4pm. It was suggested that everyone would invite their neighbours/fellow villagers.
If the weather is bad, the event will be postponed and a message posted on the village website and by word of mouth to a later date.
Becky will prepare a simple flyer to advertise this event and we will try to engage all new residents of the village.
We then asked for suggestions for future events, a few of which are listed below:
Wine or gin tasting
Treasure hunt
Visit to historic site/garden
Book club
Village history event (making use of the knowledge of older long-term residents)
Visit to brewery/bottling site
Minibus ‘pub crawl’
It was agreed that at future event we would have a box for suggestions for events to be considered.
Dav Baulch suggested that the Village Pump/website could request donations towards the funding for village events, paid annually. This would assist the committee to put on more non-fund raising events.
Support of older/infirm village residents by the committee was also suggested. Further details on the viability of this suggestion need to be discussed at a future meeting.
Becky Herbert asked if any of thos present would be willing to stand on the committee.
Helen Bragg, Vicky Baulch and Nancy Gleod are happy to help on an ad hoc basis.
Robyn Rimmer and Steve Doble are happy to join the committee and arrangements will be made to approve this at the next committee meeting.
Becky Herbert agreed to send meeting minutes to all present (using email addresses obtained at the meeting) together with a flyer for the event on 31st July and arrange for a write-up of the Social Committee and details of past/future events to be forwarded to Dav Baulch for inclusion in he next issue of the parish Pump.
The meeting was closed.
Next meeting date tba and advised to committee members shortly.
It’s been far too long since I provided an update on the Parish Pump back in April, a post which has been read 98 times, showing how important an undertaking this is for many parishioners.
I’m very pleased to announce the August edition is now in planning, following the timelines below:
25th July – Final cut-off for content
9th August – final copy sent to print
23rd August – Parish Pump deliveries begin to the whole parish
In order to collate an edition worthy of the title Parish Pump, a crack team of content providers have been formed, soon to be deserving of a Hollywood franchise to chronical their exploits. (I’d settle for a TV miniseries along the lines of Press Gang, for those who remember TV from the 1980s and 90s)
The Parish Pump team is:
Dav Baulch – Editor
Stu (Honorary Editor)
Becky Herbert, Sheilagh – Social Committee news
Chris Lewis and Penny Roberts – Gardening Club news
Vicky Baulch and Lucy Luton – Recipes
Knut Beekmann – Photography
Beccs and Nev – Jokes page
Anne Chavasse and John Bridges – Church news
Beccy Stubbs – rural life / nature
Dav Baulch – History Pump
Angela Borland – art, poetry, prose, anything goes
We already have 20 pages of planned content, but there is always room for more if anyone wishes to get involved. If you want to join the team or offer content please reach out to Parish.Pump.Editor@gmail.com
In addition to providing content we also need volunteers to help deliver the Parish Pump. If you want to help, please reach out at the same address.
Lastly we invite businesses to advertise in our pages, if you have a business and wish to advertise within the Parish Pump please get in touch now to make it into the August edition, we have sensible and simple pricing models which will benefit both parties.
Our village church, St. Peter & St. Paul, has had to close owing to a serious invasion of fungus which has spread alarmingly. We do not want to risk the fungus spores spreading across the building and there might be a health risk to worshippers and visitors.
We have an expert making an inspection late June and advising what further action to take.
We hope to re-open as soon as possible. We’ll be raising funds to help with the cost of treating the fungus, for example with the raffle and reduced village fete. You can pick up raffle tickets on the day (10th July 2021, 2pm-4pm at the village hall) alternatively contact Robb or send an email to Becs who will get some to you (wigfete@gmail.com).
Meantime, we shall be having our services in the VILLAGE HALL, starting with our Patronal Service on:
Sunday, 27 June 2021, Evensong at 18.00 hrs.
Please join us, but we would ask you to let Robb/Ian Robinson (‘ph. 399097) know so that we can make seating arrangements.
Updated: Oct 6, 2021
I received an email from Openreach (and I think that a similar email will have been sent to everyone who signed up):
We have now carried out our initial surveys and planning and you may start to see some people from Openreach in and around the community.
We will notify you when service is live, and you can place an order for Ultrafast Full Fibre broadband.
I understand from an Openreach surveyor, whom I recently met, that the build itself is expected to start around the beginning of June and it should be completed in the summer.
And I have just received a further email from Openreach:
“The project is progressing well and we expect the network to be ready for service by October 2021.”
How will the install work?
Openreach will be installing broadband connections for those who have signed up for the new fast fibre broadband. My understanding of what will happen is:
For those properties with overhead landline connections, using telephone poles, the fibre connection will be an overhead connection using the same telephone poles. It will terminate on the outside wall of the property.
For those properties with a “new” ducted underground landline connection (installed during the last 20 years or so) the fibre connection will use the same duct. It will terminate on the outside wall of the property.
For properties with an old underground landline (which is not ducted) the fibre connection will terminate at the boundary of the plot (referred to as the curtilage).
When the Openreach build is completed you will need to sign up with an Internet Service Provider (ISP) and the ISP will complete the connection from the Openreach termination point into the property. This could be significantly more expensive where the Openreach termination is at the boundary of the plot, as it will involve installing a new duct between the boundary of the plot and the dwelling.
David Quas
Please find attached the Spring newsletter from The Weston In Gordano Gardening Club. Many thanks to Penny Roberts for supplying this amazing content.
Please see attached document below.
Notice is hereby given that:
1. A poll for the election of a Parish Councillor for Weston-in-Gordano will be held on Thursday 17 June 2021, between the hours of 7:00 am and 10:00 pm.
2. The number of Parish Councillors to be elected is one.
3. The names, home addresses and descriptions of the Candidates remaining validly nominated for election and the names of all persons signing the Candidates nomination paper are as follows:
