Earlier on today,we noticed that Wiltshire Archaeology were back in the recently harvested field between the Berwick St James road and the River Till. When they were last there, back in the spring...
A303 Stonehenge Scheme
Government Looking at Private Finance to Improve the A303 – Delays Seem Inevitable
Villagers may be very interested to made aware of the 2017 Annual Report on the Government Major Projects Portfolio (GMPP) from the Infrastructure and Projects Authority (IPA), published yesterday...
Historic England Research: Exploring the Landscape of Stonehenge
Villagers may be interested in the the sixth issue of Historic England Research. As Duncan Wilson, the Chief Executive of Historic England, says in his introduction: "Given the current, and...
Beating the BBC At Its Own Game
Blimey, It seems we have beaten the BBC at breaking a news story. Back on the 10th June, we published a story on the latest UNESCO/ICOMOS view on the Highways England plans for the Stonehenge to...
A303: Latest Comments from UNESCO/ICOMOS On The Highways England Proposals
A second UNESCO/ICOMOS Advisory mission to consider the emerging proposals on the Stonehenge to Berwick Down Scheme occurred in February 2017. The mission report acknowledges the responses to the...
The Day of the Triffids?
Well, no, not really. Nothing to do at all with John Wyndham's post-apocalyptic novel from 1951 coming to life in Winterbourne Stoke, but those of you around and about in the village and the A303...
Onboard and Online: Update on Arup’s Non-Motorised User Stakeholder Engagement
I've just taken a most interesting and helpful telephone call from Ross Cullen at Arup regarding the Non-Motorised User (NMU) Stakeholder Engagement exercise that is currently underway. There had...
Online and Onboard: URGENT – 1. Non-Motorised User Stakeholder Engagement 2. Wiltshire Council Cabinet Papers
1. Non-Motorised User Stakeholder Engagement The following email should have been sent to the Parish Council two weeks ago. The Chairman was sent a copy of it by a private individual whilst away...
Parish Council Response to the A303 Stonehenge Scheme Public Consultation
The Parish Council has today uploaded its response to the A303 Stonehenge Scheme Public Consultation to the Documents section of this website. This has had to be split into two parts because of...
A Strong Attraction
If you have used the Berwick road over the last couple of days you may have noticed strange goings-on to the east and west of it. A team of folks in high-vis jackets, wombling up and down the...