Welcome to the Bathford Parish Council Website
This site is intended to provide easy access to information about the activities of the council in their representation of the people of Bathford, Warleigh and Shockerwick.
Bathford Parish Council meet on the third Monday of the month in the Parish Council office beneath the Post Office on the High Street. Meetings start at 7.30 pm. All Bathford residents are welcome to attend, and are encouraged to bring up any matters of particular interest or concern during the first five minutes of the meeting.
Minutes of Council meetings can be seen on this website, on the Council noticeboards in the village and in the Post Office. The notice boards are at the junction of Dovers Park and the High Street and on the corner between 36 and 37 Meadow Park.
The clerk to the council is Ruth Holding and we can be contacted by email, post or telephone and details can be found on our Contact Us page. To reduce spam there are no email addresses on this website so please use the contact page to make the initial approach but please remember to leave your postal or email address or a telephone number to enable us to reply.
Latest News
Furniture Sale at Keynsham Recycling Centre
BANES have announced a sale of good quality items and second hand furniture at bargain prices on Saturday 30 January 2010 next door to the Keynsham Rycycling Centre, Pixash Lane, Keynsham, BS31 1TP from 10am to 12pm. Cash only.
11 Jan 10
December Allotment newsletter on line here
31st December 2009
November draft minutes available
Bargain Compost Bins and Water Butts
BANES is offering bargain compost bins and water butts from £13.50 for a 220 litre compost bin. Pick up a leaflet from the shop, click http://www.bathnes.getcomposting.com or call 0845 130 60 90 for more information.
9 Dec 09
Penny for your thoughts..
BANES is reviewing the provision of public toilets and is inviting comments on where and how many toilets for residents and visitors are needed, who should provide and manage them and what they should be like. If you want to have your say go to www.bathnes.gov.uk and click on the 'Of Interest' link.
Public Convenience Flyer
9 Dec 09
Broadlands Orchardshare Community Orchard
Broadlands OrchardShare is a thriving community orchard in Bathford parish. It is run by volunteers, who are working to conserve and maintain the orchard to supply locally grown apples to the Bath area.
There are over 1000 trees at the orchard and in 2006 the whole site was very overgrown and choked with creepers and brambles. Since then lots of people have come along to monthly volunteering days to prune the trees, clear the brambles and pick apples.
We have made great improvements so far but there is still plenty to do to save the mature apples trees and improve their health and productivity. We aim to plant more trees to produce a greater variety of fruit. We are also creating wildlife habitats to increase the biodiversity of the site.
We hold seasonal community events throughout the year, such as a Wassailing day, a Blossom Day picnic, a Wild Night out in the summer and, of course, an Apple Day in the autumn Sunday 11th October 2009. We run training days too, such as pruning trees or an Earth Oven making course.
More information about coming events and contact details can be found on Broadlands Orchardshare Community Orchard
Website updates link added at the bottom of the page to show new features and changes made
to this website
Bathford Neighbourhood Watch
is coordinated by Jean Vesey assisted by Stan Cherry.
The neighbourhood watch is a very important part of the network that keeps Bathford a safe and pleasant place to live.
More details can be found on Bathford Neighbourhood Watch
Use the contact us link at the bottom of every webpage and an email
will be sent directly to them whereby they can contact all the local watch members.
Complaints under the Code of Conduct
The responsibility for considering complaints that a council member may have breached the Code of Conduct is moving to B&NES’ Standards Committee. Anyone wanting to complain about the conduct of a member of Bathford Parish Council or B&NES Council must submit their complaint to the Standards Committee instead of the Standards Board for England. The address for submitting complaints is “c/o The Monitoring Officer, 3rd Floor, Riverside, Keynsham, BS31 1LA. Further information about the new local assessment system is available on the Standards Board’s website www.standardsboard.gov.uk
4 June 2008
The Bathford Bulletin
Please submit articles and submissions or offers of help for the next issue of the Bathford Bulletin either through the new Bathford Bulletin website, in the box in the shop/Post office or they can also be contacted through our contact us link at the bottom of the page.
11th Dec 2007
