Welcome to Lower Winterborne Parish Council

 

Lower Winterborne Neighbourhood Plan – Please fill in the household questionnaire!

We need to know what the community thinks are the important issues so that we can make sure that the Plan reflects these views so please fill in our first questionnaire!

You can do this at https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/N5TBT3S or pick up a paper copy from The Greyhound, the Phone Box at Winterborne Kingston Village Hall, St Nicholas Church or The Community Hub (return boxes are also available at these locations).

If you have any questions about the plan please contact the Parish Clerk at clerk@lowerwinterborne-pc.gov.uk.

Please fill in the survey by Friday 12th April 2024.


 

Notices of Election – Dorset Council and Town and Parish Councils within the Dorset Council area

Please find attached the Notices of Election for the following elections to be held on 2 May 2024:

Dorset Council

Town and Parish Councils within the Dorset Council area


 

ELECTION 2024 – 2nd May.

On the 2nd May local elections will be held for all seats on Dorset Council and all seats on all of Dorset’s Town and Parish Councils.

Further Information can be found here – Election 2024 page on our website

 


 

The Parish Council is carrying out a survey about 20mph zones in Winterborne Kingston.

To access the survey please go to
https://www.surveymonkey.co.uk/r/F963P2Y

 


DORSET COUNCIL – LOWER WINTERBORNE NEIGHBOURHOOD AREA

Dorset Council has received a neighbourhood area application from
Lower Winterborne Parish Council for a Lower Winterborne Neighbourhood Area.

Further information can be found here

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Copies of the application, together with details of how to make comments can be found at
www.dorsetcouncil.gov.uk/neighbourhood-area

 


Notice for the Exercise of Public Rights

Download a copy of the ‘Notice of Public Rights and Publication of Unaudited Annual Governance & Accountability Return – Accounts For the Year Ended 31st March 2023‘ document in pdf format  – if you require this document in a different format please contact the Parish Clerk directly


About the Parishes

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The Lower Winterborne Parish Council and its officers look after the interests of the villages and the general maintenance of the area ensuring that the needs of the local community are taken into account.

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The Lower Winterborne Parish encompasses the villages of Winterborne Kingston, Anderson and the hamlets of Muston and Tomson. The name derives from the River Winterborne which runs through the villages before joining the River Stour at Sturminster Marshall. The villages are skirted by the A31 from Bere Regis to Ringwood. The Parish Council consists of 7 Councillors from Winterborne Kingston and 1 from Anderson. This is a rural parish surrounded by farm land and working farms mostly mixed, animal and arable. These are very vibrant communities with strong community bonds. There is a parish newsletter, The Red Post, which also covers the surrounding parishes of Almer, Bloxworth and Morden.

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Winterborne Kingston is the largest of the three villages with a current count of around 300 houses, the majority of which are of a traditional construction settled around the 14th century church of St Nicholas. The village is served by an Inn, The Greyhound, an outreach post office two mornings a week, a very well used and modernised village hall, a car valet service, motor mechanics, and a Bed and Breakfast. The children are served by the Dunbury Combined School. In addition, the Parish Council own The Hub, situated on the Recreation Ground, and available for hire.

 

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Anderson has a total of 40 houses situated around the Jacobean mansion, Anderson Manor and its tiny private chapel.
Muston and Tomson have one or two houses and farms.

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