Archive for year: 2026

Wiltshire Council’s roadworks website is showing the following work in the next few weeks:

• 5th June, road repairs at the Dunstable Crossroads with temporary traffic lights in operation.
• 16th June – carriageway repairs near the New Manor Farm entrance on the road to the A30 traffic lights. This is a few hundred yards north of the Dunstable Crossroads. These works are showing as a full road closure with diversions in place.

On 7th May 2026, the Annual Parish meeting which is a review of the work of the Parish Council over the previous year, took place. All town and parish councils are legally required to hold one such meeting a year – but it is not a meeting of the Parish Council.

The transcript of the Chairman’s statement is available here.

The Annual Parish meeting will take place in the committee room of the Winterslow Village Hall on Thursday 7th May 2026 at 7.30pm.

All town and parish councils are legally required to hold one such meeting a year – it is not a meeting of the Parish Council.

The meeting will be a review of the work of the Parish Council over the last year. This is also an opportunity for electors to raise any issues of their choice.

The agenda can be found here.

The Parish Council is appalled and disgusted by the actions of some dog owners who fail to clean up after their pets. Bags of dog waste left around full bins is littering. Dog waste has been left discarded by the children’s play area bin which is irresponsible behaviour. Even more disappointing is the action of some owners in breaking open one of the dog bins in an attempt to force more waste in.

Dog owners are legally required to clean up after their pets in public areas.

If a dog waste bin is full, use a litter bin or take the waste home with you and put it in your black bin. Do NOT leave it around an already full bin.

The contractors that empty the bins do not operate over public holidays, so hence the delay in them being emptied.

Further work has been carried out on the Firs Rd footpath from the field gate towards the A30.

The hedge has been trimmed and the path scraped back to the hardcore base to provide more grip and better drainage in wet weather. The useable width is now 3 times wider than before.

The photograph (click to show full image) shows the widened path and its original width in the background by the road signs. The last short remaining section to the A30 will be completed in the next few weeks.