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Bryn Andrews – Parish Councillor and now Environmental Warden has asked me let you know about this:
News about our Nature Reserve HERE
Contacting the Police. Avon & Somerset Police have asked us to draw your attention to their on-line non-emergency reporting system which is intended to reduce demand for the 101 phone system. You can find it HERE
The Avon and Somerset Police Commissioner is Mark Shelford See HERE
Travel Somerset Soomerset tourism information HERE. .
Report Road Problems On-Line Somerset County Council now has a system whereby you can report, potholes, weeds, overgrown verges, failed lights etc. To get directly to the reporting system, click HERE. There is also a site for Rights of Way. You can see them all on a map, click HERE
Or, you might try Fix My Street HERE
Speeding on the A30
We did have a team of people checking speeds at 4 places around the village. See HERE
Below is a summary of what the automatic checker recorded in October 2015. Results from 2016 and later are very similar.
– 1600 vehicles each day travel west into the village (1200 on Sundays)
– Only about 100 of these (6%) obey the 30mph speed limit
– About 1100 (67%) travel at 30 to 40 mph
– About 400 (25%) travel at 40 to 50 mph
– About 33 (2%) exceed 50mph. That’s 12,000 per year
Volunteering in Somerset. Find out more HERE
West Coker in 1934. Julie Harvey found a BFI film made in West Coker, directed by Matthew Nathan. See HERE
Here are some links to other websites which you might find useful. Just click on the red words:
The Ropewalker page is the main medium for news and messsages. See HERE
Here is the: West_Coker_Parish Profile – some history and local statistics
Here are lots of stats about West Coker from the 2011 census. See HERE
Here is West Coker’s: Wikipedia entry – more history and local information
Visit South Somerset tourist information. See HERE
Here is a Map of West Coker Footpaths
Here is a map showing the Parish of West Coker and its boundaries
