Posts Tagged ‘Wilcot’

Wiltshire Council to investigate removal of parking in Wilcot

Thursday, January 11th, 2024

Around 12 liveaboard boaters attended the meeting of Wilcot Parish Council on 9th January 2024. There was discussion of a letter from a boater to Wiltshire Councillor Paul Oatway objecting that the rubble and earth banks in the lane by the canal were constructed without planning consent and were an unauthorised waste disposition. Two boaters spoke in the public question time.

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Have your say about parking in Wilcot on 27th November!

Monday, November 6th, 2023

Wiltshire Council is holding a Highways Matters Event hosted by Pewsey Area Board in Pewsey on Monday 27th November 2023. This is an ideal opportunity for boaters to demand that the Council takes action over the recent obstruction of parking in Wilcot.

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Wilcot parking trashed

Wednesday, November 1st, 2023

The lane where boaters park their vehicles in Wilcot has been ‘landscaped’ to make parking impossible, according to boaters who are moored there. On 24th October, rubble and earth was piled up along the whole length of the lane on both sides, making a steep bank as shown in the photographs below. This was done even though there were some boaters’ cars parked in the lane at the time.

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Council may install bollards to stop boaters parking in Wilcot canalside lane

Sunday, February 9th, 2020

Wilcot Parish Council has proposed installing bollards in the lane by the canal to prevent vehicles parking. This is the latest idea by the parish council to stop boaters parking their cars in the lane. It is not clear at present whether the proposal is to prevent parking throughout the lane.

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Liveaboard boaters invited to K&A Canal East meeting, Wilcot, 27th June

Wednesday, June 20th, 2018

Liveaboard boaters are invited to the Kennet & Avon Canal East Meeting on 27th June 2018 at 6pm for 6.30pm at Wilcot Village Hall. You are invited to bring cakes – there will be tea and cakes beforehand.

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Boaters invited to K&A Canal East meeting, 1st June, Wootton Rivers

Tuesday, May 30th, 2017

Liveaboard boaters are invited to the Kennet & Avon Canal East Meeting on 1st June 2017 at 6pm for 6.30pm at Wootton Rivers Village Hall. These twice-yearly meetings were set up by Pewsey Community Area Partnership in 2014 to discuss and resolve issues regarding the K&A Canal that affected boaters and local residents in the villages along the canal.

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K&A boaters action group next meeting 10th April, Wilcot

Tuesday, April 4th, 2017

The next meeting of the K&A boaters action group will be on Monday April 10th 2017 at 7.30pm at the Golden Swan, Wilcot SN9 5NN – a short walk across the green from the canal bridge. All are welcome.

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Boaters needed to attend Pewsey area Canal Forum, 23rd November

Thursday, November 17th, 2016

There will be a Canal Forum meeting between local residents and Parish Councils in the Pewsey area and boaters next Wednesday 23rd November 2016 at Stanton St Bernard Village Hall at 5.30pm for a 6pm start. This is a continuation of the previous meetings in 2014 and 2015 chaired by CRT in the Pewsey Vale to resolve issues between local residents and canal users, especially liveaboard boaters. Please come to this meeting, especially if you regularly moor your boat in the Long Pound.

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Towpath tidy, Wilcot, 4th September

Wednesday, August 17th, 2016

There will be a towpath tidy at Wilcot on Sunday 4th September 2016 at 11am to 2pm. It is organised by liveaboard boaters but all canal users and local residents are welcome to take part. Please meet at the canal bridge (bridge 117) in Wilcot at 11am.

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Fire safety talk and boaters action group, 14th March, Wilcot

Tuesday, March 8th, 2016

The next meeting of the K&A boaters action group will be combined with a Boat Fire Safety talk by Wiltshire Fire and Rescue Service on Monday March 14th at 7.30pm at the Golden Swan, Wilcot, near Pewsey, SN9 5NN.

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