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From Wotton-under-Edge to Buckingham Palace: Local Sports Foundation Honoured with The King’s Award for Volunteer Service
In a remarkable recognition of community spirit and dedication, the Wotton Community Sports Foundation (WCSF) has been bestowed The King’s Award for Voluntary Service. This is the highest award a local voluntary group can receive in the UK and is equivalent to an MBE....
Pigeons and Doves
By Christiana Gouziou Pigeons and Doves belong to the Columbidae family of which there are in excess of three hundred species in the world. In the UK there are five species of which three are common; The Wood Pigeon, The Collared Dove, and The Stock Dove, of which...
Wotton Directory – Mayor’s Report – December 2023
Sadly, on the 31st of October I attended the funeral of our much loved and respected Town Councillor Terry Luker. St Mary’s Church was absolutely crammed with approximately 300 mourners many of whom went onto the service at Westerleigh Crematorium followed by food and...
Town Hall Teas Fundraiser for the Season Raised Over £10,666
Janet and Jeff Walshe, from the Heritage Centre, are always working tirelessly to promote the town and its surrounding areas. They recently shared with us a poster that the centre produced to encourage locals to support small businesses. It's quite amazing how many...
Brown’s Piece update November 2023
Walking through Brown’s Piece and Hack Hill on a sunlit autumnal morning it is so clear why we need to keep this area as an important community asset now that it’s up for sale. I saw children walking to school, shop keepers taking the scenic route to work and a...
December sale at John Rolfe Auctions is biggest and best yet
Article and Photographs by Matt Bigwood John Rolfe Auctions, based at Babdown near Tetbury, is staging their first ever three-day sale, starting this Friday, December 8th and continuing over the weekend. Billed as the Deck the Halls Sale, the auction will, as ever,...
Motoring: Alfa Romeo Giulia Veloce Q2
By Martin Hall It’s Italian. It’s gorgeous. It’s fast. What more do you want to know? Sometimes doing this job (sic) you get an opportunity that you just can’t turn down and you know what? I’ve been waiting to drive this masterpiece for quite some time, and I was most...
Scouting in the community
As 2023 draws to a close, we look back on another successful year of Scouting. Wotton Scout Group now has a record number of members, with 147 young people and over 40 adult volunteers. We also have 8 Young Leaders, some of whom are volunteering as part of their Duke...
Remembering Terry Luker
(Article and Photo - Matt Bigwood) Tributes have been paid to Terry Luker who died suddenly at home last month at the age of 73. He was well known for publishing old pictures of the area from his vast collection on the I Love Wotton Facebook Group. In his early...