Winterbourne Abbas & Steepleton Parish Council
Photo : Taken by Peter Norbury using his drone Nov 2023
Welcome to the Winterbourne Abbas & Winterbourne Steepleton Parish Council website.
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Administrative Areas :
Both Parishes are in the Winterborne & Broadmayne Ward of Dorset Council. The parishes are approx 5 miles west of Dorchester, Dorset, UK.
The polling district reference for W.Abbas is WIB8 and W.Steepleton is WIB13.
The elected Dorset Councillor is Mr Roland Tarr (Liberal Democrat)
NB : He has to stand down at the election on 2nd May 2024 but is standing again for re-election.
Here’s a link to his page on Dorsetforyou : https://www.google.com/search?client=safari&rls=en&q=roland+tarr&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8
The Parishes are in the Parliamentary Constituency of West Dorset
Our Member of Parliament (MP) is Mr Chris Loder (Conservative) (elected at the General Election of 12th December 2019)
The Parish is actually a "grouped" parish (i.e. Winterbourne Abbas & Winterbourne Steepleton) and is strictly non political.
Our Parish Council meeting Venue :
The Function Room, Coach House Inn, Winterbourne Abbas DT2 9LU
Please see page for a current list of parish councillors and their Register of Interests.
other contact details and councils etc please see Useful Links
Parish Council Contacts :
Parish Clerk : Mr Richard Crumbleholme
Contact : e mail : clerk@winterbourneabbassteepleton-pc.gov.uk
Post : Old Manor Cottage, Winterbourne Steepleton, Dorchester, Dorset DT2 9LG
Tel : 01305 889151 Preferred method of contact by email please.
The next Parish Council is planned on Monday 25th March 2024
please see Next Meeting / Agenda section for details.
June 2023 - January 2024 : Winterbourne Abbas, Copyhold Lane
Upgrading of bridleway to byway open to all traffic.
Feb 2024 : Possible reinstatement of Bus Service through Winterbourne Steepleton and Martinstown - please use this link for further details and add your support by writing or emailing the bus company (details in link)
ROAD CLOSURES : Please use this link
Do you need help ?
The Winterbourne Steepleton Charity may be able to assist - for full details and contacts please use this link
The SID will pick up vehicles from quite a distance & hopefully encourage drivers to reduce their speed to 30mph or below when the SID will flash "Thank You"
At long last our Winterbourne Steepleton Speed Indicator Device (SID) is operational !
Dorset Council erected this on 3rd March 2022 after various long set backs. Our team of volunteers will shortly be trained so that they can re-site the SID every 6 weeks between the two location poles. See link
South Winterbourne Stream through Steepleton has now been cleared as usual and we are very hopeful that National Highways (formerly Highways England) will be clearing the stream through Abbas in the future.
Dorchester Community Support Group : There is a very useful and comprehensive list of local services and shops offering delivery and click and collect only in the Dorchester area (created by the Dorchester Community Support Group and Dorchester Town Council).
Use this link to access full details : Dochester Community Support Group.
"It’s for a REASON 30mph" bin stickers are still available FOC - please email the address at the foot of the page or contact the Parish Clerk.
