Short-notice closure of Cloatley road – notice just received
Cloatley Road will be closed for urgent Wessex Water service repair works and other associated works on Tue 26 Aug for up to 3 days. This is down at the eastern end of the road – outside Cherry Tree Cottage.
From : Steve Davies (stephendavies210@hotmail.com)
Hankerton Family Fun Day. Monday 25th August 2025.
Linda and I have agreed to run the “Plants and Produce” stall at the above again.
Please could we ask for residents to kindly donate, so that we have plenty to sell.
As well as surplus produce from the garden, indoor and outdoor plants would be gratefully received, as well as home produce such as preserves, cakes and biscuits.
If you are able to help, could you bring the items to our house over the preceding weekend,
i.e. Saturday 23rd and Sunday 24th August, or bring to the event on the day.
Many thanks, Steve and Linda Davies 33, Follyfield.
When I post The Grapevine to the website I always have a read. The first page made me think….. so, being a bit of a data geek, I got on the Met Office website and downloaded some of their annual rainfall data. Here it is in 25 year blocks from 1873 to last year.
So the problem doesn’t seem to be rainfall….. the average amount of water that lands on us during the year has actually gone up !
Quote from David Black, CEO of Ofwat about Thames Water (thankfully not our water supplier !) following a £122m fine. “Our investigation has uncovered a series of failures by the company to build, maintain and operate adequate infrastructure to meet its obligations.” £18m of the fine was to do with paying “undeserved” dividends of nearly £170m to shareholders.
Made me think. Just thought others might be interested.
From : Elizabeth Threlfall (elizabeth.threlfall@wiltshire.gov.uk)
Online event – find out about all the gizmos and guidance to get flood ready
An online event is taking place later this month (July) with the aim of equipping communities with everything they need to know to be flood ready
The ‘Get Flood Ready – Gizmos and Guidance’ online event takes place on Wednesday 23 July at 4:30pm.
Last year, Salisbury Area Board, in partnership with Salisbury City Council, hosted a ‘get flood ready’ event which more than 100 residents attended. This event is open to anyone who wants to be more prepared for when extreme weather hits the county again.
As well as Wiltshire Council, there will be a number of agencies represented, including Flood Tec, Flood Kit and the Environment Agency.
The event is open to all residents, but those who have flooding responsibilities within their local communities, such as flood wardens, town and parish councils, business and local councillors are all welcome to attend.
From : Michael Bromley Gardner (Clerk to Parish Council)
BEST KEPT VILLAGE COMPETITION
This year Hankerton isn’t in the ‘Best Kept Village’ competition – having won the Small Villages trophy last year, we now spend 2 years in the ‘Laurence Kitching Winner of Winners’ competition, competing against the winners of all 3 size categories from the past 2 years.
Our judging period is 1-31 July – the judges will visit on one day in the month.
As always, the key is – don’t drop litter, and pick up any you see.
Hankerton Village 