Neighbourhood Watch
Stranger seen in Church Hill
Possibly a vagrant seen at 7am and again later on in the morning. Alistair Caie NHW Co-ordinator tel 218072
Neighbourhood Watch
Suspicious vehicle in Grittleton
On 10th May at around 2145 hours a large vehicle, possibly a land rover, shone its lights into a detached property in Grittleton and then proceeded to drive very slowly up the road with the lights turned off before driving Read more…
BCA projects
URGENT FUNDRAISING APPEAL: Village Fete – 7 June
This year BCA is backing the village fete and stands to gain £300 or more from this one event. This income is essential if we are to realise much of the Beautiful Burton project, which includes a WW1 memorial bench Read more…
BCA projects
Book Club – Book of the Month May 2014
This month we will be reading ‘Girl with a Pearl Earring’ by Tracy Chevalier. Girl With a Pearl Earring tells the story of Griet, a 16-year-old Dutch girl who becomes a maid in the house of the painter Johannes Vermeer. Read more…
BCA projects
Burton Book Club
The Burton Book Club meets on the third Monday of every month, at 19:30 in the Old House @ Home. Books are picked at random out of a hat from members’ nominations. Each month the selected book will be posted on this Read more…
BCA projects
Burton Bridge Group
At last night’s general meeting of the Community Association the Burton Bridge Group was born. Championed by David Staincliffe, the group already boasts eight members. As David said, ‘the group is open to players of all standards, including the complete Read more…
User Blogs
Website User Guide
Hello! If you’re looking for a quick start guide for this site, you’ve come to the right place. On this blog, we explain the menus and layout, how to subscribe to – and interact with – the site, plus we Read more…
BCA Minutes
Minutes of Committee Meeting 14 April 2014
Burton Community Association Committee Meeting 14 April 2014, at the Old House @ Home Those present: Amanda Read (Chair), Grant Cambridge (Deputy Chair), Alistair Caie (Secretary), Paul Bird, Paul Lortal, Moya Webb 1 Apologies for absence: Pip Gilbert, Freddie Clark Read more…
User Blogs
Making the most of Broadband
We recently discovered that Burton will receive superfast broadband in the next 12 months or so. The exchange at Badminton has already been upgraded and is “taking orders”. Sadly we can not make an order as yet. The next stage Read more…
BCA projects
Speeding in Burton – Let’s do something about it !
In 2011 the Parish Plan stated ‘Speed of traffic through Burton: 75% of all respondents – and 90% of those who live in Burton – say that traffic drives too fast on the road through Burton (B4039). The police are aware of this concern Read more…