For the latest advice on road closures, see Wiltshire Police's rolling update at https://www.wiltshire.police.uk/article/649/Road-closures#5a99218d4c358
To help us all drive safely in bad weather, Wiltshire Council has a map showing which roads are salted, when this happens, with advice for drivers and useful links to BBC Travel and Met Office sites. Go to http://www.wiltshire.gov.uk/highways-gritting-snow-clearance to read more. There's also a specific Twitter site called Wiltshire Winter that provides regular updates on our roads at https://twitter.com/WiltshireWinter
Dorset & Wiltshire Fire and Rescue has also issued advice about open fires, portable heaters, electric blankets and more: https://www.wiltsmessaging.co.uk/da/209994
Keep up to date with the latest news from Wiltshire Council - it has posted an update about roads, help for rough sleepers and market cancellations at http://www.wiltshire.gov.uk/news/articles/taking-care-in-colder-weather and will issue regular news updates to the main page at http://www.wiltshire.gov.uk/ and via its Facebook and Twitter feeds
For school closures and other real-time updates, BBC Wiltshire has regular updates on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/BBCWiltshire/ and the website http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/england/wiltshire
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We're sorry for any inconvenience but we've closed Priory Gardens for safety reasons. Our team is out lending a hand to Wiltshire Council clearing the High Street.
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Do you hold an allotment in Marlborough? If not, would you like to? Come along to a meeting on Thursday, 1st March at 6.30pm in the Council Chamber of the Town Hall and learn a lot more about our allotment sites at Elcot Lane, Stonebridge and St John's Close. There'll be a short Allotment Association AGM at the start of the evening and then the floor is open to discuss ideas for the future of the Association and Marlborough's allotments. Read more at the National Allotment Association.
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Did you know the Town Council awards small grants to help community groups and charities with local projects? Recent beneficiaries include Greatwood, Alzheimers Support, Macmillan, Marlborough St Mary's School and more. There's another round of awards coming up soon. If you think your group could be eligible please let us know - applications should be submitted by 9th March at 4pm. Read more...
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Scottish & Southern has electricity network upgrade work scheduled from 2nd February to 2nd March which may affect power supplies and vehicle access to Coldharbour Lane, part of the High Street and part of The Parade.
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From 9am on 19th February the main road into Great Bedwyn from the A4 (Forest Hill) will be closed until early March to allow Thames Water to undertake water main replacement works. During this period buses serving Bedwyn will have to take a much longer route, and students living near Savernake Hospital will need to travel to/from St Johns school on bus 620, picking up on the A4 at 0802 and returning at 1543. Service 20 will not be able to provide a late pick up from the school. For full details and contact for queries: Read more...
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Since the local government reorganisation in 1974, most of the Town Council’s meeting minutes have been sitting in folders in storage in Swindon. So, our Councillors took the decision that these should be accessible to everyone and kept in the proper conditions suitable for historic documents. The loose leaf minutes kept in folders have now been bound and will be available at the Wiltshire & Swindon History Centre in Chippenham for all to see. They’ll join the Marlborough Borough Council Minute Books, going back more than 100 years, which are really useful in looking back at land and ownership issues and other details about the town’s history.
The History Centre is well worth a visit and staff there are very helpful and knowledgeable too - you’ll find yourself immersed in slices of local history where a few minutes can easily turn into a visit of a couple of hours!
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Here's a great excuse to dust off the DJ, dig out your dresses and banish the winter blues - tickets are now on sale for the Civic Dinner at the Town Hall on 23rd February.
The ticket price includes a drinks reception on arrival, four course dinner and complimentary wine, and there's musical entertainment too. Why not gather some friends and book a table?
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