Bridge over the River Avon
Canon Square, Melksham
Party in the Park
A public footpath in Melksham
The Spa Houses, Melksham
St. Michael's Church, Melksham
Market Place and Town Hall
Town Crier and Escort
Well House Manor Hotel
Conigre Mead Nature Reserve
Christie Miller Sports Centre
The evening train from Melksham |
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#2683 - Car Parking in MelkshamCar Parking in the centre of Melksham is a major concern to many residents of the town and the surrounding area. Shops out of town are limited with a very limited bus service to may parts, driving is the only practical way to "nip quickly into town".
This April, car parking costs across Wiltshire w ....
#2666 - Random thoughts on Melksham Town Planning and developmentOn Friday evening, I attended the Mayor's reception in Melksham Assembly Hall, and on Saturday I traveled to Taunton to attend TravelWatch SouthWest. At one of those meetings (and I'm ashamed to say I can't recall which) someone made the poignant comment that, for the most part, Town Planners don't ....
| Tue 13th Apr | | Melksham Chamber of Commerce - Themed Meeting - Car Parking [link] | | Thu 22nd Apr | | Melksham Chamber of Commerce - networking breakfast | | Tue 18th May | | Melksham Chamber of Commerce - AGM, and Canal presentation [link] | | Tue 15th Jun | | Melksham Chamber of Commerce - Themed Meeting [link] | | Tue 22nd Jun | | Melksham Chamber of Commerce - networking lunch | | Tue 20th Jul | | Melksham Chamber of Commerce - Visit to Melksham Oak Community College [link] | | Tue 7th Sep | | Melksham Chamber of Commerce - Regular Meeting [link] | | Tue 12th Oct | | Melksham Chamber of Commerce - Themed Meeting [link] | | Tue 16th Nov | | Melksham Chamber of Commerce - Regular Meeting [link] |
#2640 - How is your tax pound spent?Where does the UK Government Spend your Money? What proportion goes on Defence, on Pensions, or Foreign Aid, on Economic Development, and on Health? Is the same amount spent for each person in the South West as in London and in Scotland?
If you can answer these questions I'll be very impressed . ....
#2594 - Melksham Area - your community view is soughtToday was a very public consultation in the Town Hall in Melksham, where the Community area partnership (who's role is to gather and promote the views and aspirations of the Melksham area community) held "Open House" on the core strategy. Newly set up, with a first meeting last December, the Melks ....
#2568 - Forums for your Melksham and open source discussionsDo you have questions you want to ask? Views about Melksham, First Great Western Train services or Open Source languages that you would like to post? If you do / have, you'll be very welcome to join our forums / communities - listed below.
Just a word, first, though. There's a minority of intern ....
#2546 - How well do you know Melksham - a quiz for ChristmasI've been out for two Christmas Dinners with local groups this year - the Bowerhill Villager (local newsletter) and the Chamber of Commerce ... and I've enjoyed them both. And in the spirit of Christmas, here's the quiz (via a link) that I put together for the "Bowerhill Villager" evening - how wel ....
#2544 - Vision for WiltshireAs I tried to put together my final thoughts on Wiltshire's Strategic Plan Consultation, I helped myself by putting an overview of my thoughts together so that my inputs really will be strategic and not just about what we want / don't want in our back yard!
A Vision for Wilsthire ...
Where shou ....
#2531 - Melksham - new Tuesday MarketA new Tuesday market opened this week in Melksham ... I popped in briefly and took a few pictures. It's good to be able to shop local (and indeed the Chamber of Commerce current has a "shop local" campaign running.
The market include both food and non-food products ... but on this first visi ....
#2521 - Melksham Market - Tuesdays, 09:00 to 14:00A new market comes to Melksham - every Tuesday from 8th December, open from 09:00 until 14:00. It will be a general market, and will run in the Assembly Hall and in the car park adjoining the Town Hall, with some 18 to 20 traders. [Notice from Mayor]
The Assembly Hall is a large covered area just ....
#2514 - The road show has been - where now?Yesterday Wiltshire Council's "Road Show" came to town - showing their core strategy plans for the next 20 years. Rather than allowing haphazard and undirected growth and development there is sense if the unitary council providing a degree of 'steer' ... making sure that any new housing is built in ....
#2508 - Community Area Partnership - inaugural AGMThis evening was the public meeting and first AGM of the new Melksham Community Area Partnership. The CAP is an independent (there's an interesting word!) body that mirrors the area covered by the Melksham Area Board of Wiltshire Council, and is (I understand) the last such CAP to be set up of 20, ....
#2495 - Planning the future of WiltshireBackground to planning the future - the mechanism
Where will Wiltshire be in 20 years time? Will it grow, and if so how - will development all go into 2 or 3 major towns, leaving smaller towns to loose their significance and hearts? Will development spring up all over the place, or in a new town ....
#2487 - Melksham Forum• Do you live in Melksham?
• Do you work in the town, or nearby?
• Do you shop here, or visit from time to time - on business, to see friends and relatives, or because you just like the place?
• Do you travel through, or past, and wonder what we have to offer?
• Are y ....
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