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Blackford is part of the Blackford & Compton Pauncefoot (B & CP) Parish Meeting - we have no Parish Council and meet twice a year in April & October. We therefore have limited powers - but it is still a useful forum.
B & CP is in the Blackmore Vale ward and Area East of South Somerset District Council which has main offices in Yeovil and local planning etc at Wincanton 01963 435000. Blackmore Vale has 2 ward district councilors (currently William Wallace & Tim Inglefield).
Blackmore Vale also has 1 County Councillor on Somerset County Council (currently William Wallace).
Blackmore Vale is part of the Somerton & Frome Constituency for Westminster. (current MP is David Heath).
Blackmore Vale is part of the South West constituency for Europe & we have 7 MEPs - you can contact any of them.
South West Members of the European Parliament
Graham Booth
(Independent)
Giles Chichester
(Conservative)
Glyn Ford
(Labour)
Caroline Jackson
(Conservative)
Roger Knapman
(Independent)
Neil Parish
(Conservative)
Graham Watson
(Liberal) |
Services
Phone Box
We have a traditional red phone box in the centre of the village. Following a successful campaign in 2004 the phonebox was retained after BT proposed removing it. It remained under threat of removal if usage was not increased and BT again proposed to have it removed in 2008 but a successful application was made to English Heritage to have the box listed. It was listed Grade II in July 2008. The phone box is believed to be of a type known as the ‘K6’ or ‘Jubilee’ kiosk and was designed by Sir Giles Gilbert Scott to commemorate the Silver Jubilee of King George the Fifth in 1935. Constructed in cast iron, it is the best known traditional kiosk.
Other Services
We have no pub or shop. There is a daily milk delivery and also newspapers are delivered.
See also Reading Room (village hall) and church pages.
Waste. Starting from 31st March 2008 new collection day will be Friday
Refuse:
Your refuse collection will change to a Friday.
Your first new collection will be 11-APR-08
Collections will then continue fortnightly on this new cycle.
Garden:
Garden waste collections will remain unchanged - No collection.
Food/Recycling:
Food and Recycling collections will be Friday - Weekly
Broadband was made available from July 2004. Blackford is on the North Cadbury Exchange. Because of the distance from the exchange typical speeds are currently between 500kb and 1mb.
Local shops include: Charlton Horethorne, North Cadbury and Sparkford which have postoffices (under threat in March 2008). Larger shops, including Morrisons, are at Wincanton. Other centres include Castle Cary (good mixture for a small town and includes 'traditional shops'), Sherborne (larger shops and includes Somerfields and Sainsburys), Yeovil (wide selection of High Street and out of town shopping facilities).
Doctors include: Queen Camel, Wincanton and Sherborne.
Dentists include Wincanton, Sherborne (NHS), & Gillingham.
24 hour A&E is at Yeovil. Limited hospital services are available at Wincanton & Sherborne.
There is a Police presence in Wincanton (not 24 hour), Sherborne (not 24 hour) and Yeovil (24 hour).
There is a Wincanton Fire Service as well as Sherborne and Yeovil.
Tree Surgeons include Dave Braybon (Yarlington) 01963 440660 and Chris Lee (Marston Magna) 01935 850756
Chimney Sweeps can also be found in the village/church magazine 'Excalibur'.
Pubs: Some suggestions include Holton, Yarlington, South Cadbury, North Cadbury, Charlton Horethorne. Further afield include Corton Denham, Shepton Montague & Sandford Orcas.
Local services can also be found in the village/church magazine 'Excalibur'. |
Contact Numbers
SSDC Yeovil 01935 462462
SSDC Wincanton 01963 435000
website: www.southsomerset.gov.uk
SCC Taunton
Community Services for Adults & Older People 0845 345 9133 Children/Young People/Learning 0845 345 9122
Environment & Community Protection 0845 345 9188
Library Service 0845 345 9177
Roads & Transport 0845 345 9155
Somerset Culture & Heritage 0845 345 9144
General Enquiries Service 0845 345 9166
website www.somerset.gov.uk
Useful Information
1. Call box on the crossroads. Telephone number: 01963 440369
2. Reading Room Ordinance Survey Grid is: ST 657 261
Hospitals
1. Verrington, Wincanton: Tel. 01963 32006
Open 7am – 10pm. Minor injuries only
2. Yeatman, Sherborne: Tel. 01935 813991
Open 7.30am – 8.30pm. Minor injuries only
3. Yeovil District: Tel. 01935 475122
A&E
Others
1. South Somerset District Council
Wincanton: Tel. 01963 435 000
Yeovil: Tel. 01935 462 462
2. Somerset County Council: Tel. 0845 345 9166
3. Southern Electric: Emergencies Tel. 0845 770 8090
4. Wessex Water: Tel. 0845 600 4600
5. Rector: Vacancy, Tel. 01963 440469 |
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