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Welcome to West Coker’s website, sponsored by the Parish Council.

Thank you to all who have been interested enough to come and look.  And thank you to those who contribute news, ideas, photos and other material. More are welcome.  Everything here can be changed, so feel free to make suggestions or contributions –

Contact the website at:  westcokernet@gmail.com

NEWS

The Queen Elizabeth II Jubilee Pavilion
The formal opening ceremony took place on November 5th 2022.  See HERE for more, including booking.

Somerset Council
We now have a single unitary county council replacing or combining the former County and District Councils.  If you need to find out more, or make contact, start HERE

AVIAN INFLUENZA (Bird Flu)
Restrictions are still in place (30/4/23)  See HERE

Have you made your home more energy efficient? If so see HERE
Somerset Home Library Service.  See HERE
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The ROPEWALKER is  available to download from this site.
Just click HERE .  So if you don’t have a delivery (maybe because you live in New Zealand) or you lose your copy, a few clicks here will sort matters.

TREE COVER
Bryn Andrews – Parish Councillor and now Environmental Warden has asked me let you know about this:

“I am helping Forest research (FR Forestry commission) map tree cover in our area (and elsewhere) ward by ward: the attached link is to the FR mapping page. This is a citizens science project anyone can help with. See the link below for more detail.”
http://forestry.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=d8c253ab17e1412586d9774d1a09fa07

News about our Nature Reserve HERE

New rural crime initiative launched by Avon & Somerset Police
The number 81819 will allow the public to text information directly to the Rural Crime Team, who will be able to assess and action the intelligence quickly and efficiently.

Travel Somerset Find live information about road conditions, road works and holdups etc HERE. You can read the full press release about this new service HERE.

Report Road Problems On-Line Somerset County Council now has a system whereby you can report, potholes, weeds, overgrown verges, failed lights etc.  To get directly to the reporting system, click HERE. There is also a site for Rights of Way. You can see them all on a map, click HERE
Or, you might try Fix My Street   HERE

Contacting the Police. Avon & Somerset Police have asked us to draw your attention to their on-line non-emergency reporting system which is intended to reduce demand for the 101 phone system. You can find it HERE
The Avon and Somerset Police Commissioner is Mark Shelford  See HERE

FREE Money Advice  Need help?  A Wiser£money adviser may be the answer. See HERE

Patient Online Access. You can use this to book routine appointments, order repeat prescriptions and access a summary of your medical record. Discover more HERE

Somerset Choices. A website where you can find lots of information about help you can get to live as independently as possible. See HERE

Speeding on the A30
We now have a team of people checking speeds at 4 places around the village. See HERE
Below is a summary of what the automatic checker recorded in October 2015. Results from 2016 and later are very similar.
– 1600 vehicles each day travel west into the village (1200 on Sundays)
– Only about 100 of these (6%) obey the 30mph speed limit
– About 1100 (67%) travel at 30 to 40 mph
– About 400 (25%) travel at 40 to 50 mph
– About 33 (2%) exceed 50mph.  That’s 12,000 per year

Volunteering in Somerset.  Find out more HERE

West Coker in 1934. Julie Harvey found a BFI film made in West Coker, directed by Matthew Nathan. See HERE

Homefinders ‘We are a partnership of local authorities and housing associations working together to make the process of finding a home simple and transparent for all applicants looking for housing in Somerset. If you are looking for social housing anywhere in Somerset you  only have to complete one application form and your needs will be assessed against the same clear set of criteria no matter where you live.’    See HERE

Here are some links to other websites which you might find useful. Just click on the red words:

The Ropewalker page is the main medium for news and messsages.  See HERE
Here is the: West_Coker_Parish Profile – some history and local statistics
Here are lots of stats about West Coker from the 2011 census.  See HERE
Here is West Coker’s: Wikipedia entry – more history and local information
Visit South Somerset tourist information.  See HERE
Here is a Map of West Coker Footpaths
Here is a map showing the Parish of West Coker and its boundaries

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

ACCESSIBILITY
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