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Classes held in the Village Hall by Emma Charlton at Butcombe Village Hall. 

https://www.emmacharltonpilates.co.uk/yin-yoga.html

Pilates on Mondays at 6pm

Pure Stretch classes on Wednesdays at 6pm.

More details can be found at https://www.emmacharltonpilates.co.uk

Emma is also keen to start up Parent Antenatal classes in the future and would be Spinning Babies Parent Education Workshops – details can be found here https://www.hypnobirthingbristol.com/spinning-babies

 

Recycling Centre booking update:

We’re getting in touch to let you know that from today, Monday 2 February, the new Recycling Centre Booking System is live for Weston‑super‑Mare Recycling Centre.

After a monitoring period at Weston-super-Mare, the council will look to extend the system to the Portishead and Backwell sites from Monday 2 March.

This change has been introduced to make visiting our recycling centres quicker, safer and more efficient, and to help us reduce queues, manage site safety, and ensure the centres are used appropriately.

Key information to share with your communities

How residents can book:

?? www.n-somerset.gov.uk/recyclingcentres

?? From the North Somerset Council app

Residents can book:

  • up to two weeks in advance, or
  • as little as 10 minutes before a slot, if available

They will receive a confirmation email, and reminders before their visit.

Support for residents without internet access

Residents can:

  • ask someone else (friend, neighbour, family member) to make a booking for them
  • computers are available in the libraries and a visit can be booked here. Library staff are willing to help with this if required.
  • Phone calls to the council will go through to an automated system which takes around 5-6 minutes per call. If residents struggle with this, they will be transferred to a member of the contact centre. It is quicker and easier to book online.

 

 

 

BUTCOMBE POTATO COMPETITION


A competition for all ages – no great skill needed

£5.00 per entry (£4.00 if you have an orange B&Q bucket from last time!)

All you have to do is grow a potato in a bucket

There will be a prize for the heaviest crop and, of course, home-grown potatoes for you

The bucket and seed potato will be provided and all you have to supply is a little TLC
(Time, Love & Compost)


Here's what to do:

1. Buy an entry by Sunday 15th February 2026

2. Enjoy a coffee & cake when you collect your bucket, potato & instructions
at the Village Hall on
Sunday 22nd March 2026 between 10.30 - 12.30am

3. Get growing

4. Come to the Weigh-In at a Ploughman’s Lunch at the Village Hall
on Sunday 12th July 2026

To enter: please contact Lindsey at lindsey.rodaway@btinternet.com

If you find you can’t come to the Hall on any of these dates
please contact Lindsey


All proceeds to Butcombe Village Hall

 

The Batch Closure
 
Wessex Water have advised that the areas where they have been working will be tarmacked on Monday 9th Feb and The Batch will be totally closed from just below the Church to the bottom of the road while they get on with it. 
 

Bristol Airport Expansion Plan

This site is frequently updated through the Facebook feed visible on the site (so no need to have a personal fb page) with as much factual evidence of the proposed expansion that can be found. All recent plans, evidence and media report scan be found on the below link. http://www.stopbristolairportexpansion.org/

It’s worth looking at the ‘Updates’ and ‘Take Action’ pages fairly regularly as things are changing rapidly as momentum against expansion builds across North Somerset at a rate of knots.

 

Flyers and posters are also available to download from the ‘Take Action’ page.’

 

 

 

Recycling Centre updates

Bristol Airport has set up a contact site where any issues of off site parking or issues associated with Taxi's can be reported. This will allow all reported issues to be properly investigated.  Please send your concerns to them directly at: communitycarparking@bristolairport.com

Given the significant changes to the recycling and waste service this year, the decision was made to delay the introduction until early next year. We can now confirm that Weston-super-Mare will be the first site to benefit from the system. From Monday 2 February, you’ll need to book a slot before visiting.

From Monday 2 March, the same system will be in place for the Portishead and Backwell sites.

For residents with vehicle permits, we will be contacting them before the new system starts to explain how permits will work with the changes.

The booking system will be on the website and accessible via the North Somerset Council app.

For those without access to the internet, we ask residents to help to make a booking online on behalf of friends and family members. Doing it online is the quickest, easiest and cheapest way to book. Calls into the contact centre will be answered with an automated system to capture the information that we need for the booking.

Please share this wherever possible to make residents aware of this change.

More details including frequently asked questions are available on the website.

 

Book to visit a recycling centre | North Somerset Council 

Disease Resistant Elm Trees

If you are looking to replace Elm trees due to Dutch Elm disease, details of where you can source disease resistant tress are below:

An Italian clone FL493, is now sold by Frank P Matthews, https://www.frankpmatthews.com) under the reg. cv. name 'Wingham', in recognition of the village in Kent where it was extensively trialled by Dr David Herling,

www.ResistantElms.co.uk They are also selling a Dutch variety ‘Lutece’.

Peter Shallcross (email: peterjshallcross@gmail.com) - supply Adamuz, Fiorente, Lutece, Wingham and Ulmus laevis trees

Hilliers Nursery who are selling New Horizon. https://www.hillier.co.uk/trees/products/listings/ulmus-new-horizon/

Road closure notice

ROAD TRAFFIC REGULATION ACT 1984 – Section 14(1) Final Notice of Temporary Traffic Regulation Order Rusling Lane, Butcombe North Somerset Temporary

Prohibition of Use by Vehicles Order 2026 Date coming Into Force: 12th January 2026 Ref: SW25.26-195

Notice is hereby given that North Somerset Council in pursuance of the provisions of section 14(1) of the Road Traffic Regulation Act 1984, as amended, have made an order the effect of which will be to close, temporarily, to vehicles the lengths of roads specified in the Schedule to this Notice.

Exemptions are included for emergency services, works access, works vehicles and as works permit for premises which may only be accessed via the closed section of road.

This order was required because of the likelihood of danger to the public consequent upon work by Truespeed to span cable between poles for customer connection. This order will become operative on the 12th January 2026 for a maximum period of eighteen months.

However, the closures may not be implemented for the whole of the period but only as necessitated by the works which is anticipated to be of *duration period* 1 day in duration.

Appropriate traffic signs will be displayed when the measures are in force. Schedule - Rusling Lane– Yewtree Batch For further information & alternative routes - see One Network map:https://one.network/?tm=GB146249128 For further detail please contact the applicant: Truespeed.

Off site parking

Bristol Airport has set up a contact site where any issues of off site parking or issues associated with Taxi's can be reported. This will allow all reported issues to be properly investigated. Please send your concerns to them directly at: communitycarparking@bristolairport.com

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