Happy New year 2022 It will soon be time for us all to arrange a village clean up once again after are winter sleep !
See Date below :
SPRING CLEAN-UP TIME!
The Environmental Group volunteers will again be leading
a Spring clean-up around Castle Eaton, so grab your brooms &
come & join us, on Sunday, 10th April, meeting at 11 am at the Village Hall.
All welcome...
We will also be buying and planting a tree in aid of the Queens
Platinum Jubilee watch this space for update on this.
On saying this a lovely young person who is doing
Doing the D of E has been litter picking every week
and sends a photo of litter picked , I am always amazed
by how munch litter people drop or thro out of there
car windows ! But a big thank you goes to Jim for all
the help in this matter, so lovely to see young people
helping out.
Welcome to Castle Eaton Environmental Group, we are a small friendly group and are aim is to encourage others to take pride in are lovely village for us all to enjoy.( all ages welcome )
Thank you to Roland in making the new River Thames signs. Also a big thankyou to the people who helped with planters, and cutting grass, sweeping up church path wall ect
and so many other jobs in and around the village.
Wooooo look below we Won !
Best Kept Village Competition 2021
A big thank you to all who helped and showed they support .
CPRE WILTSHIRE
BEST KEPT VILLAGE COMPETITION 2021
SPONSORED BY HILLS GROUP AND PRINCETON HOMES
SECOND ROUND RESULTS
LARGE VILLAGES
1st Ramsbury (Kennet) 90 points
2nd Whiteparish (South Wilts) 84 points
3rd Blunsdon (North Wilts) 78 points
4th Hilperton (West Wilts) 77 points
MEDIUM VILLAGES
1st Tilshead (South Wilts) 86 points
2nd All Cannings (Kennet) 85 points
3rd Oaksey (North Wilts) 72.5 points
4th Sutton Veny (West Wilts) 69 points
SMALL VILLAGES
1st Castle Eaton (North Wilts) 97 points
2nd Woodborough (Kennet) 88 points
3rd Bishopstrow (West Wilts) 81 points
(No entry from South Wilts)
LAURENCE KITCHING AWARD RESULTS
1st Urchfont 91 points
2nd Biddestone 88 points
3rd Ansty 87 points
4th Bratton 85 points
5th Charlton 83 points
6th Hullavington 82 points
BEST NEWCOMER AWARD
1st Castle Eaton 85 points
2nd Maiden Bradley 84 points
3rd = Ham 77 points
3rd = Tadpole Garden Village 77 points
5th Bulkington 64 points
MERIT CERTIFICATE FOR CONSISTENT EFFORT
1st Bishopstrow
We have held a few zoom meetings thru-out the winter and are plan is to take part in The CPRE Wiltshire & The Hills Best Kept village Competition 2021 Below is the mark sheet.
Please help by picking litter up in the village and by looking at the mark sheet below and if you are able to help in any way feel free to do so contact : mstheobald@hotmail.co.uk
PROTECT WILTSHIRE©
BEST KEPT VILLAGE COMPETITION 63rd YEAR
Sponsored by The Hills Group
2021 Mark Sheet
Quality of maintenance (especially, absence of litter)
Circle a number
Poor Good Very good
1) Hedges, trees, walls, fences,
banks, roadside verges 1 2 3 4 5 6 7
2) Residential gardens and outbuildings 1 2 3 4 5 6 7
3) Public playing fields (including club
houses or pavilions) 1 2 3 4 5 6 7
4) Village greens, public open spaces,
allotments 1 2 3 4 5 6 7
5) Footpaths and rights of way, ponds and
streams 1 2 3 4 5 6 7
6) Village halls, church halls, scout/guide halls,
and other community buildings 1 2 3 4 5 6 7
7) School surrounds and playing fields 1 2 3 4 5 6 7
8) Exterior of church and surrounds, including
burial-grounds separate burial-grounds or
memorial gardens, war memorials 1 2 3 4 5 6 7
9) Shops, offices, workshops, public houses,
garages, car sales establishments 1 2 3 4 5 6 7
10) Bus shelters and telephone kiosks
Public notice-boards, upkeep and currency 1 2 3 4 5 6 7
11) (In date) advertising displays and their
restraint, absence of fly-posting and litter 1 2 3 4 5 6 7
12) Map, quality, scale, adequacy for guiding
Judges to village features 1 2 3 4 5 6 7
13) Community Spirit and website 1 2 3 4 5 6 7
14) Appearance of conservation/wildlife areas 1 2 3 4 5 6 7
Total score (possible 98): ………………
The mark for any category not judged should be the average of the marks for all categories that are judged.
The Environmental Group would like to thank everyone who helped with the village clean up on Sunday 6th September 2020
Any queries please contact Sheila Theobald 01285 810403
See some of the photos below taken on the day and later
