By May Chan-Rhodes For many carefree afternoons and school holidays in the 60s, Julian Derrick and his friends would run around having adventures on the golf course – until they were told to stop when the tip was revealed to have all sorts of toxic refuse. ‘I can still remember the great sense of freedom…Continue reading "Anthrax, Ammunition and Cyanide – What’s under the Golf Course according to the Locals"

We're just giving a gentle nudge in favour of making your comments known for building proposals put forward by Wiltshire Council. These include the 3 sites: the Golf Course, and two parcels of land at Woolley. The deadline is marked as 9th March 2021, so be sure to fill out this form ASAP - PleaseContinue reading "Last day to submit your responses!"

We've received our 3,000 flyers/posters and are now on their way to as many households around BoA that we can stretch to! Read on to find out how to download if you missed out! Haven't received a flyer? We have many lovely volunteers that have offered to deliver over the weekend, so hopefully most willContinue reading "Flyers circulating this weekend!"

The old golf course became the town tip in 1926. Before that it was open land, divided into fields . (An old tithe map of 1841 shows the field names).  A map of 1901 shows fields and also a strip along the river as marsh. On the 1987 B on A Local Plan the golfContinue reading "A brief history of the golf course"