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WHERE WE ARE
As a resident you will know where Winterborne Kingston is but if anyone has stumbled across this blog from outside the area I hope this will give you some idea of where we are and what the village is likeView Larger Map
The map above shows where we are. the village is about 2 miles from Bere Regis and about 15 miles from Poole and 8 miles from Blandford. The village is on the C road which runs from just east of Bere Regis on the A31 to Blandford.
It is situated in a valley and the Winterborne part of its name is derived from the winter running stream. Winterborne is an extremely common name in this area and there are adjoining villages of Winterborne Anderson, Muston. Thomson and Zelston to the east of the village as well as many other Wintetrbornes nearby . These 5 villages all form part of the Lower Winterborne Parish Concil area.
On all sides of the village are farms most of whom grow arable products with some carrying out meat production.
In Winterborne Kingston we have in common with many other villages in Dorset a parish church.
There is also a pub - The Greyhound.
The nearest shop is in Bere Regis.
The population at the time that the Parish Plan was carried out in 2005 was approximately 420 and although some residents are employed in local agriculture many work
in other places away from here.
The village also has a primary school.
There are many varied activities in the village such as a golf society, keep fit, flower and gardening clubs, WI many of which are centred on a Village Hall located centrally.
A large recreation ground is situated to the north of the village and was once a thriving cricket ground and until recently the home of a football club but sadly no sporting activities no longer take place there. The recreation ground is the home of the Youth Club which is also used as day nursery.
There are many talented people living in the village and hopefully they will allow me to post samples of their work in later posts.
Some small businesses are located within the villages including a shepherds hut holiday business, a garage, a trailer hire company, a home grown produce provider, a mobile fish and chip selling concern and probably a lot more.
Fuller explanations of items mentioned above will be given in more detail in later posts.
Tuesday, 24 April 2012
The First Post
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| Sorry this was taken on a not very nice day and no-one cuts the verges any more |
Welcome to the first post of the Winterborne Kingston Village Blog.
My idea in doing this is to give any resident or others a platform to post comments about the village, tell others what is going on, somewhere to post articles on historical or current events and finally to air any complaints about the way you think the village is run and what can be done to improve it. We will also be asking for contributions from others such as Homewatch, Dorset Police, Dorset County Council etc who will be able to inform us of any activities we should know about.
Please use this site as it should be available to all for posting your comments good or bad.
I am also going to include pages for local businesses to advertise their services any any donations they chose to make will be passed on to village good causes such as the church, youth club etc.
To make this pay there will also be adverts for items that might be useful to you for things such as gardening gear to domestic cleaning items.These items are usually highly discounted and will save your petrol going to Bere Regis, Poole, Dorchester or Blandford
In the next post I am writing a brief description of where we are so if anyone else should happen to stumble across this they will know where we are.
If you need to speak to me about anything or have an article you want to include but are unsure what you need to do,you can contact me on 07768 014806, email jbes@supanet.com or knock on the door of The Cottage, Sackville Street
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