Stratford sub Castle Village Website
Salisbury, Wiltshire UK

Cabinet has agreed a series of proposals to make waste and recycling services more sustainable, cost-effective, and ready for future national changes. These plans aim to deliver long-term value for taxpayers, reduce carbon emissions, and support better recycling rates.  Key proposals agreed:   Maintain the current kerbside system for dry recycling, as improvements at the Material Recovery Facility will boost recycling rates without changing household collections. This avoids

Julia West (with the flowers) and other members of the Management Team The Team Leader of a local literacy charity has decided to step down after three years in the role.   Julia West has led the Salisbury-based South and East Wiltshire Read Easy group (see ** below) since its launch three years ago but has now decided to let someone else take up the challenge – although she is continuing to manage the group's social media. She said: “ I am really proud of what we have achie

The entries for the Stratford sub Castle School's Annual Christmas Art Competition are now on display in the Church. The theme this year is 'Peace, Love & Joy'. 'The Friends of St Lawrence Church' has provided book tokens as prizes, in keeping with its remit of encouraging a strong community spirit.

If you attended his sell-out talk in Stratford sub Castle in October 2025, you may be interested to know that the Defence Analyst Tobias Ellwood was one of the panelists for the BBC Radio 4 programme 'Any Questions' broadcast on 12 December 2025. A recording is available on the BBC website . Earlier newspost 29 September Tickets details have been removed as this event has now taken place. FOSL fundraising talk by Tobias Ellwood Friday 24 October SOLD OUT The Friends of St L

Drone footage included in the December 2025 Newsletter shows the progress that has been made! Newletter available to download below: Ed: If you take the Mill Lane route into Salisbury from Stratford sub Castle, the footpaths are quite muddy particularly at the access point to the 'old' boardwalk but after that the new boardwalks and footpaths are clear.

The latest programme for two grades of local guided walks - Footsteps to Fitness and Doorstep Walks - confirming dates from January to Aoril 2026, has been published. Organised by Ramblers Wellbeing Walks - Salisbury , the initiative is supported by Salisbury City Council. Local meeting points include Five Rivers Health & Wellbeing Centre, Castle Inn, and VIctoria Park. 'Footsteps to Fitness' are 30 minute walks suitable for new walkers, those recovering from illness or s

The Village Calendar displayed on the Home Page (and under Local Information in the men) has been updated to include: The single change to Kerbside Recycling/Rubbish collection dates over Christmas/New Year affecting Stratford sub Castle (Tuesday 6 January instead of the normal Monday collection). The Salisbury Household Recycling centre closes early on Christmas Eve, Wednesday 24 December at 1pm. It is normally closed on Thursdays and Fridays during the winter, so with ba

On Monday 15 December, between 11:00am and 3:00pm, members of the Office of the Police and Crime Commissioner for Wiltshire and Swindon ( see ** below ), alongside the Wiltshire Police Scrutiny Team will be at the Salisbury Market Place as part of a Police Powers Scrutiny Roadshow. They’ll be on hand to: Explain how scrutiny works within Wiltshire Police; Share plans for improving how we understand and monitor the use of police powers; Give you the chance to watch body-worn v

8 December - a streetlight not working on Stratford Road near Mawarden Court (and on the well-used route to the Reading Room and St Lawrence Church), has today been reported. 28 November - a streetlight on Stratford Road near Russell House is not working and has been reported to Wiltshire Council using the MyWiltshire app. How to help make our local roads and pavements safer at night! Newspost from 19 December 2024 Please report a non-working streetlight to Wiltshire Council.

Here are the details for the R12 Stratford to Salisbury bus service over Christmas and New Year: Tuesday 23 December Normal weekday service Wednesday 24 December Normal weekday service Thursday 25 December No service (Christmas Day) Friday 26 December No service (Boxing Day) Saturday 27 December Normal Saturday service Sunday 28 December No Sunday service (normal for this route) Monday 29 December Normal weekday service Tuesday 30 December Normal weekday servi

Looking towards Old Sarum 4 December 2025 This is just a 'snapshot' taken at 4.30pm today, to remind you to look up at the sky this evening to witness the third (and last) Supermoon of 2025. If anyone has a better image that they are willing to share, please send it to sscvillagewebsite@gmail.com It's the December 'Cold Moon', signifying the arrival of winter and marking the final full Moon of the year. There were three supermoons in 2025, all of which came at the end of the

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Many thanks to those people who year-on-year support The Friends fundraising through their membership, or by purchasing tickets for our events.  During 2025 The Friends organised three events which helped to fund several St Lawrence PCC maintenance projects. Our first event in 2026 will be a talk by Spencer Bull on Friday 6 March at 7.30 pm in the Reading Room.. Stratford Road SP1 3LL. Spencer is a British Army veteran and INVICTUS Games athlete who will share his powerful s

As this sign has still not been repaired, a request for a review/update has been submitted using the MyWiltshire app. 17 March 2025. Our Wiltshire Councillor, Dr Mark McClelland, has been requested to enquire why this sign has still not been replaced. Image taken 4 March 2023 15 January 2025 Will this will be third-time-lucky? ANOTHER report has been submitted to Wiltshire Council via the MyWiltshire app as this sign pointing to the Woodford Valley and the 45 National Cyclew

Our next meeting will be on Thursday 29 January 2026 in the Reading Room, Stratford Road SP1 3LL at 7.30pm. The speaker will be Ray Broughton – his topic is “Seed sowing and propagation”. Ray is a highly qualified horticulturist, teacher, lecturer and examiner. He was Head of Horticulture at Sparsholt College and taught horticulture for over 40 years. He has visited the Garden Club before and is remembered for his amusing talks. Membership of the Garden Club is £18.00 per

Repairs have recently been made to the footpath near Mill Lane pedestrian bridge. A request for an improvement was made in April 2024 using the MyWiltshire app. The path had sunk in places and groundwater was not draining away, making the path impassable at times. November 2025 April 2024 February 2024 Newspost from 9 April 2024 Footpath to the Mill Lane pedestrian bridge - the water level on the footpath

The latest applications for the Salisbury - St Francis & Stratford Ward - have been downloaded from Wiltshire Council and are available to view in the Local Information section of the village website: Local Information - Planning applications The search date was 26 November 2025.

This information has been circulated by Community Messaging, Wiltshire on behalf of Neighbourhood Watch. We are launching our Annual Survey looking at your experience of crime and your connection to your local community. The data from the survey goes into a report which we  publish on the website , and use to help prioritise our work.   The survey takes about ten minutes to complete, and if you can spare the time, we really hope that you will make your views known to us - it

There's no need to go out on a dark winter's evening for the Guild's January talk as the meeting will be held on Thursday 15 January at 2 pm in the Reading Room . The talk 'Local Disaster Management and Recovery' will be presented by Chris Manuel, the Community Resilience Lead Officer for Wiltshire & Swindon Prepared , the public facing side of Wiltshire & Swindon Local Resilience Forum (LRF), which is a multi-agency partnership established to plan and prepare for emergencie

Image of sighting at Langford Lakes on 19 November 2025 (Facebook) Langford Lakes, managed by Wiltshire Wildlife Trust, is only 9 miles away from Stratford sub Castle. The website is still hoping for evidence of a sighting of a WTE in Stratford sub Castle! Earlier Newspost 9 November Blashford Lakes Nature Reserve where this image was taken on 8 November, is 17 miles south of Salisbury. See ** below in respect of the reference to the lesser black backed gull. Image: Jeremy

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Stratford sub Castle Lunchtime Christmas Café Special Saturday 6th December 2025 11.00am to 2.00pm In the Reading Room   Come along and join in the festive atmosphere at this year’s Christmas Café Special. Everyone is welcome, the more the merrier.   The doors will open at 11.00am for morning coffee and from 12 noon we will be offering a choice of fabulous homemade soups and bread, as well as homemade savoury cheese scones with cheese, grapes and chutney. Mulled Wine, beverag