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The Somerton Town Council offices at Edgar Hall will be closed from 23rd December 2023 – 2nd January 2024 for the festive period.

Urgent / emergency Road Closure: – ttro979907E – EA – Blagrove Road, Butleigh & Glastonbury Please be aware that we have received a notification of a TTRN (urgent / emergency) road closure at Blagrove Road, Butleigh and Glastonbury which will commence on 20th December 2023 – 22nd December 2023 (07:30 – 17:00) for a total of 3 days. The road will be reopened on each day … Read More

ENJOY A FREE FESTIVE DAY OUT FOR YOU AND THE FAMILY ON TUESDAY 19th DECEMBER This is a chance to go by bus and for this day only, it’s FREE! Because all day on Tuesday, December 19th Buses of Somerset’s 25, 28, 54 and 58/58A services are FREE. You don’t need a ticket, voucher or any form of code on … Read More

REMINDER If you wish to make a contribution to future issues of The Viaduct, please send all future correspondence to this email address [email protected]. The next deadline for submitting contributions for ‘About Town’ and ‘Have your say’ is Wednesday 10th January 2024, ready for the February 2024 issue of The Viaduct.

Urgent / emergency Road Closure: – ttro449266S – OR – Cary Road, Alford Please be aware that we have received a notification of a TTRN (urgent / emergency) road closure at Cary Road, Alford  which will commence on 19th December 2023 – 20th December 2023 (08:00 – 18:00) for a total of 2 days. This will enable Openreach to carry out works to renew joint … Read More

Urgent / emergency Road Closure: – ttro789149S – YFYE B3151URG – Littleton Hill, Compton Dundon and Somerton Please be aware that we have received a notification of a TTRN (urgent / emergency) road closure at Littleton Hill, Compton Dundon and Somerton which will commence on 19th December 2023 – 20th December 2023 (09:30 – 16:30) for a total of 2 days. This will enable Milestone Infrastructure to … Read More

As usual during the festive period refuse and recycling collections will change to give the crews a break over the bank holiday. Garden collections will be suspended from Monday 25 December and will resume on Monday 8 January. If you are a subscriber to our garden waste service, leave your tree, decoration-free, next to your garden waste bin for collection … Read More

Somerton Cinema Society will be screening Baz Luhrmann’s ‘Elvis’ (2022) on Saturday 13th January 2024 at 5pm in The Parish Rooms. Tickets will be available from Cobbs Wholefoods, and are payable by cash only. Tickets are priced at £6. Please share amongst the community. In order to confirm this screening, 30 tickets will need to be pre-purchased in advance.

With the festive season in full swing, Somerset Council is reminding everyone to put recycling the Christmas tree onto their list. The best option is to compost it at home or turn it into a wildlife corner, though we appreciate that will not be possible for many people. Garden Waste Service subscribers can leave their decoration-free tree out with their … Read More

Urgent / emergency Road Closure: – ttro461172S – WW – Coombe Hill, Keinton Mandeville Please be aware that we have received a notification of a TTRN (urgent / emergency) road closure at Coombe Hill, Keinton Mandeville which commenced on 15th December 2023 – 19th December 2023 (00:00 – 23:59) for a total of 5 days. This will enable Wessex Water to carry out works to repair leaking ferrule.. … Read More