This article is a list of the recommendations made by Shropshire Council’s Local Cycling and Walking Infrastructure Plan for Ludlow (LCWIP) along with my additional proposals. For most LCWIP proposals, I comment on whether I support them or not. For some, I make no comment in this gazetteer because my opinion doesn’t boil down to one line. For a full explanation of all of the proposals, along with maps, see a Movement Strategy for Ludlow. The report includes a table of contents and an index. Search this post to see if there are recommendations for your street or area. See also my main article on a Movement Strategy for Ludlow.
Category: Bromfield
Cheers! Gin Palace to open at Ludlow Food Centre
Shaun Ward is well known to residents of Ludlow. For more than a decade he served Laurence’s Church as Director of Music, Clerk of Works and Executive Manager. In 2019, he left St Laurence’s to concentrate on his gin business, which is going from strength to strength – if you will pardon the pun. Now, Shropshire Hills Distillery is planning to consolidate its two current sites with a single site on the Ludlow Farmshop (Food Centre) site at Bromfield. The plans include a distillery, a bar, a shop, a gin garden and a “gin school” where visitors will be able to mix their own gin. The mind wobbles at the thought. A licence application has been submitted for the premises. Ludlow Distillery will use an existing building. The application is welcome. The food centre site will attract more visitors. The A49/A4113 junction remains one of the most dangerous in the […]
Councils need to flexibility to continue to meet online as well as in person after the May local elections
Local elections will be held across much of the country on 6 May 2021, including here in Shropshire though not in Telford & Wrekin. Also on 6 May, the legislation which allows town and parish councils to meet online expires. That is causing some concern among councils across the country. On Monday night, the south area od the Shropshire Association of Local Councils agreed to a motion that I had drafted calling for councils to be able to have the choice of meeting online or face to face in a council chamber or other setting. Last night, Bromfield Parish Council agreed to support the same motion. Bromfield today is writing to political leaders calling for councils to be allowed the option of meeting online as well as face to face. Shropshire Council leader Peter Nutting has already indicated that he will support continuation of online meetings and Shreswbury Town council […]
Bromfield to get mobile post office on Thursdays after current post office closes at the end of month
Bromfield Post Office is to close at the end of the month. Thanks to the hard work of the Bromfield parish council clerk, it will be replaced by a temporary mobile service on Thursday mornings. This will also be on the Food Centre site. This is good news for Bromfield and those that travel from surrounding parishes to use the popular post office. The post office will be open on Thursdays only, between 10am and 12pm midday.
Post Office consults on “temporary” Bromfield post office closure – parish council exploring options
Post Office Limited has launched a consultation on the closure of Bromfield Post Office which is to close on Monday 31 August. The Post Office is being closed because it is loss making at a time of dwindling margins due to the Covid-19 epidemic. The Post Office would not fund moving the facility into the Food Centre. The consultation letter (FAQ) insists that the closure is temporary but gives no information on what moves the Post Office is making to ensure continuity or reinstate services at Bromfield. The consultation closes on 31 August. Email: comments@postoffice.co.uk A working group set up by Bromfield Parish Council is making enquiries about setting up an outreach service to serve residents for a few hours a week.