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Allotments |
In 2009 the Parish Council with financial help from the Common Aggregates Fund (COMMA) provided Allotment Gardens on land leased from the National Trust at Cole's Ground.
Allotment Information
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Play Area |
The initiative for the erection of swings in St Georges School playing field was from a group of parents whose children were at the Langton playgroup.
The play area has recently been enhanced with new climbing and other adventure equipment.
Responsibility for their care and maintainence is with the Parish Council.
They are available for use by the public when the school is not in session. |
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Millennium Statue |
After consultation with the parishioners, the Parish Council commissioned a statue from Mary Spencer-Watson to commemorate the Millennium.
The statue,entitled 'Mason',depicts a stonemason, marking a thousand years of quarrying and stone-working in Purbeck. It is in the grounds of the parish church, St. George's, in the centre of the village.
Mary Spencer-Watson died aged 92 in March 2006.
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Noticeboard |
A noticecase in the village centre is used to display minutes of Council meetings, to give notice of and agendas for future meetings and for other information, such as notices of elections.
There is a similar noticecase in Acton.
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Cemetery |
The Parish Council provides and maintains a cemetery in Crack Lane.
Part of the interrment fees are set aside in a special savings account to care for the cemetery once it is full.
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High Street |
Previous Council enhancement schemes included the replacement of asphalt pavements with local stone slabs, and having electric and telephone wiring run underground to restore an uncluttered skyline to the High Street.
Street lighting was installed several years ago at the Council's instigation.
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Cemetery Gates |
The National Trust together with the Council renewed the gates and erected stone gateposts at the entrances to the cemetery in Crack Lane.
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The upper entrance has been widened and improved to enable hearses more easily to access the cemetery.
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Public Seat at Steps |
The bench at Steps was recently restored by the Parish Council.
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Public seating in the Village Centre |
A wooden seat provided by the Council, beneath the village sign.
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Council Office and Public Toilets |
The Parish Council office is next to the Public Toilets at Putlake farm. Both were built by the Parish Council.
The running costs of the toilets are partially funded by the Council. |
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Bus Shelter |
The Parish Council hopes to provide bus shelters at either end of the village in addition to that recently erected in the village centre. |
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Council Owned Land |
The Council owns a parcel of land behind the allotments at Cole's Ground. It has been decided that this land will be left, for the foreseeable future, for nature. This conclusion was arrived at after visits to inspect the land by Councillors, a consultation period with the public
and a survey on the plants and wildlife presented to the Council by Dr.Chris Spilling, Vice President of the British Arachnological Society. Dr. Spilling who is a resident of Langton kindly produced this report in his own time after observing
this area of land from January to July 2010. The general response from the public was "leave it as it is". The Council wish to thank everybody who 'had their say' and to Dr. Chris Spilling for his interesting report.
Dr. Spilling has also kindly volunteered to keep monitoring this area for any new sightings and changes in the future.
Click Survey Report to display Dr Spilling's report with the associated vegetation plan. |
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