The Parish Office is manned Monday to Friday 10am – 4pm, but there will be times when the clerk is unavailable. We endeavour to respond to emails and calls within three working days. Please try not to call at weekends Clerk: Heather Finlay 01285 760840 Email: admin@bisley-with-lypiatt.gov.uk Office address – Robins Way, Oakridge Lynch, GL6 7NZ |
Bisley BioBlitz
The Bisley BioBLITZ is on Saturday August 10th at the annual Allotment get together, where Biodiversity is the allotment theme. Full details including the schedule can be found on the Local Nature Action Plan page
Oakridge Tennis Court – Come and join the fun!
The tennis court has been refurbished and we are looking for new members. See the Oakridge Ward page for further details.
CPRE – The Countryside Charity
Please see the link above for the charity events for 2024
Community Land Trust for affordable housing – Would you like to be involved in creating a community-led, affordable, sustainable housing project? Find further details on the Community Land Trust Page
Find out more about it or contact Kai’a Bellamy kaia.bellamy@gloucestershirewildlifetrust.co.uk
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Highways issues
The following roads are currently or will be closed:
- Calf Way closed in 2 phases (see Roads & Transport Page for map):
- Phase 1 – Stroud to Stancombe Lane Jct
- Phase 2 – from Bisley Road Jct to B4070 Jct
- When: 8-19th July 2024 inclusive (excluding weekends) from 09.30 to 15.30 daily. Once Phase 1 is complete we will move to Phase 2. We estimate this will be from approximately 12th July 2024
- Catswood Lane – temporary closure 22nd July between 09:30 – 15:30
- Slad Lane, Stroud will be closed from 03/09/2024 to 05/09/2024 to allow new water connection works by Severn Trent Water (see Roads & Transport Page for map)
Please see the Roads and Transport page for more information
If you need to report any issues regarding potholes, drainage, verge cutting, pavements
please use the GCC Highways reporting tool Fix My Street
Please note that this year most verges were cut in June. If an area becomes a safety issue then do report it using the link above and someone should come out and strim it with 48 hours. Please note that verges are only cut a metre back from the road, unless on a corner or junction when they are allowed to cut up to 9 metres back
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The Civil Parish of Bisley-with-Lypiatt is in the Cotswold Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty (AONB) to the east of Stroud, Gloucestershire in the south west of England. The parish is bounded by the neighbouring parishes of Chalford, Edgeworth, Miserden, Painswick and Thrupp.
The parish is split into three wards, based on the the hilltop villages of Bisley, Eastcombe and Oakridge, together with their surrounding hamlets – Far Oakridge, Waterlane, Tunley, Througham, Lypiatts and Bournes Green.
See maps showing local footpaths around our villages here: Bisley, Eastcombe, Oakridge