British Cycling has been advised by the Government’s Department of Digital, Culture, Media & Sport that they may soon be able to return to cycle road racing and they have requested that the organisation runs test events throughout the country.
Brentor has been selected as the venue for the test event in the South West. It is planned for Sunday 6th June on a six mile course based around a triangle of roads adjacent to Brentor Church. Continue reading Test cycle race in Brentor on Sunday 6 June
Highland cattle are back on Gibbett Hill for the summer, so if you are walking take care. In the past two years walkers with dogs have been attacked by the cattle, especially when calves are present. You are particularly advised not to walk between the cattle. Continue reading Watch out – the highland cattle are back
The Government is intending to introduce changes to the rules for mobile phone mast planning consent in the very near future.
Work started on 13th April 2021 to lay a fibre optic cable on Gibbet Hill from Mary Tavy to West Blackdown. It took only a day to bury 1.85km of conduit pipe beneath the moor. Work to pull the new underground fibre cable through the conduit will soon be complete.
Click here to see a video of the conduit being laid Continue reading Work starts on Brentor’s fibre broadband network
Recently there has been a lot of renewed interest in the reinstatement of the railway line between Tavistock and Okehampton, as part of a main line ‘northern route’ from Plymouth to Exeter and beyond. This has been generated by a lobby group calling themselves the ‘Northern Route Working Group’, who have been lobbying local MPs, Cornwall and Isles of Scilly Local Enterprise Partnership (LEP), Heart of the South West LEP, Devon County Council, Plymouth and Devon Chamber of Commerce, Visit Cornwall, Plymouth University, Peninsula Rail Group, Tavistock Chamber of Commerce and GWR, amongst others. All seem broadly supportive of the scheme. Apparently Geoffrey Cox, our local MP, leads support for the scheme among south-west MPs. Continue reading Could a main line railway be coming through Brentor?
Not only West Blackdown homes but also up to 31 homes in Brentor village centre will definitely be getting access to a new fibre broadband network being built by Openreach. West Blackdown should be connected by 23 July (a month later than originally quoted), and BT announced on 10th March 2021 that enough residents had signed up for the government-funded Universal Service Obligation scheme for the north side of the village centre to also be connected.
Garden for wildlife – Spring into action
Sir David Attenborough recently told the BBC that “The truth is that the UK is one of the most nature-depleted countries on the planet and the situation is getting worse.”
What better way to combat this than to turn your garden into a wildlife haven? Devon Wildlife Trust has some brilliant material to help you do this, they say that there are an estimated 16 million gardens in the UK and the way these are cared for can make a big difference to wildlife. Continue reading Environmental News
New rules from 12 April 2021
There are no changes to social contact rules and many restrictions are still in place. Outdoor gatherings must still be limited to 6 people or 2 households, and you must not socialise indoors with anyone you do not live with or have not formed a support bubble with. Continue reading COVID-19 latest
A ‘West Country Class’ steam locomotive built in Eastleigh in 1949 was named ‘Brentor’ and was used until July 9th 1967, when it was broken up for scrap. One of its nameplates was given to Brentor and was displayed for many years in the council offices in Tavistock. It is planned to loan the name plate for display at the Plym Valley Railway at Marsh Mills in Plymouth when Covid restrictions allow. Continue reading Recreated ‘Brentor’ locomotive to steam again
During the second pandemic lockdown period the Village Hall has been closed completely once again. Continue reading Brentor Village Hall currently closed
This year, with so much disruption due to the Covid-19 pandemic, Devon County Council has decided not to publish a paper timetable with a short shelf-life. Travellers will have to rely on an on-line version for the time being.
Most services are now operating normally but any exceptions to this are indicated in the timetable.
Brentor’s Village Hall and Playing Field Committee has been looking for ideas on how to move forward with rebuilding the main hall of the Village Hall. They are a registered charity, whose duty is to run the Village Hall and Playing Field for the benefit of our community. Continue reading Village Hall rebuild put on hold due to the pandemic