Bere Regis Parish Council

We aim to bring you the latest news and information from Bere Regis Parish Council. The Parish Council meets on the 2nd Thursday of each month at 7pm in the Drax Hall.
(Note the next meeting will be on the 15 May due to VE Day anniversary celebrations the week before.)

Useful village information, such as about libraries and bus services can be found here.

TRAFFIC UPDATE Road Closure – Roke Road – 5th June 2025

NOTICE OF VACANCY IN OFFICE OF COUNCILLOR
We have have a new vacancy for a councillor as of April 2025 – click here for details

About Bere Regis Parish Council

For more information about the Parish Council and it’s role and responsibilities within Bere Regis see our About Us page. For a list of currently sitting Councillors visit our Councillors page. Minutes of the council meetings are available dating back to 1990 in the archives. Whilst the minutes from this year’s meetings are found here.

If you require any further information please don’t hesitate to contact the Clerk at clerk@bereregisparishcouncil.gov.uk

The 2025 Calendar will be on sale from November in the NISA Shop, priced as they have been for 10 years now at a bargain £5, and making a great stocking filler. Profits from calendar sales this year will be going to RABI – Royal Agricultural Benevolent Institution, who provide guidance, practical care and financial support to those in the farming industry.

The Village of Bere Regis

The village of Bere Regis is built on the site of the Bere River, and (as of the 2001 census), has a population of 1,984. Located within the Purbeck District of Dorset, England, the nearest town is Wareham, only 6 miles to the South-East. Bere Regis was featured in many of Thomas Hardy’s novels in the guise of ‘Kingsbere’. The village features notably in Tess of the D’Urbervilles, based on the Turberville family, whose roots originate in Bere Regis. The village website offers a fascinating insight into the family tree of this now extinct family name.