Outcome of October 2024 Traffic Surveys

4 locations were surveyed between the 21^st & 27^th of October 2024.
– Rye Hill – near Green Close
– Southbrook – between Elder Road junction & Egdon/school junction
– Elder Road – between Southbrook junction and Manor Farm Road junction
– West Street – just past Southmead junction (heading West)

Surveys were conducted using laser type devices, not pressure tube devices, and thus we received no information about vehicle types/sizes.

Rye Hill

Traffic volume – 6166 vehicles per day average (3917 southbound, 2969 northbound)
Average flow – ~420 vehicles per hour 7am – 7pm
Peak flow – ~620 vehicles per hour around 5pm
Speeding vehicles – 12.2% >35 mph (752 vehicles daily),  2.6 % >40 mph (159 vehicles daily)
Note 20% of downhill traffic (northbound) >35 mph, but only 5% heading south to Wool.
Mean speed of traffic on Rye Hill is ~30mph

Southbrook

Traffic volume – 6107 vehicles per day average
Average flow – ~420 vehicles per hour 7am – 7pm
Peak flow – ~620 vehicles per hour around 4pm
Speeding vehicles – 7.1% >35 mph (436 vehicles daily), 1.5% >40 mph (91 vehicles daily)
Note 12.3% of northbound traffic >35 mph, but only 3% heading South towards Wool.
Mean speed of traffic on Southbrook is ~28mph

Elder Road

Traffic volume – 1022 vehicles per day average (561 eastbound, 461 westbound)
Average flow – ~75 vehicles per hour between 8am-6pm
Peak flow – 100 vehicles per hour around 5pm
Speeding vehicles – 4.5% >35 mph eastbound (25 vehicles daily)
7.8% >35mph westbound (36 vehicles daily)
Much traffic well under 30mph – 68% of eastbound, 78% of westbound
Mean speed of traffic on Elder Road is ~25mph

West Street

Traffic volume – 1568 vehicles per day average (741 eastbound, 827 westbound)
Average flow – ~110 vehicles per hour 7am – 6pm
Peak flow – 140 vehicles per hour around 5pm
Speeding vehicles – virtually no traffic over 30mph (2 eastbound, 1 westbound)
Most traffic under 20mph – 27% >20mph eastbound, 15% >20mph westbound
Mean speed of traffic on West Street is less than 20mph

A PDF version of this page with graphical data is available here.

3 Walks Around Bere Regis
Due to restricted access in some parts of May’s Wood, the Parish Council has made some revisions to the 3 Walks Around Bere Regis leaflet that we published a number of years ago, with a new walk through Wild Woodbury being added to 3 walks around the village centre, May’s Wood and Black Hill.

Choosing the location for a new Community Hall
For a number of years, we have been seeking a suitable location for a new Community Hall in Bere Regis, to replace the Drax Hall in North Street. There are 4 potential sites identified below.  Click here for details about each site.

We would like as many parishioners as possible to express their views by voting with an order of preference.   Click here to vote online before 30/9/24
*** from 1st October 2024 – voting now closed ***

Potential Community Hall Locations 2024

The Community Survey was undertaken during April 2024. At the Village Forum on 22 July 2024, we displayed half a dozen poster boards showing the results of survey. These poster boards are provided as links below.

Submission details – Poster Board 1
How many responses; and geographical breakdown by post code in the village centre and wider parish.

Your communications feedback – Poster Board 2
Your preferences – how you want to receive information from the Parish Council, and the type of information you want to receive.

Poster Board 3 – traffic survey 1
What you think the main traffic issues are in Bere Regis.

Poster Board 4 – traffic survey 2
Analysis of your comments on traffic & road issues in the village.

Poster Board 5 – traffic survey 3
Your view on some potential traffic & road improvement measures.

Poster Board 6 – traffic survey 4
Illustrated map of the Village Centre identifying many of the traffic & road issues – for discussion with Dorset Council.

The Parish Council is keen to improve the way that it engages with the community. We have prepared a survey to address this issue and, in addition, a couple of other topics that the Council is currently working on. In particular, there are a number of questions about traffic issues (speeding, traffic volumes, parking, etc) which we know cause a variety of concerns in various locations.

The survey is available both electronically, via the link below, and also as a paper version which will be delivered to all households in the parish. Electronic completion would greatly help us in assembling the results, but the paper option is fine should you wish to complete the survey that way. You can post hard copies of the survey in the black letterbox by the village shop.

Bere Regis Parish Council Community Survey (online form)

The survey is now closed.

The results of the survey will be made available as part of the displays at the next Parish Forum on 20th July 2024. In particular, we hope to use the results to improve communication with the community, and, from the traffic perspective, to support our requests to Dorset Council for more traffic control measures in various locations. If the electronic survey version proves successful, it may give us another way of seeking views from the community going forward.

Your details will never be disclosed to a third party and will only be kept on file for the length of time necessary to complete this survey, after which they will be removed from the Parish Council records. Should you wish to receive the results of the survey direct or be kept informed of Parish events, please email the Clerk and mark the email Parish Information in the subject bar (clerk@bereregisparishcouncil.gov.uk )

Please see the following Notices of Elections for the following elections to be held on 2 May 2024:

• Dorset Council.pdf
• Town and Parish Councils within the Dorset Council area.pdf

The Annual Bere Regis Parish Forum was held on Saturday, 16 July 2022. The presentations from the forum are available below:

An update on Bere Regis Parish Church – Rev Sandra Williams
An update on Wild Woodbury – Tony Bates on behalf of Dorset Wildlife Trust
An overview of the proposed Woodbury Park development – Nick Harrison, Godwin Developments

A summary of the meeting will be available next week.

A vacancy has arisen for a Parish Councillor.

Please see the Notice of Vacancy in Office of Councillor for full details, or contact the clerk (clerk@bereregisparishcouncil.gov.uk) if you have any questions

The accounts for the year ended 31st March 2022 have now been completed and the Internal Auditor has reviewed them and produced her report.

The Notice for the Exercise of Public Rights can be found by following this link below and the full accounts statement and auditor report can be found by following the links under Finance.

Notice of electors rights 2022