Welcome to Mancetter Parish
MANCETTER
Mancetter Parish Council
Next Meeting: Tuesday 23rd September 7.00pm
The New School Room, St. Peter's Church, Mancetter.
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Mancetter Village
Community Association:
Next Meeting: To be advised
The New School Room,
St. Peter's Church, Mancetter.
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Rubbish and Waste Collections
Black and Green Wheeled Bins, Red Boxes and Blue Bags are collected by North Warwickshire Borough Council. Collection days, times and bank holidays can be found on their web site.
Mancetter School Playing Field Site Development Proposals
As soon as we have any information we will publish the details.
Mancetter Village Community Association
The Community Association has said that its Annual Flower and Vegetable show will not be held this year but it hopes to organise the event for 2009.
A Children's Christmas Party and Family Evening will be held on 6th December; more details will be published nearer the time.
Warwickshire County Council
A & B Roads Speed Limits Review
Formal Consultation closed on 1st August.
Many people have requested these changes especially Nuneaton Road & Harpers Lane, Mancetter and Witherley Road, Atherstone.
Summary
Reduce speed limit from 60mph down to 50mph
B4111 Between Mancetter Road, Hartshill and the Mancetter 'Gateway'.
Reduce Speed Limit from 40mph down to 30mph
B4111 Nuneaton Road and Harpers Lane, Mancetter,
(Mancetter 'Gateway' to the A5)
D236 Mancetter Road, Mancetter
C145 Witherley Road, Atherstone
Full details can be found on the Speed Limit Review section of Warwickshire County Council Web Site.
Trading Standards News
We have a special page with news from Warwickshire Trading Standards. This page links to the latest scams reported in Warwickshire and is updated regularly.
We have also included a link to the Recall Notices page of Trading Standards Direct.
Read more...
Annual Report
Following the Annual Parish Meeting in May the report of the Chairman of the Parish Council is now available. Read More...
County Councillor Newsletter
Keep in touch with local news from your County Councillor.
To join the ‘Richard Grant Councillor Newsline’ send an e-mail to
Manor Road Speed Reduction Scheme
The speed cushions are now in place. They are designed to encourage drivers to slow down in this residential area. They have been installed as a special scheme separate from the mainstream Warwickshire County Council (WCC) traffic management schemes although to exactly the same standards. The finance for the special scheme was made available from the North Warwickshire Area Committee following requests from local residents through Cllr Richard Grant.
Some residents are unhappy with the speed cushions as they are not disruptive enough to drivers who insist on speeding along Manor Road.
The width of the speed cushions are predicted by the width of the road at this location. There must be a channel at the sides of the road and in the middle to allow for cyclists (pedal & motor), and to allow rainwater to escape.
Richard Grant asked for the dimensions of the cushions to be inspected following the installation of the original two or three. The report from this inspection was that all of the cushions are now wider than the original ones and given the width of the road the cushions are as wide as possible within the regulations. The shape of the cushions meet the required regulations.
It is now important to allow a reasonable period of time to see the longer term effect of the cushions. The Police have been asked to monitor traffic speeds along Manor Road and where appropriate take action against the drivers.
It is possible that some drivers may be ‘annoyed’ by the cushions and may demonstrate their feelings by speeding. They may also be trying to ‘upset’ residents who have made it clear that the speeding behaviour is unacceptable. Residents are therefore wise not to do anything which could agitate drivers at this time.
Speed cushions were used in this scheme as they allow wide axle vehicles like buses and ambulances to pass over them. Humps which stretch across the entire road are unpopular with some residents and can cause unwanted noise, such as from lorries, especially empty ones.
Are you planning to visit the area?
North Warwickshire Tourism Association is a non-profit making organisation which aims to raise the profile of Northern Warwickshire. Their members include accommodation providers, tourist attractions, pubs, restaurants, heritage centres, stately homes and children’s farms.
Warwickshire Police Safer Neighbourhoods
Web Site
North Warwickshire
North Warwickshire East
Safer Neighbourhood Team
Purley Trilobite
Ever wondered what the Roman Fort at Mancetter might have looked like?
Take a look at the Friends of Atherstone Web Site and click on the various images.
Do you have any old or new photographs of Mancetter?
We would like to publish some photographs of Mancetter on the Parish Web Site. If you have any that are not subject to copyright please contact us via the e-mail address on the bottom right of this page. We have already received a few contributions but need more to make the proposed section of the web site more interesting.