Leading light in the Bridgwater Heritage Group, Dr Peter Cattermole, passed away on 16th March  Dr Cattermole had been involved with the Blake Museum, The Bridgwater Civic Society and was a regular contributor on planning issues .He also had connections with West Somerset Railway Museum. He was also significantly helpful to the  Town Council across […]

At todays Budget set meeting of Sedgemoor District Council a Labour bid to increase spending for Bridgwater was rejected by the ruling Tory group. The Labour group had put forward three amendments .The first amendment was for £500K to meet the funding gap for the first phase of the Celebration Mile, relating to the enhancement […]

With auction looming tommorrow and the Sedgemoor Community Assets panel unable to meet to register the Magistrates court as a community asset, an 11th hour bid by the town and district Labour Groups to save the building for public use is being attempted. On Friday following a successful public meeting demonstrating support for the building, […]

Around 40 people attended a private viewing of the former Bridgwater Magistrates Court building on Northgate, arranged by Westover councillor Brian Smedley as Chairman of the Town Council Community Assets Working Party. Bridgwater and District Civic Society President Derek Gibson started the tour with a brief account of the history of the building,which goes back […]

This Grade 2 Listed Building, on the Northgate site in Bridgwater Town Centre goes under the auctioneer’s hammer on February 25th. Unless, that is, a joint bid by Bridgwater Town Council and Bridgwater & District Civic Society to defer the sale for another 6 months is successful. This will be achieved if Sedgemoor District Council […]