Wells Voice Your Views
Thank you for online version of the Voice
THANK you for the Wells Voice being online for May 2020. .. Read More
Rural character of landscape at risk
IN the April edition of Wells Voice, Adrian I’Anson made a spirited plea for the value of a Neighbourhood Plan, at a time when localism was making a welcome comeback in tackling the Covid-19 epidemic. .. Read More
Thanks for clearing up after dog owners
I WOULD like to say thank you to Neighbourhood Services at Mendip District Council... Read More
Turn square into socially safe cafe
Copy of a letter sent to Wells City Council administration officer Kevin Westwood and shared with Wells Voice:.. Read More
This is like a cancer on the countryside
AFTER reading the depressing news of new housing developments on pages 17 and 39 of February’s Wells Voice, we received a card in the post from Gladman informing us of yet another proposed housing development in Wookey Hole Road, in addition to the one we found out about last month next to the Underwood Industrial Estate... Read More
Road so bad it nearly shook off bonnet
TOR Street being closed for resurfacing due to a “steady decline in the condition of the surface” is a necessary evil, but potholes in Tor Street are no new thing. .. Read More
Scandalous to dig up road again
THE A39 from Wells to Glastonbury is a Class A road, and a busy one; however, it is rarely without traffic control due to various utilities digging up the road. .. Read More
Parking in street must be standardised
I WAS upset to see a traffic warden, for the first time, patrolling St Cuthbert Street on a Sunday (on Reindeer Parade day) catching visitors out due to the bizarre and seemingly conflicting parking notice which applies to one side of the road only... Read More
Wells Neighbourhood Plan
MANY readers will recall consultations back in 2015/16 based on the Wells Neighbourhood Plan. .. Read More
Collection should be out in the open
THE recent Phillips Portraits exhibition at the Wells and Mendip Museum is only a part of a major collection of images of people and landmarks in the area of Wells, Glastonbury, Street, Shepton Mallet and the neighbouring villages, where many families still reside, taken by Bert Phillips in the 1890s onwards... Read More