Activities

Coming Up

Full details are on the events calendar at the bottom of the page.

9-17th March 2024 – Green Open Homes. Visit local homes to see how some residents reduce their energy bills and cut their carbon footprint. Watch this space: https://www.wiltshireclimatealliance.org.uk/greenopenhomes

Saturday 23rd March 2024 – We are taking part in Warminster Area Board’s Environment and Sustainability event at Warminster Civic Centre

Saturday 23rd March 2024 – Litter pick organised by Warminster Town Council. 10 am – 12 pm starting at the Warminster Civic Centre. All equipment provided and refreshments afterwards. This is part of the Great British Spring Clean. For further information email: admin@warminster-tc.gov.uk

Current Campaigns

Protect Damask Way from environmental damage Although the planning permission on this site has lapsed the threat of development has not gone away.

Warminster Neighbourhood Plan Review

The initial public consultation is closed. There will be a further public consultation later this year.

Recent Activities

Toad party held at the Civic Centre on Saturday 17th February 2024

Toad Patrol – Spring 2024

Since early February Warminster’s Toad Patrollers have been recording and rescuing amphibians on Smallbrook Road.  Toads, frogs and newts are coming out of hibernation and are making their way to their ancestral breeding ponds in and around Smallbrook Nature Reserve.

Toads return to the pond where they were born.  To do this they have to cross Smallbrook Road and feeder roads such as Lower Marsh Road.  Their breeding ponds are on both sides of these roads.  A car travelling at any speed can easily kill them.  Please avoid driving along Smallbrook Road after dark which is when the toads, frogs and newts come out. 

The toad patrollers wear hiviz jackets and put out reflective ‘Caution Toads Crossing’ and triangular toad warning signs for motorists during patrols. These were bought with grants from Wiltshire Wildlife Community Energy Fund and Warminster Town Council.

The patrollers are hopeful that the Town Council will decide to ask Wiltshire Council to close Smallbrook Road during the Spring migration. The Council will make a decision at the next Full Council meeting on 25th March.   However, Wiltshire Council Highways are proposing to charge £5000 for just considering a road closure request and to then charge £4000-£5000 per annum thereafter for a traffic regulation order. 

Harriet James, Smallbrook Toad Patrol, Warminster