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Welcome to Diptford |
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The dipper: | ||
We are a small village in the South Devon Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty in the foothills of Dartmoor. To read a summary of what our village has to offer please click here or use "Quick choice" below.
Please use the buttons at the top of the page to find what you are looking for or follow the links below.
We have a post office which is open several mornings a week and a Parish magazine which comes out every month keeping residents up to date.
This site will tell residents and visitors what is happening in the community.
Although we have given contact names we do not list Email addresses on this site.
These are often available in the Parish Magazine.
PLEASE NOTE: Phone number for our Parish Clerk
Sarah Woodman 01364 661127.
| LATEST UPDATES We have made major changes to the website to bring it up to date. Please have a look at your area of interest and let us know if it is wrong/incomplete. | ||||
| Bingo at Moreleigh Sat 18th May 7.30pm .....details | ||||
| Minutes Parish Council Meeting 16th April - Minutes | ||||
| Minutes Parish Council Meeting 13th March - Minutes | ||||
| Parish Council Meeting 16th April - Agenda | ||||
| Annual Parish Meeting 23rd April - Agenda | ||||
| Mobile Library & children's summer facility .........library page | ||||
| Professional Farrier .........Business page | ||||
| Fish for Sale regularly in Rattery .........Business page | ||||
| Church Functions ............Church Page | ||||
| What's On updated ......details | ||||
| Diptford Horse Show Sunday 2nd June, Avonwick .......details | ||||
| Parish Council Meeting < | ||||
Annual Parish Meeting for 2013
| Parish Council Meeting
| Parish Council Meeting
| Emergency websites list. from SHDC
| Connecting Devon and Somerset - a new Government initiative
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Emergency Contact Information (opens in new page).
We hope you won't need it, but if you do that you find it useful.
We'd like to make all parishioners aware of Government action to roll out fibre based internet connections throughout the country and thus enhance the internet speeds, particularly in the more rural areas which, at present, suffer from considerably slower speeds than the urban areas.
Diptford is such an area and we can take steps to ensure that our case is put forward for consideration.
The following link will lead to a newsletter giving details of the scheme with a further link which people can follow to give evidence of our slow internet service (look for the "online survey" link near the bottom of the 2nd column).
We are asking parishioners to follow the links and complete the survey to give us the maximum chance of improved internet service under this new scheme. Details of the scheme:Please would EVERYONE register an interest by following the following link:
http://www.superfast-openreach.co.uk/expression-gen.aspx
The more response we get, the better our chances of getting a better internet service.
Our Parish Council has made an application, via the Parish Clerk, Sarah Woodman, to have consideration given to improved Internet access for Diptford under the Government's current funding.
Parishioners who are often frustrated by the slow service we receive in Diptford when we use the internet will be interested in the following letter we have received from our MP Dr Sarah Wollaston:
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Thank you very much for providing me with a copy of the Parish Council’s letter to the Customer Services department at BT. I have already made enquiries on this subject for another constituent and received the following reply:-
I realise this is not the response you are hoping for, but it would appear that progress is being made, albeit slowly. Kind regards, Dr Sarah Wollaston |
Steve Hill is also looking into other options.
To report highways matters - potholes etc - telephone Area South Highways Management on 0845 1551004.
You can also report any difficulties on the Devon County website:
www.devon.gov.uk
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DIPTFORD NEIGHBOURHOOD WATCH The Newly revamped Neighbourhood Watch Team are on the lookout for reports of suspicious activities and local crime in the Diptford Parish area, in support of the local Constabulary. If you have any local crime concerns please contact Diptford NHW head coordinator, Geoffrey Hyde on 01364 73165. More Information in the Parish Magazine including a full list of your Neighbourhood Watch Coordinators. |
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DIPTFORD POLICE SURGERY Held in village square outside the Rising Sun 8.30-9.30am on first and third Mondays of the month. Come along and meet your local Police. |
Parish Mag Subs Due £5 a year or 60p a copy....details |
Quick choice:
| VILLAGE FACILITIES | INTEREST GROUPS |
| Church | Computer Club |
| School | Bell ringers |
| Village Hall | Diptford Arms |
| Post Office | Baby & Toddler Group - suspended |
| Playing Field | Diptford Pre-school |
| Parish Magazine | Diptford Horticultural Show |
| Mobile Library | Diptford Sunday Club |
| Friends of Diptford School | |
| Horse Show | |
| Photogroup | |
| Short Mat Bowls | |
| S.M.A.S.H. | |
| Vintage Farm Machinery | |
| Womens Institute |
UNIVERSITY OF THE THIRD AGE - DART VALE
The Dart Vale branch of the U3A operates in our area. Dart Vale U3A
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DIPTFORD'S STEEPLE RENOVATION |
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CHEAPER OIL FOR AVONWICK, DIPTFORD AND NORTH HUISH? It seems both Avonwick/North Huish and Diptford have the same aims - to try and get cheaper oil for parishioners. There are fifteen houses in the Avonwick area and about thirty houses in Diptford that have already expressed an interest, but we are certain that more will now come on board. Steve Hill and Maggie Luscombe felt that combining our efforts would give us better bargaining power and we have come up with a scheme which hopefully will provide us with cheaper oil. More details...... |
Currently we get most of the information from the Parish Magazine which means putting all the updates in when it is published.
If people can let us know when they have information to put on to the website, or, just as importantly, take off the site when it is no longer relevant, we can give a better service.
Please contact us, either by Email through the site or by phone:
Jane or Peter Gillett 01548 821686

| LATEST UPDATES We have made major changes to the website to bring it up to date. Please have a look at your area of interest and let us know if it is wrong/incomplete. | ||||
| Diptford Horse Show Sunday 2nd June, Avonwick .......details | ||||
| Parish Council Meeting < | ||||
Annual Parish Meeting for 2013
| Parish Council Meeting
| Parish Council Meeting
| Emergency websites list. from SHDC
| Connecting Devon and Somerset - a new Government initiative
| |
