BERE REGIS is a rural village lying at the junction of two important main roads: the A35 Poole – Dorchester and the A31 Ringwood – Dorchester.
The village has a compact historic core, with a Conservation Area containing many attractive old buildings, now by-passed by modern traffic. The parish covers a wide and diverse area of countryside to the north of the Piddle Valley, with several farms and sand/gravel workings around the river itself, chalk streams and a watercress farm to the north of the village and an extensive area of forested land to the east.
Ex-Queen guitarist Brian May, has bought an area of woodland to the SW of the village to be used as a badger sanctuary in opposition to the recent government culls.
The Parish has a population of 1,845, with 1,449 electors.
BLOXWORTH is a small, isolated hamlet comprising a few scattered farmhouses and cottages, approximately 1 mile to the north of the A35 Poole – Dorchester road. There are approximately 80 electors.
Elected Representatives:
County Council (Egdon Heath):
Peter Wharf (Con) p.k.wharf@dorsetcc.gov.uk
Next Election: May 2017
Purbeck District Council:
Peter Wharf (Con) peter.wharf@btopenworld.com
Next Election: May 2015
Bere Regis Parish Council meets on the second Thursday of each month, at The Drax Hall, 7.00 pm.
Parish Clerk: Amanda Crocker, Rye Hill Farm, Rye Hill, Bere Regis, Wareham, BH20 7LP
01929 472327 bereregispc@gmail.com
Recent Elections:
Purbeck District Council (May 14) – (No UKIP Candidate)
Dorset County Council (May 13) – CON 1044, LD 759, UKIP (Dr Rex Johnson) 622, LAB 190
