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The Bagshot Village Plan is all about the people of Bagshot and our hopes and concerns for our community. If you’ve got a burning vision for Bagshot or something that you’d really like to fix, why not get in contact with the Steering Group. You might find that it’s something other people also feel passionate about and together we can build the community we want for the future.

Want to know more? Come along to a meeting, have a chat with one of the committee or email us at This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it .

Bagshot village plan questionnaire

Tuesday, 17 November 2009 13:32

The Bagshot Village Plan questionnaire has been printed and is being distributed this week. This is an important document for the future of Bagshot because it gives all of us who live or work in Bagshot a opportunity to share our views and ideas about Bagshot. By the end of the week, every household in Bagshot should have received a copy of the questionnaire through the letterbox.

Completed questionnaires are being collected at the Post Office, library, churches, Connaught and Bagshot schools, Park House Surgery and the Village Cafe. You can also download and print extra copies of the questionnaire here (download questionnaire).

The questionnaire is due back by Mon 7th December.

Bagshot village plan meeting

Wednesday, 21 October 2009 00:00

Well the launch meeting of the Bagshot Village Plan was a huge success with more than 140 people attending. Geoff Marston, chair of the village plan steering group, started the 3 short speeches by laying out the background and process of the plan. Glyn Carpenter shared her passion for the village and her excitement about the future. Finally Gershon Berkowitz of Surrey Community Action told us how impressed he has been with the progress already made and the buzz that exists in Bagshot. Gershon works with towns and villages across Surrey helping them to build community and he told us all that he sensed something special in Bagshot.

Gershon's was a theme echoed by some of those attending in an open question time when people told of how friendly they've found the village.

Following the questions, there was a time for people to discuss what they'd heard and to contribute their thoughts and aspirations for Bagshot in a number of areas such as the environment, business, youth and children.

Members of Hotspot, the Wednesday night youth cafe in Bagshot, came to the event and interviewed attendees for their new podcast. Hotspot is one of the success stories that came out of the TUNE-IN community consultations a couple of years ago.

Village Plan input from Bagshot Infant school children

Tuesday, 20 October 2009 00:00

The best thing about Bagshot

All of the wildlife
All of the natural areas (room for animals)
Nice fields and parks to play in
Healthy restaurants
School playground
Like the toy shops
Good future
Children’s heart foundation
A nice clean village
Jakes is fun
Nice view of Bagshot, relaxing
Nice to have bells ringing from the church
Nice houses, smooth roads well looked after
Our school is really clean
Playground next to the school
Jakes is near
Village is clean
Pet shops
The school
The sweet shop
The field along the lane
The basketball net
The fields to play football
The lake and the park
The clubs – ballet, football (Curley Park), tennis
The garden centres
The library
The playground in the field next to the school
The teachers and the school
The old things (like the school)
Forest
The people are friendly, helpful, kind
The shops
The Hungry Horse, Harvester, Jacks and other restaurants
Activities after school
Rainbows and Beavers
Getting the train to different places (London, Chelsea stadium)
Having Golden Rules to know how to behave

The thing I’d like to be better

Reduce the speed limit through the village
More places to meet the wildlife, like the country park
More recycling areas to stop littering
Slides in the the park
Crossing near Somerfield
Bank
Put a sign by the pond to stop people putting things in
Litter posters
Dog poo on path
The drawing on the wall
More basketball courts
Doing more for people to do together
To have a swimming pool
The ballet hall (St Annes Hall) to be bigger
Underground train
More things to climb on in the park and a big slide
Near Bagshot Green in the stream needs clearing of weeds to make room for the ducks to swim
Dog owners to pick dog mess up
Cedar Close – drivers driving too fast and on the hills (College Ride)

Village Plan input from class 5B Connaught Junior School

Monday, 19 October 2009 00:00

Things to fix

less traffic
no dog poo
don’t let anybody park their car outside the shops in the High Street
open more shops because a lot have closed
more post boxes
not using Bagshot as a shortcut for cars
no litter
more parking spaces
more bins for dog poo and litter
less busy roads
vanderlism
more zebra crossings in Bagshot
fewer roads in Bagshot
fewer people smoking

Aspirations

a graffiti cleaner
can openers all over the place
a book shop
play area for older kids
a graffiti area
animal petting centre
more people walk to shops to save planet and good for the environment
big sweet shop
put a bank in the High Street
another supermarket
a swimming pool
lots of different shops
more cafes
Bagshot to be a happy place and have a zoo with monkeys
shops to be open longer
cinema
a leisure centre
bins outside shops
hover cars
sweets in every shop
golf course
a lovely little garden for people to look at
an arcade
a sweet factory

Village Plan pilot traffic survey

Saturday, 17 October 2009 00:00

A pilot questionnaire was trialled at the Bagshot Village Day in May 2009. The results for the pilot can be read here: 2009 Pilot Traffic Questionnaire Analysis (pdf)