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Ilminster Forum Updates

Community Transport Consultation

The Town Council will be carrying out a Community Transport Public Consultation at the council offices on the following dates and times::

4pm to 7pm Tuesday 27th May 2025
1pm to 4.30pm Wednesday 28th May 2025
9.30am to 1pm Thursday 29th May 2025
9am to 1.30pm Saturday 31st May 2025

The Old Magistrates Court cells will be open for members of the public to be able to come and talk to officers about the challenges they face due to the lack of community transport in Ilminster and the surrounding area. This consultation is open to businesses as well as members of the public.

On Saturday 31st May there will also be the Young Traders Market in the Market House and the Neighbourhood Plan will also be available to view at the Old Magistrates Court.

The last opportunity to have your say will be at the Town Council stall at IMEx from 9am to 2pm Saturday 7th June 2025.

Scarecrow Competition 2025

Everyone's favourite competition is back for 2025! The annual Scarecrow competition. 

This year's theme is "What makes you Happy". A very broad category which should see some unique designs. 

Entry forms can be downloaded at:

 https://ilminster.sharepoint.com/.../ESHMr9..., from the town Council website www.ilminster.gov.uk or paper copies will be available from the Town Council Offices, Ilminster Arts Centre and Ilminster Library. 

Scarecrows need to be displayed outside your house or business from 30 May to 6 June. 

Closing date is 28 May 2025.

We cannot wait to see what you come up with.


Posted: 13/05/2025 14:24:00

Events

Upcoming Events

Event: Open Garden
Location: Bay House East, Ilminster TA19 0AT

Details:
As part of St Margaret's Hospice Glorious Gardens this garden, which is an example of a garden where the ground is steeply sloping, a terraced garden with unusual colourful and old fashion scented plants. The garden includes a small pond, a greenhouse stocked with tomatoes and cucumbers, lime and orange bushes and a small vegetable garden. Our knowledgable gardener will be on hand to answer questions and sell plants. Refreshments for sale.

Date: 18/05/2025
Time: 2pm to 5pm
Price: £3



Event: Desert Island Antiques
Location: The Guildhall, Fore St,reet, Chard TA20 1PP

Details:
U3A Chard Ilminster Distrit invite you to join them for a talk given by Paul Atterbury, a popular speaker, regularly invited to travel all over the world. His knowledgeable and warm delivery makes him an interesting and fun speaker. He is well known for many appearances on the BBC's Antique Roadshow specialising in 19th and 20th century art and architecture. What antiques would he choose to to take with him to a desert island and why?

Date: 19/05/2025
Time: 2pm
Price: £2 to include refreshments



Event: Improving your Soil
Location: Barrington Village Hall Barrington Ilminster TA19 0JE

Details:
Barrington & District Gardening Society invite you to join them for a talk by Steve Fry from The Gardeners Group.

Date: 20/05/2025
Time: 7.30pm
Price: Visitors £3


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