Sambourne Village

Coughton & Sambourne cemetery tidy up. Can you help?

Volunteers are needed on Saturday 11th and Sunday 12th June 2011 between 11.00 and 15.00 hrs

Please bring your garden tools (no electricity on site) battery or petrol strimmers and hedge cutters.

Thank you.
Coughton Community Group

The Queen's Diamond Jubilee 2012

To mark 60 years of the Queen’s reign the Diamond Jubilee will take place in 2012 during an extended weekend on 2nd, 3rd, 4th and 5th June.

The government had agreed to grant an additional bank holiday on Tuesday 5 June to provide a focal point for the celebrations. In addition, the traditional Bank Holiday at the end of May will, in 2012, be moved to 4 June to make it a four day weekend.

Following the great success of the Royal Wedding celebrations, a committee is being formed to organise events in Sambourne to celebrate this momentous event. Two residents have already volunteered to start things moving. Anyone wishing to be involved should contact the Parish Council.

Sambourne celebrates the Royal Wedding

Greg Duddy of Sambourne kindly volunteered to capture the celebrations for the website. To see his superb work follow this link.

Speed Limits

Until the early 1990s, the entire village was re-restricted. Since then the inner area of the village was reduced to 40 mph.

The speed limits in the village were reviewed in a scheme implemented by Traffic Group at Warwick County Council which became enforceable on 15th February 2010.

The new limits and the subsequent introduction of 50 mph in Jill Lane has produced a strange situation - travelling from Astwood Band traffic lights to Sambourne no fewer than five different limits are encountered. These are 30, 50, de-restricted, 40 and finally 30 mph. The distance involved is less than a mile! This anomalous situation is still being discussed with Traffic Group.

We are fortunate to be visited occasionally by police with radar equipment to enforce the limits. Invariably several drivers are booked.

Logging equipment - the twin black tubes across the road - is deployed at least twice annually and we have access to the data. There are two sites which seem to be used: Middletown Lane (halfway up the hill leading to The White House) and Sambourne Lane (between the Church Hall and Perrymill crossroads). There is also a single set of data is available for Whitemoor Lane (C38).

The results are quite worrying.
Middletown Lane (C38 )and Sambourne Lane (D5208)

Speeds are well above 30 mph .
Peak two-way flow rates are about 200 vehicles per hour.
Daily flows are 1700+ and 1300+ vehicles.

Whitemoor Lane (C38)

Speeds are well above 30 mph .
Peak two-way flow rates are over 500 vehicles per hour.
Daily flows are 2600 vehicles

Time for action so why not help?

The situation is far from satisfactory as the combination of speed and volume represent a major hazard to pedestrians, cyclists and horse riders. The Parish Council continues to push County Council for remedial measures. We need to make drivers avoid Sambourne and reduce the attractiveness of the village as a rat-run. We have the support of Nadim Zahawi the local MP who has actually seen the situation for himself.

Community speed watch helps - why don't you volunteer and help resolve this problem which affects everyone in the village.

Police Surgery in Sambourne

The police visit Sambourne so people can discuss concerns with them.
They usually park in the lay-by by the Church Hall from 12:00 noon until 12:30..

Provisional dates subject to shift changes are:

2011

March 16
April 27
May 18
June 8 and 29

Neighbourhood Watch

Many people are keen to re-form Neighbourhood Watch in the village.
It was decided at the July meeting of the Parish Council that the scheme should be encouraged and previously active members will be contacted.

This site replaces the facility provided by Warwick County Council - the Warwickshire Communities system. We would like to say thank you for this excellent service. This site is owned by Sambourne Parish Council and will be developed over time. If you are interested in making a contribution please contact us.