Parish of Westbury

Westbury Parish lies west of Shrewsbury and borders Wales. It has a number of settlements including Westbury, the largest, Yockleton, Stoney Stretton, Vennington, Vron Gate and Westley.

 

Westbury has a good range of services, including a doctor's surgery, public house, restaurant, primary school and post office/shop.

Yockleton lies on the B4386 some 10 kms west of Shrewsbury.  Facilities have declined in Yockleton, with the closure of its school, but there is a village hall and church.

 

Nox and Westley are both small and relatively isolated settlements. Ford Heath is a dispersed settlement approximately 1 km north east of Yockleton and Vennington and Vron Gate are both agricultural settlements set in the Area of Special Landscape Character, occupying sheltered locations on the Long Mountain. Vennington in particular has a number of attractive buildings, some of which are listed. None of these hamlets have any community facilities.

There are ELEVEN parish councillors representing Westbury, which is a Warded Parish:

Westbury Ward

* Robert Briscoe - The Lion, Westbury
* Gordon Davies - Dingle Marsh, Station Road, Westbury
* Leslie Hurdley - Victory Cottage, Vron Gate, Westbury
* Stuart Jones - Meadowfields, Asterley, Nr. Minsterley
* Glenys Owen - Greenfields, Vennington, Westbury
* Caroline Pryce - Grange Farm, Westbury
* Adrian Harvey - The Bungalow, Blackmore, Westbury

Yockleton Ward

* William Onions - Lower House Farm, Yockleton
* Amanda Royle - 42 Brookside Gardens, Yockleton
* John Thomas - Stretton Hayes, Yockleton
* Paul Williams - Bank House, Yockleton (Elected March 2011)

The above Parish Councillors except Mr Williams, were unopposed at the elections held in June 2009. The period of office thereafter for all councillors is to 2013.