Who we are and what we do

Walton-in-Gordano is in the Gordano Valley Ward of North Somerset Council - a Unitary Authority

•     The Council has no standing committees.

•     The Council has no bye laws, and holds no property beyond one street

        light and two notice boards.

•     The Village Hall is run by a charitable trust and the burial ground at St

        Paul’s Parish Church by East Clevedon Benefice.

•     Regular meeting Agenda items cover Emergency Services, Traffic,

        Planning, Highways and Finance.

•     Unresolved issues remain on the agenda, which has additional items

        added as they  arise.

•     The meeting minutes posted on this website go back to 1973.

•     We hold an Annual Meeting each May to elect  a Chair, Vice Chair and

        Representatives to Outside Bodies. 

•     The Annual Residents' Meeting in May, receives reports from local interest

        groups and discusses matters of local concern.

•     This small Parish doesn't have a Parish Plan, Quality Status, or Local

        Charters, although we learn from the requirements of those things in terms

        of  best practice.

•     We are a Civil Parish of some 280 people living in around 160

        homes, 13 miles west of Bristol city centre.

•     The Civil Parish covers the village of Walton-in-Gordano and the

        areas of Walton Down and Walton Bay.

•     We have up to five Council members and employ a part-time

        Clerk, who is also the Responsible Financial Officer.

•     Council Members serve for a term of four years and can put

        themselves forward for relection at the end of their term.

•     The Council uses the Clerk’s home address for postal purposes

        and current files, and digitises all archive files. 

•     We meet as a full Council on the second Monday of every

        month except August.

Our Village Hall