Dowsborough

Dowsborough has 5,900 households and is known for its great community spirit. Its stunning landscape features an Iron Age hill fort and round barrow, which are a magnet for tourists.

Dowsborough LCN map

Dowsborough local community network area map

About Dowsborough area

The Dowsborough LCN consists of three electoral divisions (Bridgwater West, Cannington and Watchet/Stogursey), 15 parish councils and one parish meeting. A proportion of the LCN sits within the Quantock Protected Landscape, (formerly known as Outstanding Area of Natural Beauty). It features an Iron Age hill fort and round barrow and is a magnet for tourists . It has a population of just under 6,000 households and while there is no major town settlement, the Hinkley Point development site with over 10,000 workers  is situated in the parish of Stogursey.

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Future meetings

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Contact information

Dowsborough Link Officer: Anne Shilton

If you would like to contact the Dowsborough LCN or the link officer, please email dowsboroughlcn@somerset.gov.uk

Chair: Councillor Simon Stretton – Spaxton Parish Council

Vice-chair: Councillor Mike Caswell – Somerset Council

Network members

Core members

  • Avon and Somerset Police
  • NHS
  • Devon and Somerset Fire and Rescue
  • Education
  • Spark Somerset
  • Society of Local Council Clerks
  • Somerset Association of Local Councils
  • Somerset Activity Sports Partnership
  • Community Council for Somerset
  • Citizens Advice
  • Department of Work and Pensions
  • Somerset Rivers Authority
  • Somerset Local Nature Partnership
  • Business Chamber
  • Quantocks Area of Natural Beauty

Stakeholders

  • Hinkley Point
  • Cannington Community
  • Village agents
  • Kilve residential centre
  • Somerset community fund – Hinkley Point C
  • Connect Somerset
  • Well be Link
  • First Aid for mental health
  • Bridgwater PCN
  • Co-Op group

Parishes

  • Cannington
  • Chilton Trinity
  • Durleigh
  • Enmore
  • Fiddington
  • Goathurst
  • Holford
  • Kilve
  • Nether Stowey
  • Otterhampton
  • Over Stowey
  • Spaxton
  • Stockland Bristol
  • Stogursey
  • Stringston
  • Wembdon

Electoral divisions

  • Bridgwater West
  • Cannington
  • Watchet and Stogursey