Business Owners in Bovey
Its time again to decide if you would like to enter South West in Bloom this year.
The business entries had such a good outcome last year with Gold for The Bell Inn and Brookside Tea Rooms. I hope more businesses can be encouraged to enter this year. You will need to submit your application with a fee of £25. Closing date for entries is 5th April 2024. Applications can be made via vwww.southwestinbloom.org.uk
Bovey Tracey Town Council will plan a celebration event similar to next year in October half term so that any children who wish to attend will be able to.
Please contact Sheila Brooke (Town Mayor and Chairperson) if you would like further information.
Families in Heathfield are set to benefit from improved children’s play facilities after Bovey Tracey Town Council (BTTC) agreed to seek ownership of a district play park.
Added: 21 January 2026
This year the council will be seeking to make three Awards.
Added: 21 January 2026
BAND D households in Bovey Tracey and Heathfield are being asked for an extra 62p per week to help cover unavoidable costs so the Town Council can stay in good shape for the future.
Added: 20 January 2026
VOLUNTEERS have started to give Heathfield Community Centre a little TLC, including a green makeover and new link to Zimbabwe! The team got busy before Christmas, clearing a site where rotten fencing is due to be replaced by a native hedge, planted in partnership with nearby St Catherine’s C of E Primary School.
Added: 12 January 2026
QUERIES about benefits and tax credits remained the biggest issue for residents in Bovey Tracey and Heathfield in the last quarter of 2025, according to Citizens Advice.
Added: 09 January 2026
BOVEY Tracey could be set to have a new 420-pupil primary school before the end of the decade, if fresh survey work proves positive.
Added: 15 December 2025
Shape the future of Bovey Tracey – Join our team and help deliver services that make a real difference to our community.
Added: 04 December 2025
BOVEY Tracey Town Council has been awarded the National Association of Local Councils (NALC) Silver Quality Award.
Added: 12 November 2025
FAMILIES in Bovey Tracey and Heathfield are being encouraged to make their communities more hedgehog-friendly by introducing a few simple changes such as lowering driving speeds and creating holes in garden fences.
Added: 06 November 2025
A COMMUNITY litter-pick and bulb-planting event organised by Bovey Tracey Town Council has been hailed a success with scores of volunteers turning up on the day.
Added: 03 November 2025
BOVEY Tracey Mayor, Cllr Sheila Brooke, has stressed to engineers and highways officials working on the two-year A382 ‘roadworks scheme that residents must be better informed about diversions and that route management must be improved.
Added: 31 October 2025
Great Big Green Week, Bovey Tracey 7th - 15th June 2025 Free Family Great Big Green Fun Day, Mill Marsh Park, Saturday 14th June 10am-4pm.
Added: 07 June 2025
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