Blagdon Village Plan
The Plan - Young people in the village

Appendix 1

where do you play 'outside' in the village

Scouts X 14

• Tennis courts
• on the Mead
• bike everywhere
• skate park when it comes
• woods at Dingle

Cubs X 15

• The Mead
• Garston Lane
• Eastcroft
• local fields
• walks down at the lake

School X 17

• near the church, Timmswell
  
• mead
• woods at Rhodyate
• Dingle
• pub car park
• East Croft
• school play ground

Guides x 14

• in the playground
• at the Mead

Brownies x 18

• cricket club
• the Mead
• Fallowfield road
• playground

what are the downsides to your favourite / normal play spot

Guides x 14

• rusty climbing frame – no-one uses it
• paint the swings
• graffiti swearwords on monkeybars
• toilets need tidying up – only one cubicle

Brownies x 18

• toilets when the taps don’t work
• the school is next to the road
• Wincanton lorries
• dog pooh

what do you not like about the outside places in the village

Scouts X 14

• lorries
• signs
• loose stones on the street
• toilets – no sink and smells
• no skate park

Cubs X 15

• bent goal posts
• dog poo
• no tap in boys toilet
• somewhere to get drinking water
• rubbish
• people climbing on cricket pitch things
  

School X 17

• overgrown pond
• litter on the way to school
• toilets are dirty
• long grass on the open spaces
• people driving fast through the village
• the tennis courts are locked

what could be made better

Scouts X 14

• lights on tennis court
• proper lines on rugby pitch
• sink in toilet
• mini cinema
• skate park
• bike park
• (yellow?) lines outside shop
• benches on Mead in different positions
• be able to ride bikes on church path
• x-Box club
• pavement up Street End
• more stuff for older kids in playground
  

Cubs X 15

• another goal for 5 a side
• proper markings on cricket field
• skate park
• bike park
• more places to ride bikes
• climbing wall and zipwire
• tap for drinking water
• a pond
  

School X 17

• sink in the boys toilets
• speed restrictions in Garston Lane
• skate board park
• BMX bike track
• safe place to ride
• lights in public toilets
• cleaner toilets
• better play equipment in playground – more for older children
• mow a maze in the grass
• more litter bins
• teen shelter

Guides x 14

• more frequent buses to Weston
• display bus timetable
• clean out Tim’s well
• overgrown footpaths and streetpaths
• too much traffic
• get rid of the dog poo
• the paintwork on the shop is dark – brighten it up
• footpaths
• picnic areas

Brownies x 18

• litter bins emptied
• cycle tracks
• new playground and equipment (see saw and roundabout)
• stop deer eating plants in the garden
• noisy chickens
• split the playground into facilities for big ones and little ones

what would you like to see more of in the village

Guides X 14

• a roundabout in the playground
• a graffiti wall
• big slide
• renew the picnic Guides X 14benches in playground
• a shed or building for the teenagers to ‘hang out’ in
• a pool table
• more large swings (there are currently 2 large and 2 baby swings)

what do you like about living in Blagdon

Cubs X 15

• cricket field

Guides X 14

• Blagdon lake
• the Mead
• tennis courts
• buses
• village club
• bingo
  
• the Stores – sweets and magazines

  it is quiet

Brownies x 18

• having lots of friends
• countryside
• Blagdon lake
• farms
• apple orchards
• little pollution
• local school
• woods
• churches
• tobogganing hills
• lots of events
  • fun run
  • youth week
  • garden fete
  • firework night
  • treasure hunt
  • spaces to walk and burn off energy