Useful Links
Below you will find some useful links.
Medical
Shropdoc – 111
Mortimer Medical Practice, Leintwardine
01547 540335
Meadows Medical Practice, Clun
01588 640573
Wylcwn Street Surgery, Knighton
01547 528523
NHS Choice (was NHS Direct)
111 – www.nhs.co.uk
Environment Agency (inc. Floods)
0800 678 3105
www.gov.uk/government/organisations/environment-agency
Severn Trent
0800 783 4444
www.stwater.co.uk/in-my-area/report-a-problem
Western Power Distribution
0800 678 3105
www.westernpower.co.uk
Power Cuts – 105
Emergency Services
(non emergency phone numbers)
Ambulance
01743 273649
Fire & Rescue
01743260200
Police
101 or 0300 333 3000
South West Shropshire Local Joint Committee
Previously known as Bishop’s Castle, Chirbury & Worthen and Clun LJC
Community Enablement Officer: Matthew Mead
01743 252534
General enquiries
Normal opening hours:
Monday to Friday: 8:00am to 6:00pm
Saturday 9:00am to 1:00pm
Shirehall, Abbey Foregate, Shrewsbury, Shropshire, SY2 6ND
(0345) 678 9000
customer.service@shropshire.
Newsroom
Shropshire Association of Local Councils
www.alcshropshire.co.uk
01743 252744
[email protected]
Shropshire Community
Housing Benefit
(opening hours are Monday and Thursday 8:45am to 5:00pm and Tuesday, Wednesday and Friday 1:00pm to 5:00pm)
Revenues and Benefits, Shropshire Council, P.O. Box 4749, Shrewsbury, SY1 9GH
(0345) 678 9001
Telephone lines are open weekdays as follows:
Monday – 8:45am to 5:00pm
Tuesday – 1:00pm to 5:00pm
Wednesday – 1:00pm to 5:00pm
Thursday – 8:45am to 5:00pm
Friday – 1:00pm to 5:00pm
[email protected]
Council Tax
Opening hours:
Monday and Thursday 8:45am to 5:00pm & Tuesday, Wednesday and Friday 1:00pm to 5:00pm
Revenues and Benefits, Shropshire Council, P.O. Box 4749, Shrewsbury, SY1 9GH
(0345) 678 9002
[email protected]
Business Rates
Opening hours:
Monday, Tuesday, Thursday & Friday 8:45am to 5pm and Wednesday 1:00pm to 5:00pm
Revenues and Benefits, Shropshire Council, P.O. Box 4749, Shrewsbury, SY1 9GH
(0345) 678 9003
[email protected].
Planning & building control
(0345) 678 9004
Shrewsbury: planningdmc@
Ludlow: planningdmsw@
Bridgnorth: planningdmse@
Oswestry: planningdmnw@
Wem: planningdmne@shropshire.
Out of Hours Social Care Emergency Duty Team
(0345) 678 9040
Shropshire Community Health
www.shropscommunityhealth.nhs.uk
Shrewsbury & Telford Hospital NHS Trust
Department of Communities and Local Government
Riparian Ownership
Ordinary Watercourse
Rights & Responsibilities of Riverside Owners
GP Surgeries
Mortimer Medical Centre – Leintwardine Surgery
(01547) 540355
High Street, Leintwardine, Herefordshire, SY7 0LQ
3.24 miles away
The Meadows Medical Practice
(01547) 528330
Penybont Road, Knighton, Powys, LD7 1HB
The Meadows Medical Practice
(01588) 640573
The Surgery, Turnpike Meadow, Clun, Shropshire, SY7 8HZ
Dental Practices
Dental Matters – Craven Arms
(01588) 676328
Craven Arms Dental Practice, The Gateway, Shrewsbury Road, Craven Arms, Shropshire, SY7 9QJ
Corve Street Family Dental Practice
(01584) 872892
Suite 2B, Palmers House, 7 Corve Street, Ludlow, Shropshire, SY8 1DB
Mydentist – Stepping Stones Dental Health Centre
(01584) 879479
Castle View House, New Road, Ludlow, Shropshire, SY8 2LS
Mydentist – Wylcwm Place Practice
(01547) 520129
3 Wylcwm Place, Knighton, Powys, LD7 1AE
Corner Dental Practice
(01547) 520396
Ffrydd Road, Knighton, Powys, LD7 1DB
Pharmacy
Boots – Knighton
(01547) 528313
5 Wylcwm Place, Knighton, Powys, LD7 1AE
(01588) 672327
Drovers’ House, Auction Yard, Craven Arms, SY7 9BZ
Boots – Ludlow
(01584) 872548
34 Bull Ring, Ludlow, Shropshire, SY8 1AA
Opticians/Optometrists
OPTICIANS
Vision Express
(01584) 872771
6-7 High Street, Ludlow, SY8 1BS
Specsavers
(01584) 871210
33 Bull Ring, Ludlow, Shropshire, SY8 1AA
Evans & Jones
(01547) 528656
14 Broad Street, Knighton, Powys, LD7 1BL
OPTOMETRISTS
Suzanne Floyd
(01588) 673048
The New Surgery, Clun, Shropshire, SY7 8JE
5 Dale Street West, Craven Arms, SY7 9PB
Peter Meredith
(01584) 876266
9 Church Street, Ludlow, Shropshire, SY8 1AP
CITIZENS ADVICE
We help people resolve their legal, money and other problems by providing free, independent and confidential advice, and by influencing policymakers.
Citizens Advice Shropshire, Stone House, Corve Street, Ludlow, SY8 1DG
SHROPSHIRE LARDER
The Shropshire Larder is a community information resource, bringing together the support available in Shropshire for people on low incomes
COMMUNITY CARS
Community Cars are available to anyone who needs to make an essential journey:
and does not have a car, or has not got access to a car when they need to travel, and is not able to use public transport, either because they can’t get on board or because it is not available.
Children may be carried, if accompanied by a parent or other responsible adult.
Bucknell and Bedstone Good Neighbours
Contact: Mike Starr, Chairman
01547 530179
GAUGEMAP
Provided by the Environment Agency and developed by Shoothill to provide users in England and Wales with a reading of nearby river gauges. FloodAlerts updates every 15 minutes, keeping users informed about the potential flood risks in their area.
Click for the Leintwardine gauge and here for the Knighton gauge
ENVIRONMENT AGENCY
Provided by the Environment Agency for the upper Teme
SHROPSHIRE HOUSING ALLIANCE
Find somewhere to live: If you’re looking for somewhere to live we can help you in a number of ways.
Help for tenants: If you are a tenant, we can help you stay in your home and run it properly. We can also offer mediation for certain tenants.
SHROPSHIRE HOMEPOINT
Shropshire HomePoint provides a one-stop solution for people seeking housing and manages the Shropshire Housing Register, also known as the Housing Waiting List.
SOUTH SHROPSHIRE HOUSING ASSOCIATION
South Shropshire Housing Association build, re-develop and maintain good quality homes that people want to live in, with rents that people can afford to pay.
HOMESWAPPER
HomeSwapper is for social tenants (in rented property) who want a house swap, flat swap or exchange their council house. This is also called mutual exchange. If you live in a council house or housing association property you can swap.
ST MARY’S PRIMARY SCHOOL BUCKNELL
St Mary’s Primary School is a Church of England (Voluntary Aided), co-educational school which caters for children between the ages of 4 and 11 years. Our school has very close links with our Parish Church. Together we foster a caring and supportive family atmosphere based on the values and principles of the Christian Faith.
BEDSTONE COLLEGE
Bedstone College is a Co-Educational Independent Day and Boarding School situated in Bedstone, Shropshire.
LUDLOW SCHOOL
Ludlow Church of England School Specialist Technology & Sports College.
WIGMORE HIGH SCHOOL
Wigmore school is a federation of Wigmore High School and Wigmore Primary school, the schools federated in September 2007. It also includes Wigmore Nursery School.
BISHOPS CASTLE COMMUNITY COLLEGE
Formerly called the High School, the name was changed to The Community College to better reflect our community ethos and belief in lifelong learning.
TRAINS
ARRIVA
Arriva Trains Wales serve the Heart of Wales Line which passes through Bucknell. The line operates between Shrewsbury in the north and Swansea in the south.
HEART OF WALES LINE TRAINS
Running from Shrewsbury to Swansea – 5 trains each way Monday to Saturday and 2 trains each way on Sundays. Click here for the live departure information from Bucknell railway station.
HOWLTA
Heart of Wales Line Travellers Association
BUSES
ARRIVA
Arriva bus Midlands serves the villages of Bedstone and Bucknell with a service to the nearby towns of Knighton (Powys), Leintwardine (Herefordshire) and Ludlow (Shropshire).
The link is for the 740/738 service between Ludlow and Knighton.
LUGG VALLEY TRAVEL
A weekly Wednesday route 498 to Hereford operated by Lugg Valley Travel giving you about 2¾ hours shopping time in Hereford
Hafren Veterinary Group
(01547) 528292
The Surgery, Ludlow Road, Knighton, Powys, LD7 1HP
4.5 miles away
Teme Vets
Ludlow Surgery & Head Office
The Casemill, Temeside, Ludlow, Shropshire,SY8 1JW
Ashburn Veterinary Centre
(01547) 529600
1 Station Road, Knighton, Powys, LD7 1DT
4.5 miles away
Newlands Veterinary Group
(01588) 673354
Ludlow Road, Craven Arms, Shropshire, SY7 9QL
Unit 10, The Business Quarter, Eco Park Road, Ludlow, Shropshire, SY8 1FD
