Bishops Lydeard Parish Council

PO Box 1056,

TAUNTON,

Somerset,

TA1 9TD

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7 September 2026 - Cost of Living

Heating Oil Help Take-Up Campaign

Citizens Advice Somerset are promoting the help available to households who's heating runs on Oil. See the attached poster for more information.
24 August 2026 - Society

Somerset Rivers Authority (SRA): SRA Annual Report 2025-26

The Somerset Rivers Authority 11th Annual Report, for 2025-26 is now available. See below.
17 August 2026 - Society

Wessex Water – Hosepipe Ban

Wessex Water has announced a hosepipe ban from Tuesday 18 August at 00:01hrs after months of unprecedented dry weather, heatwaves and a continued lack of rain forecast, which has led to sustained high demand for water.
12 August 2026 - Society

HOME INSTEAD COMMUNITY INSIGHTS

Please find attached the summer edition of Community Connections from Home Instead Taunton & West Somerset.

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10 September 2026 - 10:00 to 12:00

Talking Cafe

You are welcolm to join Village Ageny Corey Warren every Thursday at the village hall. All Welcom.
26 September 2026 - 14:00 to 20:00

Film – Pandaemonium at Hestercombe

Pandaemonium, a film about the time poets Samuel Taylor Coleridge and William Wordsworth spent in the county, will be screened twice at Hestercombe House at 2pm and 7pm on 26th September 2026. The 25th birthday of a Somerset-shot film will be celebrated with a unique screening at a landmark venue.
21 October 2026 - 11:00 to 12:30

Dunkirk Memorial House – Demetia Support Group

The next Dementia Support Group is scheduled for 21st October 2026. See poster below,

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