Category: Knook: Gleanings

A Second Person Has Died – Continued Appeal For Witnesses To RTC At Knook

Friday 6th June 2025

Update From Warminster Police:

A second person has died following a road traffic collision on the A36 on Saturday (31/05).

At around 10.30am, a car and three motorcycles were involved in a collision at Knook.

One of the motorcycle riders, Robert Best, 62, from Bradley Stoke, was sadly declared dead at the scene. His family paid tribute to him in a statement earlier this week, describing him as being “loved and adored by all who knew him”.

Sadly, a second person – a woman in her 60s – who was riding pillion on a different motorcycle to Rob and suffered serious injuries in the incident has died in hospital.

Her next of kin are aware and our thoughts are with them at this sad time.

We continue to appeal for witnesses and dashcam footage of the incident as our enquiries continue.

If you witnessed the collision, and we haven’t yet spoken to you, please contact Wiltshire Police’s Serious Collision Investigation Team on 01225 694597 quoting log number 101 of May 31.

Alternatively, you can contact the team directly by emailing SCIT@wiltshire.police.uk.

Witness Appeal Following Fatal Road Traffic Accident On The A36 At Knook

Saturday 31st May 2025

Witness Appeal from Warminster Police

We are appealing for witnesses following a fatal road traffic collision that occurred on the A36 this morning (31/05).

A car and four motorcycles were involved in a collision at Knook at 10.30am.

Sadly, a man aged in his 60s, who was riding a motorcycle, died as a result of his injuries. Our thoughts remain with his family at this difficult time.

The three other motorcyclists remain in hospital with serious injuries.

A road closure between Deptford and Heytesbury will remain in place into the early hours of Sunday morning (01/06).

Anyone who witnessed the collision who has dashcam footage of the incident is asked to contact Wiltshire Police’s Serious Collision Investigation Team on 01225 694597 quoting log number 101.

Alternatively, you can contact the team directly by emailing SCIT@wiltshire.police.uk.

Carol Service At Knook

Sunday 15th December 2024

From Kit Pottow:

A morning of wreath making and then decorating the church at Knook for Christmas.

If you are local and in need of some festive cheer please join us for the St. Margaret’s Carol service at Knook on Monday 16th December 2024, at 6 p.m., in aid of The Wylye Valley Disabled Children’s charity.

Carols, readings, mulled wine and mince pies.

P.Y.O. At The Walled Garden, Knook

Saturday 17th Augustv 2024

Liza Kearney writes:

PYO SATURDAYS 10:00-12:00!

Gem Squash are now available!! Any voracious Southern Africans you know would be simply delighted to hear this news!

Come and visit us to pick and choose from our wide range of fresh vegetables. You will find us in the Walled Garden on the corner of the A36 and the lane leading into Knook, BA12 0JG.

Chickens, Guinea fowl, ducks & rabbits abound too, and can usually be petted.

Extension Proposed For Bunters Cottage At Knook

Tuesday 6th August 2024

Mr. Geoffrey Frost has submitted a planning application to Wiltshire Council for the addition of – side extension for small art room, hard roof and triple glazed, access via main house only, single storey, approximate area about 10sqm – at Bunters Cottage, Knook, BA12 0HL. Planning application PL/2024/07361.

development.wiltshire.gov.uk/pr/s/planning-application/a0iQ3000008EKpLIAW/pl202407361

Information Sought About The YB Gardens

Sunday 21st April 2024

Danny Howell writes:

Part of my childhood was in the 1960s and a name I recall from that time was a place called the YB Gardens. It was situated on the south side of the A36 road, just as the road levels out after climbing the winding bends on leaving Knook. Alongside the road there was a parish boundary marker (made by Carson and Miller) indicating the boundary between Knook and Upton Lovell. A footpath, with the name Guernsey Path, connects the north-western end of Ash Walk, Upton Lovell, with the A36, and the YB Gardens were in close proximity to where Guernsey Path met the A36.

I know little about what was the YB Gardens and have always presumed it may have been a plant nursery or had some gardening or horticultural connection. The last person I heard mention it was Bert Legg, the agricultural contractor. It must have been about 1980, when I was working freelance for him, that Bert instructed me and a couple of other tractor drivers about where we had to go to do a job near Upton Lovell. His directions as to where we had to go mentioned we had to find a field just past the former YB Gardens. The other tractor drivers had never heard of the YB Gardens and hadn’t a clue as to where he meant. When I said I knew where the site of the YB Gardens was, Bert suggested I go first and the others follow me.

The thing is, before the name is completely lost and forgotten, can any readers of this blog shed any light on the YB Gardens? Do you remember it? Do you know who owned it or who might have worked there? Was it a plant nursery or something else? And what did the ‘YB’ stand for? It would be good to discover what we can and make some record of it. If you have info or recollections please contact us by emailing dannyhowellnet@gmail.com Thank you.

PYO Vegetables On Saturday Mornings At The Walled Garden, Knook

Friday 8th September 2023

Pick Your Own Vegetables on Saturday Mornings at the Walled Garden, Knook (not to be confused with the village allotments next door).

The Walled Garden Project CIC
Over the last year you might have noticed activity in the walled garden at the corner of Knook and the A36 – a polytunnel has appeared as well as several huts and trailers, children run around, sometimes there are tents for camping, and even bottle rockets shooting upwards.

This is a newly established community market garden, run with the help of children with special needs. They also attend clubs with their families, giving them varied outdoor experiences with social interaction

Come and visit us on Saturday morning (until midday) to pick your own selection of vegetables to fill a £10 crate!

We currently have the following for sale:

Mixed Veg Crate (best value) £10
Lettuce £0.80
Mixed lettuce bag with edible flowers £3.20
Carrots £1 bunch
String beans £0.90 per 500g
French beans £1 per 500g

Runner beans £0.90 per 500g
Hungarian Runner beans £1.40 per 500g
Curly Kale £2.30 per bunch
Cavalo Nero Kale £2.30 per bunch
Spring onions £0.75 per bunch
Large leaf spinach £1.75 per bunch

Beetroot purple £2 per 3
Beetroot multi coloured £2.80 per 3
Fennel fronds 50p bunch
Fennel bulb £2 each
Corn on the cob £1 each
Coriander 80p per bunch
Large leaf parsley 50p per bunch

Rainbow Chard £2.50
Onion £0.20 each
Garlic £1.50 for 5 bulbs
Cabbage £1.20
Kohl Rabi £1.80 each
Cucumber £0.80

Salad tomatoes £0.30 each
Cherry or plum tomatoes £1.30 per punnet
Mixed large and small tomatoes £1.50 per punnet
Spaghetti squash £3.50
Marrow £2
South African Gem Squash £1 each

Free-range eggs £2 per 6 or £4 per 12
Young purple buddleia plants £4
Oregano plant £2
Sage plant £1
Thyme plant £2
Aloe Vera plant £2 large or £1 small

Payment may be made by cash or bank transfer.

Liza Kearney 07500 444 654
Smile@thewalledgardenproject.org.uk

The Walled Garden Project CIC, Knook.

Knook Allotments

Monday 2nd January 2023

Knook Allotments

The parish council owns the land at Knook where the allotments are situated but it is managed by Knook Heytesbury and Imber Allotment Association (KHIAA). The Association was formed in April 2018 and they meet four times a year. The parish council supports the association in managing some of the grass and all of the trees on site.   

The Association Committee is as follows:
Chair: Legh Walker.
Secretary: Diana Walker –  email: diwalker1236@gmail.com
Treasurer and Membership Secretary: Amy Ronning.
Committee Members:
Parish Council Representative: Vanessa Sturmey.

Knook Allotments

Heytesbury Imber & Knook Parish Council Sets Its Budget

Friday 1st February 2019

Heytesbury Imber & Knook Parish Council Sets Its Budget.

At a meeting of the Heytesbury Imber & Knook Parish Council held on the 15th January 2019, members considered the budget for the next financial year. The figures were carefully reviewed, and it was agreed unanimously to set a figure of £11,817 for 2019/20. This translates to the sum of £33.84 for every Band D equivalent property, paid to the Parish Council for the year. This is a 30% increase on last year, £7.81 for the year or 65p per week.

Members of the council made the difficult decision to agree this increase after recognising that there had been no rise in the Parish budget for over ten years. Reserves have been used in previous years to balance the figures, but these have now been exhausted and to continue carrying out the statutory duties and preferred services in the Parish, an increase has become inevitable. Part of local governance regulations require the council to keep a total of three months operating expenditure retained for the financial year and this could not be met without an increase.

Councillor Anne Perry, Chairman of the Parish Council, said: “There have been some real pressures on the budget as the costs of maintaining the parish are rising all the time. The council has made this difficult decision as it needs to raise funds to put towards the cost of necessary repairs to the village play equipment, repairs to the War Memorial and maintenance of the footpaths and street furniture. In addition, since last year, to comply with General Data Protection Regulations, some software and the website require updating. The Parish Council will be able to continue the additional grass cutting, cleaning of bus shelters and repairs or replacement to litter bins that has been carried out in the last few years, to keep the Parish looking at its best, which we know is appreciated by our residents.”.