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Drifts have started and will continue throughout the month and into November. This follows the cancellations of the August and September drifts due to the outbreak of equine flu. Please click here for the dates of the upcoming 11 Drifts, as well as the car parks which will be temporarily closed during each one.
Do you want to get your child interested in classical music? Would you like to see a local orchestra perform some ghoultastic music? Then come along to the City of Southampton Orchestra's Spooktacular Family Concert on 17th October at Central Hall!Click here for more information.
Beaulieu Parish Council has written to Hampshire County Council regarding the B3054 through Beaulieu, raising concerns about pedestrian safety, road conditions, drainage, traffic volumes, and the road's role as a key route through the New Forest. We have requested a meeting with Cllr. Dan Poole and Hampshire Highways officers and will provide a further update in due course. Please click here to see a copy of our letter.
Hello and welcome to the latest Beat Report for the New Forest Heart area. Your team is PC 24901 Mark ROBERTS, PC 27901 Stuart READHEAD and PCSO 14495 Richard WILLIAMS.
In September join us at one of our Beat Surgeries across the area – On Tuesday 8thSeptember we will be at the Bartley Post Office at 9am and then in the Happy Cheese Pub in Ashurst with the Ashurst and Colbury Neighbourhood watch team at 11am. Then on Wednesday 16th September we will be at the Lyndhurst Parish Council office in the Community Centre in the village from 11am and then an hour later at midday on Brookley Road in Brockenhurst, just opposite Tesco.
Seven vehicles were broken into during August. One was parked in the Longslade Heath car park, one at Andrews Mare and another on a driveway in Cadnam. Four cars were also targeted on the same night in the car park of the Rhinefield House Hotel just outside Brockenhurst.
Four bicycles were stolen this month and all of them from Brockenhurst. Even though they were all locked and secure, three of them were taken during the day on the busy Brookley Road, the other was taken overnight from a pub car park in the village. The good news is that a male has been arrested and charged for one of those thefts as well as a series of shopliftings in the village.
Other shopliftings this month included a large amount of meat from the Co Op stores in Ashurst and in Brockenhurst and a putter from the pro shop at Brook golf club.
Also in August, a business in Exbury and a house in Brockenhurst were broken into and jewellery and gold coins stolen. The investigations into both of those burglaries are still underway. That’s the same for the two burglaries in Cadnam that happened on the same night at the end of the month where expensive tools and machinery were stolen from a garage and a shed.
The building site on Whartons lane in Ashurst was entered this month and although nothing appears to have been stolen criminal damage was caused to the gate and its lock. Fuel from a petrol station in Cadnam has also been taken in an incident known as making off without payment.
Roundhill Campsite suffered criminal damage just before the bank holiday weekend where black paint was thrown onto a motorhome and the toilets. If you saw this happen or have any information that would help us identify the person who did it then please email either PCSO Williams or PC Roberts
The main concerns in August of course were the fires across the Forest especially on the A31 and at Boltons Bench. We have been out on patrol across the Forest helping our colleagues keep the impact of these fires to an absolute minimum and your help with that has been priceless. Please, if you see any suspicious activity anywhere, call us immediately. And if you don’t have the What3Words app on your phone, now is the time to download it. It’s free and it provides us with your exact location which in the Forest is so useful.
Stay safe everyone
Your local Police team are:
There have already been six significant wildfires within 15 miles of Beaulieu this year, in addition to smaller fires. The latest, near the A31 at Ringwood, is still being tackled today. Last night, a separate fire in Holbury also spread from vegetation to vehicles and neighbouring homes.
With the Forest currently exceptionally dry, we encourage residents to take a few simple precautions now:
- Know what you would do if a fire approached, and follow instructions from the emergency services.
- Keep access to your property clear and make sure your house number is easy to see.
- Consider having a HEPA air purifier ready, particularly for use in a room where you can keep windows and doors closed if smoke reaches the village. It is much better to have one available before smoke arrives than to try to buy one during an incident.
- Sign up for UK Emergency Alerts and keep an eye on local fire-service updates.
If you see a fire in the countryside, move to safety and call 999 immediately. Do not attempt to tackle it yourself or travel towards it.
We are also preparing a Wildfire Preparednesspage on the Beaulieu Parish Council website, bringing together practical advice on preparing your home and garden, what to do if a fire occurs, and useful emergency information. We will provide a link to this fuller guidance when it is available.
For further national guidance in the meantime, see the National Fire Chiefs Council's Wildfire Awareguidance: Prepare and Protect Against Wildfires
