Parking restrictions plan and street lighting among issues discussed by Bamburgh Parish Council

Double yellow lines (seasonal) are being proposed on The Wynding by Northumberland County Council.

Coun Guy Renner-Thompson, Bamburgh ward member, said the traffic order is currently being prepared.

A residents’ parking permit scheme is also being planned at Lindisfarne Avenue but has been delayed due to the the coronavirus pandemic.

Bamburgh Parish Council has taken £185 so far this financial year in voluntary donations from holiday lets owners towards the precept. It received £1,424 in 2019/20 but acknowledged the coronavirus pandemic will have impacted this year’s figure.

Ornate lamps in the centre of the village which had been in a poor state have all been painted thanks to funding from Coun Renner-Thompson’s local member fund.

“They look very much better which we’re very pleased about,” said chairman Barbara Brook.

She revealed there are plans to improve lighting on Radcliffe Road, again with funding from Coun Renner-Thompson.

The parish was informed by Northumberland County Council that it would have to stump up £9,000 for three new lights.

“We’ve had a problem there with quite a large gap between the Grace Darling Museum to the next light on the left hand side going out of the village,” explained Coun Brook. “It’s caused quite a problem for people who want to come into the village, especially during the winter nights.”

Bamburgh WI will pay for the restoration of a wooden bench outside Blacketts. The village warden has agreed to carry out the work for £80.

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