Sites
The Town Council is responsible for the maintenance of the following land in Shaftesbury:
- Queen Mother Garden – SP7 8AX
- Park Walk – SP7 8JR
- Jubilee Steps – SP7 8JR
- Stoney Path – SP7 8HR
- Pine Walk – SP7 8HR
- Snowdrop Walk (Snowdrop Walk website)
- Barton Hill – SP7 8DQ
- Castle Hill – SP7 8LT
- St James Park – SP7 8HE
- Cockrams, Coppice Street – SP7 8PF
- The Hangings – SP7 8BG (South of Love Lane)
- Snakey Lane
- Boyne Mead
These areas are maintained by the Council’s grounds department on a cyclical basis.
To hire Town Council land, please see Hall & Land Hire. Please contact the office with any enquiries.
Additionally there are some other open spaces in Shaftesbury that are not run by the Town Council.
Dog-related Public Spaces Protection Orders
On the 23 October 2020 the Dorset Council Dog related Public Spaces Protection Order was made. It came into effect on the 1 January 2021 and will last 3 years. You can view the contents of the order—if you need this document in an accessible format, please do contact us. This supersedes all other Dog-related Orders in the Dorset Council area from the period of enforcement and any byelaw during its life.
The Order states
- owners are to pick up their dog’s poo in all public spaces and dispose of it appropriately
- no dogs are allowed in enclosed children’s play areas or on marked sports pitches
- no dogs are allowed on certain beaches between 1 May and 30 September
- dogs are to be put on a lead when instructed to do so by an authorised officer
- dogs are to be kept on a lead in signposted and identified areas
Areas dogs are to be kept on a lead
- cemeteries, churchyards or graveyards
- council owned allotments
- formal public gardens
- within 5 metres of marked sports pitches
- council owned car parks
- Rodwell Trail Weymouth
- on roads and walkways close to certain beaches
- certain beaches dependent on season
Full details are supplied in the Order along with maps to assist.