Mayor’s Blog – Bridport Town Council

Welcome to the Bridport Town Mayor’s Blog. With frequent web posts and video blogs, Mayor Ian Bark aims to keep you up-to-date with the work of the Council and schemes in which he is involved.

Councillor Ian Bark was elected Mayor of Bridport, in May 2020, for the Mayoral Year 2020-21.

West Bay Railway Anniversary

Tuesday 22nd September marked the 90th anniversary of the closure of the rail passenger service to and from West Bay. On that fateful day the service that had run between…

15Sep 20

Sustainable Farming

I was fortunate to grow up on a farm in the beautiful Vale of Belvoir, Nottinghamshire in the 1950s and 60s. In so many ways it was an idyllic childhood,…

07Sep 20

Plastic Free Bridport

The 20th and 21st centuries have justifiably been dubbed the Plastics Age, such is the influence and ubiquity of this family of materials.Plastics pervade all aspects of society. We clean…