County Councillor Mark Mather has been working with bus service providers on both sides of the border to establish a new bus route that will serve Carham and Wark. Following feedback from residents, changes have been made to the timetable originally circulated in August. It has not been possible to make all the changes suggested by residents as the bus has limited availability around school times, when it is needed for the school service. Councillor Mather is happy to receive comments on the revised timetable. Please email him using this link. It is expected that the new service will begin in early 2026. Bus passes will be valid on both sides of the border.
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Polling District and Polling Place Review
Northumberland County Council is carrying out a Polling District and Polling Place Review. Its goals are to ensure that all electors have reasonable facilities for voting; to make polling places as accessible as possible for everyone; and to ensure that polling places are located, where possible, in the polling district they serve. All residents of Northumberland are invited to provide feedback on the polling stations they vote at or on any of the polling districts across the county. Comments and representations can be sent by post to the Elections Office, County Hall, Morpeth, Northumberland NE61 2EF or by email or by following the link on the Polling District and Polling Place Review page to complete the online feedback form. The consultation closes on 9 October 2025. The outcome of the review will be published in November 2025 and will be available for inspection on the Council’s website and at County Hall. Anybody making representations should be aware that, upon completion of the review, all correspondence and representations received must, by law, also be published. For more information, email the Elections Office or call on 0191 624 811.
Proposed Bus Service for Carham Parish
County Councillor Mark Mather has been working with Northumberland County Council and Scottish Borders Council on changes to the bus services in the north rural areas. For Carham parish, this would mean a bus service along the B6350, calling at Carham and Wark and connecting with nearby communities. Councillor Mather is asking for comments on the proposed timetable. Please have a look at it and send your comments to the Parish Clerk, who will forward them to him.
If this new service is to go ahead, it will need the support of residents, so do forward this message to anyone you know who lives in the area and encourage them to respond with their comments, too.
Bus Service Consultation
Our local County Councillor, Mark Mather, is holding a consultation on bus services in the Wooler Ward on Tuesday 28 January. This will take place in Kirknewton Village Hall from 11 am to 12.30 pm, and then in the Cheviot Centre in Wooler from 1.30 pm to 3.30 pm. These are drop-in events at which you can meet representatives from Northumberland County Council and give them your views on our local bus services. Everyone is welcome.
ROWIP Consultation
Northumberland County Council is inviting comments on its ten-year Rights of Way Improvement Plan. This is a statutory document which sets out how Northumberland County Council will identify, prioritise and plan improvements across the PROW network for the the next ten years. You can read the plan and access the survey from the dedicated page on the Northumberland County Council website.
The deadline for comments on the plan is Friday 18 October 2024.
Library Services Public Consultation
Northumberland County Council is seeking views on the library service. It says: “We would like to understand how you use the library service at the moment, what services are important to you and how we can improve these services in future. You do not need to be a regular user of library services in order to complete [the] survey – we are interested to hear your views whether you use the library services regularly, just occasionally or even if you have never used a local library service. Your feedback will help us shape both the future direction of our library services and how we will deliver them.”
For more information and to complete the survey, go to the Library Services Public Consultation page on the Northumberland County Council library site.
Carham Community Website 