THE NEWBURY SOCIETY
A Registered Charity (No. 1016770)
Affiliated to the Civic Trust

Newbury, Berkshire, 60 miles west of London in the heart of Southern England,
 has developed as an important commercial centre over the last three decades.

It has retained much of its market town character despite the development. This has needed careful planning - and constant watchfulness. The Newbury Society contributes to the latter, in pursuit of its aim to conserve the best of what we have inherited and to enhance the environment for the future.

The Newbury Society is a civic society, affiliated to the Civic Trust, and a registered charity  (No. 1016770). The Society  was established in 1973 with the purpose of ensuring that Newbury remains a pleasant town for all who live here or come here.
A prime objective is to build pride in our town, so that all will share the wish to protect and improve what is good in and around it:

• the market-town atmosphere with a thriving town centre increasingly endowed with architecture of merit and character.
  
• the rich history expressed in so many of its buildings.
  
• the waterways heritage and the unique canal and river landscape.
  
• the green spaces near the town centre.
  

Activities

In pursuing its objectives, The Newbury Society:

• reviews all relevant planning applications and comments whenever necessary.
  
• monitors highway and rail transport proposals and traffic problems.
  
• promotes retention of worthy existing trees and the planting of new ones.
  
• offers members an annual programme of lectures, discussions, visits and social events. (Please see our current and past programmes.)
  
• arranges town walks during the Spring Festival, and at other times on request.
  

Members are regularly kept in touch by means of a free Newsletter.

 Special care is taken to maintain contact with housebound members.

Our "Policy Statement" can be found here.

The Newbury Society:

• examines over two hundred planning applications every year, and makes representations concerning almost half of them.
  
• has provided a photographic panorama of Northbrook Street which is on permanent display in Newbury Museum.
  
• has organised the provision of a replica crane on Newbury Wharf.
  
• has prompted local authority action which has largely cured the problem of abandoned supermarket trolleys in our streets.
  
• supports other local groups with similar aims.
  
• organises members meetings and social events.
  

Membership:

The Newbury Society is self-financing. It relies on members' subscriptions and fund raising events to meet its costs. New members who will help in The Society's activities are especially welcome, and those with particular interests or experience can usually be fitted into the team.

For further information, please E-mail us
or telephone Newbury (01635) 30868
Please click here to download a Membership Brochure.