We aim to bring you the latest news and information from Bere Regis Parish Council. The Parish Council meets on the 2nd Thursday of each month at 7pm in the Drax Hall (next meeting 11th September)
Dorset Council Local Plan & Local Transport Plan Consultation has begun.
Click here for details (posted 22/8/2025 – consultation closes 13/10/25). The Parish Council are in the same position as everyone who has so far commented on social media about this consultation – we only saw this information at the end of last week. It will be discussed at the next Parish Council meeting continues …
Recent News from Bere Regis Parish Council
Useful village information, such as about libraries and bus services can be found here.
About Bere Regis Parish Council
For more information about the Parish Council and it’s role and responsibilities within Bere Regis see our About Us page. For a list of currently sitting Councillors visit our Councillors page. Minutes of the council meetings are available dating back to 1990 in the archives. Whilst the minutes from this year’s meetings are found here.
If you require any further information please don’t hesitate to contact the Clerk at clerk@bereregisparishcouncil.gov.uk
The 2025 Calendar will be on sale from November in the NISA Shop, priced as they have been for 10 years now at a bargain £5, and making a great stocking filler. Profits from calendar sales this year will be going to RABI – Royal Agricultural Benevolent Institution, who provide guidance, practical care and financial support to those in the farming industry.
The Village of Bere Regis
The village of Bere Regis is built on the site of the Bere River, and (as of the 2001 census), has a population of 1,984. Located within the Purbeck District of Dorset, England, the nearest town is Wareham, only 6 miles to the South-East. Bere Regis was featured in many of Thomas Hardy’s novels in the guise of ‘Kingsbere’. The village features notably in Tess of the D’Urbervilles, based on the Turberville family, whose roots originate in Bere Regis. The village website offers a fascinating insight into the family tree of this now extinct family name.