Three councils are responsible for local services, with decisions made by elected councillors. We’ve highlighted some of the services each council is responsible for:
Prestbury Parish Council – Allotments, play areas, playing fields (including MUGA, tennis court and football pitch booking), parks and green spaces (e.g. Robson Field, Barley Road Public Open Space), war memorial.
- Cheltenham Borough Council Tel: 01242 262626
Housing & homelessness, rubbish and recycling collection, planning, health & wellbeing, dog wardens, car parks, museums and leisure centres, antisocial behaviour, food safety.
Prestbury Ward Councillors Mr Ian Bassett-Smith
- Gloucestershire County Council Tel: 01452 425000
Roads, footpaths, social services/social care, safeguarding children and adults, public transport, some schools (not Academies), libraries, the fire service, recycling centres.
Cheltenham: Pittville and Prestbury Division Councillor Cllr. Stephan Fifield
In addition, the Police and Crime Commissioner is responsible for meeting the policing needs of our communities.
- Westminster Constituencies (covering Prestbury Parish area)
Constituency: Tewkesbury County Mr Laurence Robertson MP
Constituency: Cheltenham Borough Mr Alex Chalk MP
Constituency map from Ordnance Survey rather a useful map, various political boundaries can be overlaid
Local Groups and Organisations
Prestbury Parish Council is not responsible for the content of external websites.
- North Cheltenham Team Ministry – https://www.northchelt.org.uk/
- Prestbury Open Gardens
- Prestbury Local History Society
- The Prestbury United Charities
