Atworth is a Wiltshire village situated a few miles from the western boundary with the county of Somerset. It lies mainly along the A365 which passes from Devizes, intersecting with the A350 through Melksham and on to join the A4 at Box, on it's way to Bath.

The Atworth Transport Action Group is a group of residents within the village who wish to see what can be done to reduce the impairment to the quality of life caused by the fact that a great deal of traffic, up to 75,00 vehicles per week, passes through the village. Up to 19% of the traffic is goods or heavy goods vehicles (DfT statistics, 2010), and 15% exceeds 38.5mph (metrocount).

We are concerned that this level of traffic presents the following difficulties to residents:

• goods vehicles release unacceptable levels of particulates into the local atmosphere. These particulates are known to be hazardous to the health and well-being of adults, and especially, to children;

• far too many vehicles ignore the 30mph speed limit, and even when the limit is observed,  30mph is much to fast through a village where residents are walking its narrow footways;

• many of the footways are very narrow, and moving vehicles pass very closely to mothers  walking with children and pushchairs as the route is also part of the School Travel Plan route to school;

• there are a great many heavy goods vehicles in the count. These vehicles impair the quality of residents' lives by the noise and vibration which they create and by the rain spray and displacement of large volumes of standing water which they cause during wet weather.

In June 2011, the group was founded with the object of seeking ways of persuading local authorities that residents wish to see action taken to alleviate these issues.
In November 2011, 16 residents met in the Skittle Alley of the White Hart Inn. This meeting constituted the Inaugural Meeting of the group. The Organising Committee (OC) was formed from those who attended that meeting, but has since gained two members: there are now 8 members of the OC.
A meeting for all interested residents was held on 22nd February 2012 at 7:30pm in the Neston Farm Shop, when proposals were made and received for pursuing our aims. The analysis of the responses will be published here as soon as they are available. Please see the links on the panel on the left.
A Public Meeting will be held on the 18th of May 2012 at 7:30pm, when a panel comprising our local MP, two County Councillors, a Wiltshire Councillor Senior Traffic Engineer, a member of Atworth Parish Council and the Atworth Parish Clerk and a senior member of the Police, will meet residents to discuss the five key concerns which have been raised and prioritised.