SHOPS
/SERVICES
The opinions
and the attitudes to services in this survey differ very little from the
survey of 1990
The most
regularly used services in the village are the post office and the newsagent.
These are used by approximately 85% of the households.
The Lyme
Medical Practice set up a surgery in Charmouth in 1998 and a dentist practice in
2000, 83% of the households in the survey belong to or another of the two
doctors in the village. 48% are patients of the new dentist. The public library
is regularly used by 154 or 51% of the households and occasionally by 77 of the
households.
The chemist was
not included in the list of shops/service for which we have apologised.104
returns commented on this fact and several commented on the excellent service.
Responses D3:
95
The shops and
services that Charmouth needed.
Opinions
given:
?
A better café at the
foreshore
?
Veterinary
?
A cash point (Over the
last year two have been established in the village).
ˇ Lottery
point
?
Café for the young
?
Good gift shop
?
Launderette
ˇ Wet
fish shop
?
Bank
?
Petrol station
?
A good green grocers
ˇ A
good restaurant.
Since the last
survey we have lost a bank, petrol station, four public houses two of which were
hotels, two hotels, a gift shop and a residential home. A new hairdressing
business has been established.
281 households
were satisfied with the refuse collection 92% of those surveyed.
Of the returns,
42% were dissatisfied with the parking in general, 41% were dissatisfied with
street
cleaning or the
lack of it. A number considered that the litter at the beach should be cleared
more often,
101 were satisfied with the
cleaning at the beach while 37 were dissatisfied.
Responses D6:
143
Comments on the
services.
?
The lack of street
cleaning on and off the main street.
?
Complaints about
rubbish left by holiday home visitors.
?
There should be more
litter bins in the street.
?
A provision for
plastic recycling
?
The need for a wheely
bin at every house to alleviate the gull problem.
?
The need for coloured
bags for different waste
?
Dog fouling was a big
issue. Do we have a dog warden?
?
Parking on the
pavements, the lack of resident parking on the street, the lack of parking
spaces at shops.
?
The lack of police
presence in the village.
?
Late postal deliveries
in some areas of the village where post was not delivered until midday.
?
Facilities at the
playing fields, tennis, putting should be open earlier in the year.
ˇ Letterbox
required at the top of Westcliff
Many said that
they could not comment on the emergency service response, as they were fortunate
not to have needed them.
Satisfied Dissatisfied
?
Police
78 35
?
Fire
93 6
?
Ambulance
93 18
ˇ Medical
Services
146 4
ˇ Primary
School
100 5
ˇ Parish
Council
127 14
46% of
Charmouth households shop in Bridport, 32% in Axminster and 8% in Lyme Regis
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