WILTSHIRE COUNCIL

ROAD TRAFFIC REGULATION ACT 1984

THE COUNTY OF WILTSHIRE (STONEHENGE WORLD HERITAGE SITE,

PARISHES OF AMESBURY, BERWICK ST JAMES, DURRINGTON, WILSFORD
CUM LAKE, WINTERBOURNE STOKE AND WOODFORD)
(PROHIBITION OF DRIVING) ORDER 2010

The Council of the County of Wiltshire in exercise of its powers under Sections 1, 2
and Part IV of Schedule 9 of the Road Traffic Regulation Act 1984 (hereinafter
referred to as “the Act”) as amended and of all other enabling powers and after
consultation with the Chief Officer of Police in accordance with Part III of Schedule 9
to the Act hereby makes the following Order: -

1. The following Orders are hereby revoked:

The County of Wilts (Airman’s Cross, Winterbourne Stoke) (One-Way) Order

1965

The County of Wiltshire (A344, Amesbury) (Prohibition of Right-Hand Turn) Order

1992

The County of Wiltshire (A344, Amesbury) (One-Way Traffic) Order 1992

The County of Wiltshire (A344, Amesbury) (40MPH Speed Limit) Order 1993

2. Save as provided in Articles 3, 4, 5 and 6 of this Order, no person shall, except

upon the direction or with the permission of a Police Constable in uniform or of a
Traffic Warden use, or cause or permit to be used, any motor vehicle in such a
way that it proceeds along the lengths of road and byways open to all traffic
specified in the Schedules to this Order.

3. Nothing in Article 2 of this Order shall apply so as to prevent any person from
using or causing or permitting any motor vehicle to proceed on the lengths of
road and byways open to all traffic referred to in the Schedules if the vehicle is
being used:

(i) in the service of the Local Authority in pursuance of statutory powers or

duties or in the services of the Police Authority, the Fire and Rescue
Authority, or Ambulance Service;

(ii) in connection with any building operation, or demolition in or adjacent to

the road, the removal of any obstruction to traffic in the road, the
maintenance, improvement or reconstruction of the road, or the laying,
erection, alteration or repair in or adjacent to the road of any sewer or of
any main, pipe or apparatus for the supply of gas, water or electricity or of
any telecommunications apparatus as defined in Schedule 2 of the
Telecommunications Act 1984;

(iii) In connection with the maintenance of land or for associated agricultural

purposes.

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4. Nothing in Article 2 of this Order shall apply so as to prevent any person from
using or causing or permitting any motor vehicle to proceed on the length of road
specified in Schedule 1 of this Order if the vehicle is being used to access the
Stonehenge World Heritage Site Visitors’ Centre Car Park during variable hours,
managed by English Heritage or their agents on behalf of Wiltshire Council under
the Terms and Conditions of the Management Scheme agreed between the
Highway Authority and English Heritage.

5. Nothing in Article 2 of this Order shall make it unlawful for any invalid carriage (as
defined in Section 136 of the Act) to proceed on the lengths of road or byways
open to all traffic specified in the Schedules to this Order.

6. Nothing in Article 2 of this Order shall make it unlawful for any motor vehicle to
proceed on the lengths of road or byways open to all traffic specified in the
Schedules to this Order if the vehicle displays on its windscreen a valid permit
issued by English Heritage on behalf of Wiltshire Council.

7. For the purpose of this Order a “valid permit” is a permit issued by English
Heritage or their agents on behalf of Wiltshire Council under the Terms and
Conditions of the Management Scheme agreed between the Highway Authority
and English Heritage.

8. This Order shall come into operation on xxxxxxx 2010 and may be cited as The
County of Wiltshire (Stonehenge World Heritage Site, Parishes of Amesbury,
Berwick St James, Durrington, Wilsford cum Lake, Winterbourne Stoke and
Woodford) (Prohibition of Driving) Order 2010.

SCHEDULE 1

Length of Road in the Parish of Winterbourne Stoke subject to Prohibition of

Motor Vehicles at all times except for access to the Stonehenge World
Heritage Site Visitors’ Centre Car Park during variable hours

Road Description

A344 from the Airman’s Corner junction eastwards for a

distance of approximately 130 metres

SCHEDULE 2

Length of Road in the Town of Amesbury and Parish of Winterbourne Stoke

subject to Prohibition of Motor Vehicles at all times except permit holders

Road Description

A344 from a point approximately 130 metres east of the

Airman’s Corner junction to it’s junction with
Amesbury BOAT 12

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 SCHEDULE 3

Lengths of Byway Open To All Traffic in the Town of Amesbury and Parishes of
Berwick St James, Durrington, Wilsford cum Lake and Woodford subject
to Prohibition of Motor Vehicles at all times except permit holders

Byway Description

Amesbury BOAT 11 Its entire length from it’s junction with the A303 to
the Wilsford cum Lake Parish boundary.
Approximate length 611 metres.

Amesbury BOAT 12 From the Wilsford cum Lake Parish boundary,

crossing the A303 and A344 to the Durrington
Parish boundary.
Approximate length 1884 metres.

Berwick St James BOAT 11 Its entire length from it’s junction with Woodford
BOAT 16 at the Woodford Parish boundary to the
Wilsford cum Lake Parish boundary.
Approximate length 1009 metres.

Durrington BOAT 10 From the Amesbury Parish boundary to a point

south of the access road to Durrington Down
Farm, approximately 230 metres south of the
junction with Fargo Road.
Approximate length 328 metres.

Wilsford cum Lake BOAT 1 It’s entire length from the Berwick St James
Parish boundary to the Amesbury Parish
boundary.
Approximate length 1615 metres.

Wilsford cum Lake BOAT 2 It’s entire length from Hill Plantation to the
Amesbury Parish boundary.
Approximate length 3080 metres.

Woodford BOAT 16 Its entire length from it’s junction with the A360 to
it’s junction with Berwick St James BOAT 11 at
the Woodford Parish boundary.
Approximate length 122 metres

THE COMMON SEAL of

WILTSHIRE COUNCIL
was hereunto affixed this
xxxx day of xxxx 2010
in the presence of: -

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