Stourton with Gasper, normally referred to simply as Stourton, is a rural parish in Wiltshire. It is on the borders of both Dorset and Somerset; in fact used to be in Somerset. The whole parish was part of the Stourhead Estate. The National Trust own part of the estate, including the Palladian mansion and the world famous landscape gardens.
Stourhead is appreciated by hundreds of thousands of visitors every year. However Stourton is not a museum, but a real community where we live and work.
Stourton with Gasper Parish Council meets four times a year, March, May, September and December. All of our Councillors live within the parish and many of them have been members of the Parish Council for over 15 years.
The purpose of the Parish Council is to help the residents of Stourton with any problems, and to improve life in the village. Anybody may attend at the start of a meeting to raise issues, and all Councillors are happy to be approached with issues or ideas between meetings. The work of the Parish Council is governed by its Standing Orders and its Code of Conduct.