Lighting

Main street lighting is dealt with by Bucks County Council but the Parish is responsible for the general management of pavement lighting.  We have a contract with Bernard Leigh (Electrical) until March 2011 who monitor Parish lighting, renewing defective lamps when necessary, and patrolling all 476 of them once a month from April to September and twice a month between October and March.  BLE are in the process of replacing concrete coumns, that have deteriorated over time, with metal ones. 

Lantern bulbs and shades are cleaned at least once a year, in addition to any occasion when the bulb to the lamp is replaced.  A safety test of the electrical system at both the Southern Electricity terminal and the light columns is carried out for each light once during the life of the 3-year contract.  Besides this, BLE will prune trees, shrubs and hedges if they cause effective obstruction of light from a lamp onto a footpath.

You may have noticed a variety of types in use: concrete, steel, aluminium, black windsor and some mounted on telegraph poles.  Power supplies range from 35w - 70w, the latter highlighted in the burst of sheer energy that floods the Captain Hook steps near the Thames bridge in Bourne End.  The black windsor columns are 50w and appear in Bakers Orchard and Manor Gardens Wooburn Green.

Please report a street lamp out to the council offices giving the number on the column or location so that we can instruct BLE to take appropriate action.   Bucks County Council are responsible for all street lighting on the main highway, the number you should use to report a fault to BCC is 0845 230 2882.