Stowmarket Town Rangers
The Town Rangers carry out a wide range of practical tasks to improve Stowmarket’s public spaces. They work hard to make our community and local environment a cleaner, safer and more positive place to live, work and visit.
The Town Rangers provide a visible, hands-on service and work closely with Town Councillors, partner organisations and the local community to deliver practical improvements across the town.
What the Town Rangers Do
The Town Rangers deal with the following:
- Cutting back overgrown trees, hedges and shrubs
- Reclaiming overgrown pathways
- Pressure washing pathways, paving slabs, bridges and other dirty areas
- Cleaning street signs
- Removing weeds and graffiti
- Targeted litter clearance in problem areas and alongside other works
- Enhancing green spaces
- Carrying out small repairs
- Painting street furniture, bollards and signs
- Supporting planting schemes
- Helping with community clean-up events
- And other tasks to help enhance the public realm of Stowmarket
Ward Working
To make best use of resources, the Town Rangers work using a ward-based approach, focusing on one area of the town at a time for around four weeks.
This rotating approach allows work to be completed thoroughly and consistently within each ward, rather than moving between scattered jobs across the town. By concentrating activity in one area, the Town Rangers can make visible and lasting improvements before moving on to the next ward.
This helps ensure that all parts of Stowmarket benefit from the Town Ranger service in a fair and coordinated way.
Reporting an Issue
If you want to report an issue, log the information on our short webform here.
If the issue is something the Town Rangers can deal with, they will do so wherever possible as part of their planned work programme. Requests from residents are logged and added to the work list for the relevant ward, even if they are reported while the Town Rangers are working elsewhere. When the team moves into that ward, recorded issues are included in their work programme where possible. This ensures work is planned, efficient, and nothing is overlooked.
Where a problem is outside their ability to repair — such as issues relating to highways — it will be reported to the appropriate authority.