South West
Six county Town Forums in the South West have joined forces to form the South West Market and Coastal Towns Network.
The Network work closely with AMT at a national level to pursue it’s aims to;
- Promote the case of Market and Coastal Towns, in the region and beyond
- Organise the sharing of good practice and communication across the region
- Organise an annual regional conference to highlight good practice
The Network’s county members are;
- Cornwall Towns Association
- Devon Towns Forum
- Gloucestershire Market Towns Forum
- Somerset Market Towns Forum
- Wiltshire Forum of Community Area Partnerships
- Dorset Towns Forum
For more information about the Network, visit:
http://www.swmctn.com


Market towns have been hard hit by the recession, with unemployment overall rising by a third more than in the nation as a whole. Shop vacancies have increased and empty shops are getting harder to let.