The CWU is made up of many Branches. The Great Western branch is one of the largest, with over 2600 members and covering an area of over 7000 square miles.
The highlighted selection on the map above is to give a better idea of the area the Great Western branch represents.
The areas covered by the Great Western branch:
Abbotsbury• Abbotts Ann• Abson• Aldbourne• Alderbury• Alderton• Almondsbury• Alresford• Amberley• Amesbury• Andover• Andoversford • Ashbury • Ashurst• Avebury • Avonmouth • Axbridge • Badminton • Baltonsborough • Banwell • Barnwood • Bassett• Bath Kingsmead • Batheaston • Beaminster • Beaulieu • Beckington • Bemerton• Bere Regis• Berkeley • Bibury • Bindon Abbey• Birtsmorton • Bishops Caundle • Bishops Cleeve • Bishops Waltham• Bishopsworth • Bisley • Bitton • Blagdon Bristol• Blakeney • Blandford• Bleadon • Blunsdon • Boscombe• Botley• Bournemouth• Bourton• Bourton-on-the-War • Box • Bradenstoke • Bradford-on-Avon • Braishfield• Bramdean • Bransgore• Bratton • Bredon • Bridport• Brimscombe • Brinksworth • Bristol• Broad Hinton • Broadchalke• Broadstone• Broadwindsor• Brockenhurst• Bromham • Broughton • Bruton • Buckland Newton • Buckland • Bulford• Burbage • Burley• Bursledon• Burton Bradstock• Cadnam• Calne • Cambridge • Canford Cliffs• Cannings • Castle Cary • Castle Coombe • Cerne Abbas • Chandlers Ford• Chapmanslade• Charlton Mackrell • Cheddar • Cheltenham• Chew Magna • Chewton Mendip • Chilbolton• Child Okeford• Chippenham • Chipping Sodbury • Chirton • Chiselborough • Chiseldon • Cholderton• Christchurch• Churchdown • Churchend• Churchill • Chute Standen• Cinderford• Cirencester • Clanfield • Cleeve Hill• Clevedon • Coberley • Codford-St-Mary • Coleford • Collingbourne Ducis• Coln-St-Aldwyn • Combe Down • Compton Dando • Coombe Bissett • Coombe Hill • Corfe Castle• Corscombe • Corsham • Corton Denham • Crabwood• Cranborne • Cranmore • Crewkerne • Cricklade • Crudwell • Devizes • Didmarton • Ditcheat • Donhead• Dorchester• Downend • Downton• Droxford• Drybrook • Durley • Durrington Walls• Dursley • Dymock • Earldoms• East Knoyle • East Stour • Easnd • Eastleigh• Eastville & Annexe • Edingworth • Evercreech • Evershot • Exton TRS• Fairford • Fairoak• Falfield • Faringdon • Farley • Faulkland New • Fawley• Felton• Ferndown• Filkins • Filton • Fishponds• Fiveways• Flax Bourton • Fontmell• Ford Down• Fordingbridge • Fossebridge • Fovant• Frampton Mansell• Frome • Froxfield• Gillingham• Glastonbury • Gloucester Hempsted • Gloucesr • Graley• Great Bedwyn • Guitting Power • Hamble• Hampton• Handley• Hardwicke • Harestock• Harnham Hill• Hartpury • Hatherden • Hawthorn Stores• Haydon Wick • Hazelbury Bryan • Henbury • Highcliffe• Highworth • Hilmarton • Hindon • Holmsley• Holnest • Horfield• Hullavington • Hursley • Hurstbourne Tarrant • Hythe• Idmiston• Ilchester • Itchen Abbas • Keevil • Kellaways • Kemble New • Kempsford New • Keynsham • King’s Somborne • Kingswood • Kington Langley • Lacock • Lavington • Lechlade • Leighrton • Limpley Stoke • Linkenholt• Lockeridge • Lockerley• Locks Heath• Long Ashton • Long Bredy • Long Sutton • Longhope • Longparish • Lorridge Bridge• Ludgershall• Lydbrook • Lydney • Lymington• Lyndhurst• Lytchett Minster• Maiden Bradley • Maiden Newton• Malmesbury• Malwood• Marlborough• Marnhull • Marshfield • Marshield• Marston• Martin Cross • Martinstown • Martock • Meare Heath • Melksham • Mells • Mere• Micheldever • Middle Woodford • Midsomer Norton • Milborne Port • Milborne St Andrew • Milford on Sea• Milton Abbas• Minety • Minsrworth • Miserden • Moorhill A• Morden • Nailsea • Nailsworth • Netheravon• Netherbury • Netherend • New Milton• Newent • Newnham• Newnham-on-severn • North Cadbury • North Cerney • North Star House• North Trowbridge • Northbourne• Northleach • Northleach TRS• Nunney • Nursling• Oakhill • Ogbourne-St-George • Olympus• Overbury • Owslebury • Oxenwood• Painswick • Parkstone • Patchway• Pewsey • Piddletrenthide • Pill • Pilning • Pilton • Poole• Portishead • Portland• Poulton • Powerstock • Preston (Dorset)• Priddy • Puddletown • Purton • Radstock • Ramsbury • Rangeworthy • Ringwood• Rockbourne • Rodmarton • Romsey• Ropley• Rownhams• Salisbury• Saltford • Saul • Seagry • Seend • Shafsbury• Shepton Mallet• Sherborne • Sherston • Shirley• Shrewton• Shrivenham• Shurdington • Somerton • South Cerney • South Petherton • Southbourne• Southrop • Sparsholt • St Briavels • St Clements House• St Marybourne • Stalbridge• Stanford-in-the-Vale • Stapleford• Staunton Court • Steeple Langford• Stockbridge• Stoke Bishop • Stone Point• Stonehouse • Stow-on-the-Wold • Stratton-on-the-Fosse • Stratton-St-Margaret • Street• Stroud • Studland • Sturminsr Marshall• Sutton Scotney• Sutton Veny • Swallowcliffe Down• Swanage• Sway• Swindon• Tarrant Hinton • Teffont • Temple Cloud • Templecombe • Tetbury • Tewkesbury • Thornbury • Thornhill• Thornhill• Tibberton • Tidworth• Timsbury • Tirley • Tirley • Tisbury• Toghill• Toothill • Totton• Trowbridge • Twigworth • Twyford• Uffington • Uley • Upavon• Upton Noble • Upwey• Verwood• Wallop• Wanborough • Wareham• Warminster• Warmwell• Wedmore • Wells • West Coker • West Harptree • West Lulworth • West Wellow• Westbourne• Westbury Wilts • Westbury-on-severn • Westbury-on-Trym • Weston-Super-Mare • Westonbirt • Weyhill• Weymouth• Wheathill • Whitchurch • Whicroft • Whiley• Whiparish • Wickwar • Wilton• Wimborne• Wincanton • Winchcombe • Winchester• Windrush • Winscombe • Winrbourne • Winrslow• Winton• Witchampton• Witcombe • Withington • Woodborough • Woolston• Wootton Bassett • Worle • Worth Matravers • Wotton-under-Edge • Wrington • Wroughton • Wylye • Yatton • Yeovil• Yetminster•
Our branch and the CWU represents members working in but not limited to the following industries:
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Telecoms
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Financial Services
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Technology
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Call centres
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Postal engineers
Meet the branch Officers and Reps
Branch Secretary
Deputy Branch Secretary & Openreach SPOC
Branch Chair & Equality Officer
Caroline Shryane
Branch Chair & Equality Officer
Tel: 07894 238714
Email: carolinecwu@gwestern.co.uk
Branch Financial Secretary
Deputy Branch Chair
Branch Young Workers & Political Officer, National Team Officer
Joshua Barclay
Branch Young Workers & Political Officer, National Team Officer
Tel: 07708 475535
Email: joshcwu@gwestern.co.uk
Womens Officer
BAME Officer
Regional and Branch Health & Safety Officer
Peter Simpson
Regional and Branch Health & Safety Officer
Tel: 07730 320038
Email: Petercwu@gwestern.co.uk