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A Note from your Clerk – West Suffolk Council Financial Inclusion
Our aim is for a thriving West Suffolk for all of our residents…
A Note from your Clerk – Referendum on Wickhambrook Neighbourhood Plan – 13th November 2025
Neighbourhood Plans guide future development in villages and are used by local authorities and Government planning inspectors when making decisions on planning applications. The Neighbourhood Plan for our village has been prepared by the Parish Council and has now been approved by an Independent Examiner to go to a Parish Referendum on Thursday 13th November. The Referendum Notice is published here…
A Note from your Clerk – Referendum on Wickhambrook Neighbourhood Plan – 13th November 2025
At our parish council meeting on 25th September we were able to report West Suffolk Council had confirmed various points…
A Note from your Clerk – Volunteer Morning 1st October
We had a busy morning on Wednesday working in the Children’s Play Area at the Recreation Ground, cleaning down equipment, cutting back vegetation growing through the fencing and re-seeding the new mats under the swings…
A note from your clerk – Our next volunteer morning – 1st October – 10:30am – 1pm – meet at Chapel of Rest
We plan to dedicate our next volunteer morning to sprucing up the Children’s play area in the Recreation Ground – we have a number of jobs and would be very grateful for as much help as we can get!
Wickhambrook WI Members Meeting 2025
Once a year the committee take a back seat and “the members take over”! We are never sure what to expect but it usually turns out to be a fun evening…
Wickhambrook WI – Meet The Author
On Saturday 30th August a literary event was held in the WI Hall. Ali Bacon, sister of one of the WI members, came to talk about her latest book to be published. Ali had visited previously where she talked about her previous book “In The Blink Of An Eye” which imagined the life of an early Edinburgh photographer…
V J event Sunday 17th August 2025
The Wickhambrook history society wish to thank everyone who helped and attended the event to make it such a social success, commemorating the sacrifice made by all nations affected by the Second World War, and the reason the Memorial hall was built…
A Note from your Clerk – Keep your homes cool!
Did you know that loft insulation helps homes to stay cool?
A Note from your clerk – West Suffolk Grant Funding – Thriving Communities
The Thriving Communities funding round for 2026-27 is now open. The Thriving Communities Fund is now in its second year. The application process for the Thriving Communities Fund has been streamlined to encourage smaller community organisations to apply, while two levels of grants are now available…
A note from your Clerk
Recently we’ve had an issue reported that some children using play equipment at the Recreation Ground have experienced itching, soreness and blisters afterwards. This has seemed more prevalent after children have been playing on the ramps in the skate park…
VJ day 80th Anniversary
Alan and Kathryn Cordy who have a family connection to the ending of the war in the Far East put on an event to mark the 80th Anniversary of VJ Day in the Memorial Social Centre in Wickhambrook on 17th August 2025…
WI Meeting Green King Brewery Tour and Lino Cutting Workshop
This month’s meeting was unusual in that it took the form of a “ double bill”. While a group of 21 members enjoyed a tour of the Greene King Brewery in Bury St Edmunds, the remaining members took part in a Lino cutting workshop back at the WI Hall…
A Note from your clerk – Neighbourhood Plan
Work on our Neighbourhood Plan is almost complete! It provides a planning framework for the parish for the next 16 years. When finished, it will be used by West Suffolk Council when deciding planning applications in the Parish. But before that, it needs to be the subject of a Parish Referendum…
A Note from your clerk: Road Safety Update
As part of our ongoing work to try to get the speed limit on the A143 at Wickham Street reduced to 30mph, we have just had the results of two Tube Surveys, which were funded by our County Councillor, Bobby Bennett…