Parish Clerk Report

Thanks go out to our parish volunteers who came along to the last Wednesday volunteer morning of 2024 last week, and welcome to a new volunteer, David Conway…

Thank you to everyone who turned up to our litterpicks on Wednesday last week and Sunday.  A total of 13 bags of rubbish and a large piece of foam across the two litter picks…

Sufolk County Council have invited the parish to participate in its public consultation on the next Local Transport Plan to 2040 and is encouraging feedback and comments via its online surveys…

New electric vehicle (EV) chargers are due to be fitted at The Guineas Shopping Centre car park in Newmarket and Parkway car park in Bury St Edmunds over October…

It seems a long way away, but the parish council has already been looking at the specification for its grounds contract for 2025/26…

Please take a look at the August Bank Holiday bin collection changes…

Thank you to everyone who turned up for the litter pick on Sunday (and also those who litter picked at Bury Road on Wednesday 24th)…

Hello, there is now some additional fencing at the top of the ditch running alongside Footpath 24 (this runs from Coltsfoot Green to Cloak Lane, starting at Coltsfoot Close).  Please be very careful when walking the section of the path which follows the ditch – the bank is very steep (the drop is around 2 metres) and in some places the stream seems to be undercutting the bank…

Parish Clerk July/August 2024 Newsletter

We have stonemasons working in the cemetery on Monday carrying out repairs to some of the Memorials which were staked and banded to make safe following testing last summer…

The Voluntary Network was established in 2000, providing Community Transport and a Befriending Service across West Suffolk and neighbouring Cambridgeshire. Connecting Communities provides transport for those who would otherwise be rather isolated. They have an increasing number struggling to access medical appointments and are therefore looking to increase their volunteer team…

In the run up to the General Election, Horringer Podcast, a community podcast, have been interviewing the candidates standing in the West Suffolk Constituency…

Following requests from local residents, the Estates Committee earlier approved the purchase of a new bench, to be sited at the bottom of Six Acres by the footpath, overlooking the fields to the East. We’ve now been able to install the bench, and hope that you enjoy a few quiet moments and the view!

Thank to you everyone who contacted me about the damage caused by spray in Wickhambrook in early May. I’ve just received an update from Suffolk Highways…

Today marks the 80th Anniversary of D Day. Whilst there is no official ceremony in Wickhambrook, the cemetery is open if you would like to drop by for a moment of quiet contemplation…

June 6th commemorates the 80th Anniversary of the D Day landings…

The parish council signed off on its Annual Audit at its April Meeting. The period for exercise of public rights takes place between 3rd June and 12th July…

Thank you to everyone who has sent through or posted images of recent cuts of the Recreation Ground, Six Acres and the Cemetery…

Thank you everyone for your messages of concern about damage caused to plants and grass in Wickhambrook, which has been traced back to spraying of pavements and footpaths on or around 1st May…

I’ve just received information from Anglian Water about environmental investment at the Water Recycling Centre off Duddery Lane to protect river water quality…

Thank you to everyone who has raised this as an issue with me. It’s really disappointing that public and private areas have been damaged in this way…

The Suffolk Walking Festival takes place annually in May and runs this year until 26th May…

A few residents from the village, and the local clubs, have got together to organise a Big Picnic Lunch at the Recreation Ground on Saturday 1st June (weather permitting)…

Please check the details published previously…

I’ve enjoyed some lovely weekends working in the garden and it really seems that spring is around the corner, despite some really stormy weather at times! At the beginning of March we had our first Cemetery tidy day of the year…

We had a really busy morning tidying in the cemetery on Wednesday 3rd April, clearing brambles and ivy, sweeping up leaves and installing some of the chestnut paling fence to extend our compost heap. Thanks go to Kathy Cordy, Mel Karunaratne and Roger Medley…

Thank you to Mary Jolland for leading the litterpick on Sunday 29th March, a fantastic turnout of 16 adults and nine children, who collected ten bags of rubbish and some boards and posts. Thanks too to Barbara Merritt and the team at Wickhambrook Memorial Social Centre for their support with facilities and refreshments…

We had a really busy morning yesterday, protecting all the saplings in the new hedge with rabbit guards and supports. We also cleared leaves, brambles and ivy from memorials, the Chapel of Rest and along the hedge line, and tidied up some overgrown hedging…

Despite previous messaging on this, dog fouling is still a problem that is reported regularly…

Iinformation from West Suffolk about this year’s canvass…