Latest News…
A note from your Clerk – Jubilee Baton
The Festival of Suffolk Torch Relay arrives in Wickhambrook today!! We are really proud to announce that Julie Little, who last year was awarded the Alf Hicks Memorial Biscuit Barrel for her contribution to the community, has been nominated to bear the Torch through Wickhambrook…
A Note from your clerk- repairs to Cemetery Road Play Park equipment
Hello, many of you will have seen that Fenland Leisure were at the Children’s Play Park on Friday 6th to undertake some maintenance work to the swings and replace the surface at one of the self closing gates. Unfortunately, we’ve had to say good bye to BusyBee and the Twister, as they were both beyond economic repair…
A note from your Clerk – an update on Neighbourhood Planning
There was a really good response to both the Housing Needs Survey and Household Questionnaire which took place in February. The NP Working Group is now examining the responses in depth and preparing to publish results…
A message from West Suffolk Councillor Mildmay White – Council Tax Rebate Grant
I wanted to update you on the work taking place to administer the Council Tax Rebate Grant to eligible West Suffolk residents and how you can help…
Hawkedon and Upper Somerton Walk
Having travelled almost every footpath in Wickhambrook and several over the parish boundary it is now time to move further afield. This is the first of a series of wanders based on neighbouring villages – those within a 10 mile radius of Wickhambrook. Hawkedon and Somerton circular walk…
A note from your clerk – Buzzy Bee in Cemetery Road Pocket Park
A recent inspection has identified some remedial work necessary to the handles on BuzzyBee. A notice will be placed on it today, but please don’t use Buzzy Bee for the time being…
A note from your clerk: Litter Pick on Tuesday 19th April 2022
Thanks go out to Mary Jolland, our Estates Committee member who ran a very successful Litter Pick on Tuesday 19th April…
WI Meeting Report – SERV Suffolk and Cambs Blood Runners
The term “Blood Runners” conjures up all sorts of images but this is just the nickname of a group of dedicated people who make up SERV. We were expecting a young, long-haired youth on a flashy motor bike but Kerry arrived by car instead!
Wickhambrook Summer Fete – 9 July 2022
An update on this year’s summer fete…
Info from West Suffolk – an update on the West Suffolk Local Plan
The West Suffolk Local Plan covers the period up to 2040 and will eventually become a legal planning document. It allocates and guides where land is protected and where opportunities for development might take place, such as for new housing or land for employment…
Update from your County Councillor, Bobby Bennett – SCC support for individuals and families fleeing conflict in Ukraine
With the ongoing situation in Ukraine, we want to keep partners updated with what we are doing in Suffolk to support individuals and families fleeing the conflict, and how you can help…
A note from your Clerk – Removal of Paper Recycling Bank at MSC
West Suffolk Council have advised that the paper banks will soon be removed from the community centre as they have become uneconomical to empty…
A note from your Clerk… New footpath access from The Meadows to Nunnery Green
Logan Homes have advised us that they have now completed the planned footpath linking the Meadows to Nunnery Green…
A message from your Parish Council – Calling all Community Heroes
Ever thought of becoming a councillor? We have a vacancy on the Parish Council…
A note from your clerk – Works to Cemetery Road
I’m really pleased to tell you that Suffolk County Council have now reinstated the hedge bounding the cemetery, installed a new bus stop and levelled and added planings to the footpath leading off Cemetery Road down to Footpath 25…
A Message from Cllr Everitt – West Suffolk Council: Holiday Activity and Food Programme
We are pleased to be hosting another full schedule of Holiday Activity and Food (HAF) programme offers across West Suffolk during the Easter holidays this year…
Could You Foster?
Nexus Fostering, based in Norwich, has been making a difference in the lives of disadvantaged children and young people in care since 2002. There are more than 4000 children in East Anglia who are unable to live at home with their family and require foster care each year…
Update from Suffolk Libraries – Me, Myself and Baby
Suffolk Libraries has recently relaunched its one-to-one listening service as part of the Me, Myself and Baby perinatal programme…
Message from your clerk – information Warmer Homes and Reducing the Environmental Impact of your Home
Warm Homes Suffolk wants to help the people of Suffolk live in homes that cost less to heat, so they can reduce their energy usage and enjoy lower bills…
Stoke-by-Clare Walk
This 5 mile circular route takes you along both sides of the Stour valley making use of footpaths and quiet country roads. There is a leaflet for an ‘official’ Stoke-by-Clare circular walk but should you choose to follow that you should know that the south most loop (in the grounds of Stoke College) has been shut off. This walk follows part of the ‘official’ route…
Keeping the Peace in Medieval Suffolk – Local History Society Meeting
Dr Nick Amor’s talk on Keeping the Peace in Medieval Suffolk had been rearranged several times because of the Pandemic so it was very good to finally welcome him to Wickhambrook…
Wickhambrook Horticultural Society
We are back this year with a full programme of events…
WI Meeting Report – Show and Tell
Who would have thought that an evening presented as a “Show and Tell” could have turned out to be a fascinating and enlightening meeting?
Update on Street Art Workshop
Hello, thank you for being so understanding about us having to postpone the event scheduled in the half term week…
Update from your Neighbourhood Plan Working Group: – Keep those questionnaires coming!
We’ve had a really good response so far, with nearly 250 Questionnaires completed. We’ve decided to keep the on-line questionnaire open whilst we input all your responses…
Time to get walking again!
At this time of year we start to think about the mud drying up and getting out to walk in the beautiful English Countryside again, but where to find new and interesting walks?
From your Neighbourhood Plan Working Group… please fill in your Household Questionnaire!
Responses to the Neighbourhood Plan questionnaire are coming in – on paper and online. It is very good to see village residents making their views known…
New Information from West Suffolk for Businesses: COVID-19 Additional Relief Fund (CARF)
The Government has allocated £4.05million of COVID-19 Additional Relief Fund (CARF) to West Suffolk Council….
A note from your clerk – Neighbourhood Planning
I thought you would all be interested in a recent High Court judgement which found in favour of Thurston Parish Council, whose Neighbourhood Plan was adopted in 2019…
Maybe – Save the Date – Wickhambrook fete is back Sat 9 July 2022
More details to follow soon…
Wickhambrook Scene
We are pleased to say that the February/March issue of the Scene is now available…
A note from your clerk – Information from Suffolk Prepared
As Storm Eunice fades another Storm, Franklin, approaches…
The North Family and Two Kirtling Churches – Local History Society Meeting
Listening to the story of The North family and Two Kirtling Churches by Anthony Foreman was the perfect way to spend a cold winter’s evening…
Vacancy on the Parish Council
Wickhambrook Parish Council needs a new team member. If you are over 18 years of age and would like to become part of the team contact the Clerk…
A note from your Clerk – February 2022
It has been a busy two months for all of us at the parish council, with work on all our on-going projects, our regular Parish Council meeting in January and both an Extraordinary meeting and the Estates Committee in early February…
A note from your Clerk – New Fencing to the Old MUGA space
After a delay over the Christmas and New Year (which seems a long while ago now!), the fencing to the old MUGA space next to the Skate Park has now been completed. This is the first phase in bringing the space back into use for outdoor fitness, and a consultation on the proposals will be starting shortly…
WI Meeting Report – The Trials of a Tour Guide Manager
This month Wickhambrook welcomed Graham Dossett who spoke of the Trials of a Tour Guide Manager. Graham described how he had been a police officer before retiring and frequently holidayed in the South of France with his wife. It was after watching groups of tourists following a guided tour and a chance remark from his wife to the effect of “ you’d be good at that!” that he decided to take up a new career…
Street Art Workshop and Litter Pick postponed
I’m really very sorry and disappointed to have to post this notice, but having reviewed the likely weather over the weekend, we’ve had to take the decision to postpone both events – with the high winds expected over the weekend into Monday, we do not think it prudent or safe to go ahead and have taken the decision now to give everyone as much notice as possible…
A note from your clerk – Advice from Suffolk County Council
The Met Office have issued an Amber Weather Warning for high winds with effect from 5am to 9pm Friday 18th February 2022 which has the potential to cause significant disruption with gusts up to 60-70mph or even up to 80mph on rare occasions…
A Request from the Clerk on behalf of Stephensons of Essex (Bus Company)
Stephensons have a contract for school buses which includes a route through Wickhambrook. Recently they have been experiencing some significant delays (which have resulted in children getting to school late) due to oil deliveries in the village of Wickhambrook and its surrounding greens…
A note from your clerk… Neighbourhood Plan
Dear Householders, you should today be receiving a pack from the Neighbourhood Plan Working Group which includes both a Household Questionnaire and a Housing Needs Survey…
Work to old Multi-Use Games Area
After a delay over Christmas and the New Year work to the old Multi-Use Games Area (MUGA) starts tomorrow (Tuesday 8th February)…
The Wickhambrook Neighbourhood Plan Survey coming soon
This is an advanced warning of events very important to Wickhambrook that will happen in 2022. As you probably know, West Suffolk Council published a Local Plan in September 2020 that laid out a procedure for estimating how much development will occur in Wickhambrook Parish up until 2040…
Chadacre: 100 years of Suffolk Farming – History Society Meeting
How lovely to have such a large turn-out on a cold and foggy night! Members old and new were eager to hear a talk by one of the members, Philip Draycott on his book ‘Chadacre: 100 years of Suffolk Farming’…
Street Art Workshop
Wickhambrook Parish Council is holding a Street Art Workshop at the Skatepark…
WI Meeting Report – SULSAR – Suffolk Lowland Search and Rescue
At this month’s meeting we learnt about SULSAR – Suffolk Lowland Search and Rescue. Most of us had to admit that we were not aware such an organisation existed. Everyone knows about Mountain Rescue Organisations and the RNLI which covers the sea but SULSAR covers all the area in between…
A note from your Clerk – Roadworks at Cemetery Road
Suffolk County Council are currently carrying out works to Cemetery Road to complete a footway from The Meadows development up to the Memorial Social Centre and install a new bus shelter…
Note from your Clerk – following Council meeting 13 Jan 2022
During public comments or questions at the parish council meeting last Thursday (13th January) a number of residents raised their concerns about a planning application for erection of a grain store on Wash Lane – DC/21/2505/AG1: Determination in respect of permitted agricultural development – steel portal framed building at Wash Lane Wickhambrook Suffolk…
Omicron Hospitality and Leisure Grant (OHLG)
With the Omicron variant of COVID-19 having an impact on businesses, West Suffolk Council will once again be working to administer further Government support to businesses over the next couple of months…
Recruitment challenges threaten local manufacturer’s plans for major expansion in 2022
A family-owned company in Suffolk which designs and manufactures state-of-the-art machinery used by farmers the world over to efficiently establish agricultural crops has warned that difficulties in recruiting additional staff will threaten its ability to meet strong demand from domestic and export markets during 2022…