Last Post Dates for Christmas

• Friday 20th December for 1st Class mail
• Friday 20th December for Royal Mail Tracked 48
• Saturday 21st December for Royal Mail Tracked 24
• Monday 23rd December for Special Delivery Guaranteed

 

Chemist Opening Times Christmas and New Year

• Christmas Day: Chawton Park Pharmacy 2pm-5pm
• Boxing Day: Anstey Road Pharmacy (Health Centre): 2pm-5pm
• New Year's Day: Boots 12noon-3pm

 

W H A T' S   H A P P E N I N G

• The ZIP WIRE in the Farringdon playground has been taped off and is now CLOSED until further notice. We are awaiting repairs - DO NOT USE. Thank you. 

 

• SSEN Priorities Form - Please consider registering for help during a Power Cut. More details here (Includes if you have children under 5 / are over 60 years old / medical conditions etc)

 

• If you wish to sign the petition that the National Farmers Union have started in relation to the Family Farm Tax - this is the link  - Stop the Family Farm Tax

 

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E V E N T S   I N  T H E  A R E A 

(Click on poster and full poster will appear)

or check out Event Calendar | Alton Events 

E V E N T  S     I N   F A R R I N G D O N

20th December: FINAL Live Music Friday (until February 2025) @ The Royal Oak: Teed Up

22nd December: CHRISTINGLE SERVICE 4pm @ All Saints  

22nd December: Irish Band Bridestone @ The Rose & Crown - music and dancing

24th CHRISTMAS EVE 11.15pm Midnight Mass @ All Saints (Rev. C. Walshaw)

25th CHRISTMAS DAY Village Christmas Praise 10.00am @ All Saints (Lay Led)

 

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R O A D   N O T I C E S

Gaston Lane/Barleywood Farm Lane: Closed until at least 15th January 2025

A32 CLOSED between Kitcombe Lane and Mary Lane 20th-28th January 2025 (Overnight 2000-0600)

B3004  - To see where the team is working, the interactive map is kept up to date and can be viewed on the project’s webpage.

 

 

N O T E S

Parish Clerk Mrs Debbie Batley (Email: [email protected] )

We welcome our new Councillor, Jules Moreton-Ford who joined the Parish Council in November.

Audited Annual Governance & Accountability Return Accounts For Farringdon Parish Council For The Year Ended 31 March 2024 Click Here

* Barleywood Farm Lane (Gaston Lane)  HCC Update 11/11/2024: 'Our designers are still working on the replacement.' CLOSED until at least 13th January 2025.

* HELP TO KEEP DRAINS CLEAR - Would all those households with gravel drives in Upper Farringdon please ensure that the gravel does not drift onto the roads as this adds to blockages to street drainage resulting in flooding.

* Farringdon Roads Report November:  - Click Here

* Next Parish Council Meeting: THURSDAY 9th January 2025  

 

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V I L L A G E   H A L L: Planning has now been approved for the new village hall on the land between the Royal Oak and Marelands. 

 

 

F A R R I N G D O N    W E A T H E R

(Dave Mattey's website - scroll down on site for graph) farringdonweather.org

 

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B I N S - CHRISTMAS 

Tue 24 Dec – Normal

Tue 31 Dec –  now Thursday 2 Jan  

Tue 7 Jan – now Wednesday 8 Jan 

Normal service resumes Monday 13 January 2025.

Garden waste collections will be suspended from Monday 23 December 2024 to Friday 3 January 2025 with normal collections resuming on Monday 6 January. They will take real Christmas trees on the first collection of the new year.

Please ensure bin lid can open in cold weather - if the bin staff cannot open the lid they will leave it unemptied.

 

What to do if your bin wasn't collected | East Hampshire District Council (easthants.gov.uk)

 

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