Letter from the Vicarage

Stage One of Drainage Plan CompletedThe Green is open again after the installation of a channel drain at the gateway to divert floodwater that runs off Church Lane and on to the Green during heavy rain storms. Over the years this floodwater has has badly eroded the footpath beyond the kissing gate and down to the bridge.Once the effectiveness of this drain is proven (i.e. at the next...

The Green will be closed temporarily from 8 am on Friday September 25th 2020 for the installation by a contractor of drainage in the gateway. This involves laying a channel drain across the gateway to divert floodwater that flows from Church Lane during heavy rain and erodes the footpath just beyond the kissing gate. The new drain is designed to divert this floodwater away from the gateway...

In our last update on July 28th we gave some details on the survey stage of the Henbury broadband scheme. You will see from the following message, received from Openreach yesterday, that surveying is almost complete and the "build " phase will soon begin! Following our email a few weeks ago we thought we'd get back in touch as we near completion of the survey stage, then...