Annual Parish Meeting
Hodnet Parish Council’s Annual Parish Meeting is on Thursday 30th March at 7pm in the Lyon Hall, Hodnet. Everyone is very welcome.
Author: Sarah
Parish Magazine
The Hodnet Parish Magazine is now available on the website!
Eventually 4 months’ worth of magazines will be on the Home Page of the website at any time. They’ll be in a white box on the right hand side, imaginatively titled ‘The Parish Magazine’.
Thank you, Ed, for setting this up.
Hodnet Fire Station offers a ‘Warm Welcome’
A handful of Shropshire fire and rescue stations are opening their doors as Warm Welcome venues in the coming weeks, offering local residents a place to socialise, enjoy a coffee and a chat and receive a mini health check if they wish.
Over 70 community venues across the county have registered as Warm Welcomes this winter, as part of Shropshire Council’s cost of living campaign. Locations are listed on Shropshire Council’s website, alongside opening times and the facilities that they offer. These include libraries and museums, as well as community halls, charity premises and faith buildings. Many offer a place to sit and relax, whilst others offer a hot drink or access to wifi.
The Hodnet Fire Station Warm Welcome will be held on Mondays from 11am to 4.30pm.
Check the Warm Welcome page on Shropshire Council’s website for the full list.
Hodnet – Britain’s Poshest Village!
According to an article published in The Times on 7th January and now being picked up by other publications and Radio Shropshire, Hodnet heads the rankings as Britain’s poshest village. Strange, but true!
The original article isn’t easy to read online without subscribing to The Times but versions of it are available elsewhere!
Shropshire Star:
https://www.shropshirestar.com/news/features/2023/01/21/britains-poshest-village–do-they-mean-us/
The Times: https://archive.is/nZ7Um
The Shropshire Star article is far better than the Times!!
Half-Price Trees
People in Shropshire are to be offered trees at half price in a new initiative funded by Shropshire Council and HM Treasury this planting season.
This year residents, landowners, farmers, community groups, businesses and charities can apply for ‘bundles’ of 20 native trees and shrubs to plant as copses and small areas of woodland to maximise the benefits for landscape and wildlife around the county.
There will also be the option of planting small amounts of native hedgerow, either to ‘gap up’ existing hedgerows or to create short lengths of new ones where this improves habitat continuity or connectivity.
The bundles will cost just £18 each.
Under this year’s subsidised tree scheme, the trees are being provided in pre-arranged species mixes under options covering three broad types of planting situations commonly encountered around the county and a native hedgerow mix:
Woodland for general ‘lowland’ planting sites -English oak (20%), sessile oak (20%), small-leaved lime (20%), wild cherry (10%), hazel (10%), rowan (10%), hawthorn (5%) and crab apple (5%).
Woodland for ‘upland’/exposed sites – Sessile oak (50%), silver birch (15%), beech (10%), rowan (10%), hawthorn (10%) and crab apple (5%).
Woodland for damp/poorly drained sites – Common alder (35%), downy birch (20%), crack willow (10%), goat willow (10%), aspen (10%), osier (5%), hazel (5%) and guelder rose (5%).
Native hedgerow mix – Hawthorn (35%), field maple (20%), blackthorn (15%), hazel (15%), dog rose (5%), dogwood (5%) and guelder rose (5%).
The mixes above are available in bundles of 20 trees and will cost £18 per bundle (half-price), including a bamboo cane and spiral tree guard. All trees will be either bare root whips or cell grown and between 20cm – 80cm when ready for planting. For more information or to apply for subsidised tree scheme bundles click here or email nick.rowles@shropshire.gov.uk
£2 Bus Travel until 31st March 2023
People can travel around Shropshire by bus for no more than £2 for a single journey until the end of March, thanks to a Government fare cap scheme launched this week.
The ‘Get Around for £2’ campaign runs from 1 January to 31 March 2023 and aims to get more people to travel by bus, and reduce emissions and congestion by taking an estimated two million cars off the roads.
Backed by £60 million of Government investment, it will help users save money this winter, by capping single tickets at £2 across England, outside of London.
The No.64 Shrewsbury to Market Drayton service is one of the routes included.
In Shropshire the following operators are taking part in the scheme
- Arriva Midlands North
- Minsterley Motors*
- BP Brown Travel trading as Select Bus Services
- Banga Buses
- Lugg Valley Travel
*not including the 38, 701, 722, 55, 738 and 740 services
For a full list of services included in this scheme follow this link: Shropshire buses included in £2 fare cap.
Unwanted Tree Dates!
Well, it took about 6 emails and a couple of phone calls but I finally have some dates when the STC Depot will be open to receive donations of unwanted trees. Dates and times are as follows:
Monday 31st October 10am – 3pm
Sat 5th November 8am – 11 am
Wednesday 9th November 9am – 3pm
Sat 12th November 8am – 11.30am
A location plan:
