Copyright Wrentham Parish Council
Welcome to Wrentham
Wrentham is a village of approximately 1000 persons nestled around a junction on the A12 London/Ipswich/Lowestoft/Gt. Yarmouth trunk road. The junction has roads to Southwold, Beccles and Covehithe. Wrentham is steeped in history stretching back to Saxon times and is mentioned in the Doomsday book. It is a mixture of old and new with some small new housing estates strategically placed so as not to detract from the overall impression of a very attractive village. Click here for more information. Wrentham has some very pleasant buildings and has won the ‘Best Kept Village’ competition several times in the past. In 2004 Wrentham won the competition for the 10th time and a tree was planted to commemorate this. In 2008 the Village won the Waveney District Area Section again and received a cheque for £200 from Waveney District Council which has been spent on providing a new Notice Board at the Village Hall, also a Cheque was presented for £250 by Beach Radio, Lowestoft as part of their ‘Help an East Coast Child’ campaign. This was spent on two five a side football goal posts. These have been erected on the football pitch in London Road for use by the younger generation of our Village.
With a core of old Wrentham families plus many new residents it still has a real
sense of community. Our Summer Fete last year was a great success regardless of
inclement weather conditions. This year’s Fete -
Wrentham Suffolk enjoys connections with
Wrentham is well sited for holiday makers wishing to visit the surrounding area,
which includes Southwold (www.southwold.info): a quaint old Suffolk seaside resort
untouched by time, Beccles (www.beccles.info) a pretty market town, which has excellent
boating facilities on the River Waveney, Lowestoft: England’s most Easterly point,
Covehithe and Oulton Broad, which is also good for boating. Oulton Broad is the most
Southerly of the ‘Norfolk’ Broads, being in Suffolk! It connects to the other Broads
and holiday cruisers can be seen here and at Beccles. There is also power boat racing
here on Thursday evenings in the summer. Covehithe is a hamlet 2 -
There is a small Museum shop in the centre of the village, run by Rosie and Ronnie Carter which is used to display memorabilia from a bygone age on certain days of the year. It had a beautiful display over the Christmas period. More information can be obtained from the website: www.theshopmuseum.org.
Wrentham has good sports and recreational facilities and a prize winning Brass Band.
(website: www.wrenthamband.org)
First Responders
First responders are members of the community who have been trained to attend emergencies (heart attacks etc.).
We now have two teams of “First Responders for Wrentham and Surrounding Areas”. One team of 4 covers Wrentham, Covehithe, Frostenden, South Cove and Benacre. The other team of 3 covers Uggeshall, Stoven, Brampton and overlaps some of Frostenden, Wangford and Henham. (Karen, in Wangford also helps out the Wrentham teams).
They are contacted by the emergency services and can usually get to an emergency before the paramedics. Because they are on the spot, they are able to start the crucial recovery process within a very short time.
(Click here to see a press release about them. )
Coordinator:
Mrs Gwen Stockdale
Tel: 01502 578335
Our First Responders are ‘N.H.S. First Responders’ and not ‘St. John’s Ambulance’ but for more information on what ‘First Responders’ do visit the website:
www.sja.org.uk/sja/what-
ABOUT WRENTHAM
News Items
FIRST RESPONDERS
The groups have celebrated a successful year with responders from parishes including Westleton, Southwold, Reydon, Wrentham, Peasenhall, Uggeshall.
They attended 294 calls, with an average response time of SEVEN minutes (between 1st April and 26th November). Of these, 13 were to cardiac arrests.
We all have to record appreciation to these volunteers for the time, training and support which they give.
If you would like to become a first responder or are interested to learn what they do, please contact:
The East of England Ambulance NHS on 01284731802
THE GOOD COMPANIONS CLUB:
The Good Companions Club meets on Monday afternoons in the Village Hall. Whist is played on alternate Tuesdays.
March dates for Whist are -
Anyone wishing to join the club or play Whist would be most welcome.
St. NICHOLAS CHURCH (Click HERE for information.)
MARCH Services at Wrentham are as follows:
Sun 7th 11.00am H.C. (Rev. Leonard Payne)
Sun 14th 11.00am Informal Service (Rev. Leonard Payne)
Sun 21st 11.00am Informal Service (Rev. Leonard Payne)
Sun 28th 11.00am Informal Service (Rev. Leonard Payne)
Events
ALLOTMENTS
There is more information about the allotments in the Parish Council Minutes under ‘Correspondence, Allotments’
COUNCIL MEETINGS:
The next Parish Council meeting will be held on Monday 15th March at 7.30 pm.
SPEEDING IN WRENTHAM
should be a greater effort in curbing speeding on the road," said Mr Reeves.
"As a result, that is what is happening. Wrentham Parish Council is also hoping to join a couple of other parish councils and very soon obtain a speed gun for use by a community speed watch group."
Fixed penalty notices are being issued where appropriate but the main focus is educating drivers to the dangers of speeding.
PC Christopher Sadler said: "It has become quite obvious to me that too many motorists drive too fast through the 30mph speed limit in Southwold Road."
WRENTHAM
Police targeting speeding
Motorists in 30mph zone
Speeding on the Southwold Road through Wrentham is being tackled as a priority by police, who said too many drivers exceed the 30mph limit.
Officers from the Southwold and Halesworth Safer Neighbourhood Team (SNT) are doing regular speed checks on the road after concerns were raised at a meeting last month by Wrentham Parish Council chairman David Reeves.
"We have had complaints from local residents about the speed some people drive and so we sent a couple of councillors to the community panel meeting for Southwold and Halesworth to suggest that there
The following article appeared in the EDP on Tuesday 16th February 2010
WRENTHAM PARISH COUNCIL
COMMUNITY SPEED WATCH SCHEME
WRENTHAM PARISH COUNCIL
ALONG WITH FROSTENDEN & REYDON PARISH COUNCILS
ARE SEEKING VOLUNTEERS TO JOIN A PROPOSED
COMMUNITY SPEED WATCH SCHEME
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For further information
Contact your Parish Clerk: Angela Day Tel: 01502 675262
or email: angela@daydream.freeserve.co.uk
2010 Open Days are:
30th May 2010
27th June 2010
25th July 2010
29th August 2010
19th or 26th September 2010
Located in Henstead, Suffolk between Beccles and Southwold -
For private viewings:-
Website: www.Hensteadexoticgarden.co.uk
‘Fancy Hats & Hidden Talents Fun Day’
Wrentham is organising
a
‘Fancy Hats & Hidden Talents Fun Day’
at
WrenthamVillage Hall on Sunday 15th August 2010.
Stall holders will be wearing Fancy Hats and the public are invited to join in. There will be a competition for the Best Hat with Adult and Child classes.
There will also be a Talent Show on the stage in the Village Hall, refreshments and many stalls and games.
If you would like to help or to book a stall please contact -
Gillian Innes Tel: 01502 675281
or Angela Day Tel: 01502 675262
HELMINGHAM HALL GARDENS
SPRING PLANT FAIR
SUNDAY 30th MAY
10.30am – 4.00pm
£6 including entry to Helmingham Hall Gardens
* 800 Free rare Iris
*National Plant Collections
*Specialist nurseries
*Plant Doctor
*Garden accessories
*Homemade lunches and teas in the Coach House
Helmingham Hall IP14 4EF
www.nccpgsuffolk.org www.helmingham.com
Enquiries to 01449 736358