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.
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 was a small Museum shop in the centre of the village, run by Rosie and Ronnie Carter which was used to display memorabilia from a bygone age on certain days of the year. More information can be obtained from the website: www.theshopmuseum.org. A selection of Reg Carter greeting cards is now available for sale .
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
1) The Restoration of the War Memorial
2) The Olympic Torch in Wrentham
News Items
VILLAGE HALL
To book Wrentham Village Hall or to obtain a key for a booking please contact:
Angela Day -
For information on
‘What’s On’ in the Village Hall
[ Pilates, Weightwatchers, Zumba,
Ladybirds etc.]
go to the Village Hall page
PARISH INFORMATION
St. NICHOLAS CHURCH (Click HERE for information.)
Services in December at St. Nicholas:
Sun 1st 11.00am HC CW (Revd. Leonard Payne)
Sun 8th 11.00am MP CW (Revd. Leonard Payne)
Sun 17th 11.00am MP CW (Revd. Leonard Payne)
Sun 22nd 6.00pm Carol Service with Wrentham Band
(Revd. Leonard Payne)
Tues 24th 4.00 pm Christingle Service (Revd. Leonard Payne &
Lindsay Hanger)
11.30pm Midnight Communion (Revd. Leonard Payne)
Wed 25th 11.00am Family Service (Revd. Leonard Payne)
Sun 29th 11.00am Benefice Service
WRENTHAM CHAPEL (URC) (Click HERE for information)
Services are held on 1st and 4th Sundays in the month at 3pm
There will be Informal Christmas Worship at the Chapel followed by seasonal refreshments on Friday 20th December at 6.00 pm
FROSTENDEN CHURCH BAZAAR
on
Saturday 7th December
at
2.15 pm
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CAROL SERVICES
South Cove: Sun 15th 3.00pm
Covehithe Church: Tues 17th 7.00pm (Revd. Leonard Payne)
Frostenden Church: Sun 22nd 11.00am (Revd. Leonard Payne)
Henstead Church: Sun 22nd 3.30pm (Revd. Leonard Payne)
PARISH COUNCIL MEETINGS
The Annual Finance Meeting is on 12th December at 7.00pm
The next PARISH COUNCIL MEETING will be held on
Monday 16th December 2013 at 7.30pm
If you would be interested in Coordinating or volunteering please contact the Parish Clerk on 07543919868
See poster
THE OUTREACH POST OFFICE
The Outreach P.O. Is now open again in Wrentham Stores for the following hours:
Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday
10.00 am -
Wrentham Parish Council strongly urges your use of this important village service. It’s future will depend on market viability so it’s very much a
“Use it or Lose it” situation
Events/Meetings
Every
Monday
Morning
10.30 -