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.
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. 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
THE GOOD COMPANIONS CLUB:
The Good Companions Club meets on Monday afternoons in the Village Hall.
Whist is played on alternate Tuesdays.
Anyone wishing to join the club or play Whist would be most welcome.
St. NICHOLAS CHURCH (Click HERE for information.)
JANUARY Services, at Wrentham are as follows:
Sun 1ST 11.00 am HC (Revd. Eric Dore)
Sun 8TH 11.00 am MP (Revd. Leonard Payne)
Sun 15TH 11.00am MP(Revd. Leonard Payne)
Sun 22nd 11.00am MP (Revd. Leonard Payne)
Sun 29th 11.00am Benefice service at All Saints Frostenden
WRENTHAM CHAPEL (URC) (Click HERE for information)
Services are held on 1st and 4th Sundays in the month at 3pm .
A Prayer Labyrinth has been
mowed into the south lawn of
the chapel.
Click HERE to read about it
Events/Meetings
News Items
COUNCIL MEETINGS:
There will be an Extra Ordinary Meeting on 31st January, 2012 at 7.30pm
The next PARISH COUNCIL MEETING will be held on
20th February 2012 at 7.30pm.
PLEASE NOTE:
BOOKINGS FOR WRENTHAM VILLAGE HALL
To book Wrentham Village Hall or to obtain a key for a booking please contact:
Angela Day -
VILLAGE HALL
For information on
‘What’s On’ in the Village Hall
[Sing Something simple,
and much more.]
go to the Village Hall page
1st SOUTHWOLD SCOUT GROUP
See the Information Page -
LOCAL HOUSING NEEDS SURVEY
With House Prices ever increasing the Parish Council is concerned over a possible need for more affordable housing in Wrentham so that villagers who cannot afford to buy or rent locally will not be forced to move away.
To read more about this click here
QUEEN’S DIAMOND JUBILEE CELEBRATIONS
Parish Council in Celebration of the Queens Diamond Jubilee are to purchase 6 Heavy Duty Concrete Flower Planters each 1mt.sq. with a "Diamond Jubilee 2012" inscription.
It is proposed to place these in various agreed locations within the village with Suffolk County Council planning approval:
Two Planters on A12, one on each side of verge at Lodge Corner.
Two Planters on A12, one on each side of verge on London Road at South entrance to village.
One Planter outside Bus Stop, opposite Post Office in the High Street.
One Planter in Southwold Road, on verge near Dyer Terrace.
The Planters will be filled in May with flower plants to commemorate the "Diamond Jubilee"
Residents are invited to help maintain the flowers especially with watering in the dry weather.
It is intended that these Planters will provide permanent commemoration of the Diamond Jubilee. and for future years to come.
OLYMPIC TORCH RELAY
5th July 2012
Wrentham Parish Council wish to invite all Parishioners from all the villages around the district to come to Wrentham on July 5th to witness this once in a life time event.
The Parish Council are currently attending briefing meetings regarding this event and when the details of the actual route, timings and more information is available we will inform everybody.
It is anticipated that the Torch Route, where the actual Torch will be displayed, will be crowded with visitors and plans for Car Parking and accommodating the large crowds are being discussed.
Plans also include Street Decorations with Flowers, Flags and Bunting in Olympic Colours to be displayed along the route.