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 Massachusetts.

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 - 3 miles from Wrentham and boasts a magnificant church, a good proportion of which is a ruin.  

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.  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-we-do/neighbourhood-first-responder.aspx

ABOUT WRENTHAM

News Items

VILLAGE HALL

To book Wrentham Village Hall or to obtain a key for a booking please contact:

Angela Day - Tel: 01502  675262

For information on

‘What’s On’ in the Village Hall

[ Pilates, Weightwatchers, Zumba &

new to the Village Hall: LADYBIRDS

go to the Village Hall page

Singing in the Village Hall :

Several people in the village have expressed an interest in forming a new singing group.

Anyone interested should contact :

Angela on 01502 675262

Hundred River Crazy Horse Maize Maze

Open daily 10.00am - 6.00pm

For details see website:  www.hundredriverfarm.co.uk

or Telephone: Tel: 01502 476063 or 07519793320

PARISH INFORMATION

St. NICHOLAS CHURCH  (Click HERE for information.)

MAY Services,  are as follows:

Sun 5th 11.00pm  HC CW (Revd. Leonard Payne )

Sun 12th  NO SERVICE

Sun 19TH  11.00am  MP CW (Revd. Leonard Payne)

Sun 26th 11.00am  MP CW (Revd. Leonard Payne)

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

PARISH COUNCIL MEETINGS

The ANNUAL  GENERAL  PARISH COUNCIL MEETING will be held on  

20th May 2013  at  7.30pm

Events/Meetings

'Wrentham Exposed'

-History & Past Life brought to light

An Exhibition is being staged in

Wrentham Village Hall

from Thursday 25 July to Monday 29 July

The proceeds will be split between the Village Hall and the Churches.
 

CRAFT & COLLECTOR’S FAYRE

in Wrentham Village Hall

on 25th May,2013

10.00am - 4.00pm

A Wide Range of stalls

FREE ADMISSION, Food and Drink served all day

To book a table or more information:-

Tel: 01502 714222 or 07952 144522

HENSTEAD EXOTIC GARDEN

Open every Wednesday from 8th May until October 2013

2.00 pm until 5.00 pm

AND

            Sunday 5th May 11.00 am – 4.00 pm

            Sunday 2nd June

            Sunday 30th June for NGS

            Sunday 21st July

            Sunday 4th August

            Sunday 25th August

            Sunday 29th September

Tel: 07715 876606

Email: andrew.hensteadexoticgarden@hotmail.co.uk

Website:  www.hensteadexoticgarden.co.uk

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