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Refurbishment begins

Refurbishment work to the Memorial Hall began on 28 March. Asbestos tiles and soffits have been taken away and slowly walls are coming down. The builders started with the main toilet blocks and storage facilities and police office on the south side.

Work is scheduled to be completed by the autumn when we hope to be back in a beautiful ‘new’ building.

Meanwhile the Hall and Hewitt Room remain available to hire, currently accessed via the kitchen. Parking is more limited than usual and there is no access to areas which now form part of the builders’ compound.

Annual Parish Meeting 24 March 7.30pm

Join us at the Memorial Hall on Thursday 24th March 2022 for your Council’s Annual Parish Meeting.

This is your opportunity to meet your local representatives, to chat to them, learn about and influence future plans, to get involved with our events, or the new rewilding project.

Prior to the refreshment break we will be presenting Gold Awards to our local heroes – Mark Carter and Richard Dawes, for their ongoing work on the Council’s open spaces.

You will also hear from and have the opportunity to talk to our local police team – PS Mark Essam and PCSO Alex Olteanu.

Julian Thornton and Phil Escritt will speak about the public rights of way through the parish and the Rights of Way Improvement Plan. Learn what is being done to improve these, how you might chose to become involved.

Want to join the Events Team?

Come along to The Memorial Hall on Sunday 13 March, 2pm to 4pm and meet our Events Team and share your ideas – especially for Village Weekend. We are always looking to expand the team and welcome new ideas, old and new faces and new friends!

Stay for as little or as long as you like – and there is no pressure to commit to anything. Children are welcome.

Refreshments will be provided.

John Burgess’s funeral

Former parish councillor and well-known village volunteer John Burgess passed away suddenly earlier this month, aged 76. He will be missed by many.

His family invite friends and colleagues to join them at John’s funeral, 2pm, on Wednesday 9 March, at St Helen’s Church, Wheathampstead.

Welcome Back to Wheathampstead!

You can find a trail map, plus more info HERE. 

If you are a business interested in getting involved, you can also find more info HERE

CAN YOU SPARE AN HOUR TO HELP US SET UP AND RUN THIS EVENT?

Community events are run on a tight budget and often require “all hands on deck”. Simply put – we need volunteers! If you can help, please complete this two minute form forms.gle/X3tMiPz4isGaKT4o7

This event is being run in conjunction with Wheathampstead Businesses. Part of this event is to be funded by a grant from St Albans District Council’s ‘Welcome Back Fund’, a scheme which forms part of the EU’s European Regional Development Fund.

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New accessible circular path around Butterfield

Working with Herts County Council and using s106 funding, Wheathampstead Parish Council is enhancing the grassland adjacent to the Butterfield Nature Reserve and extending accessible access to the Village.

We aim to:

  • Restore chalk grassland habitat by removing scrub and vegetation
  • Retain neutral grassland habitat by replacing aging grazing infrastructure and securing the fence to the sheep enclosure
  • Install new 1.16km hard surfaced circular path and redress existing path to improve access and link with public footpath network.
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Map of site

  • Sheep enclosure edged blue
  • New circular path with additional spur to Rights of Way network in red
  • Yellow denotes the footway along The Hill/ B651 Wheathampstead-Nomansland- Sandridge
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