Search FavouritesWe've been getting regular reports on the sort of thing you've been searching on, so I'll try and fill in any pointers here that you may not have found while searching. There are over 120 links on the “More...” page, so have a look there for local links. Your favourite topics recently have been:
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Other favourite topics in the past have been: Accommodation: There's loads of accommodation around Warwickshire, and plenty of specialist sites on which to find it. I know of two B&Bs in the village - Apothecary's (The Old Dispensary) and Meadow Cottage. See also Houses for rent/sale. Air Ambulance, Warwickshire & Northamptonshire: this link is in More... - www.wnaa.co.uk. Allotments: D. Roche is the Lettings Secretary of the Wellesbourne Allotment and Gardens Association - contact tel. 470792. Buses, Bus stops: The WCC site shows bus times
(new timetable 18 Feb 2008).
[This link shifts by a few places every so often, so apologies if it doesn't always point to Wellesbourne - it's out of my control, I'm afraid, but I do monitor it and adjust it fairly often.]
On Yahoo Answers, courtesy of Dabidah, I found:
“Contact Traveline on 0870 608 2 608,
or Stagecoach (they run buses out of Leamington Spa and Stratford regularly).
Call Bus Line on 01788 545555 for more information.” Bypass, when built: The Wellesbourne Bypass was constructed in
1989-90; I believe it was opened sometime in April 1990 - I remember the opening: a couple (Don and Joan Lambton) danced the length of the bypass on the opening day, and John Grantham's mum held the scissors for the Councillor who cut the ribbon. Camping/ Caravanning: see entry in More... Cemetaries/ Burial Grounds: St Peter's Churchyard is nearly full and discussions are under way between the Diocese and Parish Council to buy another piece of land. Follow progress in the Parish Council Minutes. Charity shop: There's the Myton Hamlet Hospice shop in Warwick Road, open Mon-Sat 9.00am - 4.30pm, tel. 01789 842284. More on Myton Hamlet Hospice on the OPIN site. Chedham’s Yard: Most of us were very excited when Chedham's Yard won the BBC's Restoration Village competition. As well as the work needed to restore the Yard, there will of course be logistical problems. The site itself is on Church Walk, off Chestnut Square, and parking will be difficult. It's only really open on actual Open Days, when parking is on Dog Close. It's currently still at the planning stage, so there's not much to see at present. I say 'most' - some people are dead against the project, or want it moved: see a Nov'06 article in the Stratford Herald. (The article is not available on their site unless you subscribe). Work is proceeding apace on cleaning and storing the artefacts, as these pictures show. Follow the Yard's progress on www.chedhamsyard.org. (The site has been dormant for a while, but there are moves afoot to update it in 2008). Churches: Up to date information on what's going on at St Peter's C of E, Roman Catholic and Methodist churches in Wellesbourne, and St James's C of E church in Walton appear each month on the Churches page. See 'Mmm Yyyy News' at the top of the Menu column and follow the links. There is also fixed information on the Amenities page. The Church Centre can be hired - see page 2 of the Monthly News. Church Lane/ Street/ Walk: There's no Church Lane; Church Street leads from the gyratory system to, guess what, the Church! (St Peter's). Church Walk leads from Chestnut Square, past Chedham’s Yard, arriving at the Church from the opposite direction. As the name suggests, you can't do this journey by car, but you can just about get there in a wheelchair. Just to confuse matters still further, there's also a Chapel Street, leading south-east from Chestnut Square. The chapel is not in use, having been replaced by a larger one in Bridge Street. Chapel Street was badly flooded in 2007. Coffee Mornings: There's one near the end of every month in the Carr Room at St Peter's; Macmillans did “The Biggest Coffee Morning in the World” in September 2007 and raised £580 with possibly more to come in. See the Diary on page 2 in the monthly news for details. Councillors: Sue Main et al There's a nifty link in Amenities for contacting any political representative from District up to Europen Parliament. Crematorium: There's a link to the Crematorium in More... Dene Valley Sports and Leisure Centre (DVSLC, formerly DVSC): A new sports and Leisure centre for Wellesbourne and the surrounding area. It's going to cost lots of money, but it's all been costed up and will make a profit for outside contractors who will be running it. The public voted to have a swimming pool in phase 1, but it's coming in phase 2, and hopefully the same people will be building phase 2 as phase 1. Roger Wright is looking after the project and will let us know more when it is prudent to do so. See August 07 News page 3 for recent news from the Parish Council. Work is continuing apace behind the scenes, with tenders accepted for electrical work etc. There was a key meeting on 20 Nov between Saturn and the Parish Council, with a draft contract issued soon after. A soil survey has been started. The DVSLC was featured in the Annual Parish Meeting on 19th March 2008 at the School. Watch Parish Council Minutes for developments. Doctors: There's a link to Hastings House Medical Centre in More... The site itself was down for over a week, but it's back up now; in the meantime I posted a link to an NHS site with the main details of the practice. Dry Cleaners: Now open in School Road, tel. 470704 “Your Local Dry Cleaners & Specialist Launderers”. Events, Diary of: See page 2 of the monthly news. On the left, you'll find the Daily and Weekly Events, and on the right one-offs and irregular events as well as details of who to send info about forthcoming events. There's also a “hotspot” on the Home Page listing a series of Charity Events in aid of Shipton Home Nursing. Flooding: Stratford District Council have produced a detailed database collating reports and post-flood data. There is an Emergency Plan available on disc in the Parish Office. Flower Shop, Interflora: Wellesbourne Florists are at 2 Newbold Road, Wellesbourne CV35 9NZ, Tel. 01789 840376 www.wellesbourneflorists.co.uk . They are in the Teleflorist Relay System. Fresh ’n’ Fruity: Greengrocer and Fruiterer, 6 The Precinct, tel. 840744, closed Mondays. Galleries: Walton Gallery is closed at the moment. It may be able to reopen some time in new premises, but I have no news at present. I'll put up the latest info when I have it. If anyone else knows anything about that or any other gallery, please let me know . Meanwhile there's Compton Verney not far away. Garages/ Car Sales: there are six in Wellesbourne; 2 sell cars; 1 sells petrol; most do repairs: Garden Centres: If you'd remembered to put the quotes on, you'd have found Duncan's Pet and Garden Centre in Warwick Road, tel. 841847 (closed Thursdays). Further afield there is one in Charlecote (tel. 841842), and still further there's Wyevale . Genealogy, Family History: There isn't a link or group as such, but I would imagine the History Group would have the best information. Halls, hire of: Details at the foot of page 2 of the monthly news. Houses for rent/sale: This is another area where you need to do a more specialised search. There are 2 Estate Agents in Wellesbourne: Peter Clarke, www.PeterClarke.co.uk, and Connells (formerly Malcolm Hawkesford), www.connells.co.uk; Prime Location, www.primelocation.com is a useful site to find property for sale or rental. See also Accommodation / B&Bs. Jen Fennell: worked for some time at the chemists, and later at the One Stop in Bridge Street. A trawl of this site will highlight her life and the sponsored walk held in her memory with proceeds going to Myton Hamlet and Macmillan Cancer Support in July 2007. Lions, Wellesbourne and District: News of this group's activities appears each month, usually on the Timely Mail page. They have their own web site, www.wellesbourne-lions.org.uk . Lynda Scriven: By far the most searched for argument when I first put the search engine in place was Lynda Scriven. Lynda Scriven (there, that should get this page to the top!) is our hard-working Parish Clerk. You can find her at the Parish Council Office during office hours, which are listed in Amenities: PC Office, as are details of Meetings. Find Council business and information on The Local Channel. Map of Wellesbourne, St Peter’s, Post Codes: I don't know anyone who does detailed maps better than Street Map, so I've set one up in More... It points to Chestnut Square CV35 9QR, the heart of Wellesbourne Mountford, if not the whole village.
I've had a request for a map with hotspots showing local features which are linked to when you click on them.
I'll see about reviving a feature from some years ago using hotspots to show possible sites for new housing (all rejected) which my son worked on for a school project.
St Peter's church will appear as a hotspot; see Churches. Market, Wellesbourne Airfield: Now overtaking Lynda is “Market”. I'm assuming people are looking for the one on the Wellesbourne Mountford Airfield. I know very little about it except that it's held every Saturday and Bank Holiday Monday and closes at 4 p.m. (when the A429 northbound is jammed with hot dog vans and punters leaving for home). To book a stall you need to ring this guy in Battle, East Sussex on 01424-775850. Much has been written about Wellesbourne being a Market Town older than Kineton and other settlements hereabouts, and moves to turn Wellesbourne into a Town. You'll find references in the Parish Council Minutes for early 2006, but this has been shelved while there are more important things to discuss, like the Dene Valley Sports Centre and Chedham's Yard. Directions - from the north: M40 J15; take A429(S) towards Stow; continue for c.5 miles; follow market signs; from the south: take A429(N) towards Wellesbourne; follow market signs. By Train: to Leamington Spa then cross the road to catch No. 18 bus at 6 mins past each hour. (Bank Holidays it's the 18A at 28 past from Warwick Station). The Airfield has its own link from More... which somehow comes in ahead of this site in Search Engine ratings. Moon Daisies: I don't recall seeing anything about them on the site, so I Googled them and found growingnative.org.uk/flower_month.htm . As they were Flower of the Month for June 2007, they may well disappear. More About...: This is a page linked to from the foot of both the new-style menus and all the old-style pages. It started by just giving some background on Wellesbourne's geology and related matters, with a few links to other useful sites, but has now grown into a valuable resource consisting of over 120 links in four categories to a variety of information your webmaster considers could be of benefit to both the casual visitor and the dedicated student of Wellesbourne and the surrounding area. All of the links are checked on a 6-monthly cycle and any failing links flagged, researched and eventually removed if no suitable replacement can be found. Many of the items on this page are to be found in these links. Norman Howes, Rev Canon: Rev Howes was vicar of Wellesbourne for some time (30 years?), retiring in February 2003. After 4 years in Northend he has returned to Wellesbourne. His wife Roni still does some catering. His son Simon took lots of photos of the retirement party which you can see here . Pam Copson was one of the founders of the Wellesbourne Web, doing her share of putting the pages together, and contributing line drawings of the local flora and fauna for the Wellesbourne and Walton News; she was the county registrar for local wildlife and took a keen interest in bell ringing and churches (her husband Ted still rings in Sherborne): a number of her sites are available to link from the More... page. Pam died in November 2006 after a long illness. Parish Council, Councillors: Details of the Parish Council are on the Amenities page, with links to the PC's own site, The Local Channel . There's a list of Councillors - to contact them, leave a message with the Clerk and she'll pass it on; if they are a District or County Councillor you can use the link in Amenities. Parish Council Meetings: These are held on the first Tuesday of every month, with sub-committee meetings on other dates, usually Tuesdays. These are detailed at the foot of the Parish Council News each month. All meetings are at 7.30pm, main meetings at the Methodist Hall in Bridge Street, others at the Council Office in School Road, and the public are free to attend, and raise points at the start. Parish Council Minutes: I put some Minutes up here some time ago but they disappeared when we lost the site. Recently they are starting to appear on The Local Channel - they're running about 2 months behind, so if you want to see them before they're up, they're in Wellesbourne Library (see here for times). The best way to get hold of Minutes is to attend the following month's meeting. Photographs, pictures: The Pictures link in the main and monthly menus points to a set of links back to pictures we have featured in the past. Unfortunately, because we lost the site recently and it will take time to rebuild it, many of these links have not yet been restored, such as the feature on Czech Patriots. See the Back Numbers page to see which months' pictures are available. On the More... page you will find links to a photographic studio and a site displaying old pictures of anywhere you care to name. Planning: We don't do Planning on this site - you should find it on the Parish Council site, but due to the delay in getting stuff up there, it's probably better to go to District: http://apps.stratford.gov.uk/eplanning; there you can search in various ways, including by property, e.g. 3 Valletta Way, but if the house number is 3, 5 or 9 it will be found in the postcode, so the whole road will show up! In these cases it's probably better to include the house number with the street. Political Parties: We don't do politics either. The Conservatives are based at 29 Hammond Green, tel. 470236; the Liberal Democrats are headquarterd at The White House (11 Church Street, tel. 841100), and there's a Green Party member last heard of at 28 Elliott Drive, tel. 841994, but I haven't heard from him for a while. Oh, and there's another party which is supposed to be running the country, but we don't have anything to do with them around here. Population: Wellesbourne has a population around 6,000, which puts it at the large end for a village (though some are larger, notably Kidlington, Oxfordshire, at 17,500, which resolutely refuses to become a town). Wellesbourne's population at the 2001 Census was 5,691 (including Walton); by comparison, Southam (a town) has 6,509, Kineton 2,278 and Harbury 2,485. These figures come from Wikipedia (see More...). See also WCC stats for Wellesbourne Parish (PDF - get free Reader). Pre-school: There are several Pre-school groups - see page 2 of the Monthly News: Daily Activities (Pre-school), Weekly Activities (Toddlers). Pubs, Hotels, Restaurants etc.: There are 2 pubs in Wellesbourne: The King's Head and the Stag's Head. There used to be another one, the Talbot, but that closed some years ago. There are eating guides including Dining Pubs and some referencing the Stag's Head.
See also Catherine's excellent Guide to Eating Out in Wellesbourne including: Reflexology: A studio has started up in Warwick Road offering holistic health and beauty treatments including Reflexology, Aromatherapy and various forms of Massage. See www.sutoni.co.uk. Refuse Collection, Recycling: See several entries in More... To find out what day your rubbish is collected, ring 260616 with your post code. Roads in Wellesbourne: Queries about specific roads in Wellesbourne will find what they find; there are some good mapping services out there such as Street Map where you can put in a road name or post code and get a map of the area with your target highlighted. The Dovehouse Estate was once a farm. In 1975 work started on the estate, opposite the airfield. Most of the roads are named after WWII bombers or places connected with the RAF, such as Gloster Gardens (hence the strange spelling) and Hammerton Way. See also Church Lane/ Street/ Walk . Scarecrows: There is usually a display of scarecrows in Walton in the summer; in 2007 the organiser had to pull out, but hopes to run the display again in 2008. Meanwhile scarecrows were on display in nearby Barford over August Bank Holiday 2007; the pictures are up on the Barford website (Gallery 39 - see More/ Neighbours/ Barford/ Picture Gallery). School, Wellesbourne C of E Primary: Wellesbourne has its own thriving primary school; there are others in nearby Hampton Lucy and Loxley. See also other schools in the area. Shops - Chemist, Chip, Wool et al.: We have a wealth of shops in Wellesbourne, excellently summarised by Pam Copson in her Fanfare series of articles in 2004 (I'll link to them once we get them restored). If you live in Wellesbourne or Walton you should have an orange covered paper copy of the Index of Shops and Amenities.
If you have Broadband, you can check it out as an 8.5mb PDF at www.thelocal channel.co.uk/wellesbourne/page744126.aspx on the Parish Council's website (otherwise it could take some time!). Street Fair/ Fayre: 2007's Fayre was marred by lack of publicity, so in 2008 all the stops were pulled out and thanks to Polly Oldfield, John Grantham and the team it all went a lot better. See pictures and a report in July's W&W News. In 2007 someone got wind of a Street Fayre in Wellesbourne, and naturally came looking here for it: unfortunately, very few people had been made aware that it was happening, not even me. I just happened to be passing the bit of Church Street where it was due to be held, 2 days before the event, and saw the big yellow sign, so as soon as I got home I put the few details I had up onto the Web. It wasn't much, but within minutes I had a call from a man from the BBC, asking about something else, so I was able to tell him about it, and he promised to publicise it. A lesson was learnt and a team of four got it all organised, invited the BBC along and we all had a good time. Val Bartlett: aka Florrie, is Parish Councillor representing Walton. She used to run Walton Gallery. Villages in Warwickshire: We have links to over 20 towns and villages across Warwickshire, such as Barford, Ettington etc., each with their own website, plus generic sites with descriptions and further links. See “Meet Our Neighbours” in More... WAG - Wellesbourne Action Group / Issues: A group set up to get things done in Wellesbourne and Walton. We have a regular link from our Safety Page in the Monthly News. Their site is www.warkcom.net/wag . From time to time the police ask WAG to gather the top 3 issues of concern to inhabitants of the parish. The latest set has been gathered and are on their way to be resolved. You can see them summarised on the WAG site. Walks/ Footpaths/ Joseph Arch/ Barford: The WAG (see above) meets every Tuesday and 4th Saturday to go for a walk around the village and surrounding area. One of the walks they are particularly keen to do is one from Joseph Arch's cottage in Barford to the Stag's Head in Wellesbourne, known as the Joseph Arch Way. Part of the way was blocked off by a padlocked gate, but following representations to the press and County Council, there is now a stile. Follow their progress in the WAG section of the Safety Page each month. We are also checking the state of footpaths around the villages, referring any in a poor state to the Parish Council for remedial work, and logging them as having been walked as part of the nation-wide Use Your Paths challenge by The Ramblers' Association. Walton Hall and Hotel: There are 2 entries in More..., one for the old timeshare operation and one for the new owners, Paramount Hotels, now part of Barceló. The complex has grown in recent years and is now 2 Paramount venues, the Hall and a Hotel. Water Mill: Again, there's an entry in More... (It's shut till November 2008 when new management takes over). Meanwhile there's another one at Charlecote . Weddings: If you are planning one in Wellesbourne or Walton, go to the Church page in the monthly news and contact the vicar at the relevant church. If you're looking for details of recent weddings, go to the same page and check out “From the Registers”. Wedding planners are springing up all over the place: www.confetti.co.uk looks quite comprehensive; www.weddingmapper.com does it all with Google Maps. Wellesbourne Mountford: Wellesbourne used to be 2 villages, Wellesbourne Hastings and Wellesbourne Mountford after local land owners until 1947 when they were merged. The airfield still has Mountford in its name. The boundary is the River Dene. Women’s Institute (WI): See their updated entry under Clubs/ Social. Yoga: Yoga for Life is run on Tuesdays 7.30-9.00pm and Thursdays 1.30-3.00pm at St Peter's Church Centre by Mrs Calladene (01926 423697). This is one of hundreds of entries in the Index of Shops and Amenities. For reasons of Data Protection the Index is maintained on the PC's website, not here. See Shops . Young Firefighters: Again, there's an entry in More... |
