Whitsbury Village Hampshire

 

 

Welcome to Whitsbury Village Website

Here you will find information about our community. This website is intended to be a resource and knowledge hub for residents and visitors and anyone else who has an interest in Whitsbury. The Tabs on the left of this page will take you to sub pages of interest.

 

Latest Update: 15th April 2024

 

Village News and Notices

• Beetle Drive Friday 3rd May - Village Hall - 6:30 to 8:30 pm

• tickets from Liz.dominey@btinternet.com or Shirley Ellicott on 01725 518265

The idea is to shake a dice and then pass it on as quickly as possible on a table of 6 people and each person to draw a beetle. The number thrown indicates which part you can draw i.e.start with a 6 for a body and then you can put on legs by shaking a 3 and wings by shaking a 4. You need a  5 for a head before you can put in eyes (shake 2)and antennae (shake 1).  The first person to complete their beetle wins, and shouts Beetle as loudly as possible. There will be small prizes This is an easy game for all – as long as you throw a 6 to start!!! Thanks to Sheree for the brilliant poster. Looking forward to seeing everyone

• Parish Council

  • Minutes from the Parish Council meeting held on 25th March are available here.

  • The next Parish Council meeting will be held on Wednesday 15th May. This meeting will also include the Annual Parish Meeting. This is an opportunity to hear what the Parish Council has been working on over the last year and also an opportunity for members of the village to raise issues and ask questions about the village. It usually lasts about an hour - all are very welcome.

• Pilates Classes Over The Easter Holidays

  • Please note there will be no Pilates classes over the next 2 weeks for the easter break. Classes will recommence on 16th April.

• Whitsbury Village Show 2024

  • A date for your diary the popular Village Show will return in 2024 on Sat 3rd August.

  • We are starting to prepare for this years show. We will publish the programme in late March.

• New Edition of The Courier

  • The Apr/May edition of The Courier can be found on the St Leonards Church page or click here

• Village Broadband Update - Installation Underway !!

  • Well we are now able to connect to Giga bit broadband. Houses are now being connected and some have now gone live with the new lightning fast service!!

  • Wessex Internet are out and about in the village installing conduit and wiring. There are three phases as follows:

    • Garden Install - where the Wessex Internet engineers run the fibre cable across your garden to your house and get the fibre ready for connection.

    • House Install - The fibre is terminated and a connection box installed within your house at your chosen location.

    • House Commission - The installation is checked and the router installed to provide the superfast broadband.

  • If you have registered interest it is now possible to order your broadband from Wesex Internet. The best method is to call the sales line on 0333 240 7997 or you can apply onine via www.wessexinternet.com

  • 4 levels of service are available as shown below:

• New Event Dates For Your Diary

  • Friday May 3 2024 - Beetle Drive

  • For tickets or queries please contact Shirley Ellicot on 518265

• Village Newsletter Autumn 2023 available

• We hope you enjoy the latest village newsletter it will be delivered to all houses in the village as a paper version.

• If you would prefer an electronic version a PDF version can be downloaded here.

• Whitsbury Problem Reporting

  • If you see a problem in Whitsbury regarding roads, potholes, footpaths, trees, flooding or drainage there are a number of ways of getting the problem logged and resolved. Hampshire County Council (HCC) has various reporting systems which we can connect into to report issues and get help.

  • Individuals can independently report items through the HCC online system or you can raise something at admin@whitsbury.com  and we will make sure it gets reported.

  • A new web page has been added to show what has been raised in the village and what is awaiting resolution.

• Whitsbury Village Plan -2022

  • We have now published the revised Whitsbury Village Plan. (Click title above)

  • Many thanks to everyone who responded we have collated the resuts and devloped a revised village plan which will be used to guide activities at Parish Council level. M

  • any thanks to the plan committee that pulled it all together.

  • An action plan has been developed as part of the plan and this will be worked through in the coming months.

  • The main items raised by the community are as follows:

    • Speeding Vehicles

    • Digital Connectivity (Mobile Phones and Broadband)

    • Road Maintenance

    • Amenities

    • Community Integration

  • The Village Plan is available electronically here, there are some hard copies in the Village Hall and if you wish to have a hard copy then please contact admin@whitsbury.com

• Knit and Natter Returns !!

  • Knit and Natter is kicking off on the third Thursday in June at 7 p.m. in the Cart Room at the pub

• Pilates Classes at the Village Hall

  • Pilatues classes are now running on a Tuesday evening (18:30 to 19:30) and Wednesday morning (09:30 to 10:30) at the village Hall.

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• Speed Limits In Whitsbury

  • The Parish Council has passed a motion as follows:

    • Supports the 20’s Plenty for Hampshire campaign;

    • Calls on Hampshire County Council to implement 20mph in Whitsbury; and

    • Will write to Hampshire County Council to request that the county

      • (1) makes 20mph the default speed limit in places where people live, work, shop, play or learn, throughout Hampshire leaving 30mph as the exception on those roads where full consideration of the needs of vulnerable road users allows a higher limit; and

      • (2) allocates a ring-fenced amount from public health, sustainability and transport budgets to enable 20mph to be implemented county-wide within three years

• Please be considerate over bonfires!
  • We continue to receive complaints of some residents burning their waste on bonfires. We would ask that residents be considerate to their neighbours and avoid having garden bonfires at this time.
  • Smoke from bonfires can aggravate health issues for vulnerable residents, cause additional stress to those trying to enjoy their outside space, and the risk from uncontrolled fires could impact on an already stretched fire service.  
  • If you are subjected to the above; then, to maintain good neighbour relations, you may wish to discuss the matter with your neighbour(s) or the manager etc. of the neighbouring premises if it is a business, as they may not be aware that there is a problem.
  • NFDC advise residents to store their waste until it can be collected or composted. Should frequent bonfires which impact on another property continue to occur, residents may wish to make a formal complaint see http://www.nfdc.gov.uk/bonfires if it is a constant problem.

• Events and Activities

  • If anyone wants to share an event please send an e-mail to admin@whitsbury.com with details and we can publish via these pages.

• Viewing tips: Recent site changes are shown at the foot of this page if you go to a page and it doesn't seem to have updated if you 'Refresh' your browser the changes should become visible.

 

Upcoming Events

Date	Description	Location	Time
28th April 2024	Parish Worship	St Leonards	11:00
3rd May 2024	Beetle Drive	Village Hall	18:30
13th May 2024	Parish Council Meeting	Village Hall	19:00
19th May 2024	Holy Communion (1662)	St Leonards	09:30
26th May 2024	Whitsbury - Celtic Style Parish Worship	St Leonards	11:00
29th July 2024	Parish Council Meeting	Village Hall	19:00
3rd August 2024	Whitsbury Village Show	Village Hall
28th October 2024	Parish Council Meeting	Village Hall	19:00

Site Updates and Recent Changes

11/01/24 Village Show Added

15/03/24 General Updates, PC Meeting added

15/04/24 Parish Council Minutes added, Beetle Drive added event tidy up

 

 

 

 

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