PLEASE NOTE THAT WAPPENHAM ROAD WILL BE CLOSED FROM CHURCH END TO THE ASTWELL FORK FROM THE 9TH MAY FOR 3 DAYS DURING THE HOURS OF 8AM AND 4PM. PLEASE FOLLOW DIVERSIONS.
The full Diamond Jubilee Agenda can be found by going to the Parish Council tab and selecting "Documents"
Please take a look at the Parish Council "Parish News" page for an article about the opportunity to get cavity wall or loft insulation for just £59 per installation.
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HOSEPIPE BAN
FROM APRIL 5TH SYRESHAM IS SUBJECT TO A HOSEPIPE BAN. PLEASE DO NOT USE YOUR HOSEPIPES FOR:
Watering a garden - this also includes lawns, parks, public gardens and allotments.
Non-commercial cleaning of domestic windows, walls, paths or patios with a hosepipe or jetwash
Washing private cars or boats with a hosepipe
Filling or maintaining an ornamental pond or fountain
Please go to Anglian Waters website for more information:
http://www.anglianwater.co.uk/environment/water-resources/67AE35C63A9048BAAB4BB1E47844188C.aspx
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Changes to your recycling scheme
From April 2012 we will be collecting cardboard from the black boxes rather than the green wheeled bins. After this date the green bins will be for garden waste only and the black boxes will be for recycling cans, plastics and cardboard.
You can also use the recycling bins in the Village Hall car park for card/paper and cans/plastic.
Call Connect Service: 0845 456 4474
You can use this service ("dial a bus") if you need to get from Syresham to another village. You can also request this service to Brackley, Towcester, Northampton, Banbury (or towns en route) provided the request is not within 45 minutes of the No 8 bus leaving Syresham.
Bulk Oil ordering in Syresham?
The Parish Council has become aware of a new scheme being run in the county whereby bulk ordering and preferential prices for a minimum order of 500 litres of heating oil at any individual address may be of advantage to householders. Deliveries can be made at specified times each month once requests are received and orders have been placed.
Details of the scheme may be found at http://northantsacre.org.uk/files/2011/09/Membership-leaflet.pdf.
The application form can be found under Parish Council, Documents.
If you need information please contact Ian Draper or the Parish Clerk.
101 is the new number to contact Northamptonshire Police.
composed of a double loop on either side of a shallow valley through which flows a brook, reputedly the source of the great River Ouse. The population was once much larger than it is today (c800 inhabitants) and most of the land in and around the village was once owned by Magdalen College Oxford. St James Church dates from the 12th century and there are still buildings in the village constructed from stone obtained from a quarry just north of the church. The village is traversed by the Welsh Lane, an old drover’s road used to bring cattle and sheep to London.Several books have been written giving a detailed history of the village, including Dr Philip Pettit’s ‘Syresham – A Forest Village’
comprises the village itself, the smaller settlements of Crowfield and Pimlico, and a small number of outlying farms and rural properties, altogether some 300+ dwellings. To the Planners of Northamptonshire it is a 'restricted infill village', which means that appropriate small scale developments are only permitted within the village confines.Syresham is advantageously served by good road communications. Northampton, Oxford, Milton Keynes and Banbury are within shopping distance, and it is only a 20 minute drive from two of the UK's main motorways, the M1 and the M40 putting London and Birmingham just over an hour away. The world famous Silverstone race track borders on the Parish boundary and the local towns of Towcester, Buckingham and Brackley all have a good range of shops and businesses close by.
POCKET PARK
This was an initiative of the Parish Council created on land off the Kingshill lay-by as part of the Parish Action Plan. It is now managed by volunteers and it is hoped that people will continue to use it and enjoy it in all seasons of the year.
NEIGHBOURHOOD WATCH AND SMARTWATER
The parish coordinator is Ruth Grovell at the Post Office. Syresham is a Smartwater village. Many residents have already purchased Smartwater to mark their valuables.
If anyone requires further information, please ask Ruth.
EMERGENCY PLAN
The Parish Council Emergency Plan has been updated and details can be seen on the Parish Council notice board on the wall of the Chapel Sunday School in Bell Lane. This plan was brought into action recently when a serious fire occurred at the Green Man.