NEWS AND EVENTS

​REGULAR EVENTS:

• Meditation Group - every 1st and 3rd Tuesday of the month at 7pm Abdon Village Hall. Just turn up and give it a try. Free of charge, all welcome. Tea, biscuits and a chat to end the evening. If you are new to meditation please come at 6.45pm. For more info email Guy, Lesley or Ali [email protected], [email protected], [email protected]
• UFO (Un Finished Objects) craft morning - every 2nd Saturday each month at Abdon Village Hall 10.30am to 12.30pm. Bring along your unfinished projects. Join us and learn a new craft skill or teach your craft skills to someone else. Please supply your own materials. Please make a donation for refreshments. 
• Coffee morning - last Saturday each month in Abdon Village Hall 10.30am to 12.30pm (except for December). Join us for coffee, cake and a chat, everyone welcome!
• Church Services - 2nd and 4th Sunday of each month at St. Margaret's Church, Abdon. See the St. Margaret's Church page for details. Please see the latest Corvedale News or Corvedale Parishes Facebook page for updates. 
• Abdon District Community Wildlife Group - events detailed below.
• Women's Institute - 2nd Monday of the month at 2pm, Clee St.Margaret Village Hall. 
• Parish Council meetings - usually the second Wednesday in January, May, July and October in Abdon Village Hall. See the Parish Council page for details.
• Brown Clee Patient Participation Group (PPG). Meetings for 2025 - 7th January. 1st April, 1st July and 7th October. For full details follow this link: Brown Clee Surgery - Abdon and Heath Parish - Abdon and Heath Parish, Abdon, Craven Arms (hugofox.com). ​​
• St Margaret’s Church, Abdon - DONATIONS for LUDLOW FOOD BANK in the church porch. Any non-perishable food, unopened and in date will be very welcome, for example: tinned foods, long-lasting drinks, food cupboard items. Your donations will a make a difference and help someone. Donations will be taken regularly to the Ludlow Food Bank. THANK YOU.

OCTOBER TO NOVEMBER 2025

• Thursday 14th August - Abdon and Heath Parish Council Meeting. 7.30pm Abdon Village Hall. Minutes attached below.
• Shropshire and Telford & Wrekin Local Nature Recovery Strategy (LNRS) Consultation. View the map & strategy document and submit feedback: www.shropshire.gov.uk/lnrs  Open for public consultation until 15 October 2025.
• New Planning Application - Holdgate House, Holdgate, Much Wenlock, Shropshire, TF13 6LW. Reference:  25/03028/FUL. Proposal:  Alterations and additions to include side and rear extensions and demolition of detached garages
  Applicant: Mr. & Mrs Hobbs (Holdgate House , Holdgate, Shropshire, TF13 6LW, UK). View online at:  http://pa.shropshire.gov.uk/online-applications/applicationDetails.do?activeTab=summary&keyVal=T0ZWWPTDK0R00
• 7th September - Scam Reporting. If you have fallen for a scam, report it to Action Fraud on 0300 123 2040 or via actionfraud.police.uk. Scam Text messages can be forwarded to 7726 to help phone providers take early action and block numbers that generate spam on their networks. Scam mobile calls can also be forwarded to 7726, followed by the word “CALL”, then the scam phone number. Forward Fake Emails received to [email protected].  If you think your bank account or personal banking details have been used fraudulently, then use the short phone number - 159 - to contact the Fraud Prevention Department of most major UK banks.
• 7th September - Freedom Fibre Update. The contracts awarded by Building Digital UK (BDUK) to Freedom Fibre and Voneus in north and mid-west Shropshire, respectively, have been terminated by mutual agreement of both parties. BDUK are now working to put in place alternative solutions for premises in these areas that require support from Project Gigabit.  Here is a link to the Freedom Fibre announcement on the BDUK website: Project Gigabit network build contract - North Shropshire - GOV.UK. The contract awarded by BDUK to Openreach for around 7,000 premises in East & South Shropshire in December 2024 remains in place and on-the-ground delivery is expected to commence early next year.  In addition to these contracts, Project Gigabit is expected to provide voucher funding to Openreach in up to 12 telephone exchange areas, where work is expected to begin in the autumn: Claverley, Clee Hill, Cressage, Little Brampton, Lydbury North, Morville, Norton, Quatt, Stottesdon, Uppington, Upton Magna, Worfield.  According to Thinkbroadband, the percentage of premises in Shropshire that currently have access to: superfast broadband is 99.6%, gigabit broadband is 76.6% (up from 67.7% in August 2024). Access to good broadband and mobile phone connectivity is essential for the people who live, work and visit Shropshire (digital infrastructure and digital skills).  If I can be of any further assistance, please let me know. Ben Walker, Senior Programme Officer (Digital Infrastructure) Connecting Shropshire, Economic Growth, 01743 252203, [email protected]
• 23rd September - Local Nature Recovery Strategy (LNRS) Shropshire, Telford & Wrekin – The consultation is still open (closing date is 15th October). LNRS public consultations - have your say | Shropshire Council.  The following drop-in sessions are also planned: 
  • Wednesday 24 September, 9am - midday, Oswestry Livestock Market 
  • Friday 26 September, 8am - midday, Ludlow Livestock Market
  • Tuesday 30 September 8am - midday, Shrewsbury Livestock Market
  • Wednesday 1 October, 9:30am - 1:30pm Market Drayton Livestock Market
  • Wednesday 1 October, 10am  - 4pm, NFU Agriculture House, Telford
  • Wednesday 1 October, 7pm - 9pm, Newcastle-on-Clun Community Centre
  • Friday 3 October, 8am - midday, Bridgenorth Livestock Market TBC
  • Saturday 4 October, 8am - midday, Bishops Castle Ewe Sale
  • Friday 10 October, 10.30am - 4pm, Guildhall, Shrewsbury
  • Thursday 2 October, 1pm - 2pm online feedback event If you can’t make a drop in event but still have questions, we'll be running an online session to provide help. To book for the online session email [email protected]
• 1st to 3rd October - Road Closure:  Ashfield Road junction to Powkesmore Farm, Ditton Priors. Multevo carriageway repairs, Shropshire Council. Enforcement pattern from Monday to Friday 09:30 - 16:00. You can view the closure and diversion route by clicking here:  https://one.network/?tm=144228188.  Should you have any queries regarding this closure, please call Customer Services on 0345 6789006, or contact the Street Works Team on [email protected].
• Tuesday 7th October - BROWN CLEE PATIENT PARTICIPATION GROUP NOTICE OF ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING. Tuesday 7th October 2025, Ditton Priors Village Hall. Door open at 5.30 for a 6.00 pm meeting start. Refreshments available before the meeting. The AGM will be followed by the final Open Meeting of the year.
  • A G E N D A for AGM: 
  • Chair Report
  • Treasurer Report
  • Election of new committee
  • Please note that five members of the current committee have expressed their willingness to be re-elected.   As the Constitution allows for 6 voting members, we would really welcome anyone interested to contact the Chair by Friday 29th August.  If more than one volunteer comes forward we will organise an election, which will take place at the AGM.
  • AGENDA for OPEN MEETING:
  • record of those present and apologies for absence
  • news from the Practice from Dr Bassett.
  • matters arising from the last meeting - Lisa Davies has offered to lead an informal discussion around menopause and post-menopausal health issues one afternoon in November.
  • update from Ade Robinson on the Garden Project and his forthcoming talk
  • any other business
  • meeting of the vaccination volunteers 
• Friday 17th October - Building a Chelsea Garden. A talk by Ade Robinson. 2.30 pm Ditton Priors Village Hall. Tickets are £5 including hot drink and cake. Email [email protected] to buy your ticket in advance - or pay at the door on the day. All proceeds will be in aid of the PPG Garden Project – enhancing spaces for patients and staff. Poster attached below.
• Sunday 19th October (note change of date from 5th) - Wildlife Group Fungi Search. 10.00 am start. There seem to be good numbers of fungi at the moment based on the number I have found when walking locally. Park at the Willows cafe.  We will have access to the Environment Room for hot drinks and refreshments.  Plan to finish around 1pm.
• Sunday 26th October - Wildlife Group Bryophyte & Lichen Search. 10.00am start. Come along and help search for these unfamiliar "plants".  We shall find mosses and lichens on the buildings. liverworts along the stream and all sorts in the wood. 
• 27th October - Road Closure: Vicarage Road, Ditton Priors. National Grid tree trimming. Enforcement pattern for Vicarage Road Ditton Priors: All the time. You can view the closure and diversion route by clicking here:  https://one.network/?tm=144792221. Should you have any queries regarding this closure, please call Customer Services on 0345 6789006, or contact the Street Works Team on [email protected].
• 27th to 31st October - Road Closure:  Unnamed Road between Abdon & Clee St Margaret. Purpose: Severn Trent Water-Small Hydrant Install In-line 6" * Small Hydrant Install In-line 6". Enforcement pattern: All the time. You can view the closure and diversion route by clicking here:  https://one.network/?tm=144934265
• 10th to 11th November - Road Closure:  Rowe Lane Stanton Long. Purpose: Severn Trent Water Bbox Install 25mm and Meter. Enforcement pattern: All the time. You can view the closure and diversion route by clicking here:  https://one.network/?tm=145163829

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