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 first Thursday 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.

SEPTEMBER TO OCTOBER 2025

• Thursday 14th August - Abdon and Heath Parish Council Meeting. 7.30pm Abdon Village Hall. Agenda 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.
• 8th to 12th September - Road Closure: Derrington Road, Ditton Priors. 9am to 4pm. National Grid.
• 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, and Agenda for this will be sent out 4 weeks ahead of the meeting date. 
  • A G E N D A: 
  • 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.
• 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.
• 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].

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