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Happy New Year from Wye!
With thanks to everybody who has helped to keep Wye going during 2021. Please continue to look after yourself, and your friends and neighbours. Together we can work for better times ahead. As the Wye tenor bell rings in 2022, may we wish you a very Happy New Year, from all of us at Wye with Hinxhill Parish Council.
Posted: Sat, 01 Jan 2022 00:01 by Admin
Wye Farmers' Market - 1st January 2022
A small Wye Farmers' Market will be held on The Green on New Year's Day Saturday 1st January. Regular stall holders Woodpecker Farm, Chilham and Burscombe Cliff Farm, Egerton will be selling their locally produced organic eggs and meat. However, the next market on the third Saturday 15th January will offer the full range of local produce as normal. For over 20 years the twice monthly Wye Farmers' Market... Read More »
Posted: Thu, 30 Dec 2021 20:07 by Admin
Christmas refuse and recycling collections 2021
Wye's next household refuse and food waste collection (grey bins or black sacks) is scheduled for Thursday 30th December. Recycling is due for collection on Thursday the 6th January. BIFFA will resume the regular garden waste and bulky item collections after Monday 10th January. Please click here to book a bulk collection online. The Pilgrims Hospices Christmas Trees Recycling fundraising campaign,... Read More »
Posted: Wed, 29 Dec 2021 20:30 by Admin
Hinxhill Road closed again for up to 12 days
KCC Highways has issued an emergency road closure order for Hinxhill Road to let UK Power Network contractors work near the rear entrance to the William Harvey Hospital. This road closure order runs from Friday 19th November and applies for up to twelve days. Though in fact KCC closed the road without warning yesterday. it should reopen in time for the Wye Christmas Street Party 3rd December. Meanwhile... Read More »
Posted: Fri, 19 Nov 2021 17:34 by Admin
Amage Road, Wye closed for up to five days
Kent County Council has closed Amage Road, Wye to through traffic for up to 4 days. The road has been closed at the new property Chitral, on the former Amage piggery site. This is necessary to enable UK Power contractors to carry out cabling works. The alternative route is via The Street, Spelders Hill, Naccolt Road, Oxenturn Road, Upper Bridge Street, Scotton Street and Coldharbour Lane. KCC states... Read More »
Posted: Wed, 06 Oct 2021 14:59 by Admin
'The building is not redundant, we can bring it back to life'
Wye Methodist Church shut its doors in March 2020, when the first Covid lockdown forced all churches to close. Most have reopened, but the Methodist trustees decided instead to cease worship, and auction this Grade 2 listed building to the highest bidder. Then days before the auction last week, they withdrew the lot. For over a hundred years this building acted as a centre of community life in Wye.... Read More »
Posted: Sat, 02 Oct 2021 22:45 by Admin
Fuel shortage - Wye adapts to keep on top of street litter
The fuel shortage is reaching into areas that most people never need to consider. The good news is that the Biffa household recycling and kitchen waste collection went ahead today as normal in Wye. However, the Biffa cage truck that would normally have emptied all the litter bins early this morning, stayed in the yard for lack of fuel. Fortunately, the Parish Council's street cleaner Cecil was on hand... Read More »
Posted: Thu, 30 Sep 2021 14:05 by Admin
Wye Can Do Cafe and Repair Cafe - new initiatives launched
Our Place Wye launches a new event today, Saturday 25th September. Drop-in anytime between 10.00 and 12.00, have a coffee, chat with neighbours at Wye Village Hall and share practical tips on ways we can reduce our carbon footprint. The Repair Cafe is a parallel Our Place Wye initiative, also launching today during Great Big Green Week. This is a national celebration of climate action organised by... Read More »
Posted: Sat, 25 Sep 2021 10:00 by Admin
World record attempt to set off from Wye
Intrepid cyclists will gather at the Tickled Trout in Wye on Saturday morning to complete their official Guinness World Record attempt. They will set out at 9am 18th September on the final 148km leg of their 2,400km ride. The marathon relay started in St Austell in Cornwall and will finish tomorrow in Dover. The cycle event organiser Thighs of Steel started in 2016, and aims to raise £100,000... Read More »
Posted: Fri, 17 Sep 2021 21:20 by Admin
Wye Surgery patients please note
Wye Surgery advises that e-Consult will be closed over the August bank holiday from 12 noon, Friday 27th August until 08.00, Tuesday 31st August 2021
'During this brief time, e-consult WILL NOT be available online nationally – this is to help practices better meet the needs of patients who need care over the bank holiday weekend. During this time if you need, either:
- Urgent care: Contact NHS 111... Read More »
Posted: Fri, 27 Aug 2021 10:43 by Admin
