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Wye Station will close Sunday 11th April
While planned engineering work takes place on the lines between Ashford International and Minster on Sunday 11th April 2021, buses will replace the Southeastern train services. The Network Rail notice confirms that works will require the closure of both lines between Ashford International and Ramsgate via Canterbury West. This will affect the intermediate stations at Wye, Chilham, Chartham, Sturry... Read More »
Posted: Wed, 07 Apr 2021 15:12 by Admin
Storm Darcy: Amber Warning of snow and ice tonight
The Met Office issued an Amber Warning for snow and ice from 04.00 Sunday 7th February. Currently, the Met Office forecast for Wye shows the overnight rain turning to snow from around 02.00 onwards. There is an increasing risk that heavy snow and ice will affect east Kent and the coastal parts of East Anglia, with up to a foot of snow looking set to arrive on strong easterly winds gusting up to 40mph.... Read More »
Posted: Sat, 06 Feb 2021 23:15 by Admin
Southeastern warns: do not travel by train
Southeastern is warning all passengers that 'due to forecasted heavy snow, there is a high risk of disruption to all trains on the Southeastern network. Southeastern strongly advise that you do not attempt to travel' on either Sunday 7th or Monday 8th February.
Network Rail has a permit to close Wye level crossing overnight between 23.00 Monday 8th and 05.30 Tuesday 9th February 2021. However, there... Read More »
Posted: Sat, 06 Feb 2021 22:00 by Admin
Wye College Public Inquiry starts today
The seven day public inquiry will start at 09.30 Thursday 28th January. This will be a crucial week in the long history of Wye. Founded in 1447 Wye College is a 2 acre complex of Grade 1, Grade II* and Grade II buildings. The Grade 1 part is also a Scheduled Monument. There is very strong local resistance to a planning application to convert the listed buildings into an exclusive gated complex. A senior... Read More »
Posted: Wed, 27 Jan 2021 00:01 by Admin
Coldharbour Lane closed by a burst water main
Water flowing down the surface of Coldharbour Lane for over half a mile into Wye alerted residents to the fault. South East Water responded quickly to an online fault report and KCC Highways closed the road at Coldharbour crossroads. The direct route between Wye and Hastingleigh may have to remain closed until Monday 25th January, to enable contractors to repair a water main. The main has burst in... Read More »
Posted: Thu, 21 Jan 2021 22:29 by Admin
Wye Farmers' Market is selling local produce today
There is a dusting of snow on the ground today, the Coffee Shop is closed temporarily and there are definitely no lambs to cuddle yet, but the good news is that Wye Farmers' Market has just opened. Local growers and producers are offering a range of foods 09.00 until 12.00 on The Green, Saturday 16th January. Food shopping in the fresh air is an effective way to minimise the risk of COVID-19 infection,... Read More »
Posted: Sat, 16 Jan 2021 09:30 by Admin
Lockdown: Wye outdoor sports facilities must close
Regrettably, in view of the Government's new COVID-19 lockdown regulations and having carried out a full risk assessment, the MUGA sports facility is closed until further notice. The Parish Council took the opportunity to bring in contractor Trevor May to clean off the unpleasant graffiti recently sprayed on the playing surface. This act of vandalism has been reported to the Police and it required... Read More »
Posted: Fri, 15 Jan 2021 22:02 by Admin
Four roads into Wye to close for repairs this week
Olantigh Road, Naccolt Road, Wye Road (Coldharbour Lane, Hastingleigh Road) and Bockham Lane are all scheduled for closure during the forthcoming week. Harville Road will remain open, but be traffic controlled to enable drain clearance works. However, as the schools will remain closed there should be less traffic through Wye than normal.
Olantigh Road will close for up to three days from 09.00 Sunday... Read More »
Posted: Sat, 02 Jan 2021 23:30 by Admin
Operation Stack: 'avoid travelling to Kent' says Highways England
Highways England is strongly advising all drivers – including all hauliers – to avoid travelling to Kent until further notice. This is due to severe cross-channel disruption. Given the continued arrival of goods traffic into Kent, Kent Police has activated Operation Stack. This is necessary to manage freight traffic, with both the coastbound and London-bound M20 now being used to stack... Read More »
Posted: Wed, 23 Dec 2020 22:00 by Admin
M20 overnight closures J7 to J9 plans announced
Highways England plans to deploy the moveable barrier contraflow on the M20 between J8 (Maidstone) and J9 (Ashford) starting Sunday 27th December. The M20 will be closed for up to 12 hours in both directions on the nights of Sunday 27th and Monday 28th December, starting at 22.00 each night. The coastbound carriageway will be closed between J7 to J9, and London bound between J9 to J8. Highways England... Read More »
Posted: Sat, 19 Dec 2020 20:19 by Admin
