Applications are invited for the Rental of the Parish Field, Situated on the B660, between Great Gidding and Winwick. This is a grass field of approximately 4.03 acres. This land is solely grazing land for the use of horses and ponies, and is not to be used in
Read more →The Clarion was delivered just before Christmas but, if you have misplaced your copy, here is one to refer to. GREAT AND LITTLE GIDDING PARISH COUNCIL CLARION – Winter 2018 Winter Gritting Team – We would like to organise a team of people to help with
Read more →Church Restoration The work at St Michael’s Church is now complete and the church has re-opened, the first service being the Primary School’s Christingle Service last Friday 14th December. The north aisle window and plaster has been repaired and restored. The opportunity was taken, at the same
Read more →19/12/18 Back Lane – Great Gidding Fly tipping, one of the scourges of modern day rural living where the less gifted feel a need to off load their junk or somebody else’s building waste on public highways, Fly tipping is becoming a big problem not just the
Read more →St Michael’s Church will be closed for the foreseeable future. At the moment the church is full of scaffolding and therefore inaccessible. Restoration in the north aisle being carried out This is to enable the appropriate work of restoration in the north aisle to be carried out,
Read more →The weather was certainly ‘autumnal’ as members of the committee got the hall ready for the annual village show But fears that it would affect the entry numbers were soon allayed as a steady trickle of people arrived (culminating in the inevitable rush just before midday) with
Read more →Farmer on a bicycle, the ramblings of an arable farmer and his bike excursions. Get fit for Harvest Home → Uncategorized → Get fit for Harvest More words and pictures from a farmer on a bicycle Get Fit for Harvest That was the mantra for June
Read more →Someone in the village might want to consider being the community co-ordinator for this which is possibly best described as a digital Neighbourhood Watch Scheme. https://www.safe.land/gb/home/ There appears to be a subscription fee which I’m sure the Parish Council would consider paying as the application would
Read more →Many local residents will know that Sawtry Byway 33 – the Bullock Road that links Milking Slade Lane, Great Gidding with Gidding Road, Sawtry, is usually open during the drier months from April until October every year. The gates controlling access to Byway 33 have only very
Read more →A Special General Meeting of the Friends of St Michael’s Church was held on Tuesday 5th June in St Michael’s Church to vote on two Resolutions proposed by Paul Burgess and seconded by Sue Shepherd, concerning the future of the society. Before the voting took place the
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