You may be dressing up as a spooky ghost, a wicked witch or a big orange pumpkin but remember to make sure it is a fun night by staying safe. There are six top tips for young people at Halloween: • Always be accompanied by an adult when you are … Continue reading Stay Safe Trick or Treating
Turkey Cock Lane Road Closure Notice
The Essex County Council (Turkey Cock Lane, Stanway) (Temporary Prohibition of Traffic) Order 2016 Attached for your attention a copy of the Public Notice relating to the above, which will appear in the Colchester Evening Gazette on the 13 October 2016. A further Notice will appear in the same paper on 20 October 2016 and … Continue reading Turkey Cock Lane Road Closure Notice
Village Festival 2015
2015 was another great success for the village festival and the day was enjoyed by all. Planning and preparation for the 2016 is underway, and looks to be yet another fantastic event. 15-16 July 2016, Fordham Heath, Spring Lane, Eight Ash Green. Each year many volunteers organise the annual Eight Ash Green Music Festival and … Continue reading Village Festival 2015
Play Area Proposals: An Update on Progress
As you may be aware, following the Secretary of State approval of the erection of a children’s play area on The Heath, work has finally starting on the building and creation of the area! We look forward to when it's finished and can't wait to see what it looks like. We hope it will bring hours … Continue reading Play Area Proposals: An Update on Progress
Day of Action! Next Date to be advised
The Parish Council has been awarded a Living Landscapes Award by Essex Wildlife Trust. This award recognises the work undertaken by volunteers over the past three years to improve the habitat and biodiversity of Fordham Heath. For two days each winter volunteers have been cutting back the overgrown areas of the Heath which have taken … Continue reading Day of Action! Next Date to be advised
EAG Friendship Club
EAG Friendship Club meets every other Thursday. Come & join us for a cuppa
New Owl Boxes on the Heath
With help from our Borough Councillors’ Locality budget and advice from Essex Wildlife Trust (EWT), the parish council have acquired two Barn Owl nest boxes for the lower Heath. Barn Owls were once a common sight over Fordham Heath and all along the Colne Valley and by joining the EWT Essex Barn Owl Conservation Project, … Continue reading New Owl Boxes on the Heath
Colchester Green Open Homes during May
Save £££ and win – visit Green Open Homes during May On Saturdays and Sundays / weekends from 3 – 15 May, 20 local householders will be opening their homes to the public as part of Colchester’s Green Open Homes. Find out how easy it is to cut hundreds of pounds from your energy bills … Continue reading Colchester Green Open Homes during May
Local Team Redirects Water from Road to its Rightful Location
During the weekend of the 5th April a team of strong young men assembled to clear the ditch along the Cook's Mill Lane Hill which seems to have been a great success. A clear water flow path has now been re-established right from the culvert on the Heath at the Spring Lane/ Heath Road junction … Continue reading Local Team Redirects Water from Road to its Rightful Location
Hoax email from NICE!
NE Essex CCG has today issued a warning to patients about a hoax email. At least two GP practices in NE Essex have had patients phone in worried about a hoax email. The mail looks as if it has come from NICE, the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence, and people are advised not … Continue reading Hoax email from NICE!
