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, April, 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.

APRIL TO JUNE 2025

• Abdon and Heath Parish Council Notice of Election - attached below.
• Abdon and Heath P1rish Council - Notice of Uncontested Election attached below. The retirement date for existing councillors for an uncontested election will be on 6 May. Newly elected councillors take up office on the same day.
• Wildlife Group - Curlew Country updates and Great Rookery Survey 2025 attached below.
• Tuesday 1st April - PPG meeting. 7pm – 8pm (doors open at 6.30) in Ditton Priors Village Hall. Agenda attached below.
• Saturday 5th April 10am - Wildlife Group Churchyard Wild Plant Survey. Loughton.
• Friday 11th April  - Shropshire Butterflies: Winners and Losers. A talk by Mike Williams, a founder member of Butterfly Conservation West Midlands Branch. Ditton Priors Village Hall. Doors open at 7.00pm for a 7.30pm start.
• Saturday 12th April 10am - Wildlife Group Churchyard Wild Plant Survey, Clee St Margaret.
• 7th April - Road Closure:  Unnamed road between Stanton Long & B4368. Severn Trent Water-* Bbox Renew 25mm add Meter * Carriageway type 4. 
• 17th April - New Planning Application. Ref: 25/00997/FUL. Address: Nordy View, Abdon, Craven Arms, Shropshire, SY7 9HX. Proposal: Change of use of (first floor) of domestic outbuilding into holiday let (retrospective). Applicant: Mr Christopher Yarwood. View online at:  http://pa.shropshire.gov.uk/online-applications/applicationDetails.do?activeTab=summary&keyVal=ST4NJ4TDGIH00
• 28th April - Road Closure. Unnamed road between Holdgate & Stanton Long. Openreach-MJ QUINN ARE TO REPLACE X1 POLE. Enforcement pattern: All the time. You can view the closure and diversion route by clicking here:  https://one.network/?tm=142142208. 
• Thursday 1st May - Local Elections.
• Monday 5th May - VE Day 80th Anniversary Celebrations (Bank Holiday).
• 13th June - Road Closure: Unnamed road between Holdgate & Tugford. Openreach-MJ Quinn are to replace 1 x decayed wooden BT pole. Enforcement pattern: All the time. You can view the closure and diversion route by clicking here:  https://one.network/?tm=142654939

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