Easter Bin Collections
There are a few changes to easter Bin collections:
You can also download these dates here:
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New Bus Times
New bus times start on Monday, 24th February 2025.
A new bus timetable has been published for the 73 and 73A Simonds buses. Only the 73A passes directly through the village, and this is once in each direction each day – towards Thurston college and Bury St Edmunds in the morning, and returning early afternoon, on school days only.… Read the whole story
Speedwatch Along The Street – February 2025
For more information about Speedwatch, or to get involved, call Richard on 07979745990
November 2024: 2 sessions 7 vehicles logged max speed = 41 mph
December 2024: 3 sessions 5 vehicles logged max speed = 43 mph… Read the whole story
Winter on the Farm
Our small flock of forty or so Shetlands live on our tiny farm on the Suffolk/Norfolk border. The farm has always had a mixed arable rotation, but with only 80 acres to work with it gradually made more and more sense for us to make a change and enter the whole farm into a five year Countryside Stewardship Scheme.… Read the whole story
PASSION FOR PIGEONS Part 6
Fred Osbourne was a mentor for me in every aspect of pigeon racing when I was younger. A retired painter and decorator for the local council.… Read the whole story
AGM – Hepworth Recreation Hall Management Committee
Tuesday 22nd April 2025 at 7pm in the Pavilion
Please do come along – we need your support
We are lucky in Hepworth to have organisations meeting regularly in the Pavilion – the coffee morning, the singing Village Voices, the Art Club, the Parish Council and 2 football clubs (moles allowing!),… Read the whole story
A remembrance of Margaret Beales
For all her dedicated work for the villagers of Hepworth.
Having been lucky enough to count Margaret as a friend for so many years, may I take this opportunity to reflect on how much she unselfishly did in the running of the social life of Hepworth to help enrich our village.… Read the whole story
Margaret Beales, Church Close, Hepworth
It is with great sadness that I have to announce the loss of my wife and best friend Margaret.… Read the whole story
Hepworth Weather – November & December 2024
| November 2024: | Max . Temp: | 17.3ºC | 24th |
|---|---|---|---|
| Min. Temp: | -2.4ºC | 21st | |
| Total Rainfall: | 39.9mm | ||
| Wettest Day: | 15.4mm | 18th | |
| December 2024: | Max. |
Village Voices
Announcing the relaunch of the Hepworth Angels!
This is an open invitation to join Village Voices our welcoming group of local people from Hepworth and surrounding villages who enjoy singing and/or playing an instrument as an accompaniment.… Read the whole story
Hepworth 2 Enjoy and the Pensioners’ Christmas Lunch
During 2024, Hepworth 2 Enjoy were hard at work, raising the funds for the village Pensioners’ Christmas Lunch. The Christmas meal is a wonderful way of getting the village together and each of the fund raising events was good fun too.… Read the whole story
St Peter’s
St Peter’s Church, Hepworth stands at the high point of the village, visible from a distance. It is an ancient building, Grade 2 listed, mostly dating to the 14 th and 15 th centuries, although there are stones from an earlier, 11 th or 12 th century building.… Read the whole story
From the Rectory
Dear Friends & Neighbours,
Happy New Year to you all !
We’re a month into the New Year already… and I wonder how many New Year resolutions have been kept so far and how many have already been forgotten ?… Read the whole story
Margaret Beales
We were very sad to hear about the death of Margaret Beales, of Church Close, in December. Margaret with her partner John Beales had been the stalwart of many of the activities of the village and with the management and maintenance of Hepworth Pavilion.… Read the whole story
Speed Indicator Device Report December 2024
Device No. 1 at A143 end of The Street
63 days from 1/09/2024 to 31/10/2024.
Vehicles arriving into village from the A143:
Total number of vehicles:- 27867
Average speed for ALL vehicles:- 28.6mph
Total number of vehicle speeds above 30 mph:- 7698 (27.62%)
No.… Read the whole story
Speedwatch Along The Street
For more information about Speedwatch, or to get involved, call Richard on 07979745990
September 2024: 1 sessions 1 vehicles logged max speed = 35 mph
October 2024: 4 sessions 10 vehicles logged max speed = 38 mph… Read the whole story
Hepworth Weather – September & October 2024
| September 2024: | Max . Temp: | 28.1ºC | 1st |
|---|---|---|---|
| Min. Temp: | 3.1ºC | 28th | |
| Total Rainfall: | 58.3mm | ||
| Wettest Day: | 17.3mm | 26th | |
| October 2024: | Max. |
PASSION FOR PIGEONS Part 5
Just to give readers an insight into how pigeons are raced. There are 2 basic methods Natural and Widowhood.
With Natural system the pigeons are paired together and sent to the races either sitting on eggs or feeding babies.… Read the whole story
Travels Downunder – A Reminiscence. Part 23
Having left them at the scenic Carnarvon Gorge, our travellers are nearing the end of their adventures…
We are nearing the end of our epic trip now and are only a couple of weeks away from our starting point at Maroochydore.… Read the whole story
Save Our Buses
The Task Force continues to work hard to ensure that our rural villages will have an ongoing bus service. Thanks to Suffolk County Council we have a bus service until 27th December and by working collaboratively with the service provider, Simonds, this is now working well.… Read the whole story
A lovely day cycling round the local churches was enjoyed this year. The weather was perfect and it’s always so lovely meeting everyone en route.… Read the whole story
Death Notice – Rosemary Margaret Vernon of Amical, The Street, Hepworth passed away peacefully at home on 6th November, aged 79.… Read the whole story
From the Rectory – December 2024
Dear Friends,
It seems crazy to me that we are in December already ! The Churches across the Benefice are all preparing for Christmas and prepare to welcome you all into our Carol Services; the choir, singers and band are already busy rehearsing to lead our carol singing.… Read the whole story
