Steve Pullen

Contractors will be starting work on improvements to the Hunter Park play area on the 24th June. 

The work will take up to 4 weeks to complete and is planned to be ready for the start of the school summer holidays.  During this time the play area will fenced off and not available to use. 

Work to improve the facilities at Hunter Park will include the laying of a rubber mulch surface within the play area, refurbishment of existing play equipment, including the sandpit, a new bench and  the installation of an octopus see saw.

The basketball court will be totally upgraded with the resurfacing of part of the court and the installation of a basketball hoop and mesh backing fence. The remainder of the court will be dug up and a Clamber Stax climbing frame installed with protective wood chip surface laid. A division between the two sections of the court will be constructed with goal targets on one side and a low climbing wall on the other. A compacted stone path around the area will complete the project.

On 17th April 2021, a drowning of the Twyford water meadows took place. This was witnessed by a good crowd including a celebrity, Chris Packham. Chris was with a BBC film crew making a film of a walk along the Itchen from Bishopstoke to Winchester. These are a few photos from that afternoon. Click on …

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  Have you seen the snowdrops appearing all over St Mary’s churchyard?  Since 2000, we’ve  celebrated Snowdrop Saturday, with local people digging in snowdrops they’ve brought from their gardens. Over the years this has become a popular part of our village and social calendar. As a Fairtrade church we’ve always planned the date to coincide …

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Eco church is an award scheme designed to motivate and resource churches in the UK to care for the planet as part of their everyday work and witness.  Recognising that we were now in a climate crisis, we as a church community were determined to do something about it.  By registering as an Eco church, …

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