Upper Rissington

Update: 23 July 2019 Just heard that this area has been tidied. This is what the Parish Council funds are for and it was Beth Garner who contacted me around 3 months ago. If there are more areas like this that anyone can identify please contact the Parish Council. 18 June 2019 I am very […]

I have to thank the Parish Clerk for the latest completion schedule for the development and POS. The schedule covers the following 12 months. The schedule below has been updated as of 10 July.     Info from Bovis – 10 July There is good progress on Area 1 with the removal of the old […]

For all the doubters and the soothsayers, the first trim trail has begun installation between Delfin and Mitchell Way! However, after visiting the planning portal the trim trail does not meet residents expectations. See below:   To examine all the plans and view comments visit: 17/04151/FUL | Variation of Condition 1 of reserved matters permission 12/03810/REM […]

Where: Upper Rissington Village Hall When: July 29, 2019 Time: 1930 Agenda: Agenda – Parish Council Meeting on 29 July 2019 Copyright secured by Digiprove © 2019 Jerry Flint

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19/02236/FUL | Erection of three bedroom house and associated works | 15 Avro Road Upper Rissington CHELTENHAM Gloucestershire GL54 2NU Copyright secured by Digiprove © 2019 Jerry Flint

Below are the Upper Rissington Parish Council Standing Orders.   I have uploaded the SDO’s, because I witnessed a verbal attack on a councillor at the last meeting, which was totally unacceptable. Below is an extract from the Standing Orders which we all may find useful : 2. DISORDERLY CONDUCT AT MEETINGS a.  No person […]

Pleased to report that the huge Playing Field project has started. The old access road to the long gone wooden shacks has been removed and the foundations of the previous village hall have been dug out. In the meantime the hardcore has been laid for the footpath and ground work preparation for the football pitches […]

Roads will be closed on Friday 12th July for carriageway repairs on Sopwith Road, Farman Crescent, Hawker Square, Bleriot Road, Snipe Road, and Grebe Square. A plan of the scheme is shown below. Road Closures within the village           Copyright secured by Digiprove © 2019 Jerry Flint

Source: BREEZE magazine. Following the success of the inaugural Cotswold Festival of Motoring in 2018, North Cotswolds Rotary and Rotary in the Rissingtons are organising a return event on Sunday 4th August at The Cotswold School. As well as being a fun day out for all the family, the Festival is raising money for 4 […]

The latest edition of Our News – the Neighbourhood Watch e-newsletter – is out now. In this issue, we round up events from Neighbourhood Watch week and hear about the launch a new good practice database entitled Neighbourhood Watch Inspiration. We also hear about a short film featuring a Neighbourhood Watch group for the newly […]

Where: Upper Rissington Village Hall When: July 10, 2019 Time: 1930 Agenda: Agenda – Parish Council Meeting on 10 July 2019 Copyright secured by Digiprove © 2019 Jerry Flint

Where: Village Hall and adjacent grassed areas When: 6 July 2019 Time: Midday to 4pm Upper Rissington Summer Fete Poster A4 Copyright secured by Digiprove © 2019 Jerry Flint

Cotswold District Council’s Community Activity Support Grant clock is ticking so don’t miss out and make an application now. Grants are available to support a wide range of community projects which bring people together in the Cotswold District  – but applications need to be in by July 1st. The Community Projects Fund is a new […]

Photographs taken on 28 June 2019. No particular subject. Just pictures of Jubilee Gardens and the fantastic Play park facility in Folland park. Don’t forget that there are 4 picnic tables as well as a Table Tennis table.     Copyright secured by Digiprove © 2019 Jerry Flint

The allotment access for vehicular traffic has been defined by the contracted grass cutters. You can also see where the proposed lay-by will also be.   Copyright secured by Digiprove © 2019 Jerry Flint

Update: 11 July 2019     Today (26 June 2019) the old village hall foundations are being broken up by EMG’s jack hammer. I can only guess that the next stage is the concrete waste will be removed and the construction of the football pitches as per the S106 will begin. The grass was also […]

The webmaster of this site is leaving the village for pastures new, as yet unknown (we haven’t purchased a replacement home and will probably go on holiday for a while). Consequently, any updates will be less frequent and I do hope if anyone has any news for the site, they will email them to me […]

Bowl barrows were created from the Neolithic through to the Bronze Age in Great Britain. A bowl barrow is an approximately hemispherical mound covering one or more Inhumations or cremations. Where the mound is composed entirely of stone, rather than earth, the term cairn replaces the word barrow. The mound may be simply a mass […]

The hillfort known as Idbury Camp survives as a visible earthwork, despite the ramparts having been partly levelled into the ditches by cultivation. It is known from stray finds recovered after ploughing to contain archaeological and environmental evidence relating to its construction. Further buried remains sealed in the primary ditch fills will provide evidence of […]

Maybe fashion is the incorrect word, but I have never known so much interest in wild flowers in our village and there is no doubt they do look beautiful. Take a look at the Poppies after the rain. The water droplets forming on the buds. I note that a patch of wild flowers have been […]

The Parish Clerk (Pauline Rigby) has added a link on the website for a Community Email List. I would encourage anyone to sign up today, in this way you will have first hand knowledge of Parish Council Meetings with associated Agendas and Minutes, plus other material the PC Office decides to distribute. Parish Council E-mail […]

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The Calor tank installation on the south east corner of the village serves the original village and was moved here when the site was refurbished over 20 years ago. The UR installation is an  ‘Above Ground Tank Siting’ installation of 24,000 litres. Information supplied by Calor Technical. The limit of 4 x 24,000 litre tanks is […]

We have been informed about planned roadworks on a number of roads in Upper Rissington in the coming months: Sopwith Road, Farman Crescent, Hawker Square, Bleriot Road, Snipe Road, and Grebe Square.  EDIT: 25 June 2019 These roads will be closed at some point between 1st April 2019 and the 30th September 2019, to allow […]

A 360degree image of Rissington in flaming June.

On Friday I collected litter from Barrington Road, which basically consisted of a booklet of A4 sheets, unfortunately not bound but spread the length of Barrington Road (100 pages). The photograph is one of the cover sheets, kind of strange that anyone would want to litter Barrington Road was it stolen? or was it just […]

Amazing RED, intense colours of the Poppies in the field off the A424. Rissi in the distance. Copyright secured by Digiprove © 2019 Jerry Flint

Leader of Cotswold District Council Joe Harris has given a big thumbs up to a new recycling scheme being pioneered at three supermarkets in the region. Tesco’s Metro and Extra stores in Cirencester and its Superstore in Tetbury are all taking part in a trial with the recycling specialist, Recycling Technologies, to collect the hardest […]

Nothing new, except paras floating over the village, before landing on the airfield. If you get the opportunity go to the lake and watch the birds swooping for water (swallows and finches) fascinating. The pictures are reasonably hi-res, therefore you maybe able to see them. I haven’t cropped any, which I could do, if asked. […]

Police have received a report of theft of catalytic converters from vehicles parked on the A40 near to Little Barrington between 00:45am and 02:00am Wednesday 19th June. Catalytic converters are stolen for the precious metal inside that help keep car emissions low. Anyone with any information is asked to call Gloucestershire police on 101 quoting […]

Latest Edition – Summer 2019: Archived Editions   Copyright secured by Digiprove © 2019 Jerry Flint