Longparish, Hampshire

What's New

This is where we try to keep you up to date with news of what's happening and new stuff on the web site.

East Aston Gardens - 23 June 2009

Pictures of the Gardening Club visit to four gardens in East Aston are in the Photo Gallery.

LCA - Midsummer Murder

On Saturday 27th June 2009 there was a

It was great fun and it was the jilted plotter what done it!

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Village Hall Proposals

A group led by the new Village Hall Committee Chairman, John Scott, is working up ideas for refurbishment of the hall. The main objectives are to ensure that the hall is both weather and draught proof, and that the interior should be warm, welcoming and cosy. There is more in an article in the April 2009 Hill & Valley. That article mentions a sketch plan which you can see here. John gave a presentation to the Annual Parish Meeting on 11 May. You can see his notes here.

Old Longparish pictures

Chris and Jenny Wheable have kindly allowed us to reproduce their collection of old Longparish pictures which belonged to an ancestor who lived in Forton. There's a link from the photo gallery page

LCA Presents -

Recycled Teenagers

The Recycled Teenagers’ Club is open to all older members of our community and was started by Longparish Community Association in 2007.  We organise regular outings and other events using Test Valley Community Service’s minibus for transport.   We are very grateful to the Longparish Community Association for their continued support as that helps us to keep the cost to participants down.

Our next outing is a trip to the Get Hampshire Singing celebration at Winchester Discovery Centre on Tuesday 21 July (free lunch included) followed by a cream tea in a Forton garden on Thursday 13 August.  Seats on all trips need to be booked in advance through Corinne Bowman on 720643.

LCA Membership

Subscriptions for 2009 were due at the end of December 2008. If you haven't already re-joined please do so now. Click here for the form At £1 for the year the subscription is remarkable value.

LCA Coffee and Chat - Tues 14 July

Each month we join with friends and neighbours to enjoy a convivial chat and a welcoming cup of tea or coffee. Next time is coffee on Tuesday 14 July from 10.30 to noon at 95 North Acre, the home of Ella Scott. Everyone is welcome. If you need a lift give Gloria a ring on 720 425.

Smooth Movers Ladies' Exercise Class - Thursdays 9.15 to 10.15am - Longparish Village Hall.

Classes are led by Lauren Mildenberger, a fully qualified instructor. She teaches low impact short routines to music. This is kinder to your joints. It is not a fast pace class so is ideal for complete beginners and senior ladies. Each session includes gentle warm up, cardiovascular exercise to increase heart-rate (nothing major!!) and toning – concentrating on those problem areas (Arms, Bums, Tums).

Wear comfortable clothing and non-slip footwear. Everyone works at their own level, no pressure. Come along and give it a try. £5 per session. Free parking - so why travel to Andover for a class?

Need more information? Phone Gina on 01264 720128.

L2SOTM - The Longparish Second Sunday of the Month handicap running race

The L2SOTM is a race of about 3 miles (5km) held on the second Sunday of every month. The next race is on Sunday 12th July starting at 10am at the Cricket Ground. Runners of all standards are welcome as are brisk walkers. The handicap system means that the slowest have as much chance of winning the cups as the fastest. Hope you can come. There will be refreshments afterwards and supporters of all ages are very welcome. More details are available on the L2SOTM pages.

LCA Kidz Zone: Longparish Youth Club

Kidz Zone meets fortnightly on a Wednesday. It is open to people aged 11 to 18.More information here

Armistice Day Concert

Thanks to Robin's Dad who recorded it, Henrywho provided the slides and James who pulled them together, we can now offer a recording of this moving concert. It is an extremely big file so don't try it unless you have broadband.

Walks leaflet

Our Longparish walks leaflet was distributed to every household in Longparish and Hurstbourne Priors. They are in great demand from visitors and locals alike and are available from the pubs, the church and the shop. There's more information in our local walks area

Where is Longparish?

You can see some maps of the area at different scales by following the link 'How to find Longparish' in the menu. If you are still puzzled, "Southern England" (the first map) is the bottom quarter of that little island to the top left of Europe.

The Quick Tour

You can find out about Longparish in the Village Handbook's History and Environment sections.

Photo Gallery

We will gradually be adding photos to this part of the site. If anybody has any (new or old) that they could let us have, we'd be pleased to see them. Obviously digital is the easiest, but we can scan in prints as well.

Parish Council & Community Issues

This section explains the responsibilities of the Parish Council and gives you contact details for members, as well as dates, agendas and minutes of council meetings. You can also access items of general village interest such as the Design Statement and the Community Project, in this section.

Local Services and Organisations

In this part of the site you should be able to find a substantial amount of information on such things as local government, and how it impacts on Longparish, as well as details about the church, schooling, shops and pubs, and many organisations that operate in or around the village.

Village Handbook

The Village Handbook gives some of the history of the village, its landmarks, families & traditions. It also suggests sites of interest and wildlife you should look out for as you wander around the village.

Hill and Valley

Hill and Valley is our local community magazine. We have copies of the Longparish pages.

Contact us

We're delighted to receive any comments about either this site, or issues of interest in the village especially notice or reports of events that you would like us to publicise on the site. The webmaster will pass on comments to the appropriate people. Just use the Contact form, which is available on every page in the menu bar at the top.