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.

FoLS May Fayre - Sat 10 May - 12 -3pm

A great day out for all the family!

Great day was indeed had by all. There are some photos to see in the gallery.

Longparish Community Association

Midsummer Fun

Following our extremely successful Midsummer Fun Day in 2006, we will be holding another event on 21 June. Details are here. If you can volunteer to help with the organisation of any part of the day please contact Andy Smith on 720034.

Coffee or Tea and Chat - Friday 9th May

Each month we join with friends and neighbours to enjoy a convivial chat and a welcoming cup of tea or coffee. Everyone is welcome. The May get together is for coffee from 10.30 to noon on Friday 9th May at the home of Maria Neal, Mallards, Southside Rd. If you need a lift give Gloria a ring on 720 425.

Membership renewals

The Community Association has been up and running for 18 months. The first year's membership covered 2006 and 2007, to keep things simple. But the time has come for membership renewals. If you joined before September 2007 please fill in the form at the back of the events diary or print out this one and return it by mail or by hand to Christine Beresford. At only £1 per year the subscription is very good value. Please re-join.

The Continental Quilt - 16 and 17 May

The next, long awaited, production from Longparish Players will be 'The Continental Quilt', a farce by Joan Greening on Friday 16th and Saturday 17th May at Longparish Village Hall. Tickets (£4.50 or £4 for LCA members) are available from the cast or at the shops in Longparish and Barton Stacey. Doors open at 7 for curtain up at 7.30 and there is a cash bar. More information here.

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

BIt was a wonderful, hot, sunny day with no breeze at all for the May run. Couple that with all the hard work many of the runners put in at the May Fayre the previous day and it is no woder that some of us found it hard going. But the weather had no effect on James Field except to make him faster and he was the clear winner. We welcomed back Claire Walker-Lloyd from Stoke who stormed into second place to take the women's cup. Well done! The results are in the L2SOTM area. The next race is on Sunday 9 June starting at the Cricket Ground at 10am. Runners of all standards are welcome. 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.

Megashed Update

You are probably aware of the proposal to build a Tesco warehouse (commonly known as a megashed) on the site of the old Andover Airfield.  The plan is for a shed nearly 700yds long by 150yds wide and 56 feet high with 300 HGV bays.  Your Parish Council’s objection to the proposal is one among over 2,000.  Our concerns were mainly about the extra traffic on the A303 caused by 1,600 delivery lorry movements every day.  Nearly half are expected to go though Longparish along the A303.  Imagine the chaos if the A303 is blocked and we get the sort of rat running which led to articulated car transporters trying to negotiate our village road on 16 January.  Other councils more directly affected have taken the lead in objecting and are part of a group called STOP.  You may have seen their posters and you can read all about the plans and why they object on their website. When TVBC consider the matter it will be at a public meeting. The likely venue is The Lights in Andover. The date has not been set yet.

Proposals for Sand and Gravel Extraction at Cutty Brow

You see background information here.

Longparish Affordable Housing

Consultation

The Parish Council has appointed Jeff Bishop as an independent facilitator to help with the consultation on a potential, small affordable housing development for Longparish. He is working with a group of volunteers representing a wide of interests and opinions and they are trying to provide information on the issues involved to enable villagers to make up their own minds about any potential project.

As part of this process, there was an open forum in the community hall on Saturday 22nd September 10.30am to 4.30pm. The information presented is available in the housing section.

Walks leaflet

Our new Longparish walks leaflet, published on 30 July 2007, has been 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

Kidz Zone: Longparish Youth Club

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

Slightly out of date news about Longparish can be found here!

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.