News, Events & Meetings

Volunteers from The Wolfords are invited to join us for a community Spring Clean (litter pick) on Saturday 16th March 2024. 

This will start at 10.30am - the meeting points are as follows:

• Great Wolford residents - Outside the Church.
• Little Wolford residents -  The Wolfords Village Hall.  

Some equipment (such as bags and litter grabbers) will be provided, but volunteers should bring their own gloves and, if possible, hi-viz vests/jackets.

If you are able to assist, please contact:

• Simon Lewis-Beeching for Little Wolford (simon.lewis-beeching@thewolfordsjpc.co.uk). or
• Marie Crossland for Great Wolford (marie.crossland@thewolfordsjpc.co.uk). 

All volunteers will be rewarded with refreshments at The Wolfords Village Hall afterwards (until 1.30pm).     

Warwickshire County Council are undertaking a public survey to gain the views of as many people as possible prior to drafting the new Rights of Way Improvement Plan. The survey runs until 7th April 2024.  If you wish to take part in the online survey, then please visit:  https://ask.warwickshire.gov.uk/insights-service/warwickshire-rowip/       

Please be aware that the north end of the Little Wolford Road (between Broadmoor Lane and the A3400) will be closed on Monday 19th February 2024 for approximately 2 days, between the hours of 9.30am and 3.30pm on each day.

For further information, please call 03452 415302.

Warwickshire Fire and Rescue (WFRS) is inviting feedback on a proposed change to its service delivery model as part of its Resourcing to Risk approach. The public consultation is now live and will stay open until 10 March 2024.

For further information and details on how to complete the survey, please visit the Warwickshire County Council website.  

There will be a Burns Night Supper and Ceilidh on Friday 26th January 2024 at 7pm in The Wolfords Village Hall.  This event will help to raise much-needed funds for the village hall.  Details of the event are still being finalised, but you can expect to enjoy a wonderful haggis feast and exhilarating ceilidh dancing, led by the folk band Brimstone. Please save the date - and keep an eye out for further details, which will be coming very soon.   

A planned power outage will affect Little Wolford on Tuesday 23rd January 2024 between 09:00 and 13:00 (NOTE: This was originally scheduled for 15th December 2023).

As part of National Grid's regular planned inspection programme, they are planning to inspect the High Voltage overhead line network.  For further information, please visit: https://planned.nationalgrid.co.uk/overhead-inspection-hv.

Residents are advised to switch off and unplug potentially sensitive electrical appliances.  For further advice, please visit: https://planned.nationalgrid.co.uk/advice.  

The organisers of the Save the Fox & Hounds Campaign will be hosting a Christmas 'Pop-up Party' in The Wolfords Village Hall at 6pm on Friday 15th December 2023.

Tickets are selling fast, so please book now to secure your place.

There will be food and festive fun, plus a raffle with amazing prizes, and a Christmas mini quiz.

For further details regarding ordering food and booking tickets, please visit:  www.savethefoxandhounds.org.uk. 

On 3rd May 2023, in accordance with 'The Stratford-on-Avon (Reorganisation of Community Governance - Parishes of Great Wolford and Little Wolford) Order 2023', Great Wolford Parish Council and Little Wolford Parish Meeting were dissolved.

From 4th May 2023, the parishes of Little Wolford and Great Wolford were grouped under a new common parish council called "The Wolfords Joint Parish Council".

Following the Community Governance Review by Stratford District Council it has been decided that there should be a reorganisation of the parishes of Great Wolford and Little Wolford, coming into force on 31 January 2023 and with effect from the election of councillors on 4 May 2023.

Great Wolford Parish Council and Little Wolford Parish Meeting will be dissolved on 3 May 2023 and elections will take place to elect five councillors for The Wolfords Joint Parish Council. Councillors will be elected from two new wards; four representing Great Wolford Parish Ward and one representing Little Wolford Parish Ward.

View the full order here: Governance_Order.pdf.

Members of Little Wolford Parish Meeting met for the final time on the evening of 19th January 2023 to agree a precept for the coming year.

The morning of Sunday 11 Dec proved to be perfect timing for the planting of the jubilee tree on the southernmost edge of the village green. Neighbours enjoyed seeing faces old and new. Hot chocolate, mulled wine and tasty homemade nibbles were as welcome as the mild weather and rare sunshine.

The chosen tree - a type of ornamental hawthorn (Crataegus x lavalleei ‘Carrierei’) - came bareroot and with a few leaves and berries still holding on. Planting was led by Helen Bostock from Little Wolford Parish Meeting, and the plaque put in place by Roz Warriner, who had kindly donated the tree.

Visit the Queens Green Canopy to see our tree on the map.