Welcome to Whitsbury Village Website
Here you will find information about our community. This website is intended to be a resource and knowledge hub for residents and visitors and anyone else who has an interest in Whitsbury. The Tabs on the left of this page will take you to sub pages of interest.
Latest Update: 22nd January 2022
Village News and Notices
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Whitsbury Village Plan and Questionnaire
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We are currently undertaking a Village Planning exercise, the last Village Plan was completed in 2006 and, it was felt that it was time to check with residents what they liked about village life and what could be improved. To this end we are starting with a questionnaire which will be circulated to all villagers in the next few days. Please take the time to complete the questionnaire and tell us what you think about village life, we need as much feedback as we can get to make this a worthwhile exercise. The plan is endorsed by Whitsbury Parish Council and will be used to define future actions that may be taken to maintain or improve the future of the village as we all enjoy it today.
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We are also looking separately to see who would be willing to donate their time to village initiatives. You will also receive a postcard with which you can indicate whether you would be willing to assist with various village groups. Please complete and return this if you are interested.
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We have tried to make it easy to return your completed questionnaires and postcards which may be returned to a number of addresses around the village to make it easy for you.
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The deadline for questionnaire and postcard returns is 28th February 2022.
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The revised Whitsbury Village Plan will be published in the autumn.
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Parish Council Meeting Minutes
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Minutes from the Whitsbury Parish Council meeting held on Monday 10th January can be found here.
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Queens Platinum Jubilee Celebration - 5th June 2022
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Please hold the date of Sunday 5th June free for village celebrations to commemorate the Queens 70th anniversay. The village will be commemorating in style so please keep this date free and more details will follow.
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Whitsbury Village Show - 6th August 2022
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The date for the 2022 Village Show will be Saturday 6th August. Having had to cancel because of Covid for the last 2 years we are pressing ahead in the hope that this year we will be able to hold a show.
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New Edition of The Courier
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The December/January edition of The Courier can be found on the St Leonards Church page or click here
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Noting times shown in The Courier are subject to change as above.
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Village Broadband Update Dec 2021
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At the end of 2020 an approach was made to Openreach to explore the cost of upgrading village broadband to provide fibre to property connectivity. The objective being to achieve a faster more reliable service in an age when more and more is done over the internet. At the time of the approach to Openreach government funding and a top up from Hampshire Council made provision of £3,000 per each residential property that was prepared to sign up to provision of the new service.
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After canvassing the village just over 30 households expressed an interest and these details were forwarded to Openreach to start the costing process. The cost from Openreach came back at just over £140,00 meaning we were in the region of £40 -50,000 adrift. Uncertainty over the continuity of the funding due to local elections led to a delay in the application process.
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When funding was confirmed an item was placed in the summer village newsletter to try and increase the number of people interested and this led to a small increase but nowhere near enough to reach the quoted cost.
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The situation now is that Hampshire Council has been successful in securing significant government funding from the national Project Gigabit Scheme which could see between £148 and £251 million spent on improving services to in excess of 150,00 uncommercial (for service providers to install) or difficult to reach premises in Hampshire and the Isle of Wight. Hampshire has been identified as being in Phase 1 of the procurement process. The installation will be subject to a procurement process which will start in February – April 2022 and end in September with a contract commencement date of early 2023. While this procurement process takes place there will be a moratorium on some of the initial grant funding This makes any separate approach to installation by the village unfeasible. In order to further speed up the process of UK wide connectivity the Building Digital UK unit with the Department of Culture, Media and Sports will become a Government Executive Agency in April 2022 to enhance the rollout of digital support and expand its operations.
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With this in mind we will have to see what the results of the procurement process are. It is my understanding that our area falls within the ‘difficult to reach or uncommercial category’. Any update will be placed on the village website.
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Beware of Lottery Scams - Hundreds Fall Victim in Just Seven Months
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Criminals will contact unsuspecting victims informing them they have won a lottery or prize draw. The victim is then informed that they will need to pay an advance fee in order to receive their winnings. In reality, the winnings are non-existent and it is an attempt to steal the victims money, personal or financial information.
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See Whitsbury Watch for full Neighbourhood Watch article here
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Parish Council Meeting Minutes
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Minutes for the recent Parish Council meeting can be viewed here.
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Summer Newsletter Available
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We hope you enjoy the latest village newsletter it will be delivered to all houses in the village as a paper version.
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If you would prefer an electronic version a PDF version can be downloaded here.
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Support as we Resume Normality
- If anyone in the village needs any support during this latest lockdown such as shopping, prescription pick up, or a phone chat etc then please let us know contact a Whitsbury Helper or contact us through admin@whitsbury.com and we will help as we can. it's great to be in such a close community so we are here to help each other.
- Whitsbury Helpers are Steve Husher, Charlotte Thompson, Andy Foreman, Arabella Tregoning and Juliettte Knibbs
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2022 Village Show - 6th August 2022
The 2020 Village Show has now been rescheduled for 6th August 2022.
Following the cancellation of the 2021 Village Show because of corona virus we are delighted to announce a new Village Show date of 6th August 2022. The show normally runs bi-annually so this moves it into the year we would normally not hold a show.
We plan to run the same programme as we were intending to run in 2020/1 so any preparation is not wasted! Watch out for more news in coming months as we prepare for the new date date.
We obviously hope that coronavirus will be behind us by then
Keep safe everyone
The Show Committee
See Village Show page for more information and the initial programme.
- All of the Covid 19 Help information has been moved from this page to it's own page which can be accessed on the Covid 19 Help tab and here
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Somerley Recycling Centre
- The Somerley recycling centre now requires pre-booking before arrival. A time slot can be booked here, click the link
- Please be considerate over bonfires!
- We continue to receive complaints of some residents burning their waste on bonfires. We would ask that residents be considerate to their neighbours and avoid having garden bonfires at this time.
- Smoke from bonfires can aggravate health issues for vulnerable residents, cause additional stress to those trying to enjoy their outside space, and the risk from uncontrolled fires could impact on an already stretched fire service.
- If you are subjected to the above; then, to maintain good neighbour relations, you may wish to discuss the matter with your neighbour(s) or the manager etc. of the neighbouring premises if it is a business, as they may not be aware that there is a problem.
- NFDC advise residents to store their waste until it can be collected or composted. Should frequent bonfires which impact on another property continue to occur, residents may wish to make a formal complaint see http://www.nfdc.gov.uk/bonfires if it is a constant problem.
- Household Waste Recycling Centre - Car Registration
- Hampshire County Council are changing the ways that we are allowed to use Household Waste Recycling Centres such as Somerley. The centres will be installing Automatic Number Plate Recognition (ANPR) systems which will automatically check the council database for your registration. There is a need to pre-register your car. If your car is not registered there will be a £5 charge per visit. The £5 charge will apply to all those not registered or visiting from outside the Hampshire catchment area.
- The link to register vehicles is
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Whitsbury Calendar
With the cancellation of the Village Show we will defer the calendar until 2022. The calendar will be for the calendar year 2022. So we would like to ask everyone in the village to get involved and submit a photograph or two taken around the village that encompasses something of the village feel, a village landmark or favourite village view. A flyer as shown below has been circulated to all houses in the village and a new e-mail account set up at calendar@whitsbury.com to send entries or ask questions.
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Events and Activities
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If anyone wants to share an event please send an e-mail to admin@whitsbury.com with details and we can publish via these pages.
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Upcoming Events
| Date | Description | Location | Time |
| 30th January 2022 | Parish Worship | St Leonards | 11:00 |
| 28th March 2022 | Parish Council Meeting | Village Hall | 19:00 |
| 23rd May 2022 | Parish Council Meeting | Village Hall | 19:00 |
| 5th June 2022 | Queens Jubilee Celebration | TBA | TBA |
| 25th July 2022 | Parish Council Meeting | Village Hall | 19:00 |
| 6th August 2022 | Whitsbury Village Show | Village Hall | |
| 31st October 2022 | Parish Council Meeting | Village Hall | 19:00 |
Site Updates and Recent Changes
04/01/2022 Events Updated
17/01/2022 Events updated, PC Minutes added
22/01/2022 Village Plan article added
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