CANCELLED: Temporary Road Closure - Boxted Lane, Newington

It will be necessary to close part of Boxted Lane, Newington from Monday 13th December 2021, with estimated completion by 17th December 2021.

Boxted Lane, Newington will be closed between the junctions with Breach Lane and School Lane, to the extent indicated by signs and barriers on site.

The alternative route is School Lane, Wardwell Lane, Vicarage Lane, The Street, Breach Lane and vice versa.

The closure is required for the safety of the public and workforce while tree surgery works are undertaken by Openreach.

For information regarding this closure, please contact Openreach on: 0800 023 2023, who will be able to assist with the scope of these works.

KCC 24hr Contact Centre: 03000 418181

For details of roadworks see: https://one.network

Kent County Council - Highways, Transportation & Waste

Changes to Opening Hours at Upchurch's Co-op

Our new opening hours for the Upchurch store, beginning Friday 12th November 2021, are:

6:30am - 10:00pm everyday

The store will be observing two minutes silence at 11:00am on 11/11/2021.

Thank you 

Sally - Upchurch’s Co-op

The Blythswood Care Christmas Shoe Box Appeal 2021

Bring joy this Christmas

We will be collecting Shoe Boxes again this year on behalf of Blythswood as they again take God's love to some of the poorest people in Eastern Europe.

We will be able to pick your shoe boxes up from St Mary's Church, Upchurch right up until the first Sunday in December. The church is open most Wednesdays, so you can just pop your box in, and put them on the back pew near the font - thank you.

Filling a box can be quite expensive if you put in all the items suggested. Why not fill a box with a group of friends. Or, we are always short of socks, underwear, flannels, deodorants, sweets (not chocolate and with a good date). So you could put together a selection of any of these - they are always very handy.

Blythswood is desperately short of help to sort boxes and pack them into cartons. If you would like to help with sorting/packing shoe boxes, this will take place at St Barnabas Church, Nelson Road, Gillingham, from Monday to Friday between 9:30am and 4:30pm (8:00pm on a Thursday). Saturday between 9:30am and 4:00pm. We have been asked to wear masks on-site and bring our own drinks and lunch. They are trying to arrange parking.

Please phone Ralph and tell him you are coming - this is to ensure we can comply with Covid regulations - 07847 205431.

This is a truly amazing thing to take part in - You will love seeing love in a box ❤️

Have a look at Blythswood's work, click on the link: https://blythswood.org/shoeboxappeal

Any questions, please Email me: gilliangay99@yahoo.co.uk

Thank you

Gill Gay

Upchurch Village Fair at Upchurch Village Hall

Finish your Christmas shopping and support small local businesses at this year's Upchurch Village Fair at Upchurch Village Hall on Saturday 11th December between 10:00am and 1:00pm.

We have Novella with folded books, handmade Christmas gifts and decorations, Body Shop, Scentsy, and Bug & Beagle Books coming to name just a few.

Stallholders will be updating the event page with more details at >> https://fb.me/e/5TB1wpLCW

Faye Cosgrave

St Mary's Church Fundraising Sale

Saturday 13th November between 10:00am - 11:30am

Homemade Produce & Preloved Items

🍰 🍓 🧩 📚 🎨 ➕

Upchurch Matters

Street Lighting Update - Windmill Hill

The street light at the bottom of Windmill Hill is the final light yet to be energized by UK Power Networks.

The last date we were given for this to happen was the week beginning, 25th October 2021, which has now been and gone.

Our contractor has reported a fault on the line again and will refer it to the faults team.

John Arnold

Vice-Chairman

Upchurch Parish Council