NSD Runners Club - Community 5K Run

Come and join us on our friendly new Upchurch Community 5K Run.

We will meet outside the Crown Pub in Upchurch village every Saturday, and the run will begin at 9:00am.

Please contact me (Andy Sambrook) at: nsdrunners@gmail.com if you are interested or search for the run club (NSD Runners) on Strava. My website is to follow.

Hopefully, if there is enough interest, I will also introduce another 5k run one evening during the week and a 10k run on Sunday morning... but let's see how it goes with the Saturday 5k first!

All runners of all ages and abilities are welcome :-)

Andy Sambrook

Attempted Break-in - Newington

Hartlip, Newington & Upchurch Ward

Crime Number: 46/245452/21

Between 00:01 on Monday the 1st of November and 18:27 on Friday the 26th of November, somebody tried to break into a residential property and damaged a window in Orchard Drive, Newington.

If you have any information that could help investigators please contact Kent Police on telephone number 101 and quote the relevant crime number above.

For more information on crime prevention visit: www.kent.police.uk

Kent Community Messaging

The Christmas Rainbow Café at St Mary's Church, Upchurch

Hi everyone,

Come along to our Christmas Rainbow Café on Thursday the 2nd of December between 2:00pm and 5:00pm.

As well as our usual delicious homemade cakes, savouries and kids snack deal, we will have mince pies and mulled wine. 

There will be a Christmas story, carol singing and some great Christmas crafts for the kids.

All are welcome.

May we take this opportunity to wish for you a Christmas full of joy and love. And we pray that the year ahead will bring many blessings.

Gill Gay and all the Rainbow Café team

St Mary's Church Fundraising Sale

Saturday 4th December between 10:00am - 11:30am

Homemade Cakes, Jams, Pickles, Scones and Savouries

Also Puzzles, Books and sometimes Bric-à-brac and Plants

Something for everyone

Refreshments

Please help support this ancient building

🍰 🍓 🧩 📚 🎨 🪴 ☕️ ➕

Upchurch Matters

The Organ at St Mary the Virgin, Upchurch - Fundraising Appeal - Thank You

Click photographs to enlarge.

I have been quite overwhelmed by the wonderful response to our fundraising appeal to help pay for the maintenance work required on the organ in our church.

Members of the congregation and people of the wider community of Upchurch have given generously, as well as others from outside the village.

I can report that we have successfully raised the amount required and the work should be happening in December.

This will ensure that the organ will continue to function and support the music in church for many years to come.

A big thank you from our Parochial Church Council and myself!

Sue Rossiter - Organist at St Mary’s, Upchurch

Telephone: 01634 234780

Email: suerossiter@waitrose.com

Emergency Road Closure - Wallbridge Lane, Upchurch

It will be necessary to close Wallbridge Lane, Upchurch from Monday the 29th of November 2021 for up to 5 days.

 

Wallbridge Lane will be closed between the junctions of Oak Lane and Horsham Lane.

 

The alternative route is via Otterham Quay Lane, Moor Street, London Road and Oak Lane.

 

This is to enable cabling investigation works to be carried out by Openreach.

KCC 24hr Contact Centre: 03000 418181

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

Kent County Council - Highways, Transportation & Waste