Christmas Market with Santa at Upchurch Village Hall

Christmas Market

On Saturday the 10th of December

From 11:00am until 4:30pm at Upchurch Village Hall

The Christmas Market is organised by the Village Hall Management Committee and is a fundraising event for the St Mary’s Church Bell Tower Restoration Fund with refreshments provided by Upchurch WI.

Market stalls include:

Teas & Cakes

Crafts

Grand Raffle

Upchurch Players Costume Shop

Usborne Children's Books

Art from Local Artists

And Many More!

Thanks to Upchurch Parish Council, Santa, in his sleigh with giant reindeer and elves, will be visiting the children at the Village Hall from 2:30pm until 4:30pm.

Gerry Lewin

Organiser of the Christmas Market for the Village Hall Management Committee

Email: lewing135@btinternet.com

Telephone: 07946 996789

Upchurch Traffic Speed Survey Results 2022

A summary of data from 3 recent traffic speed surveys of vehicles travelling in both directions along Horsham Lane, Forge Lane, and The Street, Upchurch, is now available.

Traffic speeds were recorded at 15 minute intervals 24 hours per day for 7 days. The 2 measures used when looking at traffic speed are average speed and 85th percentile speed. The latter is the speed at which 85% of vehicles are travelling at or below.

Please click each graphic to enlarge it.

Horsham Lane

TSS carried out a 7 day ATC on Horsham Lane commencing the 14/10/22.
The number of vehicles exceeding the speed limit of 30mph was 1343, which is 5.48% of the total vehicles recorded in both directions, which was 24519.

Forge Lane

TSS carried out a 7 day ATC on Forge Lane commencing the 06/10/22.
The number of vehicles exceeding the speed limit of 30mph was 1847, which is 7.25% of the total vehicles recorded in both directions, which was 25482.

The Street

TSS carried out a 7 day ATC on The Street commencing the 06/10/22.
The number of vehicles exceeding the speed limit of 60mph was 0, which is 0.00% of the total vehicles recorded in both directions, which was 3501.

The traffic speed surveys were funded by Swale ward councillors Alan Horton and Richard Palmer from Ward Members Grants allocations and are to help inform the current Parish Highways Improvement Plan.

Thank you to Upchurch Parish Council for sharing this information.

Upchurch Matters

Latest POLICE.UK Crime Data for Hartlip, Newington & Upchurch Ward - September 2022

Hartlip, Newington & Upchurch Ward

A brief summary of crime information for the past 2 months.

28 crimes are shown on the map in September 2022 including:

4 Anti-social Behaviour

2 Criminal Damage and Arson

4 Other Theft

3 Public Order

1 Vehicle crime

12 Violence and Sexual Offences

2 Other Crime

38 crimes were shown on the map in August 2022.

Not all crime that occurs is shown on the map.

Please visit: www.police.uk for more information including outcomes for these crimes and contact information for your local policing team.

Upchurch Matters

Rivers Restaurant New Year Party with P’ZAZ at Upchurch River Valley Golf Course

Jenny Giles - Upchurch River Valley Golf Course

Telephone: 01634 360626

Website: www.rivervalleygolf.co.uk

Latest POLICE.UK Crime Data for Hartlip, Newington & Upchurch Ward - August 2022

Hartlip, Newington & Upchurch Ward

A brief summary of crime information for the past 2 months.

38 crimes are shown on the map in August 2022 including:

4 Anti-social Behaviour

1 Burglary

3 Criminal Damage and Arson

1 Drugs

1 Other Theft

1 Possession of Weapons

1 Public Order

1 Robbery

3 Vehicle crime

21 Violence and Sexual Offences

1 Other Crime

36 crimes were shown on the map in July 2022.

Not all crime that occurs is shown on the map.

Please visit: www.police.uk for more information including outcomes for these crimes and contact information for your local policing team.

Upchurch Matters

Swale Borough Council - More Support for Swale’s Vulnerable Residents

People struggling to feed their families and pay their bills could be eligible for more support this Winter.

Swale Borough Council has received more than £250,000 from Kent County Council’s (KCC) Household Support Fund to help households access food boxes, get vouchers to pay their electric, gas and water bills, and purchase the items needed to keep warm.

The money has been allocated to organisations within the local community who have been on the ground helping people navigate the cost of living crisis.

Swale Foodbank and Children and Families will be delivering emergency food parcels, West Faversham Community Association will be providing meals to the young people visiting their youth hub and Age UK will be delivering hot meals and shopping to pensioners.

The council’s fuel and water home advisor and Citizens Advice Swale will be providing Fuel Bank Foundation fuel vouchers to people with pre-paid meters, and Children and Families will be providing Mastercard vouchers for people with billed utility accounts.

People can also request help with items that will help keep them warm this Winter such as water bottles, blankets, and draft excluders from the council’s fuel and water housing advisor.

Cllr Richard Palmer, chair of the community committee at the council, said:

“We’ve received more than £250,000 from KCC’s household support fund this time around.

“We received money from the first round this Summer and used it to support almost 8,000 households around Swale.

“Unfortunately, we haven’t received as much money as we did in the first round, but the criteria for who we can help has been relaxed this time, so we hope to be able to reach the households that weren’t eligible last time.”

Cllr Elliott Jayes, vice chair of the community committee at the council, said:

“Alongside helping with energy bills, we can also help residents with the cost of hot water bottles, blankets, and draft excluders.

“The funding is available until March, so anyone struggling to feed their family or keep their home warm this Winter can contact us for support.”

To find the right support visit. www.swale.gov.uk/hsf

Swale Borough Council