News
Prepare for the cooler months with the Warm Homes on Prescription scheme
As summer nears to a close and the cooler months creep up on us it’s important to keep warm, particularly if you have a long-term health condition that makes you vulnerable to the negative effects of living in a cold home. If you own your home and live in a low-income household where someone has … Read more
£4.8m investment in highway maintenance and winter readiness
Highways in the county are to benefit from £4.8 million of extra investment to enhance highway maintenance and improve readiness for winter. The decision follows the exceptional winter conditions of 2023 which caused extensive damage to Nottinghamshire’s road network. The money will go to highway maintenance, focusing on permanent in-lay repairs and large-scale structural patching … Read more
Garage on the High Street Collingham
We’ve had a few people asking if anything can be done to preserve the garage on the High Street now it is vacant. Reputedly it was moved from Waddington after World War 1 and has been here ever since. We contacted Newark & Sherwood District Council and they told us that as it’s within the Conservation Area … Read more
Tour of Britain to return to Collingham
The East Midlands stage route will come through the village once more on Friday 6th September, with added tension from an intermediate sprint, with time bonuses and points towards the sprints jersey available. Once the tour has passed through Collingham, it will stay in the parish and as last year turn up towards Brough before … Read more
Flowering Lawn
In the spring, The Parish Council decided to manage the Cross site in Collingham as a “flowering lawn” rather than a wildlife meadow. Over the past few years too much grass has grown, which crowds out the wildflowers, and then it falls over and rots down, which makes the soil richer and encourages yet more … Read more
Have your say on new Police and Crime Plan
People across Nottinghamshire are being urged to take a unique chance to influence the future of policing, crime prevention and victim support services over the next five years. Nottinghamshire’s Police and Crime Commissioner Gary Godden today opened a public consultation his new Police and Crime Plan. The key pillars of Commissioner Godden’s draft proposals include … Read more
D Day – 80th Anniversary
Thursday 6th June 2024 saw the commemorations of the 80th Anniversary of D Day. Many of us listened to special radio broadcasts or watched on TV the events that were attended by World Leaders here in the UK and in France. Here in Collingham we marked the occasion by raising the flag at the specified … Read more
July Update
The Parish Council monthly meetings take place at the Collingham Youth and Community Centre. The public are welcome – joining details on parish noticeboards or from the Clerk. The next meeting is on the 25th July 2024 6.30pm, with meetings held on the fourth Thursday of the month. Don’t forget we are updating our website and … Read more