2008 Summer Fayre and Scarecrow Trail

The magnificent Scarecrow-Eating Spider was a worthy winner of the popular vote for the best scarecrow of the 2008 Scarecrow Trail. You can browse through this year's pictures to catch up with any that you missed.

Proposed Marina at Wrenbury Heath

A planning application has been lodged for a substantial marina development at Wrenbury Heath. Consultation closes on 12th November. Click on the heading above, and search for Planning Application P08/1123.

Manchester Jazz Band

Advance notice that the popular Manchester Jazz Band will be playing in Wrenbury on Saturday 8th November, 2008. Make a note in your diary now!

Wrenbury Toddler Group

Wrenbury Toddler Group meet every Tuesday during term time at School House, Wrenbury (next to the main school), from 1:30 - 3:15pm. Activities include crafts, toys and puzzles, board games and outdoor play. For further details contact Hayley Maddocks (01270 611950) or Laura Atkinson (01270 780350).

Wrenbury Runners are back!

We are a friendly, sociable running group for local runners of all abilities. New people are always welcome. We usually run on Sunday mornings at 8:30 from Wrenbury Surgery, Sound Common or Aston and arrange the time and place via the web site each week.

Cheshire Life features

The June 2007 edition of Cheshire Life previewed the Scarecrow Trail, while September 2006 edition featured some new and interesting photographs of the village.

Community Speed Watch

Local police Community Support Officer, Sharon Jones, is working with the Parish Council to set up Community Speed watch in the village. If you are interested in joining in, you can contact Sharon for a chat about what is involved at Nantwich Police Station.
Tel: 0845 458 6378 (routine voicemail)
Tel: 0845 458 0000 (incident reporting)
E-mail: sharon.jones@cheshire.pnn.police.uk.

New Multi-Use Games Area now open

The new Multi-Use Games Area next to Wrenbury Recreation Ground, which is Phase 2 of the development of the Medical Centre site, is now open for use, and provides a significant boost to the sporting facilities available to us.

Alternative Broadband - choices narrow

The area around Norbury and Norbury Common is one of those isolated pockets where BT are unwilling to provide conventional ADSL broadband due to the high cost of upgrading the infrastructure for the relatively small number of subscribers. One of the potential alternatives, TELES Wireless Broadband Internet GmbH, based in Berlin, who provide a Europe-wide satellite based system under the skyDSL brand appear to have suspended their UK service pending appointment of a new UK business partner. The only other alternative known to us that can provide a reasonably priced domestic service is West Midlands based Access Broadband, who use a two-way wireless systems via local relay stations. Although this is not available to everybody, as it requires a good view of one of their local relays (usually mounted on farm buildings), it does provide the "always on" convenience of conventional ADSL broadband, and is independent of the telephone. Remember, though, that "always on" makes your system much more vulnerable to hackers, so use of an effective and up to date firewall is essential, and please remember to secure your wireless network!