Chorleywood Common – Litter pick on 22nd March

Feb 24, 2025

As part of the 10th National Great British Spring Clean, we are organising a litter pick on our beautiful Common on Saturday 22nd March 2025. We will be set up in front of the Cricket Pavilion. Volunteers of all ages are welcome any time between 9.30am to 12.30pm. We...

Chiltern Choir – Beethoven!

Feb 24, 2025

The Chiltern Choir presents its next concert on Saturday 5th April.  A lovely Beethoven programme, The Mass in C and the Choral Fantasia, as well as some musical interludes. Starting at 7.30pm with refreshments at the interval. Amersham Free Church (Woodside Road, HP6...

New fencing to protect our Parade flower beds

Feb 4, 2025

Our Parade flower beds are starting to show very welcome signs of spring. Unfortunately the plants at the roadside edges suffered from people walking across the beds and drivers treading on plants as they got out of parked cars. Our colleague Lisa took up the...

Another Disappearing Post Box

Feb 4, 2025

The red pillar box opposite the Co-op in Lower Road disappeared without public warning this week, and with it the 5pm last collection. Lords, who commendably stepped up to run a community-based post office service when the old Post Office closed, understand a new post...

New Tablets, and free “Tea & Tablet” sessions in the Library

Feb 4, 2025

Chorleywood Community Library is delighted to announce the arrival of 3 Samsung Galaxy tablets (Hublets) that are free for members to use in the library. The tablets are ready to browse the internet and preloaded with some commonly used apps (subject to terms &...

Chorleywood Common – Ground Nesting Bird Protection Campaign

Feb 4, 2025

Chorleywood Parish Council is launching its annual campaign to promote and protect ground nesting birds on Chorleywood Common, implementing measures from 1 March to 31 July 2025. The initiative focuses on protecting vulnerable species, including the red-listed...

Roughwood Lane – get your free permit!

Feb 4, 2025

Thanks to our November newsletter item lots of Chorleywood residents were able to respond to Bucks County Council’s consultation on closing Roughwood Lane to all vehicles, except for access. We’re pleased to say Bucks CC took note, and have decided on a much better...

Old Shire Lane – good news, wellies no longer needed soon!

Feb 4, 2025

As we reported last June, the top of Old Shire Lane from Piggy Lane to Philipshill Wood has been so damaged by vehicles that it’s often impassable for walkers without wellies after rain – deeply flooded from hedge to hedge. It’s a bridleway with motorised...

Chorleywood station car park – Postscript

Feb 4, 2025

We’re pleased to see that the lights were adjusted to shine downwards, after we reported the residents’ 3rd degree spotlight effect and had an onsite meeting with Saba to demonstrate the problem. It’s a big improvement. Unfortunately the posts are so high that...

CRA Planning and Licence application updates

Feb 4, 2025

As you know, we issue a twice-monthly newsletter on planning applications, to keep you aware of applications in Chorleywood in time for you to comment to TRDC if you wish. Don’t forget we recently added important licensing applications to the Planning Update...