Events at Chiltern Open Air Museum

Sep 23, 2023

Check out the events calendar to see what’s happening at Chiltern Open Air Museum for the rest of the year including the Harvest Festival on 30th September & 1st October. And this year COAM’s Halloween Spectacular event returns on 27th October. Bring...

Lady Ela’s Summer House Museum Exhibition 2023

Aug 14, 2023

FRIENDS OF CHORLEYWOOD HOUSE ESTATE PRESENT LADY ELA’S SUMMER HOUSE MUSEUM EXHIBITION 2023 Opening hours 12am to 4pm August Bank Holiday 2023 –  Sunday 27th & Monday 28th August Discover the history, curiosities and memorabilia of the House, its residents,...

Village Day and our 2023 Community Champion

Jul 24, 2023

After a blustery rainy start, Village Day 2023 finally came alive at around 2:30 when the sun came out. The CRA stall was buzzing. Sadly, not to play our Underground Game, but to query, discuss, and rant about the Local Cycling Walking Infrastructure Plan (LCWIP). We...

PCSOs and PCs in the village

Jul 24, 2023

The first week in July was Antisocial Behaviour Awareness Week, ASB Awareness Week 2023. As part of this our local PCSO’s and PC’s spent two evenings in the village so they could introduce themselves to villagers and answer any concerns.  It was good to...

Damage to the parade flowerbeds

Jul 24, 2023

On Thursday a concerned resident alerted us that large groups of pupils had congregated in the village, resulting in lots of dropped litter and yet more destruction to our new flowerbeds. When they were approached and asked to pick up the litter at their feet and to...

The mystery of a memorial that never was?

Jul 24, 2023

By Fabian Hiscock, Three Rivers Museum There was a huge desire immediately after WW1 to commemorate the fallen, and almost every community had a war memorial of some sort. But not all the proposed designs were built, and the museum has been asked by the Arts...

The LCWIP consultation – Chorleywood had its say!

Jul 24, 2023

Our thanks to all who responded to the HCC / TRDC consultation on their LCWIP* proposals. We worked hard to get news of the consultation out; our call for a letter to every household was rejected on cost grounds. We thought it vital that everyone knew about the...

North Hill “Unsuitable for HGVs” signs visible at last!

Jul 24, 2023

We all know North Hill is very narrow and unsuitable for heavy vehicles, there were signs saying so at the Chorleywood and Sarratt ends. Trouble is the signs were small, often obscured by hedge growth, and one by St Clement Danes was facing the wrong way!    Thanks to...

Investigating phosphate concentrations in the River Chess

Jul 24, 2023

Analysis over ten years of the River Chess has shown an increase in phosphate concentrations suggesting an unknown source of phosphate between Solesbridge Lane and Valley Farm Road, Chenies/Sarratt.   An independent Citizen Science project [coordinated under the...

Our local sewers

Jul 24, 2023

Certainly not a pleasant topic for our newsletter, but we are aware that a number of residents have reported issues with the local sewage network which has impacted houses, particularly on Blacketts Wood Drive. Thames Water have been called out on a number of...