Newbury News

The Remembrance Sunday Parade & Service will be held in Newbury on Sunday 13 November 2022.  The proceedings will commence with the main parade stepping off at 10.30am from Pelican Lane and marching the length of Northbrook Street turning into Mansion House Street where the Mayor of Newbury, Cllr Gary Norman, will take the salute prior to continuing to the Market Place where the Remembrance Service will take place.

Citizens Advice West Berkshire (CAWB) told the meeting of Newbury Town Council on Monday 27 October that the Cost of Living Crisis was having an impact on residents in Newbury.

On 5 November 2022 Newbury Town Council plan to install a micro-wildflower meadow on the small area of land next to the garages near to the Ladybirds Preschool.

Newbury’s ‘Best Kept Allotment’ awards were presented at the Town Hall Chamber on Thursday evening.  The Mayor of Newbury, Cllr Gary Norman, together with the Chair of the Town Council’s Community Services Committee, Cllr Sarah Slack, presented awards to tenants who were judged to have kept the best allotment plots on each site

Victoria Park has once again been awarded ‘Green Flag’ status for 2022/23, recognised by the Green Flag Award Scheme as one of the very best in the world. The Town Council received the Award for Victoria Park for the first time in 2019.

Newbury Town Council’s fifth Climate Emergency Workshop took place on Saturday 1 October 2022 in Town Hall Chamber, Market Place. Around 50 people came along, making this the most well attended workshop since our first one in 2019.

Following the postponement of the Open Day in September, Newbury Town Hall is delighted to open its doors to the public to celebrate an Historical Open Day on Sunday 30^th October, 10am to 2pm, so that everyone can view the Council Chamber, The Civic Staircase, The Town Hall portraits, and other civic regalia.

The Newbury in Bloom 2022 campaign presentation evening took place at St Nicolas Church Hall on Friday 30 September with The Mayor of Newbury, Cllr Gary Norman, together with the sponsors, presenting the awards to the very deserving winners