Old sodierSculpture by Richard McKelvey of Swannington. Dedicated to his grandfather Frant Buttifant, a Chelsea Pensioner and veteran of WWII who is the remaining survivor of his company. He was imprisoned by the Japanese and forced to work in the mines of Kinkaseki, Formosa and freed by the Americans.
In the process of making the sculpture, the bark was removed to reveal it had started to heal itself and is symbolic of man's struggle and ability to reinvent and survive against the appalling odds. At the base are crosses carved in a variety of woods to symbolise the various nationalities and ethnicities of the World.

Latest news

Do you want to do more for your village?

Come and have a look at some new ideas for the play field you may even have an idea or two of your own, join us on Wednesday 17th March in the Margaret Preston room from 11am till 2pm and meet some experts from Fenland Leisure, Adventure Play and Play-scape, and see what ideas they have for our field.

Mains Sewer Scheme

The unofficial news is that the vacuum pump should be commissioned during February and most of the work completed by the end of the month when people will be informed that they can start to make arrangements to link into the system.

“Ashwren Players” regret that the pantomime planned for February half-term week has had to be postponed.

“Snow White”  will now be coming to Wreningham village hall on Thurs 15th, Fri 16th & Sat 17th April 2010.

Tickets will go on sale in early March.  Available from Christine Minns, High Gables, Church Road.
Prices:  Thurs and Fri evenings and Sat. Matinee: Adults £6.00, Concessions £5.00, Children £4.00. 
:  Sat. evening all tickets £6.00.

Remember that seats are numbered so you need to book early to get forward seats.   We shall be opening a box office at the village hall on a few mornings at 9 am – dates to be publicised.

Report of the Chairman of the Village Hall commitee

Extracts from the report of the Chairman to the Annual General Meeting on Tuesday 8th December 2009. View the report

Wreningham fuel trust

This year the Trustees have a reasonable sum of money to distribute but to date we have had very few applications.  If you are suffering hardship at this time, or if you know of somebody who could do with a little help with their heating bills, please let us have their names. This fund is open of all age groups.
Traditionally, in the event of few applications, the Trust invites persons over the age of 70 years to apply to the fund and once again we would consider applications from this group.

A distribution will take place in January. Please apply with name and address of the applicant or nominated person to the clerk:  Christine Minns, High Gables, Church Road, Wreningham, NR16 1BH (Tel: 488123)  If you need any further explanations or details do contact me by phone.

Village hall microgeneration project

The village hall trustees are keen to reduce the hall’s carbon footprint and to help achieve this have applied for 2 grants that (if awarded) would together provide the means to install a wind turbine on the far side of the hall car park and photovoltaic (P.V.) cells on one side of the hall roof. This would provide a more sustainable means of supplying electricity for the hall’s power requirements and help reduce the fuel bills. We also intend to improve the insulation of the building and will take other energy efficiency measures where ever possible. 

As previously mentioned in The Mardle, a Project Development Study was undertaken by the local Clean Energy Consultancy and they have recommended that a 15m (domestic type) turbine would be suitable for our purposes. In the recently published Parish Plan an encouraging amount of support has been shown for this sort of small scale turbine and so we hope that this will go ahead in the next year and be of great benefit to the village community for the future. At the moment one half of the grant funding has been secured from the Low Carbon Building Programme (LCBP) and we expect to here news of the other half of the potential funding from the Community Sustainable Energy Programme (CSEP) by Christmas/new year.

If we are successful in gaining the further grant funding we will then need to apply for planning permission for the turbine and PV cells. Look out for further information on the progress of the project in the Mardle and on this website. More detailed information will be forthcoming once we know if the funding has been secured, meanwhile, please contact the village hall management committee if you have any questions about the project.

Youth Club leader wanted

Wanted to run established and successful award-winning youth clubs for 8-11 year olds and for 11-18 year olds in very well-equipped village hall at Wreningham, eight miles south of Norwich. Read More

Parish Plan

You can now download a copy of the Wreningham Parish Plan in Adobe PDF format by clicking here.

Anglian Water

If you notice any changes or damage while you are out and about as a result of works by Anglian Water, please let us know. We will compile them into a list and let Anglian Water know when they come to put thing right.

Vintage tractor day

A small video of the recent tractor day by Peter Roat can be viewed here.

Childrens play area

The children’s play area boundary (on the playing field) is no longer secure due to damage to the fencing.  The parish council is currently looking for funding to get the fence replaced.  Please ensure the safety of your children by supervising them at all times when playing in this area.