NEWS AND EVENTS

​REGULAR EVENTS:

• Meditation Group - every 1st and 3rd Tuesday of the month at 7pm Abdon Village Hall. Just turn up and give it a try. Free of charge, all welcome. Tea, biscuits and a chat to end the evening. If you are new to meditation please come at 6.45pm. For more info email Guy, Lesley or Ali lesleyvandyke@gmail.com, guyroberts72@gmail.com, ared13@aol.com
• UFO (Un Finished Objects) craft morning - every 2nd Saturday each month at Abdon Village Hall 10.30am to 12.30pm. Bring along your unfinished projects. Join us and learn a new craft skill or teach your craft skills to someone else. Please supply your own materials. Please make a donation for refreshments. 
• Coffee morning - last Saturday each month in Abdon Village Hall 10.30am to 12.30pm (except for December). Join us for coffee, cake and a chat, everyone welcome!
• Church Services - 2nd and 4th Sunday of each month at St. Margaret's Church, Abdon. See the St. Margaret's Church page for details. Please see the latest Corvedale News or Corvedale Parishes Facebook page for updates. 
• Abdon District Community Wildlife Group - events detailed below.
• Women's Institute - 2nd Monday of the month at 2pm, Clee St.Margaret Village Hall. 
• Parish Council meetings - usually the first Thursday in January, May, July and October in Abdon Village Hall. See the Parish Council page for details.
• Brown Clee Patient Participation Group (PPG). Meetings for 2025 - 7th January. 1st April, 1st July and 7th October. For full details follow this link: Brown Clee Surgery - Abdon and Heath Parish - Abdon and Heath Parish, Abdon, Craven Arms (hugofox.com). ​​
• St Margaret’s Church, Abdon - DONATIONS for LUDLOW FOOD BANK in the church porch. Any non-perishable food, unopened and in date will be very welcome, for example: tinned foods, long-lasting drinks, food cupboard items. Your donations will a make a difference and help someone. Donations will be taken regularly to the Ludlow Food Bank. THANK YOU.

MAY TO JULY 2025

• Abdon and Heath Parish Council Notice of Election - attached below.
• Abdon and Heath Parish Council - Notice of Uncontested Election attached below. The retirement date for existing councillors for an uncontested election will be on 6 May. Newly elected councillors take up office on the same day.
• Wildlife Group - Curlew Country updates and Great Rookery Survey 2025 attached below.
• 17th April - New Planning Application. Ref: 25/00997/FUL. Address: Nordy View, Abdon, Craven Arms, Shropshire, SY7 9HX. Proposal: Change of use of (first floor) of domestic outbuilding into holiday let (retrospective). Applicant: Mr Christopher Yarwood. View online at:  http://pa.shropshire.gov.uk/online-applications/applicationDetails.do?activeTab=summary&keyVal=ST4NJ4TDGIH00
• Thursday 1st May - Local Elections.
• 2nd May - Brown Clee Patient Participation Group Spring Bulletin - attached below. For more information see Brown Clee PPG - Abdon and Heath Parish - Abdon and Heath Parish, Abdon, Craven Arms
• Monday 5th May - VE Day 80th Anniversary Celebrations (Bank Holiday).
• 9th May - Appeal on Planning Application 25/00264/FUL. See Parish Council page for details.
• 11th May - Wildlife Group - INTRODUCTORY SESSION TO PINE MARTEN & DORMICE PROJECT AT WESTON HOUSE ON SUNDAY 11th MAY FROM 10am - 4 pm. During the morning we’ll learn about the importance of these rare mammals in the Shropshire landscape, followed by a walk around the woodland patch in the afternoon. Tea, coffee and cake provided, but please bring your own sandwiches for lunch. Weston House postcode is TF13 6QT ; it’s easy to get to with a big farmyard to park in. Please wear or bring nettle-proof trousers!
• Thursday 15th May - Abdon and Heath Parish Council AGM. 7.30pm at Abdon Village Hall. All residents of the villages are invited to attend. Agenda attached below.
• Saturday 17th May - Wildlife Group Dawn Chorus Walk. 6.00am Oak Farm, Ditton Priors. Meet at Oak Farm at 6.00am for a wander around the meadows and woodland to see what birds we can identify.  I am sure some of us will want to head to the Willows Cafe for breakfast afterwards! Park at the Ditton Priors village hall parking area.  Please be aware of the neighbours at this early time of the morning. You may then want to go on to Karl's Wood for what should be a very interesting morning's botany.
• Saturday 17th May - Wildlife Group Woodland Botany. 10am Ashfield Coppice. An opportunity to spend time with professional botanist John Handley exploring an ancient woodland site ("Karl's  wood"). Bring your field guides to flowers, trees, ferns or whatever, and a hand lens if you have one. Bring refreshments. We aim to finish about 1pm, but if you like, also bring a packed lunch to enjoy in a woodland glade, and maybe stay a bit longer. 
• Sunday 25 May - Wildlife Group Moth Morning. 9.00am, Stoke St Milborough. Jane Gillies has kindly agreed to host a Moth Morning at The Old School House, Stoke St Milborough, SY8 2EJ. Limited parking at the house but parking at the church.
• 26th - 27th May - Road Closure: Hillside Ditton Priors. Purpose: Road CLosure-Severn Trent Water- CARRIAGEWAY TYPE 4 (UP TO 0.5 MSA) * Short Comm Pipe Repair 25mm. Enforcement pattern for Hillside Ditton Priors: All the time. You can view the closure and diversion route by clicking here:  https://one.network/?tm=143119158
• Sunday 1st June - Abdon Wildlife Group, Clee Liberty Common Mountain Pansy Walk. Four years ago we discovered a colony of Mountain Pansies (Viola lutea) close to the top of Clee Burf. Although this species is declining in Shropshire, this was the first time Viola lutea had been recorded at this location, “Once abundant in fields on all the hills in the west of the county and even on lowland heaths, but now it is rare to find more than a couple of dozen plants in the unimproved fields that remain.” (The Flora and Vegetation of Shropshire 2015). We want to see how the colony is doing. Park at, and set out from the Heatham Gate (SO573850) at 10am. Bring a packed lunch. This event will only take place if the weather is kind.
• 13th June - Road Closure: Unnamed road between Holdgate & Tugford. Openreach-MJ Quinn are to replace 1 x decayed wooden BT pole. Enforcement pattern: All the time. You can view the closure and diversion route by clicking here:  https://one.network/?tm=142654939
• Thursday 19th June - Abdon Wildlife Group, Small Pearl-bordered Fritillary Walk, Clee Liberty.  A walk up Clee Liberty concentrating on looking for evidence of Small Pearl-bordered Fritillary butterflies and recording the birds using the Common.  Particularly looking for Wheatears.  This will be a walk up to the wet areas in and below the quarry. Meet at Heatham Gate parking area SO572 849 for an 11.00am start.
• Sunday 22nd June - Abdon Wildlife Group, Dormouse Nestbox Checks. Meet at 10am Powkesmore Holding off the Ditton Priors to Stanton Long road.  Their track entrance is at What3words oasis.purist.dynasties.  Drive up the track to park at the house. NB Dormouse footprint tunnel traps available to borrow. The group's trail camera is also available to borrow if you identify the presence of Dormice.
• Saturday 5th July - Abdon Wildlife Group, Churchyard Wild Plant Surveys. Clee St. Margaret Church 10am. Bring refreshments. Expect to be finished by lunchtime. There is limited parking, so please car-share if possible.
• Saturday 12th July - Abdon Wildlife Group, Churchyard Wild Plant Surveys. Loughton Churchyard 10am. Bring refreshments. Expect to be finished by lunchtime. There is limited parking, so please car-share if possible.
• 22nd - 24th July - Road Closure: Hillside Ditton Priors. Purpose: Road Closure-Severn Trent Water- CARRIAGEWAY TYPE 4 (UP TO 0.5 MSA) * Short Comm Pipe Repair 25mm. Enforcement pattern for Hillside Ditton Priors: All the time. You can view the closure and diversion route by clicking here:  https://one.network/?tm=143119158

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