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 second Wednesday 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.

DECEMBER 2025 TO JANUARY 2026

• Monday 8th to Monday 15th December - Temporary Closure of Ludlow Library. Ludlow Library has been awarded funding by Arts Council England to install a new counter to make our library space more flexible and to modernise our furniture. Because there will be a lot of tradesmen coming and going, the library will have to close whilst the counter is fitted. No library items will be due back whilst we're closed, and you won't run up any overdue charges. You're welcome to take extra books to keep you going. All other Shropshire Library branches will remain open and remember we do have our e-library as well. 
• 10th to 12th December - Road Closure:  Unnamed Road between Stanton Long & Holdgate. Severn Trent Water-CARRIAGEWAY TYPE 4 (UP TO 0.5 MSA) * Small Sluice Valve Renew 4". You can view the closure and diversion route by clicking here:  https://one.network/?tm=GB145165800
• Thursday 11th December - Cider with Rosie will be shown at Clee St Margaret village hall at 7.00pm.
• Saturday 13th December - West Mercia Police Rural village surgery - 2pm at Abdon Village Hall. Your local Safer Neighbourhood Team will be at Abdon village hall on Saturday the 13th of December at 2pm for around 1½ hours. We will be running this surgery from our mobile police station parked in the hall car park. Please take this opportunity to raise any concerns you may have and to find out what we are doing to tackle the issues that matter to you. Everyone is welcome and it would be great to see you there. For more information please contact me - PCSO 40622 Rees jay.rees1@westmercia.police.uk 
• Christmas Church Services in the Parish:
  • Abdon: Dec 21st (Advent 4) - 6pm Carol Service, Dec 25th Christmas Day - 9.30am Holy Communion.
  • Culmington: Dec 25th Christmas Day -10.15am Holy Communion.
  • Diddlebury: Dec 21st (Advent 4) - 2.15pm Carol Service (with Corvedale Choir), Dec 24th Christmas Eve - 3pm Crib & Christingle Service, 11.30pm Midnight Communion, Dec 25th Christmas Day - 11.30am Family Service (children are invited to bring an unwrapped present to show us).
  • Holdgate: Dec 21st (Advent 4) - 11.15am Carol Service, Dec 24th Christmas Eve - 9pm Holy Communion for Christmas.
  • Munslow: Dec 21st (Advent 4) - 9.45am Holy Communion (no hymns), Dec 25th Christmas Day - 9am Holy Communion, Dec 28th - 10am Group Service of Holy Communion.
  • Tugford: Dec 25th Christmas Day - 11.15am Holy Communion.
• Updates and opportunities in the Shropshire Hills National Landscape. See document attached below.
• BT Connected Together: Support with the Digital Switchover. Landlines are changing and the UK’s telephone network is going digital. These changes will affect everyone who has a landline they’d like to keep using. We understand that change can feel overwhelming. With a little support and reassurance, we’re here to help you understand what is happening and ensure you and your loved ones stay connected without disruption. That’s why we’re proud to support BT’s Connected Together initiative, offering the tools, guidance and confidence to support you and your loved ones through the switch. See the guidance attached below. Find out more at: www.bt.com/connected-together or call BT’s Customer Care team on 0330 1234 150.
• The Fraud & Scam Bulletin NOVEMBER 2025. Your monthly update direct from West Mercia Police on the latest scams and frauds attached below.
• 12th January 2026 - Road Closure:  Unnamed Road between Abdon & Ditton Priors. Openreach-MJ Quinn are to replace 1 x decayed wooden BT pole. Enforcement pattern for Unnamed Road between Abdon & Ditton Priors: All the time. You can view the closure and diversion route by clicking here:  https://one.network/?tm=GB146083526. Should you have any queries regarding this closure, please call Customer Services on 0345 6789006, or contact the Street Works Team on streetworks@shropshire.gov.uk.
• 18th and 19th February 2026 - Road Closure:  Unnamed Road between Cockshutford & Abdon. Severn Trent Water- Bbox Install 25mm and Meter. Enforcement pattery: All the time. You can view the closure and diversion route by clicking here:  https://one.network/?tm=GB146880117. Should you have any queries regarding this closure, please call Customer Services on 0345 6789006, or contact the Street Works Team on streetworks@shropshire.gov.uk.
• 26th to 27th February 2026 - Road Closure:  Ashfield Road Ditton Priors. Severn Trent Water-CARRIAGEWAY TYPE 4 (UP TO 0.5 MSA) * Bbox Install 25mm and Meter. You can view the closure and diversion route by clicking here:  https://one.network/?tm=GB147047940

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