Woodchurch is a Kent village, the largest civil parish in the Borough of Ashford. It is centred 6 miles (9.7 km) from the market town of Ashford and 4 miles (6 km) from the Cinque Ports town of Tenterden, in Kent, South East England. The village became firmly established in the 13th century with the erection of the large All Saints church which still boasts a 13th-century chancel. The windmill that overlooks the village from the north commands extensive views over the Walland marshes to the English Channel coast.

Woodchurch Hub is a not-for-profit organisation whose main objectives are to promote the wellbeing of Woodchurch residents and to bring together local social groups and charities within the Woodchurch area. The HUB provides community support through The HUB building six days each week and at other times by phone and email. As well as a central information helpline, in cojunction with the Tenterden Social Hub we organise the “Meals on wheels” service within Woodchurch and, in conjunction with Woodchurch Surgery and the Jean Mealham Centre we assist with transport and prescription collection.

The Parish Council meets on the 4th Thursday of each month. Please check noticeboard or website for agenda and to confirm meeting is taking place at 7.00 pm in the Memorial Hall Annexe. Anyone from the village is welcome to attend these meetings, which include an Open Forum where matters that you would like to be considered by the Council can be discussed.

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2 days ago

If you are concerned about 5G and wireless technology or perhaps would like to understand why we should be, this is a brilliant opportunity to hear Ian Jarvis speak. He is travelling down to Kent for a one day presentational talk in The Memorial Hall in Woodchurch this Sunday 10 - 4pm (with a break so bring your own lunch). Free, but donations to cover hall hire & travel expenses appreciated.

Ian has over 30 years of IT practical experience with the UK government and private industry, as well as some 25 years experience in body therapy and movement. With a B.Sc. in Computing Science, he has dedicated himself to researching 5G in addition to the issues around all RFR/EMF/WCR. ... See MoreSee Less

If you are concerned about 5G and wireless technology or perhaps would like to understand why we should be, this is a brilliant opportunity to hear Ian Jarvis speak. He is travelling down to Kent for a one day presentational talk in The Memorial Hall in Woodchurch this Sunday 10 - 4pm (with a break so bring your own lunch). Free, but donations to cover hall hire & travel expenses appreciated.
Ian has over 30 years of IT practical experience with the UK government and private industry, as well as some 25 years experience in body therapy and movement.  With a B.Sc. in Computing Science, he has dedicated himself to researching 5G in addition to the issues around all RFR/EMF/WCR.

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5g! I’d just like to actually get a reliable 3G stable connection working!

There is excellent Wi-Fi coverage in the Hall, so accessing the online resources Ian will mention during his talk using your laptop or smartphone shouldn't be a problem.

Next week David Icke...

As a counterbalance, I'm also a degree level qualified Radio Frequency design and development engineer who spent my whole long career working with, (and in), high level RF fields. 5G is just another low-level Radio Frequency field in the relatively low Gigahertz frequency range of non-ionising electromagnetic radiation, currently deploying up to c. 3.8GHz in the UK, with proposals for high band usage up to 28Ghz. Any possible hazards have been heavily researched innumerable times over my 40 year career. You will not find any genuine convincing scientific evidence that non-ionising electromagnetic radiation such as used for 5G has any harmful effect on human tissue, just meaningless anecdotal and unscientific scare stories, especially from the 'tin foil hat' brigade. Just to put it in perspective - you know when you are warming your hands, (or whatever), in front of your woodstove or electric fire, you are bathing your bits in VERY high levels of electromagnetic radiation at frequencies of c. 300 Gigahertz to c. 400 Terahertz, (that is what infra-red radiation is and this radiation is converted to heat in your body tissues..). If you go out in the sun you are exposing your body to even higher levels of non-ionising wideband electromagnetic radiation, (up to c.1000 Watts per square metre), at very much higher frequencies still, (that is what visible light is), and don't even get me started on UV sunbeds that some people foolishly expose themselves to... These are indisputable facts. In comparison, 5G frequencies are not only very low energy, (non-ionising), but are also relatively minuscule in power level. There is no genuine, scientifically proven health hazard from 5G or Wi-Fi radiation. As soon as some people hear the word, "radiation" they immediately think of Chernobyl and that irrational fear is exploited by those with an axe to grind. Unfortunately there are individuals and pressure groups that play on general public ignorance in this highly technical field, a field that I have worked in all my life.

6 hours ago

Woodchurch Village Life Museum is open this weekend

• The museum is open every weekend and bank holiday from 10am to 4pm until the end of October.

• Only a short walk from the Green, past the church and down Susan's Hill.

• Free admission, bring family and friends to this unique gallery of local artefacts.

• Visit the museum over the bank holiday weekends and bring a picnic to eat in our lawn garden.

• Wheelchair accessible and accessible toilet facilities - as reviewed by AccessAble

• Children can enrol in the 'Wheels of Time' scheme and collect a badge.

• New exhibition with a 1/18th scale model of Woodchurch Windmill.

• Find out about the model's story and the many more amazing facts about the characters and places where you live.

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**Woodchurch Village Life Museum is open this weekend**

• The museum is open **every weekend and bank holiday** from 10am to 4pm until the end of October.

• Only a short walk from the Green, past the church and down Susans Hill.

• Free admission, bring family and friends to this unique gallery of local artefacts.

• Visit the museum over the bank holiday weekends and bring a picnic to eat in our lawn garden.

• Wheelchair accessible and accessible toilet facilities - as reviewed by AccessAble

• Children can enrol in the Wheels of Time scheme and collect a badge.

• New exhibition with a 1/18th scale model of Woodchurch Windmill.

• Find out about the models story and the many more amazing facts about the characters and places where you live.
23 hours ago

A month today, 9th July, will be the Woodchurch 10,5&1 mile running event. It’s on a Sunday, it’s in the village calendar, in fact you are all probably very aware of it. I’m looking for wonderful people to join our happy throng of volunteers to help marshal the event on the day. It involves meeting up at about 8am and going out to stand, direct and cheer on the runners along key points of the route.

I’m also looking for someone to sell ice creams for me. I have an offer from Simply Ice cream, (a supplier to Woodchurch Vineyard) to sell a cool box load of ice creams.

Please contact me directly if either role appeals to you. I’d much appreciate the support and the event will benefit hugely by having your ‘hands on deck’ help. Both activities are a sure way to enjoy the fantastic running event.

Please message me or phone me on 07967817327

🙏👍🏃🏾‍♀️🤩🍦🏅💚🏃🏻🤞🙏

The event is generously sponsored by the Bonny cravat pub and Woodcurch Vineyard. The race logistics company is Nice Work.

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Parish Council Notices

Document DateDocument Link
20 May 2023

Vacancy for Parish Clerk and Responsible Financial Officer

18 May 2023

Agenda – 18 May 2023

16 Apr 2023

Agenda Parish Council Meeting- 27 April 2023 Honorary Freedom Award

16 Apr 2023

Agenda Parish Council Meeting – 27 April 2023

05 Apr 2023

Statement of the persons nominated for election as a Parish Councillor for Woodchurch Ward.

22 Mar 2023

Extraordinary Meeting- 27 March 2023

22 Mar 2023

Notice of Election- Election of Borough Councillors

22 Mar 2023

Notice of Election- Election of Parish Councillors

 

18 Mar 2023

Agenda Parish Council Meeting – 23 March 2023

26 Feb 2023

Woodchurch Men’s Shed

Your Parish Council discussed the proposed diversion and extinguishment of part PROW AT204 within the environs of the Rare Breeds Centre and agreed to submit an objection statement with a suggested solution. The PROW & Access Service Department, Kent County Council’s (KCC) proposals are illustrated below and have been added to the Parish Councils web site. At your Parish Councils request, the submission date for comments has also been extended to 4th of March. We constantly recommend that those interested parishioners who have not already responded to Mr Michael Tonkin of KCC, and would like to do so, that you email KCC as soon as possible using the following contact details:
Michael Tonkin PROW & Access Service, Kent County Council, Invicta House, Maidstone, Kent.
Telephone: 03000 41 03 25
22 Feb 2023

Notice of Vacancy Office of Councillor

06 Mar 2023

Proposed diversion of AT204 (Part) and Extinguishment of AT204 (Part)

01 Feb 2023

Notice of Vacancy in Office of Councillor

09 Jan 2023

Parish Council Meeting Dates 

20 Dec 2022

Woodchurch Parish Council Budget 2023-2024

23 Oct 2022

Land North of Kirkwood Avenue- Public Meeting 13.10.2022

20 Nov 2022

Agenda- Parish Council Meeting 24 November 2022

27 Jan 2022

PC response Land north of 14 and 15 – January 2022 Rev 1

20 Aug 2021

Planning Comments – 01284 Land between, 82-120 Front Road, Woodchurch

24 Jun 2021

Planning Comments – 00624 Land south east of Bridge Close

31 Mar 2021

NOTICE OF CONCLUSION OF AUDIT 31 MARCH 2020

23 Jul 2021

Notice of Casual Vacancies July 2021

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