Category Archives: Village Societies and Organisations

Hughenden Village Hall Committee’s Guided Walk – 2nd June

This is to let you know that the Village Hall Committee’s annual Guided Walk to see the abundant flora and fauna that exists around the playing field and chalk slope will take place next Monday evening, 2nd June.  For those of you who may be interested, please meet in the car park outside the Small Hall at 7.00pm (NOT 7.30pm) and refreshments will be provided after the walk.

HAGA Meeting – Friday 30 May 2025 at 8.00pm

Looking forward to seeing as many of you that can make the HAGA meeting on this coming Friday, 30 May 2025 at 8.00pm.   

John Tyler will be talking to us on “In the forests of Borneo”.  The tropical rainforests of Borneo are among the richest and most ancient on Earth, home to Orangutans, headhunting tribes and a wealth of colourful wildlife.  In John’s illustrated talk we will meet some of the forest residents, discover the threats that they face and see how their future depends on us.

Norma Hill and Barbara Blackett will be serving the tea and coffee.

At this meeting you will be able to sign up for the remaining 2 day visits we have organised for 2025, as follows:

  • Saturday 26 July 2025 – Cambridge University Botanic Garden

For those who already have their names down for this trip, please note on the sign-up sheet whether or not you would like to join the guided tour of the Botanic Garden at an additional cost of £7 per person;

  • Wednesday 3 September 2025 – Barn Farm Plants Garden Centre & The National Herb Centre.

As there is no HAGA meeting at the end of June, Friday is the last meeting at which you can sign up for the trip to Cambridge University Botanic Garden.  After that you are welcome to contact me to sign up for either trip (Diana Dove diana.dove@btinternet.com)

Hughenden News Summer 2025

We are starting to put together the Summer edition of Hughenden News.  We welcome articles on almost any topic related to life in Hughenden Valley, Bryants Bottom & Cryers Hill, and a bit wider afield! So if you run a club or society, have attended or are planning an event (Do you have any good pictures from VE Day street parties?), or think that there is a topic that should be brought to a wider audience then do get writing.

We would like to hear your stories about village life, growing up in the village, are you “valley born” or “just arrived”, & do you have any photos to share – ancient or modern? We can help you develop the text.

Please send material, by 14th June to magazine@hughendenresidents.org . Also use that address if you have any questions.

Please provide photographs & graphics as separate files to the text.

Finally, some previous editions of the magazine are available on-line at https://hughendenresidents.org/magazine/

Nature Quest on 7th June, Hughenden Valley Climate Group,

We are holding a Nature Quest on 7th June at the Church from 10 am to 4 pm for Great Big Green Week and Churches Count on Nature week.  We will have sheets for adults and children to follow but would welcome any help on the day even if for an hour or come and have a go!  We have just been designated as a Local Wildlife site after a recent inspection as well and hope to further build on this base in the future.

Hughenden Valley Climate Group litter-picking event

The Climate Group are organising a litter pick for Sunday 6th April between 2-4pm as part of the Great British Litterpick.

Meet at the Village Hall for a briefing, everything will be provided, although if anyone has their own litterpickers that would be helpful. There are areas around the fields that will be suitable for younger helpers to collect litter from.

End of February Update

Sewage Issues

    There is a back sewer that runs through the Hopkins Farm field that faces onto Valley Road. The sewer then runs along the back of the row of the white cottages through to Boss Ln where there is a junction with the Boss Ln sewer. This sewer had been causing spillages in the farm field and in late January started spilling into the garden of Woodland Cottage on Valley Road.

    After many visits by Thames Water, including removal of a partial blockage, a tankering operation and CCTV work, we think this problem is now sorted, although we have not received confirmation of this from TW.

    Floods Meeting

    We are expecting a community meeting to be finalised for late this month to address the flooding issues in the Warrendene area and Bryants Bottom. This meeting is not a direct replacement for the cancelled meeting with Jilly Jordan but is with Andrew Morsley of the River Thame Conservation Trust, who has been spearheading the Natural Flood Management analysis in our area. There will also likely be representatives from Bucks Council we understand.

    We will be putting leaflets through the doors of houses in Warrendene Road as far as Perks, from the Harrow along Valley Rd to the Hopkins field, also in Bryants Bottom. The meeting will be of particular interest to those affected by the flooding but is a public one and other interested residents are very welcome.

    Program of Work in Warrendene & Bryants

    Work on the Warrendene Rd ditch and drainage network was expected to start the week commencing 23 February but did not. We are presently pursuing this but may be 11-12 March.

    Paul

    4 March 2025