A Village on the Blackdown Hills

Welcome to Hemyock, Anonymous Thursday, February 20 2025 @ 01:48 am UTC

Welcome to Hemyock

Hemyock is the largest village on the Blackdown Hills, which is now designated as an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty. The parish has an area of about 2350 hectares, and lies on the NW of the Blackdown Hills.

The village boasts a wide variety of clubs and activities to suit all ages and requirements - from bowls and tennis to WI and religious meetings.

If you're new to the village click HERE
For history of the village click HERE
For more photos click HERE

Parish Council News

DRIP (Devon Resilience Innovation Project)

  • Published: Tuesday, February 11 2025 @ 01:09 pm
  • Updated: Tuesday, February 11 2025 @ 03:00 pm
  • Contributed by: clerk
Parish Council

If you are interested in trialling the system to receive alerts about potential surface water flooding in Hemyock, please see the link below with instructions on how to join the WhatsApp channel: Hemyock Joining WhatsApp Channel.pdf If you are joining the WhatsApp channel, please could you also fill in the following short questionnaire so we […]

Christmas Lights

  • Published: Thursday, January 02 2025 @ 05:47 pm
  • Updated: Thursday, January 02 2025 @ 05:47 pm
  • Contributed by: clerk
Parish Council

Cllr Emma Buczkowski (Deputy Mayor of Cullompton) kindly judged the village Christmas lights display on 22nd December. She said it was lovely to see such a good display of lights and what a tremendous effort people had made. The results are as follows: 1st place 10 Lower Millhayes 2nd place 6 Castle Park 3rd place […]

Parish Council Meetings

  • Published: Tuesday, December 24 2024 @ 10:35 am
  • Updated: Tuesday, December 24 2024 @ 10:35 am
  • Contributed by: clerk
Parish Council

We are in the process of setting up a new page for meetings in 2025 but in advance of that the upcoming dates are: 8 January 2025 (if required for planning) 5 February 2025 12 February 2025 (Finance) Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!

Annual Parish Meeting

  • Published: Wednesday, May 01 2024 @ 11:19 am
  • Updated: Thursday, May 02 2024 @ 08:19 am
  • Contributed by: clerk
Parish Council

The Annual Parish Meeting will take on Wednesday, 15 May 2024 in the Parish Hall with a start time of 6.30pm. There will be food and drink and an opportunity to meet Parish Councillors and representatives from local organisations. The meeting itself will start at 7.30pm. All welcome.

Mid Devon District Council’s Flood Guide

  • Published: Tuesday, April 23 2024 @ 03:09 pm
  • Updated: Tuesday, April 23 2024 @ 03:09 pm
  • Contributed by: clerk
Parish Council

The MDDC Flood Guide is an A5 leaflet for communities that are at risk of flooding. The idea is that it can give residents a clear, easy to understand guide that informs them of: · How to check if you are at risk of flooding · How to prepare for flooding/mitigate flooding · What to […]

Parish Clerk

  • Published: Sunday, February 25 2024 @ 09:36 am
  • Updated: Sunday, February 25 2024 @ 09:37 am
  • Contributed by: clerk
Parish Council

Susan McGeever – Email: hemyockpc@gmail.com Tel: 07545 832781 or 07887 984849

Christmas Lights

  • Published: Monday, January 15 2024 @ 09:39 am
  • Updated: Monday, January 15 2024 @ 09:39 am
  • Contributed by: clerk
Parish Council

Wow Hemyock does it again! Our judge Natasha Bradshaw was simply blown away by the wonderful displays all around the parish. What an amazing display of lit-up houses and gardens. There are so many beautiful looking homes at this time of year, it is very difficult to judge the top few. From a very long […]

Volunteers Needed for the early Flood Early Warning System for the Hemyock Catchment

  • Published: Monday, January 15 2024 @ 09:21 am
  • Updated: Monday, January 15 2024 @ 09:21 am
  • Contributed by: clerk
Parish Council

Connecting the Culm are setting up and testing an early flood warning system for small rural communities. Hemyock Parish Council agreed to set up a Flood Group at the last Parish Council meeting. The group will be a number of councillors and any other members of the Community that would be interested and willing to […]

Notice of Vacancy

  • Published: Thursday, January 11 2024 @ 09:15 pm
  • Updated: Thursday, January 11 2024 @ 09:15 pm
  • Contributed by: clerk
Parish Council

Next Parish Council meeting

  • Published: Friday, December 22 2023 @ 01:00 pm
  • Updated: Friday, December 22 2023 @ 01:00 pm
  • Contributed by: clerk
Parish Council

The next Parish Council meeting will take place on 3 January 2024. The agenda is on the website.