Welcome to Hemyock, Anonymous Thursday, November 06 2025 @ 08:18 am UTC
Are you thinking about who might come for Christmas this year? Some of the adults from overseas who are currently studying at UK universities would love to spend a couple of days in a real home, rather than on a deserted campus.
There is a keen interested in providing Allotments in Hemyock as evidenced by the recent village Survey. What we lack is land close to the village which can be used for Allotments. The Parish Council is seeking to lease land of between one and one and a half acres for this purpose on a long term basis. If you have suitable land available, please contact the Parish Clerk, Anne Kingston on 680918.
Making it Local is a five year European Rural Development Programme offering funding to projects in the Blackdown Hills and East Devon area. Decisions are made locally by a Local Action Group.
Is continuing on the 4th Tuesday in each month at 2.30pm at the Back Room of Hemyock Baptist Church. The dates for October and
The 8th October meeting will be given by James Skeggs on the Luttrell Family and on the 16th November Dennis Silk will be talking on Siegfried Sassoon. The August Meeting was a talk from Mac McDonnell who had lived in Uvedale Crescent when working as a youth worker in Croydon.
The Blackdown Practice, the Blackdown Support Group and the Violet Chapman Trust have purchased or been given various items of medical equipment e.g. walking sticks, zimmer frames, wheel chairs, an electric 'buggy', raiser/recliner chairs and beds.
Hemyock Women's Institute meet in Forbes Lounge at 7.30pm on the first Tuesday of each month.
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'The Power of a Simple Gift' is the heading on the leaflet sent out by this charity and how true it is.
The Hemyock ringers are having an anniversary year! With two members celebrating Golden Weddings earlier in the year, they now have a Silver Wedding Anniversary to ring for.
There is a planned shopping trip to Cardiff on the 1 December leaving Hemyock at 8.45am and departing Cardiff 4.00pm. Bright spells, but with showers at times. Very mild.
There will be some bright spells at times, but much of the day looks rather cloudy. Some showers breaking out, especially later in the morning and for a while during the afternoon. Unseasonably mild, with gentle winds.. Maximum temperature 16 °C.
Showers easing overnight, allowing some clearer spells to develop. Mist or fog patches may form in the early hours, though showers return by the morning. Feeling mild with light winds. Minimum temperature 11 °C.
Rather cloudy with some showers at first, and a band of more general rain gradually moving northeastwards across the region through the day. Remaining mild. Becoming breezy at times. Maximum temperature 15 °C.
A brighter start on Saturday, though showers possible later. Another fine start on Sunday, but turning unsettled later as bands of rain push eastwards through Sunday and Monday. Feeling fresher.
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Sourced from the Met Office