This is the village website for Aston Le Walls where you can find information on activities and events in the village

Defibrillation: For information about how to use the defibrillator in the village, please click here.

Neighbourhood Alert
Aged 13-18 Interested in becoming an Emergency Service Cadet?  Have a look at the Neighbourhood Watch page here.

Paid Casual Employment Opportunities (Elections)
Information about working at a Poll Station can be found on the Notice Board page here.

Community Larder (12/3/2023)
The requests this week from the Food Bank/ Community Larder are:
Cooking oil
Tinned meat
Tinned fruit
Biscuits
Items for children’s lunchbox:
Pots or packets jelly
Mini pack dried fruit
Apricots, banana chips,apple rings,raisins Small packs savoury or sweet biscuits
Easter Eggs

Many thanks for all the donations that appear each week- we are clearly a kind and considerate village community. It is much appreciated by those who need it at the moment in our local communities. Thank you.

For FAQs about the Community Larder please click here.

HS2 Proposed Working hours update – Greatworth to Lower Boddington
Posted: Wed, 08 Feb 2023 10:30 by Dick Stephen on the Aston le Walls Parish Council website.
HS2 have given details of their extended working hours.
A full explanation is in the attached document.

Village Hall
Tots and Toddlers and Craft Club information is on the Events page.  The Film Club’s latest schedule is now available on the Film Club page.  February’s film is also shown on the Coming Soon! page. 

Walking in  Northamptonshire
Want to get going after the Christmas hols?  Details of walks from half a mile to 12 miles plus  can be found on the Noticeboard page here.

This project has been lovingly master minded by Charles Lees and Grahame Barnes-Moss.  I think we will all agree that they have done splendid job which will last for many years to come.  Thanks also to David Frusher for the oak, Luke Wilson for cutting the oak and, of course Harry the cat for checking the spelling.

 

Age UK Northamptonshire
They provide a variety of services, including Domestic Cleaning, Carers Sitting Service, Gardening etc.  Please see the poster on the Parish Council tab here.

Brackley Silverstone Police
For the Brackley Silverstone Police Team poster, please go to our Parish Council page.

W.I.
‘We tried very hard to establish WI in the village but I have to let you know that it didn’t work out. There were only 12 of us in the group and as a whole we decided that it wasn’t what we wanted and that it wasn’t the right fit for the village so no WI, we didn’t want to be tied by constitutional rules and requirements and we also felt we wanted to be inclusive to all. 

We thought that we could have a village group where everyone can take part and we can organise activities, get together, whatever comes up. There are no details or information at the moment but if you have any ideas and would like to be part of setting up the new group please get in touch.’
Fiona

Open Gardens
The idea has come up again of having an Open Gardens day / weekend in the Village next year.

The idea is for as many people in the Village as possible, to open up their gardens, and for one of them to sell cream teas.  Several people have already agreed to this but we would love to have more!  If you are interested in this or if you have any ideas about it, please leave a comment on this website.

Blacksmith’s Lane
If you have noticed a change at the bend in Blacksmith’s Lane, click here for some pictures of the transformation, hopefully an improvement!

New Bench in Main Street
Click here for some photos of the lovely new bench, and some of the history behind it.  If you have any more information about it, please leave a comment here or contact Sue N.

A Message from Our Postie:
Hello everyone, I’m Ray your postman and would like to say a big thank you to you all for welcoming me as your new postman after I took over from David.  Last year in June I collapsed in the Main Street and was lying there for about 3 quarters of an hour until I was found by Vicki down Blacksmiths Lane.  I started back last December, no reason could be found by the doctors but I’m ok now and am looking forward to serving this lovely village until I retire.  All my best wishes to you all and if I can help in any way please give me a shout, regards Ray the posty.

Daisy Bank Pocket Park
The story of the origin of Aston le Walls own Pocket Park; with photographs, minutes of meetings and much more.  Click here to view the Pocket Park history.  If you have memories or photographs of your own you would like to add, please let me know in the comments or email.  Please spread the word it’s here, to anyone you know who would be interested, thanks. 

Wells in the Village
Martin M is trying to record the whereabouts of all the wells that were/are in the village.  If anyone has any information he’d be very grateful to hear it.  A note through 8BC or a comment here will get to him.  He’s aware of the well in the school field; one beside the presbytery garage, one in the now filled in presbytery cellar, one in the garden of 3BC, and one in 22PC.  Any others?  Old Tom Smith said that the last well to run dry in a drought was down on the railway, where precisely, Martin doesn’t know.  Are there any others?