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Wickham Market ~ Community
CHURCHES
All Saints Church
All Saints Church offers regular Sunday services and worship, plus Sunday Club, Pathfinders and Youth Fellowship. There is also an extensive weekday programme. Please consult the Parish Magazine for times of worship and further details. Vicar: Rev. John Eldridge 01728 746026.
Website: www.wickhammarketchurch.org
Click here to read more about All Saints Church
EDUCATION
Gambrelle Day Care Centre
The Centre is a modern, purpose-built Day Care Centre offering sessional day care for children aged 0 to 13 years old. It is well equipped and staffed by professionally qualified people. Activities are based on the National Curriculum to ensure a seamless transition to playschools and mainstream infants schools. The Day Centre is registered with OFSTED. Contact 01728 747877 for information pack or visit www.gambrelle-daycare-centre.co.uk.
Wickham Market Community Primary School
The primary school at Wickham Market is proud to be at the centre of the local community. Children come from Wickham Market and several surrounding villages. We are fortunate to have a large building and extensive grounds in a school, which dates back to 1934. We are committed to providing a quality education for our pupils, which will prepare them for life in the 21st century. For more information visit our website at www.wickhammarket.suffolk.sch.uk.
Thomas Mills High School, Framlingham
Thomas Mills High School is an 11-18 comprehensive school which caters for children of all abilities. Most children who live in Wickham Market move to Thomas Mills High School at the beginning of Year 7. If you wish to find out more, please visit our website: www.thomasmills.suffolk.sch.uk. If you would like to visit us, then please ring the school to arrange for the headteacher or one of his senior colleagues to show you around.
The Pitstop Out of School Club
We offer quality, flexible childcare for children aged 4-12 years all year round. Our Holiday Club runs from Melton Primary School 8am - 6pm daily (excl. Bank Holidays) every school holiday and our After School Club runs Monday - Friday during term time. Ofsted registered with qualified and CRB checked staff. We welcome children from any school in the Melton/Woodbridge/Wickham Market area. Website address: www.pitstop-oosc.co.uk.
Otley College
Offers further, higher and vocational education and training in areas as diverse as construction and engineering, animal care, floristry, horticulture and IT. Subject to circumstances, help may be available with fees. Phone 01473 785543 or see www.otleycollege.ac.uk for further details.
GOOD NEIGHBOURS SCHEME
Wickham Market Good Neighbours Scheme
Volunteers will help (free of charge) with all kinds of different jobs, such as shopping, one-off garden tidy-up, look after your pet for a short while when you go into hospital, minor repairs, change a light bulb, help write a letter, visit for a chat. They will also give you a lift although there is a charge of 35p per mile for this service. For further information telephone 07914 494108.
HINTERLAND PARISHES
These parishes surround Wickham Market: Blaxhall, Bredfield, Bromeswell, Campsea Ashe, Charsfield, Clopton, Dallinghoo, Debach, Easton (member of the partnership), Eyke, Farnham, Great Glemham, Hacheston, Kettleburgh, Letheringham, Little Glemham, Marlesford, Monewden & Hoo, Parham, Pettistree, Stratford St Andrew, Tunstall, Ufford (member of the partnership), Wantisden.
Easton Parish Council
A small village approximately three miles from Wickham Market. The beautiful village is famous for its serpentine wall and Easton Farm Park. It is in a conservation area. The Parish Council is committed to preserving and enhancing village facilities for its 300 residents.
LIBRARIES
Wickham Market Library
The village library is now situated in the new Resource Centre next to the Medical centre on Chapel Lane. The library offers a wide range of fiction and non-fiction books for adults and children. There are also some audio books, DVDs, videos and Playstation Games to hire. Opening times are 2pm to 6.30pm Wednesdays and Fridays; 10am to 1pm and 2pm to 4.30pm Saturdays; and 10am to 3pm Sundays. Bookstart Storytime is held on Tuesday mornings from 11-11.30 and the Library is open from 10-12 on that day for self-service, and use of the internet terminals and Suffolk Libraries Direct.
MEDICAL
There is a medical centre on Chapel Lane, dentist surgery just off the market hill and pharmacy on the market hill.
PARISH COUNCIL
Wickham Market Parish Council
Wickham Market Parish Council consists of 13 Councillors: Mr Mike Argent is Chairman, Mrs C. Caudwell, Clerk. They meet on the third monday of every other month, the public are welcome to attend. To get in touch with the Parish Council, please write to: The Parish Clerk, Wickham Market Parish Council, Rogues Cottage, Pettistree, Woodbridge, Suffolk IP13 0HS or email parishclerk@wickham-market.org.uk. To download the latest Council’s approved minutes click here
PLAY AREA
Wickham Market Play Area
The new play area has now opened on the Wickham Market Village Hall Playing Field.
RESOURCE CENTRE
The Resource Centre
Two bungalows linked by a reception area have now been converted into the new Resource Centre. This conversion was finished on 14th July 2004. The fitting out is now completed, and the new library has opened. The new community rooms will provide interview and meeting rooms for use by various local organisations offering advice, assistance and self-help. The rooms are also available for hire. Suffolk County Council and the Wickham Market Partnership share the new building. The East of England Development Agency and the County Council are funding this project.
For information about hiring the Resource Centre community rooms click here
For reports and pictures on the building of the Centre click here
VILLAGE HALLS
Wickham Market Village Hall
The Village Hall is a very well equipped hall providing excellent facilities for the local community. The ground provides a recreational area with a bowling green, football pitch, children’s area (tobe updated) and a basketball court. The Area Archive Centre is located onsite, and the Hall itself has one large and one small room suitable for hiring for all occasions. To hire the Hall, phone 01728 746241.
Pettistree Village Hall
A small community hall located just a gentle stroll away from Wickham Market on Walnuts Lane. Can cater for 60 people seated or 90 for other functions, with a kitchen and access/toilets for people with disabilities. A great place for a small gathering on the edge of Pettistree. To book contact Pauline on 01728 745030. For more information, please visit our website.
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