Page updated Saturday 09 August 2025
2025 Village Show
Information and details for the 2025 Newton-le-Willows Village Show can be accessed via the two
PDF documents linked below.
Friday 11 July 2025
Aysgarth School - Open Heritage Day
Following a successful Open Heritage Day last year, we are opening our doors again on 13 September.
Visit Aysgarth School this Heritage Open Day on Saturday 13 September at 10am.
Join us for a guided tour led by Ted Haslam—archivist, former headmaster, and author of Aspects of
Aysgarth. With a connection to the school dating back to 1983, Ted brings our story to life, from the
school's founding by Rev. Clement Thomas Hales to its move to Newton-le-Willows and the creation of
our stunning Arts and Crafts chapel.
Enjoy a performance from our Chapel Choir and round off your visit with refreshments in the
Headmaster’s study. A warm Aysgarthian welcome awaits.
Booking essential - https://www.trybooking.com/uk/ETKP
For more information and booking - Follow this link
Newsletter Issue 156, August 2025
groups including that which is distributed in the village newsletter, please click on the links against the
groups or use the navigation links at the top of the page.
Pages will be updated as and when the information is passed to me.
Robert and Jane who have moved in to South View
Tegan and Rhys who have moved to Angleham.
Rock House Farm Shop
Rock House Farm pop up shop will be open 10 am - 4 pm on the following dates.
September: 6th & 20th
October: 4th &
18th
November: 1st & 15th
As
part of the official countrywide 200th anniversary celebrations for the
formation of the Stockton and
Darlington Railway (which later merged into the
North Eastern Railway), Local artist Chris Pulham is once
again hosting an
exhibition of her works in the Village Hall.
Taking
place over the weekend of the 27th and 28th of September, by good fortune, it coincides
with the
exact date of the formation of the S&D Railway.
The exhibition will be open from 10am to 4pm on both days with free entry.
30, or more, works of art will be on display and there will be the opportunity to purchase
refreshments
whilst supporting “Breast Cancer Now” kindly provided by Margaret
Pay and her dedicated BCN team
(see following article).
Pop Up Cafe @ The Railway Exhibition
Chris
Pulham is once again hosting a Railway Art Exhibition displaying all her
wonderful pictures at the
Village Hall – see separate article.
She has kindly
requested the BCN team to hold one of their renowned Pop-Up Cafes. Why not come
along and visit what I promise you will be an amazing display of her unique style
of art work.
And,
whilst you’re there, pop into the Pop-Up Cafe! We’ll be serving morning coffee
with cake, light
lunches and afternoon cream teas and other treats; all
homemade and at very reasonable prices.
at our VILLAGE HALL
Saturday 27th and Sunday 28th September 2025
from 11am to 3pm
in aid of
BREAST CANCER NOW
Parish Council News
Recycle
station - once again this is being filled to overflowing and North Yorkshire
Council are under no
obligation to tidy it up when they come to empty the bins.
Please flat pack all boxes and leave no
polystyrene in boxes. If the bins are full, please take your waste
home and try another day. These bins
are emptied regularly. The waste that is
being left there could be put out with your household waste as
all are
collected on a Thursday.
Dog
fouling - this issue isn't improving. Some dog owners are not acting
responsibly and not picking up
their dogs' waste matter. Dog fouling is not
only deeply unpleasant, it can be dangerous. This is causing
concern to many in
our community. It affects those cutting grass verges as volunteers, other
walkers and
landowners who allow dogs to cross their land which in turn is used
for crops or livestock. There is no
excuse for not picking up your dog waste -
there are dog waste bins provided in our community. Many
thanks to those
responsible dog owners who do pick up. Once again, the minority are spoiling it
for the
majority. Please do not allow your dog to roam freely without you and
pick up their waste on all walks.
First
aid training dates - two further training sessions have been booked with James
in September.
The first one will be held on Tuesday 16 September 6.30 - 8pm and
will be a CPR/defibrillator training
session. The second one will be held on
Tuesday 23 September 6.30 - 8pm and will cover household first
aid. You are
welcome to attend either/or/both. Both sessions will be held in the Village Hall.
Community
Resilience - many will have received a Community Resilience card in with their
Welcome
Packs. This was started up in 2012 as a plan designed to enable our
community (The Parish) to respond
to emergencies such as severe weather, power
failure, events that may restrict access to our community
or other disasters.
The card lists a variety of residents with skills that would be needed in case
of such an
emergency.
This
team has never been called upon and several of those listed have moved out of
this community. We
now need to consider if we still need a Community Resilience
Team. Communication methods have
improved since this was set up and following
COVID, other methods have been used (WhatsApp
messaging for example).
If we are
to keep it, do you have any skills that would be useful in a crisis situation?
Would you be willing
to be one of those volunteers?
The
Parish Council is asking for feedback. Please consider the following questions
and email your answers
to the parish clerk at newtonlewillows.pc@gmail.com
Do we still need a Community Resilience Plan and Team?
Do you have valuable skills that would be needed in an emergency?
Would you like to volunteer?
Is
there a better way of running this?
Your replies will be discussed at a future parish council meeting and will help determine what we do next.
Climate Change Group
Village Calendar
We
are looking forward to receiving your photos of ‘landscapes in and around Newton
le Willows’ for
inclusion in the 2026 village calendar. Photos can be from any
year.
Please
email your pics to Bob at bobsampson17@gmail.com by the end of September. We’ll
be selling
the calendars at the November coffee morning.
Village Cycle Ride – Sunday, 17 August 2025
Join
us on a village cycle ride to Jervaulx Abbey and café, leaving the village hall
carpark at 2pm. Feel
free to bring your own picnic. For those not wishing to
cycle, book a lift with Bob on 07592 019664.
New Environmental Award for the Village Show
The
Climate Change Group will present a hand carved wooden bowl as a prize at the
show on 30 August.
Visit
to Allerton Waste Recovery Park – Wednesday, 17 September 2025
Discover
how the park is reducing the amount of waste going to landfill and producing
energy for our
homes. We plan to hire a minibus/share lifts. Please contact Bob
on 07592 019664 by 18 August for
further details and to book a place. We’re
planning to leave the village at 1pm.
New Members and WhatsApp Group
All
the Climate Change Group events are open to everyone who lives in the village.
Anyone wishing to
help us plan the group’s activities would be most welcome to
join us at our next meeting, to be held in
the village hall at 7.30pm on
Wednesday, 24 September.
‘Blooming
Newton’ WhatsApp group is an opportunity to share gardening and environmental
ideas,
inspiration and successes. Contact Bob for further details of either
group on 07592 019664.
Future Events
Looking
ahead – the Village Apple Pressing Day will take place at the village hall on
the afternoon of
12 October. We’re also planning a Field to Fork Community
Feast –a village lunch, in February 2026.
Finally, don’t forget to visit the
Climate Change Group stall at the next coffee morning where we bring
and share
spare veg, fruit and other items.
Your Local Church
St
Patrick’s Church in Patrick Brompton is open throughout the year in daylight
hours. Sunday worship
is at 9:00 am. Everyone is welcome, including
well-trained dogs. We have large-print service sheets and
booklets, a
wheelchair ramp and a sound system, as well as toys for children. We usually
serve
refreshments afterwards.
Donations with good shelf life can be left near the font for Hambleton Food Share.
Services in August
10th: Prayer and Praise
17th: Holy Communion
24th: Morning Prayer
For
house groups and information about Baptisms, Weddings or Funerals please
contact our rector,
Rev’d Chris Lawton: rector@lowerwensleydalechurch or 01677
937124.
For more information, visit our Parishes website: www.lowerwensleydale.church
Village Hall News
Our
local MP, Rishi Sunak, booked the Hall to meet constituents on 15 July. We put
on a tea party, and
the turn-out demonstrated just how important our village
hall is as a community hub. We were
pleased with the good publicity his visit
generated for both the Hall and the Bar. Some images from the
visit are reproduced at the top of this page.
Since
then, recent rain has proved that the repaired roofs are watertight; we are
proceeding towards
new external front doors, and some internal redecoration. We
have had the cooker checked and tested
and have an up-to-date certificate of
gas safety. We’ve given the kitchen and toilets a special clean-up
and
electrical devices were checked by a PAT engineer on Monday 4 August.
As
part of the kitchen clean-up, we decided to remove 70 or so earthenware cups
and saucers, to allow
rearrangement of the contents of some of the cupboards. I
hope the labels on their doors will help you
find what you are looking for. I
am seeking to rehome the cups and saucers; if anyone wants some or
any, do get
in touch.
I
am very pleased that we will soon have newcomers on the committee. Steve Pay
has resigned, so
Derek Stratton will assume his role of Health and Safety
Advisor. We are fortunate that Margaret Pay has
agreed to carry on the role of
Bookings Secretary. Andy Percival has ceased to represent the Cricket Club
though he is continuing to give practical assistance with maintenance. The
Cricket Club representative is
likely to be Paul Foster, with Jean Simpson for
the choir and Colin Ayris for the Quoits Club.
Jean
Brown took over as Treasurer at the AGM four years ago. She has tendered her
resignation, so the
Treasurers post will be empty after the AGM this year. She will be
greatly missed. If anyone would like to
step up and take up the role of treasurer, please get in contact with Susan Perkins.
Susan Perkins
Regular activities at the Village Hall include:
Crafternoon: Tuesdays 2 - 4 pm,
Table Tennis: Wednesdays 5.30 - 6.30 pm,
Choir: Thursdays 7.30 - 9 pm except first Thursday
WI: First Thursday of the month, 7.30 pm,
Guitar: alternate Mondays, 10 - 11.30 amATKINSON and CLARKE EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION
The Foundation, dating back to 1707, is designed to promote the education of young people who live inthe villages of Newton le Willows and Patrick Brompton.
Trustees are responsible for giving financial assistance, where they consider
it necessary, for educational
purposes. The Trustees meet four times during the year and application forms for the next meeting MUST
be received by the Treasurer.
If you wish to be considered for a grant, or know of a
young person who would be eligible and would
benefit from such a grant, please
contact the Treasurer, Mrs Bridget Ormston to request a form:
Email bridgetteormston@yahoo.com or tel: 01677 450255.
Mrs B Ormston, Wardell House, Patrick Brompton, Bedale, DL8 1JU
The
Atkinson Clarke Educational Foundation owns the Old School room at Patrick Brompton, which is
available for individual or community use at a very reasonable rate of £5 per hour. It makes an excellent
small, warm meeting room for many types of events.
Enquiries should be made through the Booking Secretary:
Rob
Pulham: The Gallery, 1 Old Station Yard Newton-Le-Willows
Tel: 01677 451901
Email:
brottonbiscuits@yahoo.co.uk
Arts & Crafternoon
Every Tuesday afternoon during the colder months the Green Room is a warm and welcoming space for
those wishing to keep down their heating bills. Entry £1.50.
Bring your art or craft to work on whilst enjoying a
cuppa, homemade cake and chat; Non-artists and
non-crafters are welcome too! New crafters and/or cake eaters are always welcome!
For
more information please ring Margaret Pay on 451975 or Chris Percival on
450230.
To contribute to Newton News, or send an article, please contact:
Sally Bright: 2 Bridge Close Tel. 01677 450999
Email: sallyjanebright@hotmail.com
Rachel Gibson, The Arches. Tel. 07715 012014
Email racheldennygibson@gmail.com
Helen McDermott: The Green, Station Road Tel. 07891 062649
Email: helenmcdermott18@gmail.com
Rob Pulham: The Gallery, 1 Old Station Yard Tel: 01677 451901
Email: brottonbiscuits@yahoo.co.uk