Wetheral Parish Council

The Rural Police Community Team will be visiting the parish in a marked police van on 15th of November.  The locations and times are as follows: Wetheral 11am-12.30pmCumwhinton 1.30pm-2pmScotby 2.15pm-3pm The team's van will be on the village greens. The purpose of the event is to give members of the community an opportunit...

Wetheral Parish Council has become aware of concerns circulating on social media regarding a proposed Gladman housing development in Scotby, and is issuing the following information to try and prevent the dissemination of inaccurate information which is causing distress to local residents, and also to give some clarity as to the planning process. T...

The road from Burnrigg to Warwick Bridge will be closed from 12.11.2018 to allow Cumbria Highways to carry out carriageway works. The works are expected to last for five days. 

There will be a partial closure of a section of Steele's Bank (B6263) in Wetheral Village, from the Ashgate Lane junction towards the Story Homes development, to allow Northern Gas to carry out gas works. The closure will take place on 29 October and is anticipated to last for 10 days. During this time, the road will be passable to traffic but...

 Action Fraud has seen an increase in reports of fake emails supposedly offering refunds on TV licences but actually trying to steal financial information. Please be vigilant and don't click on links in unsolicited emails.

One of the Parish Councillors has been in contact with United Utilities over the planned closure of the road from Wetheral Methodist Church to the B6263 (section 2 in the attached letter). He has been assured that United Utilities will not​ proceed with this while the B6263 is closed near the Village Hall. This means that this road, and also&n...

The Environment Agency has sent a message warning of a period of heavy rainfall from midday Thursday into Friday morning. There is the potential for some Flood Alerts being issued for parts of Cumbria during this period. This means that flooding is possible to low lying land and roads. There may also be a possibility of some Flood Warnings bei...

Crime map for Brampton, Cumbria Constabulary - Police.uk Active Link https://www.police.uk/cumbria/GARN2.BRA/crime/+ey4AYs/  Cumbria Constabulary's crime map for Wetheral Parish, showing the incidents reported in July 2018. www.police.uk/cumbria/GARN2.BRA/crime/+ey4AYs/ 

Cumbria Police is looking to recruit more members to its existing Strategic Independent Advisory Group. The group brings together volunteers of all ages from a diverse range of communities to provide Cumbria Police with impartial advice, helping to enhance delivery of police services across Cumbria. We are looking to get the advice of people who ar...

The Parish Council has sought clarification regarding the road closures in Scotby and on the Scotby-Wetheral road. Amey/United Utilities have provided the Council with the following information. Park Road, Scotby: Amey/UU say that they are on schedule to reopen this road in time for the start of term at Scotby School. They plan to hand the roa...

 A section of Steele's Bank in Wetheral is due to close to allow Story Homes to carry out utilities work. DESCRIPTION/LOCATION OF THE WORKS: Closure of the B6263 (Steele's Bank), from a point adjacent to Hillcrest extending in a southerly direction for approximately 45m to a point adjacent to Maple Tree House. OPERATIONAL DATE AND DURATIO...

​Information received this morning from United Utilities tells us that the hosepipe ban which had been planned for this weekend will now not go ahead.  "This latest update comes with some welcome good news. The work we have been doing to conserve water supplies and abstract water from other sources combined with the help from customers in...

The railway bridge at Wetheral Station will be closing for one day to allow Network Rail to carry out inspections. The closure will take place on 21st August 2018. DESCRIPTION/LOCATION OF THE WORKS: Closure of U1186 from the centre line of Wetheral Railway Bridge extending in both a southerly and northerly direction for approx. 40 m OPERA...

Wetheral Village FeteSaturday 30th June 2018, 1pmWetheral Village Green ​  Wetheral's annual village fete will be taking place on the village green on Saturday 30th June 2018, beginning at 1pm. Events will include a dog obedience display set to music, Splitz dancers, children's' races and live music.  Donations of plants, cakes, tomb...

United Utilities is currently carrying out a number of projects in the area to clean and refurbish the water pipes.  There will be a number of temporary road closures and traffic management in place during this time. Advance notice signs will be in place and diversions will be clearly marked to help residents and visitors.   Section ...

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