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Friends of Farningham - Saturday 1 May 2021
3rd May 2021
A bright and crisp morning helped produce a good turnout for our first Friends of Farningham meet of the season on Saturday. It was good to finally get together again after such a long period of enforced inactivity due to the restrictions of the Covid pandemic. Seven of us concentrated on...
Friends of Farningham & The Great British Spring Clean
17th April 2021
Friends of Farningham, the Parish Council's village clean-up group, is making a later start to the 2021 season because of the Covid-19 lockdown rules and regulations and the plan is to gather for the first time on Saturday, 1st May, 10am at the Village Hall. Thereafter it will be the third...
HRH The Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh
10th April 2021
Members and Officers of Farningham Parish Council express their sincere condolences on the death of His Royal Highness The Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh. His Royal Highness served the country with distinction for seven decades, serving in the armed forces, representing the nation on the...
VANDALISM at FARNINGHAM WOODS
13th March 2021
Over the last week Farningham Woods has received a spate of vandalism. For a while Sevenoaks District Council (SDC) have been trying to stop and discourage illegal 4x4 drivers, quads and motor-bikes from joyriding the woods (which is quite difficult when it has a Byway running through the middle...
Farningham Village Electric Vehicle Charging Point Update
17th January 2021
Farningham Parish Council's (FPC) proposal to take advantage of a Kent County Council grant for the installation of an Electric Vehicle charging point will not now be going ahead. The grant is dependent upon the installation being placed on community land, and the Council proposed that the...
Covid Vaccination Centres
13th January 2021
NHS Kent & Medway Announcement on Covid-19 Vaccination Centres The NHS across Kent and Medway are working hard to establish vaccination services for all areas. The vaccination services for more than 90% of our 200 GP practices have now been confirmed and the majority have started vaccinating. ...
Farningham Parish Council appoints new Clerk
29th November 2020
As you may already know our Clerk Jane Grey retires on 30th November after many years' service to the community. We send Jane all our very best wishes for her retirement. We are delighted to say that her replacement Amanda Barlow joined us last week and will take over fully from Jane on...
End of an era
13th November 2020
The Parish Clerk, Jane Gray, will bring the curtain down on 29 years' service to our village when she attends her final Parish Council meeting on December 2. Jane has decided to take a well-earned retirement and with husband Ian plans to spend more time with their two sons and families, which...
Parish Council returns to full strength
13th November 2020
Following the resignation of Councillor Hirons the Council is now back to full strength with the appointment of Sam Pointer. Sam has lived in Farningham for seven years and has a strong interest in heritage and restoration. We were delighted to have such a strong interest in the position and...
Hills Lane, Knatts Valley Road Closure
12th November 2020
Hills Lane, Knatts Valley Road will be closed to through traffic for up to seven days from 12 November, between Goodbury Road and Knatts Valley Road. The road closure is to enable Kent County Council to remove fly tipping from the road. ...
