Landkey Village

An important public-service document on the risk of flash flooding is available to view or download here:

• Risk of flash flooding

Martyn Isaac, 4th September 2023

With thanks to those who took part in the "Landkey - Shaping Our Future" survey at the end of last year, we are now able to report the results which we obtained in this document:

• Shaping Our Future report

Richard Halliday, Chairman Landkey Parish Council, 29th March 2023

Improvement work on the North Devon Link is now proceeding and will eventually lead to better road connections. While the work is under way, though, it will mean some inconvenience for motorists. This will largely involve a reduced speed limit through the roadworks and occasional diversions through Landkey to accommodate abnormal loads. Details are given in these documents:

• NDLR Engineering work update 7th November 2023
• Diversions due to abnormal loads, 17th June 2021
• North Aller to Landkey diversion map

From Charles Waldron, 7th November 2023

20th Nov 2023

MILLENNIUM GREEN PLANS FOR THE FUTURE

MILLENNIUM GREEN PLANS FOR 2024

At an open meeting in the Village Hall in September over forty people heard
short presentations on ways in which Landkey people are concerned about
Nature and what they are doing about it, -from hedgehogs to beavers; there is
a lot going on. Following its pioneering work in saving mazzard trees the Green
is playing an important part, such as aiding pollination with its meadow and
encouraging birds in its woodland. Working with others, the Green’s trustees
are now seeking funding to make the Green an even more attractive place for
Landkey people and Nature in 2024, with new information boards on what is
going on.
Volunteers are a key part of this, whether inspecting daily or doing practical
work; thank you! Watch the next News for dates of birdbox and pruning work
in February, also for a session on using inaturalst.org and bringing together
info on Landkey’s nature. Working Parties are planned for Sat 27 April, 25 May
and 23 May on the Green from 9.30 to 11. New helpers are very welcome.
Those at the September meeting voted that Landkey should work to make
itself a contender for a Devon award as a Wildlife Community.

• MILLENNIUM GREEN PLANS FOR THE FUTURE

The shop which Creighton Kirk and his family have opened in The Castle Inn has been dubbed "Our Creight's Stores", after Arkwright's shop in "Open All Hours". The name seems to have stuck!

Creighton is now selling daily newspapers from 9 am and accepts payment by vouchers in the same way that Janette did at Lyncroft Stores. There is also a small range of essential items available for sale.

They also an outreach Post Office service on Thursdays from 9:30am until 12:30 pm.

• The Castle Inn on Facebook

Charles Waldron 4th September 2023

We do not have any new News Blogs at present, but ...

Landkey Parish Council encourages village residents to make use of the facilities that are available to all on this website. If there is an issue that concerns village life that you feel needs to be addressed, place it on the "Your Point of View" page and it will be sent to a parish councillor who will reply, if you ask for a response.

You might also like to add an item of news to the News Blog page or to upload an image. If, so, simply contact the web administrator on the email address below and ask for a login facility.

The Parish Council also welcomes the addition of village events to the "Events Calendar". The calendar is shared with St Paul's Church (as church events are also village events) and it would be good to have more events listed from the village in general. If you have an event that you would like to place, feel free to enter it on the "Add Event" page.

If you would like to submit events, blogs or Points of View regularly, you might prefer to obtain a login facility as this will enable you to subsequently edit your data if required or to add from a stored template to save time. To obtain a login facility, contact Charles at cerwaldron@gmail.com.