Welcome to the website for Landkey, a peaceful village located within the rolling green hills of North Devon, England.
Landkey is characterised by a sense of community among its residents, especially among those who have dwelt here for many years and who have an intimate knowledge of the history and culture of the village. Landkey has welcomed many new residents in recent years as successive house-building projects have been completed and it is hoped that initiatives such as the establishment of this website will help to strengthen this sense of community by making available to all residents information about their village in a readily-accessible format.
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Website Guide
These are some of the things that you can do on this website:
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:
Richard Halliday, Chairman Landkey Parish Council, 29th March 2023
Link Road Upgrade News
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:
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.
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.
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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.
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Landkey in Pictures
Landkey's Alphabet of Parishes plaque, 1994. Artwork @copyright Judy Barber.
The Landkey Sculpture. Created by local artist Polly Pocock, this distinctive artwork stands at the entrance to the northern side of village and is made up of local stone from nearby Venn Quarry and is in the shape of the Landkey parish boundary. The sculpture was commissioned by Landkey Parish Council and was inspired following a consultation with local people to seek ideas on what Landkey meant to them. It was unveiled on July 25th 2009.
Landkey village hall.
Landkey's Millennium Green, opened in June 2000, is appreciated daily by local residents who make use of this valuable amenity. At the time, it was one of just 250 Greens created nationwide as part of the government's plans to mark the millennium.