Category: Woodborough

Blooming lovely at spring show

THE WOODBOROUGH Spring Show was well represented with a fine variety of exhibits and stalls, reports Woodborough Horticultural Society. Although the total of entries was lower than the previous year, it was really encouraging to see that the quality of…

Woodborough Spring Show schedule available

NEXT Saturday, 14 April 2012, sees Woodborough Horticultural Society’s annual spring show which, of course, focuses heavily on daffodils and other spring flowers. The show schedule, which can be downloaded below, includes comprehensive notes on exhibiting daffodils and is intended…

Jubilee logo winner announced

AS PART of their preparations for the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee in June, Craig and Gaynor Smith from the Four Bells Inn, Woodborough, enlisted the help of Woodborough Woods school by asking the children to design a new logo for the…

School reports: a mixed bag

LOCAL primary schools have had a mixed report in the latest government league tables, published today. While Woodborough Woods school has among the highest scores in the county, and Lowdham Primary has also achieved some respectable results, Lambley Primary is…

End of the line for D3 bus

THE D3 bus service, which travels from Nottingham to Newark via Lambley, Woodborough, Calverton, and Oxton, is to be axed next week. Centrebus, which took over operation of the route just last month, has confirmed that next Wednesday’s bus will be the…

Turbine goes ahead after planning approval

THE CONTROVERSIAL proposal to erect a 66.5m wind turbine at Woodborough Park Farm is set to go ahead after Gedling Borough Council’s planning committee approved the plan this evening. The committee voted 11 in favour of the application, seven against,…

Woodborough charity drive raises thousands

DURING the last 12 months, the Nag’s Head in Woodborough has been the focus of fund raising activities for the charity When You Wish Upon A Star, which treats children who are extremely sick or terminally ill to once-in-a-lifetime experiences. The…

Welly walk raises hundreds

WOODBOROUGH Pre-School would like to congratulate the great effort put into its annual Welly Walk, held this year on 11 October. Luckily the rain stopped just before the start of the walk. A well-earned pit stop was enjoyed at Old…

Trophy winners at Woodborough autumn show 2011

SATURDAY 3 September 2011 saw the popular Autumn Show from Woodborough Horticultural Society once again attracting a high standard of exhibit. Altogether 225 exhibits from 44 entrants showed that interest in the horticultural arts is flourishing in the village. Trophy…