Welcome to the Barnton Village Website, which is maintained and hosted by Barnton Parish Council. Barnton is a pleasant, large village located within the unitary authority of Cheshire West and Chester. The village lies to the north of both the Trent-Mersey canal (part of the famous Cheshire Ring) and the River Weaver, and around 2 miles to the north-west of the town of Northwich. The village has a long, rural history, but grew rapidly in the 1800s thanks to the success of the Brunner Mond company (who occupied a large site in neighbouring Winnington) and who built hundreds of houses for their workers here. The village now boasts an excellent range of local amenities and is within easy reach of the A49, M56 and M6 making it popular with commuters to Liverpool, Manchester and Chester. It is surrounded by wonderful Cheshire countryside and enjoys an enviable location on some of Cheshire’s most attractive inland waterways. The world-famous Anderton Boat Lift – The Cathedral of the Canals – lies under half a mile away in neighbouring Anderton, whilst Barnton itself offers two fine examples of early Victorian engineering in the Barnton and Saltersford canal tunnels. With more than 5,500 residents, modern Barnton is a thriving, family-friendly village within the heart of Cheshire, which ‘Pearson’s Companion to the Cheshire Ring’ describes as offering “every product and service any civilised person might possibly require – recordings of late Beethoven string quartets excepted!” |
Barnton Parish Council
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Recently, there has been a spate of mindless vandalism to cars parked along Lydyett Lane, Townfield Lane and Crocus Street. It is difficult to apprehend the miscreant or miscreants involved for two main reasons. Firstly, such criminal damage is carried out under the cover of darkness and secondly, the majority of these crimes have not been reported to the police. Without a full picture of the nature and extent of such criminal activity, there is little hope that the police will apprehend those responsible.
If you are unfortunate enough to be a victim of criminal damage or activity, or if you witness criminal activity being carried out in the village, contact the police immediately. Let’s get these mindless vandals off our streets!
Below is information from PC Tony Owens from Dragonhall Police Station for the awareness for members of the equine community.
During Sunday 22nd April and Monday 23rd April 2012, Police received a several reports of suspicious activity in the Weaverham, Comberbach, Crowton, Kingsley areas of Cheshire. These reports involved suspicious activity around fields containing horses.
At one of these incidents in Weaverham on Monday 23nd April 2012, wooden pole fencing was damaged and pulled out of the ground from a field in which a horse was situated, enabling a horse to escape. The horse was later located just around the corner.
Earlier, a witness saw a red 4x4 vehicle parked on the car park of the Hanging Gate pub,Weaverham
There were two males and two females on board. One of the males was described as 70 yrs old wearing a cowboy hat.
They were seen to be paying particular attention to the horse. They may be unconnected.
However on the same day, Monday 23rd April 2012 at Kingsley, damage was caused to a cycle lock on a gate to a field containing three Ponies which meant that the horses got out of the field, thankfully the ponies were located just around the corner on Ainsworth Lane.
Police are unable at this time to confirm whether these are attempts to steal horses and the horses/ponies have bolted preventing them being stolen. At this time, Police are unaware of any horses having been stolen locally.
Anyone with any information should contact PC Tony Owens on 0845 458 6377 (answer phone) or 01606 36 2693 ( Direct line ) or the main police 24 hour call centre below:-
TO REPORT A CRIME TO THE POLICE CALL 101
IF A CRIME IS IN PROGRESS CALL 999
INVITATION TO VISIT NORTHWICH’S ENTERTAINMENT & LEISURE VENUE EXHIBITION
As part of Cheshire West and Chester Council’s investment in improving leisure facilities in the Northwich area, we are developing a new leisure and entertainment facility on the site of the Magistrates Court and the Memorial Hall. You are invited to come along to our unstaffed exhibitions which will be held on the following dates at the venues shown:-
29th April – 25th May
Memorial Hall Foyer
Northwich Library
All exhibition panels can be viewed online from 26th April at www. weavervalley.org.uk
Questionnaires to gather feedback will be available at www.weavervalley.org.uk or alternatively at one of the venues, these will also give you the opportunity to vote for one of the three names shortlisted for the new building. The consultation will close on Wednesday 25th May 2012.
BARNTON E-RECYCLING SERVICE
Please email details of any items you have to give away (or would like to receive), free of charge, to jennyjeffs1@sky.com
ITEMS AVAILABLE:
Two single bed matresses (6'6" x 3'x 7"depth) in a clean and excellent condition. Telephone Reg Gibson on 01606 77274 to discuss viewing and collection arrangements.
NURSERY ROAD WRECK!!!!!
Barnton Parish Council is becoming increasingly concerned about the level of vandalism that is being committed at Nursery Road recreation ground. The scale of the problem is such that most of the money set aside in this year’s budget for re-investing in this public amenity, has instead been spent on constant repairs to apparatus and the recreational ground in general.
The list of damages is endless. Here are a few examples of what your Parish Council has dealt with since April - dog fouling; uprooted trees; regular damage to the perimeter fence; numerous fires (one in the children’s play area!); broken glass around the goal posts and on apparatus; and empty milk bottles randomly dumped in the grass for unsuspecting visitors to break underfoot.
Despite providing five litter bins on this site (also regularly vandalised) your Park Warden picked up 52 cans and 38 bottles in the last five days of September alone!
This total lack of respect is not just confined to property. The Parish Council is aware of incidents of older youths intimidating parents with toddlers in the children’s play area. Conversely, we know of cases of parents allowing their toddlers to run free through the skate park and becoming aggressive when park users ask them to move their children out of harm’s way.
As residents of the village you ought to be proud of this popular public space. Equally, as Council Tax payers, you should be concerned that your money is being unnecessarily diverted from its intended purpose, namely to develop this site further for everyone’s benefit in the village.
Your Parish Council is doing what it can to improve the physical environment of the recreation ground and the village in general. To do this effectively, and help prevent scarce resources from being frittered away on constant repairs, we need your help.
If you witness property being vandalised or someone being intimidated at this site - or anywhere else in the village - please report the matter to the police immediately on 0845 458 0000 or speak to Diana Wiggins, our Police Community Support Officer, when she is out and about in the village. With up-to-date information of such incidents, and targeted patrols, we can, as a community, help the police eradicate this blight on the recreation ground and prevent the mindless few from turning it into a wreck.
FACE-LIFT FOR OUR WEBSITE
As part of a package of measures to engage with you more effectively, the Parish Council has given this website a much-needed make-over. You will be able to access the newly re-vamped web pages and check out what’s happening in the village.
We hope you like what we’ve done with the website and we’re keen to hear your views. So, please feel free to let us know what you think by sending your comments to our Web Manager, Jenny Jeffs at jennyjeffs1@sky.com
NEWS FROM THE NORTHWICH AND RURAL AREA TEAM
Click here to download the April Newsletter which contains lots of useful information about Northwich and the surrounding areas.
LOCAL LEADER PROGRAMME
The Local Leader programme is an opportunity for people in communities across the UK to celebrate the 2012 Olympic Games in their local areas. A Local Leader is someone that gets stuff done. They organise, they pull people together. They have a passion for the Games and want to celebrate. Local Leaders will get friends, family and neighbours ready to celebrate. From Gardening for the Games to planning a Sports Quiz or an Opening Night In. When they sign up they will get hints and tips to help them plan their celebrations, plus get access to exclusive toolkits as we get closer to the Games.
We want the whole of the UK to get involved and celebrate the Games together. It is the Local Leaders who will make this happen. For more information abut the Local Leader Programme click here.
BIRD REPORT 2012 BY DAVID HARAZNY
This is an update on how our feathered friends are doing.
It was a mixed bag of results on how the breeding season went for our local woodland birds. The Tawny Owl box was erected in November of 2010 and to my surprise when I went to check it in March of 2011 it contained four healthy chicks. I was that overjoyed I almost fell off my ladders. This meant that the female Tawny Owl must have been sitting on eggs when the weather outside was freezing and there was thick snow on the ground.
There was conflicting results for box nesting birds like Blue and Great Tits. Checking the boxes we would come across nests of alive, healthy, fed young and the next we would come across nests of dead young. The answer for this could be a number of things not enough food supply or inexperience pair or one of the adults being predated by a Sparrowhawk or the Tawny Owls. Open nests also had a mixture of results. Open nests meaning birds like Black Birds, Song Thrush, Chaffinch, Goldfinch. Out of 30 plus nests that were found, only 5 were successful. A lot were predated by Magpie, Jay, Stoat, Weasel and Rat, either eggs or chicks being taken.
Birds in gardens seem to have done better. House Sparrows in my garden did well, using the Sparrow terrace I made. I don’t know what it is but, Barnton and Cheshire in general, are doing well for Sparrow populations, where other parts of the country don’t have any. A Robin nested in a teapot placed in Ivy for a second year in a row, producing six young that all fledged. A lady round the corner from me had Swallows nesting in her entry.
Ringing is still being carried out down at Saltersford Locks. A total for 2011, up to October, was 808 birds being ringed. The feedstations not being as busy as of previous years because of a milder winter.
On closing, I’d just like to plug my new DVD called ‘Beyond the Locks’. It’s a stills DVD of Saltersford Locks and the village of Barnton. A look at the countryside and wildlife through pictures and music. All proceeds from the DVD goes to feeding the birds down at Saltersford Locks. If we didn’t have the seed we wouldn’t be able to ring there. There is limited availability of the DVD so if you want a copy please be quick. For more information please contact me on 07747684324.
Before I go I would be very grateful for any feedback regarding seeing ringed birds in you gardens.
Dave Harazny
WHAT'S ON IN BARNTON
Check out our What's On page to see events happening in Barnton.
WOMEN'S SAFE TRANSPORT SERVICE
Check on the Voluntary Action Vale Royal website for details of this service and the threats to it due to lack of funding etc.
ARE YOU STRUGGLING WITH DEBT?
CHESHIRE WEST CITIZEN ADVICE BUREAU are available to help - free of charge. Click here for more details . . .
BARNTON PARISH COUNCIL NEEDS YOU!!!
At present Barnton Parish Council have only 10 members with vacancies to co-opt the remainder. As a councillor you do need the time to devote to some actual support work and organisation as well as a monthly meeting. It is a very satisfying way of getting involved in your community plus you can make your mark and make a real difference to the place where you live. At present we could really use someone with fundraising/grant application skills, project management or financial skills. Could this be you?
If so please get in touch with our Clerk, Phillip Evoy, on 07849344940 or email him at barntonpc@aol.com
Phill could arrange for you to have an informal chat with one of the present councillors so that you can get more of an idea of what to expect.
BARNTON FAMILY DAY CELEBRATION TO MARK
HER MAJESTY THE QUEEN’S DIAMOND JUBILEE
Would you be interested in helping to organise a Family Day in Barnton to celebrate Her Majesty The Queen’s Diamond Jubilee in June 2012?
Barnton Parish Council would like to mark this momentous occasion by hosting an all-day event in the village with practical help and support from a wide cross-section of the village community.
Planning is at an early stage and very little discussed so far is set in stone. What we do know is when the event will take place - one day over the first weekend in June, possibly the Bank Holiday Monday - and where - Nursery Road recreation ground. As yet, the only confirmed attraction is a roller blading competition at the skate park, which is being organised by a team of young, committed and very enthusiastic users.
Ideas for the day abound. How about a 1950s theme for the day? Possible attractions include e.g. bouncy castle; face painting; caricaturist; giant games; goal competition; 1950s Barnton photo exhibition; cheerleaders, Morris dancers; jugglers; tea/coffee tent; cake stall; burger & hot dog stand; tribute band; fancy dress etc. etc.
This is a wonderful opportunity for you, the community to come together, volunteer your time, contribute your ideas, make suggestions and, over the next few months, plan, organise and ultimately deliver a fun and memorable day for the whole village to participate in and enjoy.
Relevant experience is not necessary. What we are looking for is input from enthusiastic, committed individuals with a sense of community spirit; organisations based in and around the village to offer their help, expertise, advice and support and for local businesses to contribute - in cash or in kind - to making this event a great success.
If you like the idea of rolling back the decades to a time when everyone pulled together, or you just fancy the idea of being part of something truly memorable, get in touch. Call Phillip Evoy on 07849 344940 or email him at barntonpc@aol.com
If you are unfortunate enough to be a victim of criminal damage or activity, or if you witness criminal activity being carried out in the village, contact the police immediately. Let’s get these mindless vandals off our streets!
Below is information from PC Tony Owens from Dragonhall Police Station for the awareness for members of the equine community.
During Sunday 22nd April and Monday 23rd April 2012, Police received a several reports of suspicious activity in the Weaverham, Comberbach, Crowton, Kingsley areas of Cheshire. These reports involved suspicious activity around fields containing horses.
At one of these incidents in Weaverham on Monday 23nd April 2012, wooden pole fencing was damaged and pulled out of the ground from a field in which a horse was situated, enabling a horse to escape. The horse was later located just around the corner.
Earlier, a witness saw a red 4x4 vehicle parked on the car park of the Hanging Gate pub,Weaverham
There were two males and two females on board. One of the males was described as 70 yrs old wearing a cowboy hat.
They were seen to be paying particular attention to the horse. They may be unconnected.
However on the same day, Monday 23rd April 2012 at Kingsley, damage was caused to a cycle lock on a gate to a field containing three Ponies which meant that the horses got out of the field, thankfully the ponies were located just around the corner on Ainsworth Lane.
Police are unable at this time to confirm whether these are attempts to steal horses and the horses/ponies have bolted preventing them being stolen. At this time, Police are unaware of any horses having been stolen locally.
Anyone with any information should contact PC Tony Owens on 0845 458 6377 (answer phone) or 01606 36 2693 ( Direct line ) or the main police 24 hour call centre below:-
TO REPORT A CRIME TO THE POLICE CALL 101
IF A CRIME IS IN PROGRESS CALL 999
INVITATION TO VISIT NORTHWICH’S ENTERTAINMENT & LEISURE VENUE EXHIBITION
As part of Cheshire West and Chester Council’s investment in improving leisure facilities in the Northwich area, we are developing a new leisure and entertainment facility on the site of the Magistrates Court and the Memorial Hall. You are invited to come along to our unstaffed exhibitions which will be held on the following dates at the venues shown:-
29th April – 25th May
Memorial Hall Foyer
Northwich Library
All exhibition panels can be viewed online from 26th April at www. weavervalley.org.uk
Questionnaires to gather feedback will be available at www.weavervalley.org.uk or alternatively at one of the venues, these will also give you the opportunity to vote for one of the three names shortlisted for the new building. The consultation will close on Wednesday 25th May 2012.
BARNTON E-RECYCLING SERVICE
Please email details of any items you have to give away (or would like to receive), free of charge, to jennyjeffs1@sky.com
ITEMS AVAILABLE:
Two single bed matresses (6'6" x 3'x 7"depth) in a clean and excellent condition. Telephone Reg Gibson on 01606 77274 to discuss viewing and collection arrangements.
NURSERY ROAD WRECK!!!!!
Barnton Parish Council is becoming increasingly concerned about the level of vandalism that is being committed at Nursery Road recreation ground. The scale of the problem is such that most of the money set aside in this year’s budget for re-investing in this public amenity, has instead been spent on constant repairs to apparatus and the recreational ground in general.
The list of damages is endless. Here are a few examples of what your Parish Council has dealt with since April - dog fouling; uprooted trees; regular damage to the perimeter fence; numerous fires (one in the children’s play area!); broken glass around the goal posts and on apparatus; and empty milk bottles randomly dumped in the grass for unsuspecting visitors to break underfoot.
Despite providing five litter bins on this site (also regularly vandalised) your Park Warden picked up 52 cans and 38 bottles in the last five days of September alone!
This total lack of respect is not just confined to property. The Parish Council is aware of incidents of older youths intimidating parents with toddlers in the children’s play area. Conversely, we know of cases of parents allowing their toddlers to run free through the skate park and becoming aggressive when park users ask them to move their children out of harm’s way.
As residents of the village you ought to be proud of this popular public space. Equally, as Council Tax payers, you should be concerned that your money is being unnecessarily diverted from its intended purpose, namely to develop this site further for everyone’s benefit in the village.
Your Parish Council is doing what it can to improve the physical environment of the recreation ground and the village in general. To do this effectively, and help prevent scarce resources from being frittered away on constant repairs, we need your help.
If you witness property being vandalised or someone being intimidated at this site - or anywhere else in the village - please report the matter to the police immediately on 0845 458 0000 or speak to Diana Wiggins, our Police Community Support Officer, when she is out and about in the village. With up-to-date information of such incidents, and targeted patrols, we can, as a community, help the police eradicate this blight on the recreation ground and prevent the mindless few from turning it into a wreck.
FACE-LIFT FOR OUR WEBSITE
As part of a package of measures to engage with you more effectively, the Parish Council has given this website a much-needed make-over. You will be able to access the newly re-vamped web pages and check out what’s happening in the village.
We hope you like what we’ve done with the website and we’re keen to hear your views. So, please feel free to let us know what you think by sending your comments to our Web Manager, Jenny Jeffs at jennyjeffs1@sky.com
NEWS FROM THE NORTHWICH AND RURAL AREA TEAM
Click here to download the April Newsletter which contains lots of useful information about Northwich and the surrounding areas.
LOCAL LEADER PROGRAMME
The Local Leader programme is an opportunity for people in communities across the UK to celebrate the 2012 Olympic Games in their local areas. A Local Leader is someone that gets stuff done. They organise, they pull people together. They have a passion for the Games and want to celebrate. Local Leaders will get friends, family and neighbours ready to celebrate. From Gardening for the Games to planning a Sports Quiz or an Opening Night In. When they sign up they will get hints and tips to help them plan their celebrations, plus get access to exclusive toolkits as we get closer to the Games.
We want the whole of the UK to get involved and celebrate the Games together. It is the Local Leaders who will make this happen. For more information abut the Local Leader Programme click here.
BIRD REPORT 2012 BY DAVID HARAZNY
This is an update on how our feathered friends are doing.
It was a mixed bag of results on how the breeding season went for our local woodland birds. The Tawny Owl box was erected in November of 2010 and to my surprise when I went to check it in March of 2011 it contained four healthy chicks. I was that overjoyed I almost fell off my ladders. This meant that the female Tawny Owl must have been sitting on eggs when the weather outside was freezing and there was thick snow on the ground.
There was conflicting results for box nesting birds like Blue and Great Tits. Checking the boxes we would come across nests of alive, healthy, fed young and the next we would come across nests of dead young. The answer for this could be a number of things not enough food supply or inexperience pair or one of the adults being predated by a Sparrowhawk or the Tawny Owls. Open nests also had a mixture of results. Open nests meaning birds like Black Birds, Song Thrush, Chaffinch, Goldfinch. Out of 30 plus nests that were found, only 5 were successful. A lot were predated by Magpie, Jay, Stoat, Weasel and Rat, either eggs or chicks being taken.
Birds in gardens seem to have done better. House Sparrows in my garden did well, using the Sparrow terrace I made. I don’t know what it is but, Barnton and Cheshire in general, are doing well for Sparrow populations, where other parts of the country don’t have any. A Robin nested in a teapot placed in Ivy for a second year in a row, producing six young that all fledged. A lady round the corner from me had Swallows nesting in her entry.
Ringing is still being carried out down at Saltersford Locks. A total for 2011, up to October, was 808 birds being ringed. The feedstations not being as busy as of previous years because of a milder winter.
On closing, I’d just like to plug my new DVD called ‘Beyond the Locks’. It’s a stills DVD of Saltersford Locks and the village of Barnton. A look at the countryside and wildlife through pictures and music. All proceeds from the DVD goes to feeding the birds down at Saltersford Locks. If we didn’t have the seed we wouldn’t be able to ring there. There is limited availability of the DVD so if you want a copy please be quick. For more information please contact me on 07747684324.
Before I go I would be very grateful for any feedback regarding seeing ringed birds in you gardens.
Dave Harazny
WHAT'S ON IN BARNTON
Check out our What's On page to see events happening in Barnton.
WOMEN'S SAFE TRANSPORT SERVICE
Check on the Voluntary Action Vale Royal website for details of this service and the threats to it due to lack of funding etc.
ARE YOU STRUGGLING WITH DEBT?
CHESHIRE WEST CITIZEN ADVICE BUREAU are available to help - free of charge. Click here for more details . . .
BARNTON PARISH COUNCIL NEEDS YOU!!!
At present Barnton Parish Council have only 10 members with vacancies to co-opt the remainder. As a councillor you do need the time to devote to some actual support work and organisation as well as a monthly meeting. It is a very satisfying way of getting involved in your community plus you can make your mark and make a real difference to the place where you live. At present we could really use someone with fundraising/grant application skills, project management or financial skills. Could this be you?
If so please get in touch with our Clerk, Phillip Evoy, on 07849344940 or email him at barntonpc@aol.com
Phill could arrange for you to have an informal chat with one of the present councillors so that you can get more of an idea of what to expect.
BARNTON FAMILY DAY CELEBRATION TO MARK
HER MAJESTY THE QUEEN’S DIAMOND JUBILEE
Would you be interested in helping to organise a Family Day in Barnton to celebrate Her Majesty The Queen’s Diamond Jubilee in June 2012?
Barnton Parish Council would like to mark this momentous occasion by hosting an all-day event in the village with practical help and support from a wide cross-section of the village community.
Planning is at an early stage and very little discussed so far is set in stone. What we do know is when the event will take place - one day over the first weekend in June, possibly the Bank Holiday Monday - and where - Nursery Road recreation ground. As yet, the only confirmed attraction is a roller blading competition at the skate park, which is being organised by a team of young, committed and very enthusiastic users.
Ideas for the day abound. How about a 1950s theme for the day? Possible attractions include e.g. bouncy castle; face painting; caricaturist; giant games; goal competition; 1950s Barnton photo exhibition; cheerleaders, Morris dancers; jugglers; tea/coffee tent; cake stall; burger & hot dog stand; tribute band; fancy dress etc. etc.
This is a wonderful opportunity for you, the community to come together, volunteer your time, contribute your ideas, make suggestions and, over the next few months, plan, organise and ultimately deliver a fun and memorable day for the whole village to participate in and enjoy.
Relevant experience is not necessary. What we are looking for is input from enthusiastic, committed individuals with a sense of community spirit; organisations based in and around the village to offer their help, expertise, advice and support and for local businesses to contribute - in cash or in kind - to making this event a great success.
If you like the idea of rolling back the decades to a time when everyone pulled together, or you just fancy the idea of being part of something truly memorable, get in touch. Call Phillip Evoy on 07849 344940 or email him at barntonpc@aol.com