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Mayor’s Introduction Our Town Crier
Welcome to this edition of the Since 1900 there have only been three Town Beaconsfield Town Guide. Criers in Beaconsfield: Campbell Shepherd, Harry Leslie and current Town Crier, Dick Smith (pictured I am honoured to be the Mayor of our on the front cover), who has held the position historic town for this year and urge you since 1969. After 49 years in office and having to use this guide to understand all that lived in the area all of his life, Dick is an expert Beaconsfield offers and provides. I have on the local area and its history and has even been a District, County and Town won awards for his Town Crying in the 1970s at Councillor for many years and am proud the All England National Town Crying Competition. of all that our town represents and of the contributions from our communities. As Town Crier, Dick has a packed schedule, whether he is leading town tours during the Welcome to Beaconsfield! summer months, giving after-dinner speeches or leading the parade during the Festival of Lights every December. Despite being kept so busy, Dick has no plans to retire from the role, it is as he says, ‘A job for life’. Undoubtedly one of the highlights of Dick’s career was giving a proclamation for the Queen during the Golden Jubilee celebrations at Windsor in 2002 when his cry of ‘God Save the Queen!’ prompted the biggest cheer of the day. He recalls with amusement that the Queen was heard to wonder, “Where does one find a man with a voice that loud?”
Although Beaconsfield’s residents are no longer reliant on the Town Crier to deliver news as they would have been in the past, the Town Crier The Mayor Cllr Anita Cranmer remains an integral part of the community and an important ambassador for the town. Beaconsfield’s Town Crier is a link to the past when local people would only have heard about military victories like the Battles of Trafalgar and Waterloo through the Town Crier. The history tied up in the role is reflected in Dick’s green and gold Georgian period costume that comes complete with white stockings and a black tricorn hat topped with a black ostrich feather.
Dick’s family have been based in and around Beaconsfield for over 400 years so there really is no-one more qualified to promote Beaconsfield and help maintain the sense of community that Deputy Mayor Cllr Alex Dunlop makes Beaconsfield such a popular place to live.
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Contents
History of Beaconsfield ...... 10 Hospices ...... 30 Residential Homes ...... 30 Beaconsfield Town Council . . . .13 Other Services ...... 30 Structure and Responsibilities of Local Government ...... 13 Open Spaces ...... 31 Holtspur Bank Local Nature Reserve . . .31 The Beaconsfield and District Holtspur Bottom Butterfly Reserve . . . . .31 Historical Society ...... 16 Further open spaces ...... 32 Clubs for the young ...... 33
Beaconsfield Twinning Sports and Leisure Clubs ...... 35 Association ...... 16 The Beaconsfield Archive Project Local Organisations ...... 17 ...... 36 Education ...... 20 Pre-school & day nursery ...... 20 Useful Information ...... 37 State schools and independent schools .20 Adult learning ...... 21 Visitor Attractions and Fairs . . .38 Hall Bookings ...... 21 Services Contacts ...... 39 Recycling ...... 39 Beaconsfield Area Map . . . .22-23 Utilities ...... 39 Beaconsfield Street Index . .24-25 Travel ...... 40 Wedding Ceremonies ...... 40 Places of Worship ...... 26 Beaconsfield Anglian Team Ministry . . . .26 Other Churches ...... 26
Prevention Matters ...... 27
Healthcare ...... 28 Doctors’ Surgeries ...... 28 Hospitals ...... 28 Dental ...... 28 Veterinary Clinics ...... 29 Support Services ...... 29
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History of Beaconsfield
Early Days The Abbey derived substantial fees from Although there is evidence of two Roman roads these markets and fairs, and the space at one from St. Albans to Silchester near Reading, the centre of the Town where they were and another from London north-westwards held was jealously protected from any passing through this area, the town of encroachments. That is why the four ‘Ends’ Beaconsfield is thought to be of Saxon origin. (an old Buckinghamshire term) which form A church of wooden construction was on the the crossroads are so broad and spacious. site of the present Parish Church dating from about 900 AD. The site was probably chosen The Parish Church was rebuilt in stone because it had a good water supply and it was around 1470, and survived until it was again half-way between London and Oxford, important rebuilt and enlarged on the same site in reasons in those days for a journey which then 1869. would have taken about two days. Linked with the dissolution of the monasteries The earliest known documentary reference was the building in 1534 of the impressive to Beaconsfield is in 1185, where it is spelt house which is now called The Old Rectory. ‘Bekenesfeld’. However, we have no means of It incorporates a small section of the nunnery knowing when the name was first used, exactly building that it replaced, and a number of how it was pronounced, or to what precise area it was applied. Although the name is given in emblems from the coat of arms of Richard authoritative dictionaries as meaning ‘field by Rawson, the Rector. It remained in use as the the beacon’, the widespread local belief is that rectory until 1868. it described a ‘clearing in the beeches’, and the Town has adopted a beech tree as its insignia. After the dissolution of Burnham Abbey, the Although there have been many variations of Town and surrounding lands became divided spelling down the centuries, the ‘a’ did not into three great estates - Halbarne (later appear until relatively late and the name has Hall Barn), Gregories, and Whiltones (now traditionally always been pronounced locally Wilton Park) - all forming part of the Manor to begin with ‘Beck’, not ‘Beak’. of Beaconsfield.
Feudal Times Hall Barn In the thirteenth century the area came under Following the purchase of the Manor of the feudal authority of Richard, Earl of Cornwall, Beaconsfield by the Waller family in 1624, who persuaded his brother King Henry III in Hall Barn became famous as the home of 1255 to grant him the right to hold a weekly Edmund Waller, a leading poet of his day. market in the Manor of Beaconsfield on Tuesday He played a prominent part in the Civil War, of every week. In 1266 the Town then became which led to him being tried for treason and part of the endowment of Burnham Abbey, and in 1269 a further grant was made to hold a fair, condemned to death, but his sentence was which is still held annually on the 10th May. commuted to exile abroad and a heavy fine. He was later allowed to return to Beaconsfield The market closed early in the nineteenth where he was responsible for building the century but was revived in 1982. The covered present house, probably between 1675 and market hall in Aylesbury End stood for nearly 1680, which was later extended. In 1972 seven centuries, but was demolished in 1952. the house was restored to its original size.
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Gregories until it was taken over by the War Office at the Meanwhile Gregories was owned, along with beginning of the 1939-1945 war. It was used as Wilton Park, by another branch of the Waller a centre for the interrogation of the most senior family. In 1768 Gregories passed into the prisoners of war, including Rudolph Hess and ownership of Edmund Burke. Here Burke Field Marshal von Rundstedt. This fine Palladian entertained many of the leading personalities mansion, with its Adam interior, was demolished of the day, including Dr. Johnson, Sir Joshua in 1967, after which the site was re-developed Reynolds, Goldsmith, Garrick and Charles James and used by the Defence School of Languages. Fox. It was Burke who renamed the house This closed in September 2013. ‘Butler’s Court’ following a dispute over manorial rights, and it was from here that he The Seventeenth Century wrote and spoke eloquently in Parliament about Onwards the American War of Independence and the The seventeenth century brought an era of French Revolution. He lies buried in St. Mary’s prosperity to the Town due mainly to the rapid Church at his own request, and the bicentenary growth in the coaching trade. Coaches broke of his death occurred in 1997. Butler’s Court their journeys here en route to or from places was burned down in 1813. The present house like Oxford, Woodstock, Banbury, Cheltenham of that name was built by Arthur Grenfell on and Shrewsbury. Highwaymen found the a different site and dates from 1891. Lord surroundings of the Town very convenient for Grenfell, his brother, lived in this house from their activities, and the hill coming up to the 1895-1912. King’s Head, Holtspur, was one of their favourite sites for robbing affluent passengers. An Wilton Park adjoining stretch of woodland is still known The White House, usually known as Wilton Park, as Cut Throat Wood. was built in the early part of the eighteenth century, and was acquired in about 1779 by The prosperity of the Town continued through Josias Du Pre, a former Governor of Madras, the eighteenth century, when some of its finest after having been in occupation for several houses were built, and the great estates with years under a lease. His monument is in St. their farms were still thriving. With the following Mary’s Church in the north aisle. The Du Pre century, Beaconsfield, like many other towns, family lived in the house for some 170 years moved into an era of improved sanitation,
This 1930s view must have been taken from the balcony in front of the Highway Court flats. On the corner Boundary Stone A40 North Drive. of Gregories Road was Mayne’s the ironmongers. One could stroll in the road in those days, even in the New Kindly supplied by the Historical Town. Kindly supplied by the Historical Society Society
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education and policing. However, by the Development of the New Town middle of the century, it was being severely The construction of the railway was completed affected by the spread of the railways across in 1906 and the station, which was built nearly the rest of the country. This ruined the a mile to the north of the original Town on coaching trade upon which the Town had farmland formerly part of the Gregories and become heavily dependent. Between 1837 and Wilton Park estates, became the focal point for 1847 the tollgate receipts fell to less than half, the development of the New Town. This grew and the formerly busy inns became idle. Plans rapidly and continues to grow as there are now to build a railway through Beaconsfield proved approximately 12,500 inhabitants. Strictly to be uneconomic because of the high ground applied planning measures in the Old Town, and the line did not materialise until 1906. which has now become a Conservation Area, Those who wished to use the railways had to coupled with tight control by the Hall Barn go to Wooburn Green or Slough by coach and Estate have helped to preserve the traditional later by bus. character and charm of the Old Town, while modern residential and shopping development At the same time agriculture fell into decline has largely taken place in the New Town area. and the weekly market was closed. The population fell from a peak of 1,763 in 1831 Holtspur to 1,524 in 1871 despite the reduction in infant Holtspur, lying to the west of the main Town mortality. It took a great deal of fund-raising and formerly part of Wooburn, expanded rapidly in the midst of this depression to finance the after the Second World War with residential rebuilding and enlargement of the Parish Church development and its own shopping parades. in 1869. The restoration of the tower with its A temporary wooden church was built in 1949 new pinnacles and the renewal of the bells had and was replaced by St. Thomas’ in 1961. to be deferred for 15 years when funds ran out. Holtspur has now become part of Beaconsfield.
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Beaconsfield Town Council
Insert left to right: John Read, Graham Corney, Richard Keith. Back row: Roy Foster, James Hartley; Philip Bastiman, Jackson Ng, Neil Bingham, Patrick Hogan, Clive Schofield. Front Row: Barry Malki (Interim Town Clerk); Sandy Saunders; Alex Dunlop, Anita Cranmer, Alastair Pike, Rita Bhalla; Chris Owen (May 2018).
Structure and Responsibilities of Local Government
BEACONSFIELD Beaconsfield Town is made up of four Wards: Central, North, TOWN COUNCIL South East and West. A total of 16 Town Councillors are Town Hall, Penn Road, elected every four years to represent approximately 12,500 Beaconsfield local people. Public meetings are held on Thursday evenings. HP9 2PP A schedule of meeting dates can be found on the above Interim Town Clerk: Alexa Collins website or from the office in the Town Hall. Office: Open to Members of the Public from 9.00am to 1.30pm The Town Council’s responsibilities include: Ivins Road Weekdays Allotments, Bus Shelters, Local Nature Reserve, Playgrounds, Tel: 01494 675173 Open Spaces and Seats, Right to be consulted on licensing Email: town.clerk@beaconsfieldtown and planning applications affecting Beaconsfield, Right to council.gov.uk be consulted on all County and District Council matters Web: beaconsfieldtowncouncil.gov.uk affecting Beaconsfield.
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CENTRAL WARD Mr R H Keith Mr G C Corney 37 The Spinney HP9 1SA Wildwood, 64 Burgess Wood Ms R Bhalla 01494 680129 Road South HP9 1EJ 60 Cherry Tree Road 01494 675905 HP9 1BH Mr C Schofield 01494 676929 Briar Rose, 4 Hawthorn Place, Mr J Hartley Tylers Green HP10 8EH 14 Wattleton Road HP9 1TS Mr A Dunlop 01494 674044 01628 531400 3 Coldmoorholme Lane, Bourne End SL8 5PS SOUTH EAST WARD Mr P R J Hogan 01494 675616 15 Hampden Hill HP9 1BP Mrs A M Cranmer 07972 452434 Mr R Foster The Clockhouse, Hall Barn, 37 Candlemas Mead Windsor End HP9 2SG Mr J Ng HP9 1AP 07831 474346 59 Old Town Close HP9 1LF 07754 523756 07590 196759 Mr J P A Read Mr A J Pike 53 Old Town Close HP9 1LF Flat 12 Hillcrest, Shrubbery Road, Mr C Owen 07789 506505 High Wycombe HP13 6PW 12 Pitch Pond Close HP9 1XY 01494 670372 07770 888997 NORTH WARD WEST WARD Mr S Saunders Mr N Bingham Wildwoods, Puttenham Farm, Elm Road, Mr P D Bastiman Bearswood End Penn HP10 8LE 150 Cherry Tree Road HP9 1BD HP9 2NR 07919 174982 01494 672445 07931 518660
SOUTH BUCKS • Community and leisure District Councillors: DISTRICT COUNCIL • Community safety Mr P Bastiman • Council Tax collection cllr.philip.bastiman@southbucks. Council Offices, Capswood, • Electoral services gov.uk Oxford Road, Denham UB9 4LH • Environmental health Tel: 01895 837200 • Health and safety Mr P Hogan Web: www.southbucks.gov.uk • Housing cllr.patrick.hogan@southbucks. Twitter: @southbucksdc gov.uk • Licensing Responsibilities: • Local land charges Mrs J Lowen-Cooper • Abandoned vehicles • Pest control cllr.jacquetta.lowen-cooper@ • Benefits - Housing and • Planning services southbucks.gov.uk • Refuse collection and Council Tax Mr J Read recycling • Building control [email protected] • Business Rates collection • Street cleaning • Car parking (off street) • Street name plates Mr D Saunders • Cemeteries and • The South Buckinghamshire cllr.damian.saunders@south Memorial Gardens Golf Club bucks.gov.uk
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BUCKINGHAMSHIRE PARLIAMENTARY COUNTY COUNCIL REPRESENTATION
County Hall, Walton Street The Member of Parliament for Aylesbury, Bucks HP20 1UA the Beaconsfield Constituency Tel: 01296 395000 is Mr Dominic Grieve, QC Web: www.buckscc.gov.uk Contact: Ms Claire Baithun Tel: 020 7219 6220 Responsibilities: Email: dominic.grieve.mp@ • Education parliament.uk • Emergency Planning Web: www.dominicgrieve.org.uk Rt Hon Dominic Grieve QC MP • Fire/Police Address: House of Commons • Gypsy Sites London SW1A OAA • Highways To arrange an appointment at UKIP South Bucks • Libraries a weekly surgery held at the Susan Fagan • Social Services Conservative Offices please Tel: 01753 662193 • Street Lighting email or contact through the Email: • Trading Standards website. [email protected] • Transport Web: ukip-southbucks.uk Conservative Party County Councillors: Association Headquarters Disraeli House Mrs A Cranmer 12 Aylesbury End [email protected] HP9 1LW Tel: 01494 673745 Mrs B Gibbs Email: office@beaconsfield [email protected] conservatives.co.uk
Beaconsfield Forum Chiltern Green Party c/o County Hall, Walton Street Email: Aylesbury, Bucks HP20 1UA [email protected] Tel: 01296 395000 Web: chiltern.greenparty.org.uk Web: https://democracy.buckscc. gov.uk/mgCommitteeDetails.aspx Labour Party ?ID=706 Alexa Collins Tel: 07591 003513 Responsibilities: Email: • Allocating the County [email protected] Council’s Beaconsfield Local Area Budget Liberal Democrat Party Tel: 01753 883573 • Representing Beaconsfield Email: issues and petitions to the [email protected] County Council Web: https://beaconsfield. • Supporting community focusteam.org.uk organsations to resolve Facebook: local issues working with https://www.facebook.com/Beac the County Council onsfieldConstituencyLibDems/
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means that cities like Paris, Lyon and Basel The Beaconsfield and are all within reach. It is between four and five District Historical Society hours drive due south from Calais on the A26, 60km north of Dijon. The TGV train station is at Over the years The Beaconsfield & District Historical Chaumont, about 15 minutes’ drive due north Society have published ten books and pamphlets. of Langres, which has direct trains to and from Although some of these are out of print and only Paris daily. available for consultation in the Library, four are available for purchase. They are “The History of The aims of the Beaconsfield Twinning Beaconsfield” (2015) which covers the history of Association (BTA) are to: today’s town and contains a wide variety of topics; a) Promote the exchange of young people “Beaconsfield in Old Photographs”; “The Coming between schools and families and through of the Railway to Beaconsfield” and “Take a Look this help lay the foundation for better at Beaconsfield”. Details of the books and prices international relations in future generations; can be found on www.beaconsfieldhistory.org.uk. b) Enjoy the benefits of cultural exchanges “The History of Beaconsfield” and “Beaconsfield between all manner of individuals in both in Old Photographs” are also available to buy from towns; the Library. c) Foster, at amateur level, exchanges between local clubs and other associations to bring Beaconsfield Twinning people of all ages together in a spirit of Association friendship and goodwill. Joining the BTA is a great way to get to know Beaconsfield twinned with the people from Langres, to enjoy their Langres, France hospitality (and they ours!) and generally have As you enter Beaconsfield you’ll see the road fun. There are regular hosted visits to Langres signs marking the town’s borders say ‘Twinned for BTA members and reciprocal visits from with Langres’. Recognised as one of the 50 Langres to Beaconsfield. When possible we prettiest towns in France, Langres, in the facilitate school liaison between Beaconsfield Champagne Ardennes region of North East and Langres linking children, teachers and France, has been our twin town since 1995. families. Young people from the Beaconsfield With a history dating back to pre-Roman times, area have also performed at Langres Fête de Langres’ medieval walls and spectacular hill la Musique. At home we have activities for top defences cut an imposing figure in the Beaconsfield Twinning members throughout picturesque French landscape. The town is full the year from coffee mornings, to themed film of fascinating architecture and you'll now find evenings and dinners, wine and cheese events an impressive model of its Town Hall as a new and more. You don’t have to speak French to addition at Bekonscot, Beaconsfield's equally join BTA and enjoy all the benefits and the impressive model village. Surrounding Langres fun. There’s something for everyone in are four beautiful lakes, a canal linking the Twinning and membership starts at a modest Marne and Rhone rivers and lovely rolling ten pounds. countryside. With its many hotels, there is a wide choice of accommodation in both style To learn more about Beaconsfield Twinning and and price within the ramparts and outside. Langres, visit www.beaconsfieldtwinning.org Or email: [email protected] Langres is undoubtedly worth a visit and its You might also like to visit: www.tourisme- proximity to several of France’s main autoroutes langres.com
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Local Organisations
Action Medical Research (Chiltern Branch) Beaconsfield Community Association Lunch Club Contact Mrs Sheila Davis (for Senior Citizens) Tel: 01628 318803 Meets every Thursday at Curzon Centre Email: [email protected] Maxwell Road Contact Elizabeth Meares Arts Society, Beaconsfield Tel: 01753 884970 Meets first Thursday of most months Email: [email protected] at the Fitzwilliams Centre Tel: 01494 673381 Beaconsfield Cycle Path Action Group Email: [email protected] Web: www.beaconsfield-dfas.org.uk Tel: 07813 837225 Email: [email protected] Beaconsfield 41 Club Web: Beaconsfield-cycle-paths.org.uk Meets third Thursday of the month Venue: Flackwell Heath Golf Club Beaconsfield Film Society Web: www.41club.org/micro/beaconsfield Email: [email protected] Web: www.beaconsfieldfilmsociety.com Beaconsfield & Chiltern Luncheon Club Meets first Monday of the month at Beaconsfield Musical and Operatic Society The Crowne Plaza near Beaconsfield Dawn Southgate (Secretary) Tel: 01753 644370 C/o The Curzon Centre Email: [email protected] Maxwell Road HP9 1RG Beaconsfield & District Historical Society Email: [email protected] Membership Secretary Irene Stanbury Web: www.bmos.org.uk Tel: 01628 530005 Email: [email protected] Web: www.beaconsfieldhistory.org.uk Beaconsfield National Trust Centre Talks, social events, regular outings Beaconsfield & District Silver Study Group Contact Jo Moseley with Ian Pickford Tel: 01494 675390 Meets twice a month on Friday 10am-12noon at Email: [email protected] Beaconsfield Centre (Old School House) Windsor End HP9 2JW Beaconsfield Round Table Contact Joy Alder Email: [email protected] Tel: 01494 678533 Web: www.beaconsfield.roundtable.co.uk Facebook: BeaconsfieldRoundTable Beaconsfield Children’s Centre Beacon Close HP9 1RJ Beaconsfield Theatre Group Tel: 01494 678244 Enquiries to Ben Benest Email: [email protected] Tel: 0781 573 8126 Facebook: beaconsfieldchildrenscentre Email: [email protected] Beaconsfield Community Association Web: www.btg-theatre.org Thursday Luncheon Club for the over 60s. Supporting lunch schemes to disadvantaged Beaconsfield Twinning Association children in the holidays. Providing modest funds Chairman: Mrs Jacqui Hogan for families and students facing hardship. Tel: 01494 680997 Chairman Sandy Saunders Email: [email protected] Tel: 07931 518660 Email Chair: [email protected] Email: [email protected] Web: www.beaconsfieldtwinning.org 17 editorial_308337.qxd 14/8/18 13:36 Page 18
Beaconsfield WI Chiltern Hundreds Supper Club Meets in St Teresa's Parish Rooms, Warwick Road Monthly evening meal and speaker 7.30pm third Monday of each month Contact Kate Carpenter Contact Deirdre Smaje Tel: 01494 671508 Tel: 01494 681165 Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected] Facebook: Beaconsfield WI Chiltern Shakespeare Company Felicity Norrie (Chair) Bellringers St Mary & All Saints Church Dawn Southgate (Secretary) Contact Andrew Halford Tel: 01494 573559 Tel: 01494 671253 Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected] Web: www.chiltern-shakespeare.co.uk
Breeze is part of British Cycling’s programme of free Chiltern Speakers events designed to inspire ladies of all ages and Tel: 07770 842930 abilities to get back on their bikes. To join us – Email: [email protected] check out your local ride: https://www.letsride.co.uk/ Web: www.4827.toastmastersclubs.org/
Bucks Chamber Council – Wycombe & South Bucks CRUSE Chiltern & Beaconsfield Branch Contact Mr Alastair Pike Counselling and social activities for bereaved Tel: 01494 670372 people of all ages Email: [email protected] Tel: 01494 766455 National Tel: 08444 779400 CAP Job Club in Beaconsfield Email: [email protected] Tel: 0800 328 0006 (Freephone) Web: www.crusebucks.org.uk Tel: 01494 678597 Web for young people: www.hopeagain.org.uk Email: [email protected] Web: www.capjobclubs.org Curzon Centre (Youth and Community Centre) 43 Maxwell Road HP9 1RG Carers Trust Thames Devonshire House, 1 Cliveden Office Village, Tel: 01494 672891 Lancaster Road, High Wycombe HP12 3YZ Email: [email protected] Tel: 01494 360520 Web: www.thecurzoncentre.org.uk Email: [email protected] Web: www.carerstrustthames.org.uk Engage Meets at the Curzon Centre, Maxwell Road Chesterton in the Chilterns Fridays 5.30 - 7.30pm GK Chesterton – ‘Sunrise of Wonder’ For ages 6-11 Study and Discussion Interest Group Email: [email protected] Contact Mr F Thompson Tel: 01494 875151 Friends of Cancer Research Email: [email protected] Contact John Brown Tel: 01494 677783 Chiltern Embroidery & Textiles Group Email: [email protected] Meets at Tylers Green Village Hall every 2nd Monday of the month 7.30pm-9.30pm Friends of Holtspur Bank (local nature Reserve) Contact Liz Wilmott Contact Mr I Ridley Tel: 01494 681696 Tel: 01494 674944 Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected] Web: www.chilterntextiles.co.uk Web: www.holtspurnaturereserve.org.uk
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The Friends of St Mary’s (Church) Probus Club of Beaconsfield Contact Eddie Weiss Meets second & fourth Thursday of the month Tel: 01494 673479 at Revolution Maxwell Road Email: [email protected] Contact David Kendall Web: www.beaconsfieldprobus.org Holtspur Senior Citizens’ Club Meets on second & fourth Tuesday of the month Probus Club Old Beaconsfield at 2.30pm in the lounge at Kiln Court, North Drive Welcomes retired businessmen & professionals Holtspur. All welcome. Membership Secretary Mr Peter Elcome Contact Tony Griffiths Tel: 01628 298459 Tel: 01494 674929 Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected] Web: www.oldbeaconsfieldprobus.org
Lunch Club Rotary Club – Beaconsfield Meets fourth Tuesday of the month Meets Tuesday evenings at The White Hart 12–13.30 at the Harvester Contact Mrs Janet Simmonds Tel: 01494 673404 Contact Alison Sikora Email: [email protected] Tel: 01494 673952 or 07760 311006 Web: www.beaconsfieldrotary.co.uk Email: [email protected] Rotary Club – Jordans and District Lunchtime Concerts Club Secretary Miss Naomi Arnold, MBE United Reformed Church, Aylesbury End HP9 1LW Tel: 01753 663305 Meets most Thursdays from 12 noon, light lunch Email: [email protected] available, concert starts 1pm Contact Elaine Tudor-Williams Simply Walk (free volunteer led walks) Tel: 01494 671303 Simply Walk Co-ordinator Fiona Broadbent Email: [email protected] Tel: 01494 475367 Email: [email protected] Mid-Thames RAYNET Web: www.buckscc.gov.uk/simplywalk Deputy Group Controller Mr Matthew Wimpenny- Smith The Beaconsfield Society Tel: 07921 260182 Tel: 07745 977838 Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected] Web: www.beaconsfieldsociety.org.uk National Women’s Register Facebook: /BeaconsfieldNow Contact Debbie Keegan Twitter: @TheBecSoc Tel: 01494 673221 Instagram: /thebecsoc
New Neighbours University of 3rd Age (U3A) Recently/about to move? We provide a free local Broadening horizons after retirement information pack including promotional offers. Meets third Tuesday of the month at Tel: 07790 083543 (Fay) The Beacon Centre, Holtspur Email: [email protected] Membership Secretary Mrs Jan Condon Tel: 01628 633109 Over 65s Email: [email protected] Meets on first & third Tuesday of the month Web: www.sbu3a.org.uk (not in August) at the Curzon Centre, Maxwell Road Contact Pam O’Connor Tel: 01494 672098
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Poppies Day Nursery Education Weekdays 7.30am to 6pm Harrias Barn, Hedgerley Lane HP9 2SD Pre-school & Day Nursery Tel: 01494 677116 Email: [email protected] Babies and Todders Web: www.poppiesdaynursery.com United Reformed Church – Aylesbury End Thursday 9.30 – 11.30am term time St Mary’s Toddler Group Tel: 07714 871505 For pre school children Email: [email protected] Fitzwilliams Centre, Windsor End Wednesday 1.30pm – 3pm term time Beaconsfield Childcare Tel: 01494 676690 Brindley House, Burkes Road HP9 1PB Email: [email protected] Tel: 01494 677061 Northgate House, 64 Station Road HP9 1LG The Kiddies Academy Tel: 01494 676272 Weekdays 7.30am to 6pm Email: [email protected] Garvin Avenue HP9 1RD Tel: 01494 673088 Bulrushes Todder Group Email: [email protected] Friday 9.45–11.30am term time Web: www.KiddiesAcademy.co.uk St Michael’s Hall, Grenfell Road Tel: 01494 676931 Toms Tots Email: [email protected] St Thomas’ Church Hall, Mayflower Way, Holtspur Tuesday 9.15-11.15 term time Bumps and Babies Beaconsfield (NCT) Tel: 01494 673167 Free meet-up Tuesdays 10am at The Beech House Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected] State Schools Childcare 4U Beaconsfield High School (Girls) Tilford House, 43 Warwick Road HP9 2PE Wattleton Road HP9 1RR Tel: 01494 676169 Head Teacher Mrs Rachel Smith Email: [email protected] Tel: 01494 673043 Email: [email protected] Dinky Dancers Web: www.beaconsfieldhigh.bucks.sch.uk For 2-4 year olds United Reformed Church, Aylesbury End Butlers Court Combined School Fridays 9.30-10.10am term time Head Teacher Mrs Jeanette Marshall Tel: 01442 865240 Wattleton Road HP9 1RW Email: [email protected] Tel: 01494 673538 Email: [email protected] Jack & Jill Pre-School Web: www.butlerscourt.bucks.sch.uk Term time only Mon & Wed: 9am-3pm Tues, Thurs & Fri: 9am-1pm Holtspur School and Pre-School Free Methodist Church Hall Shepherds Lane HP9 2DU Head Teacher Ms F O’Reilly Contact Mrs C Harding Cherry Tree Road HP9 1BH Tel: 01494 681321 Tel: 01494 674325 Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected] Web: www.holtspursch.co.uk For children aged 2-11 Little Feet Toddler Group For Babies and pre-school children St Mary & All Saints C of E Primary School Hope Church, Beaconsfield Head Teacher Mrs J Barnett Monday 10-11.30am term time Maxwell Road HP9 1RG Tel: 01494 675185 Tel: 01494 673762 Email: [email protected] Web: www.stmaryallsaints.co.uk
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The Beaconsfield School Beaconsfield High School Head Teacher Mr J Fletcher Available outside school hours to 9.30pm Wattleton Road HP9 1SJ Hire of main hall, cafeteria, classrooms, sports facilities, music facilities, drama facilities Tel: 01494 673450 Wattleton Road HP9 1RR Email: [email protected] Tel: 01494 673043 Web: www.beaconsfield.bucks.sch.uk Email: [email protected]
Beaconsfield Town Football Club Independent Schools Holloways Park, Windsor Road, Davenies School (boys 4 to 13) Beaconsfield HP9 2SE Tel: 01494 676868 Station Road, Beaconsfield HP9 1AA Fax: 01494 400177 Headmaster Mr Carl Rycroft Email: [email protected] Tel: 01494 685400 Email: [email protected] St Michael’s Hall & CCRC Web: www.davenies.co.uk Grenfell Road HP9 2BP Contact The Hall Manager Tel: 01494 676931 High March School (Girls 3 to 11) Email: [email protected] Headmistress Mrs S J Clifford 23 Ledborough Lane HP9 2PZ St Thomas’ Church Hall Tel: 01494 675186 Available to hire for parties & classes Mayflower Way HP9 1UF Email: [email protected] Tel: Helen Poyser 07517 151581 Web: www.highmarch.co.uk Email: [email protected]
The Beaconsfield School Adult Learning Wattleton Road HP9 1SJ Buckinghamshire Adult Learning Centre Tel: 01494 673450 Term time only Mon to Fri 9am - 2pm Email: [email protected] Web: www.beaconsfield.bucks.sch.uk Beaconsfield School Wattleton Road HP9 1RN The Curzon Centre Tel: 01494 475685 & 01296 382403 43 Maxwell Road HP9 1RG Email: [email protected] Tel: 01494 672891 Web: www.adultlearningbcc.ac.uk Email: [email protected] Web: thecurzoncentre.org.uk
The Fitzwilliams Centre Hall Bookings Windsor End, Old Beaconsfield HP9 2JW Tel: 07596 136500 Email: [email protected] Beaconsfield Guide HQ and Hall Malthouse Square HP9 2LE The Reading Room Contact Audrey Dunn Wycombe End HP9 1ND Tel: 01494 673372 Tel: 01494 677386 Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected] United Reformed Church Hall – Beaconsfield Beaconsfield Town Hall Aylesbury End Council Chamber & small meeting room Contact Mrs Dorothy Mulcock (for meetings & wedding ceremonies) Tel: 01494 676828 Penn Road HP9 2PP Email: [email protected] Tel: 01494 675173 United Reformed Church Hall - Holtspur Crabtree Close Email: [email protected] Church Hall Bookings Hilda Bowerman Web: beaconsfieldtowncouncil.gov.uk Tel: 01494 672418
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Street Index
Alastair Mews ...... C2 Callingham Place ...... C2 Furzefield Road ...... B2 Amersham Road ...... C1/C2 Calumet ...... B2 Garvin Avenue ...... C2 Assheton Road ...... B1/C1 Cambridge Road ...... B2 Garvin Mews ...... C2 Aylesbury End ...... C2/C3 Campbell Drive ...... B1 Glory Hill Lane ...... A3 Bakery Court ...... C3 Candlemas Lane ...... C2 Gomms Wood Close ...... A1 Baldwin Road ...... D3 Candlemas Mead ...... C2 Gorell Road ...... D2/D3 Baring Cresent ...... B2 Candlemas Oaks ...... C2 Gregories Farm Lane . . . . .B2 Baring Road ...... B2 Chacombe Place ...... B1 Gregories Road ...... A2/B2 Barton Drive ...... B1/C1 Chartwell Gate ...... B2 Grenfell Road ...... C2 Beacon Close ...... A3 Cherry Drive ...... A1/B1 Grosvenor Villas ...... C3 Beaconsfield Mews ...... A3 Cherry Tree Road . . . . .A2/A3 Grove Court ...... B2 Bealings End ...... B1 Chesterton Green ...... C2 Grove Road ...... B2/C2 Bearswood End ...... C1 Chestnut Road ...... A3/B3 Gurney Close ...... B2 Beeches Park ...... B2 Chiltern Hills Road ...... B2 Hampden Hill ...... B2 Beechwood Road ...... B2 Churchill Drive ...... B1 Harescombe Court ...... B2 Bell Close ...... C2 Copperfields ...... C1 Hartwell Drive ...... B2 Bellridge Place ...... B1 Crabtree Close ...... A3 Harvey Orchard ...... B2 Berkley Road ...... B1 Craigleith ...... B2 Heath Road ...... A3 Berwick Close ...... D3 Crispin Close ...... B1 Hedgerley Lane ...... C3 Biestro Lodge, Queen Cromerton Close ...... A3 Highway Court ...... B2 Elizabeth Cresent . . . .B3/B2 Crosby Close ...... C3 Hoe Meadow ...... B1 Blagology Way ...... A3 Cross Lane ...... C3 Hogback Wood Road . . .B1/B2 Blue Dragon Yard ...... C3 Crossways ...... C3 Holtspur Close ...... A3 Blyton Close ...... B1/B2 Curzon Avenue ...... B1 Holtspur Lane ...... A3 Bottom Lane ...... D1/D2 Davenies Mews ...... C2 Holtspur Top Lane . . . . .A2/A3 Brindles Lane ...... A1 Davidge Place ...... B1 Holtspur Way ...... A3 Broad Lane ...... A3 Disraeli Park ...... B1 Horseshoe Cresent . . . .C2/C3 Brownswood Road . . . .B1/C1 Dove Court ...... B2 Howe Drive ...... B1/C1 Burgess Wood Grove . . . . .B2 Dower Close ...... B1 Hubert Day Close ...... B2 Burgess Wood Road ...... B2 Drews Park ...... B1 Hutchings Road ...... B1 Burgess Wood Road South Dupre Cresent ...... D3 Hyde Green ...... C2 ...... B3/B2 Duval Path ...... A2 Ivins Road ...... A3 Burkes Close ...... B3 East Way ...... A3 Kiln Court ...... A3 Burkes Court ...... B2 Easter Gate ...... B1 Kinellan Court ...... B2 Burkes Cresent ...... B2 Edmund Court ...... A3 Kings Close ...... A3 Burkes Road ...... B2/B3 Eghams Close ...... B1 Knottocks Close ...... B1 Burnham Avenue ...... C3 Eghams Wood Road . . .B1/B2 Knottocks Drive ...... B1 Butlers Court Road ...... B3 Ellwood Road ...... B3 Knottocks End ...... B1 Butlers Court, Queen Factory Yard ...... C3 Lakes Lane ...... C3 Elizabeth Cresent . . . .B3/B2 Farm Grove ...... B1 Lakesfield ...... C3 Cabanier Lodge, Queen Fernhurst Close ...... C2 Latimer Way ...... B1 Elizabeth Cresent . . . .B3/B2 Finch Lane ...... B1 Ledborough Gate . . . . .C1/C2 Caledon Close ...... C2 Foley Close ...... B1 Ledborough Lane . .B2/C2/C1 Caledon Road ...... C2 Forty Green Road . . . . .A1/B1 Ledborough Wood ...... C1
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Lock Mews ...... A3 Priests Paddock ...... B1 Upper Riding ...... A2 London End ...... C3 Pyebush Lane ...... D3 Waldenbury Place ...... A3 London Road ...... C3/D3 Queen Elizabeth Cres . .B3/B2 Walk Wood End ...... B2/B3 Long Bottom Lane . .C1/C2/D2 Red House Close ...... B1 Walk Wood Rise ...... B3 Long View ...... A3 Redwood Place ...... B3 Waller Road ...... C2 Lord Reith Place ...... C3 Reynolds Road ...... B2 Warwick Court ...... B2 Lower Drive ...... B1 Riding Lane ...... A1/A2 Warwick Road ...... B2/C2 Lower Riding ...... A2 Robinswood Close ...... B1 Wattleton Road . . . .B3/C3/C2 Malkin Drive ...... B2 Rockingham Place ...... C2 Wavell Road ...... D3 Malthouse Square ...... C3 Rolfe Close ...... C3 West Way ...... A3 Maplewood Gardens ...... Ronald Road ...... C2 Westfield Road ...... B2 ...... A3/B2/B3 Roundheads End ...... A1 Wheeler Place ...... C2 Maude Close ...... D2 Rowan Close ...... A1 Whichert Close ...... B1 Maude Road ...... D2 Sandels Way ...... B1 Whipass Hill ...... C1/D1 Maxwell Road ...... C2 Sandelswood End ...... B1 White Hart Meadow ...... C2 Mayflower Way ...... A3 Sandelswood Gardens . . . .B1 White Hill ...... A3 Meadow Lane ...... C2 Sanz House,Timmis Court Whitehouse Lane ...... A2 Middle Drive ...... B1 ...... B3/B2 Wilton Cresent ...... C2 Mill Lane ...... C2 Scotswood Close ...... B1 Wilton Road ...... C2 Minerva Way . . .C3/C2/D2/D3 Seagrave Road ...... B1 Windsor End ...... C3 Moss Way ...... B1 Seeleys Close ...... B1/B2 Wooburn Green Lane . . . . .A3 Mynchen Close ...... B1 Seeleys Road ...... B1/B2 Wood Way ...... A3 Mynchen End ...... B1 Sheepcote Close ...... B1 Woodchester Park ...... B1 Mynchen Road ...... B1 Shepherds Close ...... C2 Woodlands Drive ...... B1 Natwoke Close ...... B1 Shepherds Lane ...... C3/C2 Woodlands Glade ...... B1 Netherwood Road ...... B1 Shrimpton Close ...... B1 Woodside Avenue ...... B2 North Close ...... A3 Shrimpton Road ...... B1 Woodside Close ...... B2 North Drive ...... A3 Skelton Close ...... A3 Woodside Road ...... B2 Oakdene ...... C2 Somerford Place ...... B2 Wooster Road ...... B1/B2 Old Farm Close ...... B1 South Drive ...... A3/B3 Wycombe End ...... B3/C3 Old Lodge Drive ...... C3 South Way ...... A3 Wyngrave Place ...... B1 Old Town Close ...... C3 St. Anthony’s Court ...... B3 Yew Tree Close ...... C3 Oldbury Grove ...... B1 St. Joseph’s Mews ...... C2 One Tree Lane ...... C2 St. Michael’s Green ...... C2 Orchard Close ...... B2 Station Parade ...... B2 Orchard Green ...... C3 Station Road ...... B2/C2 Orchard Road ...... C2 Stratton Road ...... B2 Owlsears Close ...... B2 The Birches ...... B2 Oxford Road ...... A3/B3 The Broadway ...... B2 Park Lane ...... C2/C3 The Copse ...... B1 Pavilion End ...... B1 The Ferns ...... C3 Peacock Close ...... C2 The Mead ...... C2 Penington Road ...... B3 The Spinney ...... B3/C3 Penn Green ...... B2 Tilsworth Road ...... B3 Penn Road ...... B1/B2 Timmis Court ...... B3/B2 Pitch Pond Close ...... B1 Top Farm Close ...... A3 Post Office Lane ...... B2/C2 Upper Drive ...... B1
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Places of Worship
Beaconsfield Anglican Team St Thomas’ Church Ministry St Thomas’ House Mayflower Way HP9 1UF Contact Paul Cornelius St Mary & All Saints Church Tel: 01494 674898 The Revd. Dr Jeremy Brooks Email: [email protected] The Rectory, Windsor End HP9 1NB Web: www.stthomasbeaconsfield.org.uk Tel: 01494 677058 Email: [email protected] Parish Office, The Fitzwilliams Centre Other Churches Windsor End HP9 2JW Tel: 01494 676690 Hope Church Beaconsfield Email: [email protected] Pastor and Lead Elder Tom Williams Baring Road HP9 2NE St Michael & All Angels Tel: 01494 675185 Revd. Camilla Walton Email: [email protected] The Parsonage, St Michael’s Green HP9 2BN Web: www.hopebeaconsfield.co.uk Tel: 01494 673464 Email: [email protected] Free Methodist Church Shepherds Lane HP9 2DU St Teresa’s R.C. Church Church Secretary Rev Mgr Sean Healy Tel: 01494 681321 Parish Centre, 40a Warwick Road HP9 2PL Tel: 01494 673018 The Religious Society of Friends (Quakers) Email: [email protected] Welders Lane, Jordans (nr Beaconsfield) Web: www.littleflower.co.uk HP9 2SN Tel: 01494 672459 Email: [email protected]
United Reformed Church – Beaconsfield Aylesbury End Tel: 01494 676828 (Secretary - Dorothy Mulcock) Email: [email protected] Minister The Revd. Nigel Douglas Tel: 01494 673490/07714 871505 (Minister) Email: [email protected] Web: www.beaconsfield-urc.org
United Reformed Church – Holtspur Crabtree Close Minister The Revd. Nigel Douglas Tel: 01494 866251 (Secretary Joyce Crang) Email: [email protected]
St Mary’s Church, Old Town on a winter’s day
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Prevention Matters
A free, friendly advice service linking in attending or receiving support from, and can adults over 18 to local resources, then assist you until you feel confident and volunteers and community services. happy to be independent. Tel: 0300 666 0159 Email: [email protected] It really is “ok to ask” – we look forward to Web: www.careadvicebuckinghamshire.org/ hearing from you. preventionmatters Buckinghamshire&Surrey trading standards It’s OK To Ask Buckinghamshire & Surrey Trading Standards There are times when we all need a little bit of are proud partners of the Prevention Matters help. Whether you’re recovering from an illness, programme. In the fight against fraud feeling lonely and isolated or unable to get out perpetrated on the most vulnerable members and about, Prevention Matters could give you of our community, including crimes such as that bit of help to make your life easier and rogue trading and scams, we find that more fulfilling. infirmity, loneliness and social isolation are common factors in their victimisation. We What is Prevention Matters? work closely with our colleagues in Prevention Prevention Matters is a free and friendly Matters and indeed many of the agencies advice service linking eligible adults in and charities linked into the programme to Buckinghamshire to social activities, volunteers mitigate the vulnerabilities that make many and community services. It is delivered by residents of Beaconsfield potential targets Buckinghamshire County Council through a for organised crime. partnership of organisations including District, Town and Parish Councils, the NHS and a variety However, we also need the active help of of voluntary and community organisations. everyone to help ensure that Beaconsfield continues to be a town where all residents How do I find out about this can feel safe, engaged and included. service? • Call our friendly staff on 0300 666 0159 For more information on the work of your (local number) Trading Standards Service or to report any • email us at [email protected] concerns you may have about a vulnerable • visit www.careadvicebuckinghamshire.org/ neighbour, friend or relative please contact preventionmatters us at: • Alternatively you can ask your GP or health professional for more information. Buckinghamshire & Surrey Trading Standards, County Hall, Aylesbury, Bucks HP20 1UP What would happen next? Tel: 0300 123 2329 One of our Community Practice Workers (CPWs) will contact you to arrange a time to come and talk to you about what helpful services may be available locally. The CPW can contact the activities and services you might be interested
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Wycombe Hospital Health care Queen Alexandra Road, High Wycombe HP11 2TT Tel: 01296 315000 Doctors’ Surgeries (ask to connect to Wycombe Hospital) Web: www.buckshealthcare.nhs.uk Millbarn Medical Centre Weekdays from 8am to 6.30pm Hospitals - Private 34 London End HP9 2JH Tel: 01494 675303 BMI The Chiltern Hospital Email: [email protected] London Road, Great Missenden HP16 0EN Web: www.millbarnmedicalcentre.co.uk Tel: 01494 890890 Web: www.bmihealthcare.co.uk The Simpson Centre Weekdays from 8.30am to 6.30pm BMI The Paddocks Clinic 70 Gregories Road HP9 1PS Aylesbury Road, Princes Risborough HP27 0JS Tel: 01494 671571 Tel: 01844 276000 Email: [email protected] Web: www.bmihealthcare.co.uk/paddocks
Doctor Now (Private GP Service & Travel BMI The Shelburne Hospital Health Clinic) Queen Alexandra Road, The Old Barn, Mulberry Court, High Wycombe HP11 2TR Windsor End HP9 2JJ Tel: 01494 888700 Tel: 01494 410888 Web: www.bmihealthcare.co.uk/shelburne Email: [email protected] Web: www.doctornow.org Spire Thames Valley Hospital Wexham Street, Wexham SL3 6NH Hospitals - NHS Tel: 01753 662241 Web: www.spirehealthcare.com/thamesvalley Amersham Hospital Spire Windsor Clinic Whielden Street, Amersham HP7 0JD 30 Highbury Place, Frances Road, Tel: 01494 434411 Windsor SL4 3AA Web:www.buckshealthcare.nhs.uk Tel: 01753 665454 Web: www.spirehealthcare.com/windsor Chalfonts & Gerrards Cross Community Hospital Hampden Road, Chalfont St Peter SL9 9DR Dental Clinics Tel: 01753 883821 Web: www.buckshealthcare.nhs.uk Beaconsfield Dental Practice Cestria, 5 Ledborough Lane HP9 2PZ Wexham Park and Heatherwood Hospitals Tel: 01494 673219 Wexham Street, Wexham, Email: [email protected] Slough SL2 4HL Web: www.beaconsfield-dental-practice.co.uk Tel: 01753 633000 Web: www.heatherwoodandwexham.nhs.uk Court Dental Clinic Dr T Windsor, Dr Y Alshafi, Dr J Cowie, Dr Z Malaki Stoke Mandeville Hospital 7 Highway Court HP9 1QB Mandeville Road, Aylesbury HP21 8AL Tel: 01494 671119 Tel: 01296 315000 Email: [email protected] Web: www.buckshealthcare.nhs.uk Web: www.courtdental.co.uk
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Garden View Dental Care Monday-Thursday 10am-12noon 54 Penn Road HP9 2LS 18 Aylesbury End HP9 1LW Tel: 01494 674857 Tel: 01494 672987 Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected] Web: www.garden-view.co.uk Carers Bucks Sorriso Dentistry Meets 1st Thursday in the month 1.30-3pm The Rear Barn, Marshalls Yard, Windsor End HP9 2JJ St Teresa's Parish Hall, 40 Warwick Road HP9 2PL Tel: 01494 412442 Tel: 0300 777 2722 Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected] Website: www.sorrisodental.co.uk Citizens Advice Consumer Helpline Tooth Booth (NHS) Helpline open weekdays from 9am to 5pm 28 Aylesbury End HP9 1LW Tel: 03444 111444 Tel: 01494 730940 Web: www.adviceguide.org.uk Email: [email protected] Web: www.toothbooth.co.uk Driving Miss Daisy Companion driving service for local trips Veterinary Clinics Tel: 0333 014 6211 www.drivingmissdaisy.co.uk The Holtspur Veterinary Clinic Email: [email protected] 5 Holtspur Parade, Heath Road HP9 1DA Tel: 01494 689992 Friends of Seeleys House Email: [email protected] Seeleys House, Campbell Drive HP9 1TF Web: www.activevetcare.co.uk Email: [email protected] Web: www.bucksvoice.net/fosh/ Straid Veterinary Clinic 121 Station Road HP9 1LH Independent Age Tel: 01494 673101 Advice on benefits, entitlements and support Email: [email protected] Tel: 0800 319 6789 Web: www.straidvetclinic.co.uk Email: [email protected] Web: www.independentage.org RSPCA National helpline Tel: 0300 1234999 Neighbourhood Watch South Bucks RSPCA Chiltern & South Bucks District Council Tel: 01494 564026 King George V Road, Amersham Web: rspcasouthbucks.org.uk Tel: 01494 586535 Email: [email protected] Support services Noise Nuisance Administration Age UK Buckinghamshire South Bucks District Council 145 Meadowcroft, Aylesbury HP19 9HH Tel: 01494 732058 Tel: 01296 431911 Email: [email protected] Registrar of Births, Deaths and Marriages Beaconsfield Old Town Registration Office Beaconsfield Advisory Centre 29 Windsor End HP9 2JJ Provides Information, help & advice and also a Tel: 01494 475200 transport service to medical appointments for Marriages/civil partnerships 01494 475092 Beaconsfield residents Email: [email protected]
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Relate Mid-Thames & Buckinghamshire Thames Hospice Inpatient Unit The Chess Medical Centre, Pine Lodge Hatch Lane, Windsor SL4 3RW 260-290 Berkhamstead Road, Chesham HP5 3EZ Tel: 01753 842121 Tel: 01494 791180 Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected] Web: www.thameshospice.org.uk Web: www.relatemtb.co.uk Residential Homes Samaritans of The Chilterns 149 Station Road, Amersham HP6 4DJ Abbeyfield Beaconsfield Society Ltd Tel: 116123 (Freephone) Residential Care Home & Day Care Centre Email: [email protected] Bradbury House, Windsor End HP9 2JW Web: www.samaritans.org Tel: 01494 671780 Email: [email protected] St John Ambulance - Beaconsfield Adult Unit Mr R F Smith Sunrise of Beaconsfield Tel: 01494 672584 30-34 Station Road HP9 1AB Email: [email protected] Tel: 01494 370076 Email: [email protected] St John Ambulance South East Region Web: www.sunrisebeaconsfield.co.uk Tel: 0303 0030101 Email: [email protected] Other Services Hospices Guide to services for older people For your free guide book of useful support services Florence Nightingale Hospice in your area Stoke Mandeville Hospital, Contact: The Community Team, South Bucks Mandeville Road, Aylesbury HP21 8AL District Council Tel: 01296 332600 Tel: 01494 732103 Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected]
Michael Sobell Hospice Age UK Buckinghamshire Mount Vernon Hospital, Rickmansworth Road Tel: 01296 431911 Northwood HA6 2RN Email: [email protected] Tel: 020 3826 2373 Web: www.ageukbucks.org.uk Email: [email protected] Web: www.michaelsobellhospice.co.uk Alzheimer's Society, South Bucks Office, (Seeleys House) Rennie Grove House Hospice Care Monday to Friday 9am to 4pm Gillian King House, Hodgemoor View Services Manager Bucks and Milton Keynes Chalfont St Giles HP8 4LS Nicole Palmer Tel: 01494 877200 Tel: 01494 670909 Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected] Web: www.renniegrove.org Beaconsfield Talking Newspapers The South Bucks Community Hospice Weekly recorded version of local newspapers Butterfly House, Kingswood Park, free on memory stick to the visually impaired High Wycombe HP13 6GR Contact Linda Storey Tel: 01494 552750 Tel: 01494 672979 Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected]
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Open Spaces
walks round the Reserve to point out the rarer plants and animals. Details of walks and other activities are posted in Beaconsfield Library and may be found on the Reserve notice boards, in the Friends newsletters, or via their website. Management of the Reserve is targeted at improving the habitat for flowers and insects, particularly butterflies. The Friends arrange work parties to undertake conservation work which includes clearance of invasive scrub, hazel coppicing, bench and step construction and path Holtspur Bank Local Nature clearance. They also arrange for the chalk bank Reserve to be grazed. The Council hires contractors for Holtspur Bank, designated as a local nature the major works. reserve in 1995, is a conservation area to the west of Beaconsfield consisting of about 2.5 The Friends of Holtspur Bank welcome new hectares of chalk grassland and 4 hectares of members. Why not join them in caring for the ancient woodland (Cut-Throat Wood). It is owned Reserve? Further information can be obtained and managed by Beaconsfield Town Council from their website supported by the Friends of Holtspur Bank, www.holtspurnaturereserve.org.uk or from their Butterfly Conservation, Chiltern Rangers CIC, Secretary Mr. I Ridley Email: BBOWT and Defra. Holtspur Bank LNR and the [email protected], Tel: 01494 674944 nearby Holtspur Bottom Butterfly Reserve also owned by the Town Council and leased to Holtspur Bottom Butterfly Butterfly Conservation, are supported by a Reserve Higher Level Stewardship Agreement with Holtspur Bottom Butterfly Reserve, managed by Natural England. the Upper Thames Valley Branch of Butterfly Conservation since 1998, is on the south facing The Reserve is situated to the west side of hillside of the Holtspur Valley, opposite Holtspur Holtspur Top Lane and can be reached by Bank Nature Reserve. One of the few reserves in footpath 33 which is opposite Cherry Tree Road Britain managed specially for butterflies and or from Riding Lane. It consists of dry chalk grassland at the eastern end and mixed woodland to the west. The two habitats are separated by an ancient woodland boundary.
During the spring and summer months it is a flowery haven for insects and birds. Many species of orchid can be seen. Several rare fungi have been found in the autumn.
The Friends of Holtspur Bank, a group of volunteers, arrange for local naturalists, who are experts in their field to conduct guided Small Copper Butterfly
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moths, it is owned by Beaconsfield Town Council Further Open Spaces and covers around 4.5 hectares. Access to the Reserve is via Riding Lane, HP9 1BT. Grid Allotments reference SU918906. The Town Council own and let allotment plots at Ivins Road, which are available on a yearly When Butterfly Conservation took over lease. Please ring the Town Clerk to check management of the site, we reseeded parts of availability. Tel: 01494 675173 the Reserve with a mix of native wild flowers and grasses. It is now a peaceful haven for Davenies Piece and Meadow, butterflies, moths and lots of other wildlife, with Station Road its meadows full of flowers from spring through Area of grassland, woods and benches to the till autumn. 27 species of butterfly are regularly right of Davenies School and the wooded path seen on the Reserve and around 350 species of to the left of school for recreational use. moths have been recorded. You are welcome to visit the Reserve at any time, but you are likely Gearys Piece and Meadow, Wycombe End to see most butterflies on sunny days between A40 May and September. We also organise guided Area of wooded meadow for recreational use. walks in the summer. Oak Lodge Meadow, Windsor End If you enjoy being outdoors, why not join Area of grasslands for recreational use like-minded volunteers and make a positive Licensed to the Rugby Club each September difference to this very special place. We can to April. guarantee a warm welcome. There is always a range of things to do and no great strength One Tree Meadow or previous experience is necessary. You can Area of grasslands and wood for recreational use. choose which tasks you take on and can work On the woodland area of One Tree Meadow the for as long as you wish. Tools and full Town Council is working in conjunction with instructions are provided. the Chiltern Woodlands Project, who provide professional advice and guidance as to the works For more information about the Reserve, details which are needed. of guided walks and work party dates, please see the noticeboards on the Reserve itself or Parkway Strip our website: www.holtspurbottom.info Area of grassland & woods.
The Oval, Grenfell Road HP9 2BY Area of wooded meadow with Boules pitch for recreational use. Tennis courts licensed to the Beaconsfield Tennis Centre.
St Michael’s Green, Warwick Road Area of open space for recreational use.
Walk Wood This varied ancient broadleaved woodland was once part of the grounds of the well-known 18th century statesman and philanthropist Edmund
Chalkhill Blue Butterfly Burke’s house.
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Holtspur Park This park has been transformed by the partnership between Beaconsfield Town Council and the Friends of Holtspur Park.
Walk Wood
Walk Wood covers 8.8 hectares (21.7 acres)
of woodland plus an area of mown grass near Holtspur Park Facilities the Grove Road eastern end of the wood. A stone path, which was constructed in 2002, The outdoor gym includes exercise bikes, runs through the wood from access points in rowers, cross trainers, striders and a range Tilsworth Road and Walkwood Rise to Grove of other fitness equipment. The teenage fitness Road. There are other natural paths too, but area offers a zip wire, climbing area, basket these are often muddy in winter. swing and fitness station. The playground equipment includes swings for babies and The Town Council is working with the Chiltern toddlers, climbing frame with slide, basket Woodlands Project on a 10 year woodland swing, wheelchair friendly roundabout, spinner, management programme for Walk Wood. This seesaw and a playhouse. means that weak, poor, deteriorating, diseased, storm damaged or collapsing trees will be Also there is a multi-sports (football and thinned out to give more room for strong basketball etc.) pitch with a further five-a-side healthy broadleaved trees to grow. Some football pitch now as well. standing and fallen dead wood is being left to decay as this provides valuable habitat for the Friends of Holtspur Park birds and other wildlife found in the woodland. Mr P Cornelius Diseased elms have been felled and are re- Tel: 01494 674898 growing from their roots. Email: [email protected]
The hope is that the clearance work will lead Clubs for the Young to some interesting woodland flowers such as bluebells and foxgloves to appear and also allow 606 (Beaconsfield) Squadron Air Training Corps the next generation of trees to start to grow Wilton Park, Beaconsfield HP9 2RP (not postal from seed. address) Tel: 01494 730880 (Mon & Wed Evenings or Playgrounds Answerphone) Holtspur Park Holtspur Way, Garvin Avenue Email: [email protected] (limited access for under 5s only) and Web: www.raf.mod.uk/aircadets Malthouse Square Recreation Ground Facebook: 606SqnATC HP9 2LE Twitter: @606SqnATC
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Army Cadets 16 (Beaconsfield) Platoon Girlguiding Beaconsfield Beaconsfield Stn, Wilton Park HP9 2RP Beaconsfield Guide HQ, Malthouse Square Tuesday & Thursday 19.30–21.30 HP9 2LE From age 12 - 18 Contact Mrs Hilary Zayed Contact Paul Cherriman Tel: 01494 265482 Tel: 01296 744553 Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected] Web: www.girlguidingbeaconsfield.org.uk
Beaconsfield Rugby Football Club Rockets for boys and girls 6-13 years with From age 5 learning/impairment difficulties Oak Lodge Meadow, Windsor End HP9 2SQ St Thomas’ Church Hall, Mayflower Way Contact Chris Summers HP9 1UE Tel: 01494 673783 Tel: 01895 837334 Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected] Website: www.beaconsfieldrfc.co.uk Website: www.better.org.uk
Beaconsfield Town Football Club Scouts, Cubs and Beavers Youth Club (Under 6 to Under 18) Mr P Cornelius Holloways Park, Windsor Road HP9 2SE Tel: 01494 674898 (Under 6 to Under 10) Email: [email protected] Wilton Park HP9 2RP (Under 11, Under 13 to Under 16) Wyldlife Club Wooburn Green Lane Sports Field HP9 1XE 11 year olds and above (Under 12, Under 18) Thursdays 6- 7.30pm term time Contact: Michael Reyner The Curzon Centre, Maxwell Road Tel: 07768 773939 Tel: 07464 632721 Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected] Web: www.beaconsfieldtownfc.co.uk Young Theatre (Beaconsfield) P O Box 810 HP9 2GS Chiltern & South Bucks Police Cadets Web: www.ytatbeaconsfield.org Meets every Thursday (term time only) Facebook: theatre4youngpeople/ between 7-9pm at Beaconsfield School Wattleton Road, Beaconsfield Email: thamesvalleypolicecadets@thamesvalley. pnn.police.uk
Holtspur Youth Club For ages 10 and above Fridays 7pm–9pm term time Holtspur Way HP9 1DX Tel: 01494 674898 Hall bookings: 01494 670627 Email: [email protected]
Get Real 11 year olds and above Mondays 6.30pm–8.30pm term time Hope Church, Baring Road Tel: 07464 632721 Email: [email protected]
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Sports Clubs & Leisure
Activity Club for all aged 50+ Contact Michael Reyner Beacon Sports Centre, Holtspur Way HP9 1RJ Tel: 07768 773939 Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected] Website: www.better.org.uk Web: www.beaconsfieldtownfc.co.uk
Beaconsfield 50+ Tennis Group Beaconsfield Tennis Centre Meet every Wednesday 1-3pm at the Oval The Oval, Grenfell Road HP9 2BY Organiser Margaret Quartermaine Tel: 01494 674744 Tel: 01494 675850 Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected] Web: www.beaconsfieldtennis.com
Beaconsfield Cricket Club Beaconsfield High School (Superturf) Ltd Wilton Park, A40 London Road Available outside school hours to 9.30pm Chair Graham Daniel Wattleton Road HP9 1RR Tel: 07518 309051 Tel: 01494 673043 Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected] Web: www.pitchero.com/clubs/beaconsfieldcricketclub Junior sport and activity classes for 5-16 year olds Beaconsfield Rugby Football Club Beacon Sports Centre, Holtspur Way HP9 1RJ From age 5 to seniors Email: [email protected] Oak Lodge Meadow, Windsor End HP9 2SQ Website: www.better.org.uk Contact Chris Summers Tel: 01494 673783 The Beacon Sports Centre Email: [email protected] Sports hall, theatre, fitness classes, parties Website: www.beaconsfieldrfc.co.uk Children’s activities, outdoor pitch & gym Weekdays from 6.30am to 10pm Beaconsfield Squash Club Sat 9am to 7pm and Sun from 9am to 8pm 48 Shepherds Lane HP9 2DT Holtspur Way HP9 1RJ Tel: 01494 671307 Tel: 01494 677764 Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected] Web: www.beaconsfieldsquashclub.co.uk Web: www.better.org.uk/
Beaconsfield Town Football Club Wooburn Green Lane Sports Field Adult Club Three full size football pitches booked through 3 Holloways Park Windsor Road HP9 2SE the Town Clerk’s Office and one /4 size pitch. Contact Robin Woolman Wooburn Green Lane Tel: 01494 676868 Tel: 01494 675173 Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected] Youth Club (Under 6 to Under 18) Holloways Park, Windsor Road HP9 2SE (Under 6 to Under 10) Wilton Park HP9 2RP (Under 11, Under 13 to Under 16) Wooburn Green Lane Sports Field HP9 1XE (Under 12, Under 18)
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The Beaconsfield Archive Group
The Beaconsfield Archive Group is a sub-group at the Library from 1pm until 4pm. New of the Beaconsfield and District Historical volunteers are always welcome and training Society – the custodian of the history of will be given. As all the volunteers lead busy Beaconsfield and the owners of the lives, some are able to come weekly or Beaconsfield Archive. fortnightly, whilst others volunteer once a month or when time allows. Wednesday Volunteers, who do not need to be members afternoons are a social time and volunteers of the Society, organise and catalogue the work in pairs to either catalogue or check Society’s extensive archive which includes already recorded entries on computers whilst photographs, copies of charters, manuscripts, those less computer minded sort through the books, magazines, newspaper cuttings, different types of material, ensuring that it records and maps. The result is a is correctly described and relevant to comprehensive register which is available Beaconsfield. The Archive is constantly being for consultation to the wider community both updated and added to for the benefit of digitally on www.beaconsfieldhistory.org.uk residents now and in the future, and the and at regular open sessions. It is hoped that Group is delighted to accept relevant material the widening of access to the Archive will to add to its records as well as old photographs encourage local residents, community groups, that people may have. schools and young people to celebrate the outstanding heritage of our historic market The volunteer team is a happy, social, hard town at a time of great change. working group who enjoy local history and the fun of finding out about their local area. If you There has been much local support for the wish to volunteer or for more information please preservation and conservation of Beaconsfield’s email Clare on [email protected] or history. In order to build the website and finance contact us via www.beaconsfieldhistory.org.uk the work, a grant of £10,000 was received from The Heritage Lottery Fund as well as financial donations from Bekonscot, The Frost Partnership, Waitrose, Tim Russ Estate Agents, Savills Estate Agents, Beaconsfield Rotary Club, the Shanly Foundation, Beaconsfield Old Church School Charity and the Beaconsfield & District Historical Society itself. The Group is actively supported and guided by the County Archivist, Laura Cotton, from the Centre for Buckinghamshire Studies in Aylesbury, along with members of the Beaconsfield Archive Committee. Beaconsfield Town Council has generously allowed the Archive to be stored in a room at the Town Hall and is a keen supporter of the conservation of the history of Beaconsfield.
There are now well trained, knowledgeable and skilled volunteers who meet every Wednesday The Beaconsfield Archive Group in the Library
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Useful Information
Beaconsfield Library Guildford Surrey GU1 1QA Opening Hours Tel: 01895 451000 Tues 9.30am – 7pm Email: [email protected] Wed 9.30am – 1pm Web:www.buckinghamshireadvertiser.co.uk Thurs/Fri 9.30am – 5pm Sat 10am – 4pm Beaconsfield Community Magazine (Monthly) Reynolds Road HP9 2NJ Contact Margaret Mardall Tel: 01296 382415 Parish Office, The Fitzwilliams Centre Email: [email protected] HP9 2JW Web: www.buckscc.gov.uk/libraries Tel: 07919 028741 Email: Home Library Service [email protected] For those who find it difficult to visit the library Web: www.beaconsfieldcommunitymag.org.uk due to poor mobility or health Tel: 01494 475573 Beaconsfield Local Magazine (bi-monthly) Email: [email protected] Local advertising and community news Web: www.buckscc.gov.uk/services/libraries/ Contact: Therese Cooklin 07786 735711 community/home-library-service/ Email: [email protected] Wed: www.beaconsfieldlocal.co.uk Beaconsfield Police Office Taplow Police Base Bucks Free Press (Fridays) 124 Bath Road, Taplow Bucks SL6 0NX Loudwater Mill, Station Road, Loudwater Tel: 101 - for non-emergencies HP10 9TY Tel: 999 - for emergencies Tel: 01494 755000 Email: [email protected] Postal Services Web: www.thamesvalley.police.uk Main Post Office Chemist – late and Sunday opening Burkes Road HP9 1PA Sainsbury’s Maxwell Road, Beaconsfield Tel: 01494 674000 Tesco in Loudwater and Amersham Email: [email protected]
Department for Work & Pensions Mayflower News & Post Office (Jobcentreplus & Pension Service) 27-29 Mayflower Way HP9 1UG Aria House, 80 Oxford Road, Tel: 01494 672061 High Wycombe HP11 2DN Email: [email protected] Tel: 0345 6043719 Royal Mail Sorting Office & Enquiries Newspapers & Community 13 Station Road HP9 1ZZ Magazines Tel: 01494 672847
Beaconsfield Advertiser (Thursdays) Trinity Mirror Southern, Stoke Mill, Woking Road,
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Visitor Attractions & Fairs
May Fair This has taken place on the 10th May every year (11th if the 10th is a Sunday) since 1269, when the Abbess of Burnham received a Royal Charter to hold an annual fair in Beaconsfield. Beaconsfield NOW Fair Beaconsfield Now is the Beaconsfield Society's showcase event for local community groups and not-for-profit organisations. This annual event, formerly known as Awareness Day, which takes place in May and celebrates its 25th year in 2018. In 2017 it moved to the Rugby Club in Bekonscot Model Village Windsor End and welcomed over 1,000 visitors. The event is opened by our Mayor, Citizen of the Year and Town Crier. Local schools and Theatre Bekonscot Model Village groups of Beaconsfield provide entertainment, Open: mid-February to end-October. Thereafter whilst the Scouts and Guides provide food open weekends only until early December. and refreshments. Various attractions support Warwick Road HP9 2PL the stands and displays of our not-for-profit Tel: 01494 672919 organisations e.g. a bouncy slide, animal Email: [email protected] farm, ride on train and vintage cars. Local Web: www.bekonscot.co.uk organisations encourage visitors to become involved, informed and inspired in all that is Beaconsfield Farmers’ Market on offer in and around Beaconsfield. 4th Saturday of the month 9-12:30pm Old Town Windsor End HP9 2JW Beaconsfield Donkey Derby Contact Diane Harker St Mary and All Saints C of E Primary School Tel: 01628 670272/ 07746 634308 Maxwell Road HP9 1RG Email: [email protected] A Saturday in June Beaconsfield Weekly Open Air Shakespeare Theatre Tuesday Market production Every Tuesday morning Held at Hall Barn grounds around June Old Town Windsor End HP9 2JW Web: www.chiltern-shakespeare.co.uk Contact Market Manager Mike Watker Tel: 07740 091468 Sunday Fun Day At Hope Church Beaconsfield Churches Together Outdoor Takes place one Sunday in July Event Baring Road HP9 2NE Good Friday morning at Town Hall Green Tel: 01494 675185 Contact Tom Williams Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected] Web: www.hopebeaconsfield.co.uk
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Beaconsfield Country Fayre & Stretcher Race Services Contacts Held August Bank Holiday Monday, Windsor End Recycling A great day out for all the family with local Local recycling facilities for Paper, Glass, stalls and food & refreshments Plastic Bottles & Cans: For more details visit: The Beacon Centre Holtspur Way www.beaconsfieldstretcherrace.org.uk or Penncroft Car Park Burkes Road www.beaconsfieldcountryfayre.org Waitrose Penn Road
Beaconsfield Cricket Club Further local recycling information is available Firework Display from South Bucks District Council Organised by and held at the Beaconsfield Tel: 01895 837333 Cricket Club Email: [email protected] Held on the nearest Saturday to 5 November Web: www.southbucks.gov.uk/recycling Email: [email protected] Privately run recycling banks are at: Beaconsfield Fireworks Display Sainsbury’s Maxwell Road 50th year in 2018 Beaconsfield Motorway Services Organised by The Round Table Household Recycling Centre Currently held at the Rugby Club Windsor End Lower Pyebushes A40 Dates: 2018 Saturday 3rd November, 2019 HP9 2XB Saturday 9th November takes – recyclables, bulky items, garden Email: [email protected] waste, electrical & much more. Web: http://beaconsfieldfireworks.co.uk/ Opening Times 1st April to 30th September from 9am to 6pm Remembrance Sunday 1st October to 31st March from 9am to 5pm Service at the War Memorial 10.45am Closed 25th, 26th December and 1st January Old Town Windsor End HP9 2JJ Tel: 0845 370 8090 Web: www.buckscc.gov.uk/waste Festival of Lights Organised by Rotary, this event is held every Please contact Bucks County Council to check year on the evening of second Wednesday in for their most up to date opening hours for December from 6pm till 9pm. Since 1992 the Lower Pyebushes. New Town has witnessed a procession through its streets from the southern end to the Town Fly tipping reporting Hall Green where Christmas Carols are sung. Tel: 0845 330 1856 Father Christmas heads the procession Email: announced by the Town Crier and closely [email protected] followed by the Mayor and children from local Web: www.buckscc.gov.uk/waste schools carrying lanterns. The roads are closed with late night shopping, many street stalls, Utilities side shows and refreshments along the route. Local musicians perform on two specially Affinity Water erected stages. For more details visit Tel: 0870 186 0141 www.beaconsfieldfestivaloflights.co.uk Web: www.affinitywater.co.uk
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National Gas Emergency Service Tel: 0800 111 999
Southern Electric (SSE) Tel: 0345 071 9710
Thames Water – Emergencies Tel: 0800 316 9800 Travel
Airports Gatwick 0844 892 0322 Heathrow 0844 335 1801 Luton 0158 240 5100 Beaconsfield Marriage Chamber Stansted 0844 335 1803 Bus Arriva 0344 800 4411 Wedding Ceremonies Coach National Express 0871 781 8178 Rail Chiltern Railways 03456 005 165 Beaconsfield Chambers Town Hall Penn Road Email: customer.service@chiltern HP9 2PP railways.co.uk Web: www.chilternrailways.co.uk Beaconsfield Chambers is the perfect venue National Rail 0345 748 4950 for your Wedding Ceremony, being part of the EuroTunnel 0844 335 3535 detached Town Council building and situated close to the Penn Road in Beaconsfield and the Renewing your Bus Pass 01296 873011 train station.
This is a first floor Marriage Suite (chair lift available) which has seating for up to 66 guests. The room is wood panelled and has floor to ceiling casement windows.
There is ample parking in the locality.
The Public Grounds to the front of the building are ideal for the photographer. The building is beautifully set amongst lawns, trees and shrubs. The floral displays to the front of the Town Hall have been the backdrop for many successful wedding photographs.
For further information Tel: 01494 675173 Email: [email protected] Web: beaconsfieldtowncouncil.gov.uk
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