Riding Mill Play & Regeneration Group

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December 2022

You will have noticed that the Play Park is looking a little sad.  Some of the older pieces of equipment need some TLC and, over the coming months, the Parish Council will be replacing the rope parts on the climbers, installing new platforms and roofs and making repairs to the wetpour surfaces.  In addition, the Regeneration Group have been tasked with raising funds to help install two new springers.

 

 

 

 

 

 

We’ll keep you updated as our fundraising ideas progress.

February 2022

We are delighted to introduce our new Village History Trail. This trail has been designed to lead you around the village to explore buildings and features of note.

Two noticeboards have been installed to guide you and they can be found in the Old Playground and by the Parish Hall. Leaflets are available or can be downloaded below:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

May 2018

The Riding Mill Play & Regeneration Group was formed in January 2016 with the objective of improving play and keep fit equipment for young people and adults in the village.  Working in conjunction with Broomhaugh & Riding Parish Council, the Group has helped raise £41,000 to allow our Play Park to have a total revamp.   The main objectives were to improve play items for older children and those with disabilities, and to make it easier to access the equipment for anyone with mobility difficulties.  Initial ideas of what to add were sought from the children at Broomhaugh First School who identified that their number one priority was a set of monkey bars!  These were duly included as part of a fun adventure trail together with a climbing boulder and team swing.

In May 2018, we were pleased to invite a special guest with particular climbing prowess, Spiderman, to help open the newly designed Play Park.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Our Group and the Parish Council would like to thank the many sponsors.  The project secured over £6000 from residents and local businesses including Osbit Limited, together with grants from the Parish Council, the Big Lottery Fund, the Community Foundation, Northumberland County Council, Postcode Local Trust, the Sir James Knott Trust, Tesco Groundworks and Tynedale Lions.

The Group will now look to new projects in the village – further details to follow in due course.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

FULL LIST OF MAIN SPONSORS

Broomhaugh & Riding Parish Council

Osbit Ltd

Big Lottery Fund

The Riding Grange Grassroots Fund at the Community Foundation

The Thornton Family Grassroots Fund at the Community Foundation

Northumberland County Council Community Chest Fund

Northumberland County Council S106 Housing Developer Fund

County Councillor Anne Dale, Members’ Local Improvement Scheme, Northumberland County Council

Postcode Local Trust

The Sir James Knott Trust

Tesco Groundworks

Tynedale Lions

 

 

Litter Pick – Saturday 19th March

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Have you an hour to spare on Saturday morning?  We’re having the annual village spring clean and would welcome your help.  Please meet at 10 am at the Parish Hall.

Volunteers should wear suitable clothing and sturdy shoes.  Litter picks, gloves and bin bags will be provided.

Litter pick poster 2016

Parish Council Meeting – Monday 14th March

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The Parish Council next meets on Monday 14th March at 7.45 pm in Church Cottage, Church Lane, Riding Mill.

Cllr. Dale will be available to answer questions from 7.15 pm and members of the public may put questions to the Council from 7.30 to 7.45 pm.

For a copy of the agenda please click on the link below:

160314 Agenda – public

 

Parish Council Meeting – Monday 8th February 2016

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The Parish Council will next meet on Monday 8th February 2016 in Church Cottage, Church Lane, Riding Mill.

PLEASE NOTE CHANGE OF VENUE

There is an opportunity to put questions to the Council from 7.30 pm and the meeting starts at 7.45 pm.

Please note: Cllr. Dale is unable to attend this meeting.  If you have a question for her please pass to the Clerk who will forward it on or email her directly at anne.dale@northumberland.gov.uk.

For a copy of the agenda, please click on the link below:

160208 Agenda – public

 

 

Local Police Funding – views wanted by 22nd January

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Northumbria’s Police and Crime Commissioner is asking for the views of local residents on the amount of money local households are asked to pay for local policing.

The Government recently announced that Northumbria Police would receive £217.5m BUT the only basis on which the police budget will not be cut, even beyond the cuts imposed over the last three years, is if the police precept part of the local council tax is raised by £5 per year for a Band D property. George Osborne has set the budget expecting the Police & Crime Commissioner for Northumbria to raise the precept by £5.00 for a band D property to raise £2.05m.

Therefore if the police precept is set any less than this it will impact on the cash available for local policing in Northumbria.  In previous years the Government has made grants available to those Police & Crime Commissioners who did not increase their precept – this has been scrapped.

Here in Northumbria a band D property currently pays £1.70 per week in council tax for their police service. A £5.00 increase, as suggested by the government, over the year would mean a band D property owner would pay an extra 10p a week. However,  most residents living in Northumbria have a band A property and currently pay £1.13 per week, so for those living in a band A  property the increase would be an extra 7p a week (£3.64 for the full year).

Northumbria currently has the lowest police precept of all the 43 police forces in England and Wales, the average for a band D property nationwide is £3.36 per week compared to Northumbria’s £1.70 a week.

Vera Baird said “The Chief Constable and I are doing our very best to preserve the high standards of policing that we are used to here and we have looked at all options to save money to protect neighbourhood policing. If the police precept is not increased by £5 per year for a band D property, it will have an impact on the cash available for policing in Northumbria. The Chancellor did not consult on whether our, or anyone else’s, police precept should be increased but has budgeted on the basis that it will be. He is, in effect, saying that we must raise the precept or lose out. I am therefore asking if people would be content to pay a maximum increase of 10p a week on a Band D property to protect our local policing. I want to hear what local residents think is best for Northumbria.”

Local residents can email their views to enquiries@northumbria-pcc.gov.uk  To ensure their views are part of the consultation, residents must include their home address.  All responses should be received by 22nd January 2016.

Revised Train timetable

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Due to the land slip between Riding Mill and Corbridge, Northern Rail has issued a revised timetable.  A replacement bus service is running between Hexham and Prudhoe stopping outside the Wellington Hotel.

There are now two trains on a morning from Riding Mill to Newcastle and a return service on an evening – see revised timetable below.  Indications are that Network Rail hope to reopen the line next week (1st week in Feb).

To download the weekday timetable click on the link below:

Corbridge_landslip_SX_v4  (updated timetable 25/01/16)

Weekend timetable:

West Line SO Newcastle-Carlisle (1) (updated timetable 27/01/16)