Tredington Parish Council - Parish Council Noticeboard

Local Government Reorganisation

Warwickshire County Council has launched a survey for residents to share their views on the future of local government in Warwickshire. Share your feedback by Monday 25 August: https://ask.warwickshire.gov.uk/bi/lgr/

At the same time Stratford District Council is consulting residents, businesses, Town and Parish Councils, voluntary and community groups are being invited to help shape the future of local councils in the county in a public engagement exercise from Thursday 7 August 2025.Under Government proposals for local government reorganisation, all six councils in Warwickshire will disappear by 1 April 2028. More information can be found on the options for reorganisation and what the changes mean to you in an engagement booklet .

You are invited to share your views in our questionnaire which is available from 7 August to 14 September.

Councillors will use this information to help them to make their final decision. It is being run by Opinion Research Services (ORS) online at www.shapingourcouncils.co.uk and paper versions can be collected from district and borough council offices.

For Stratford-on-Avon District residents, copies will be available from Elizabeth House, Church Street, Stratford-upon-Avon, CV37 6HX.

In addition to the public questionnaire, ORS will be conducting focus groups with a randomly selected sample of residents from each council area.

ORS will also be holding focus groups with businesses, voluntary/community groups and Town and Parish Councils, to explain the proposals and gather feedback.

Local stakeholders will also be consulted.

No decisions have been made yet. This is your opportunity to shape the future of local government in Warwickshire. Whether you support the current proposal or have other ideas, your voice matters.

To complete the questionnaire online, visit: https://shapingourcouncils.co.uk/get-involved/

To return paper questionnaires or written responses, send them FREEPOST to: ORS, FREEPOST (SS1018), PO BOX 530, Swansea, SA1 1AF

For help completing the questionnaire or to request a large print version, contact ORS on 0800 3247004 or email consultation@ors.org.uk .

Tredington Playground

As many residents will no doubt be aware Tredington Playground is in need of repair and requires modernisation, this is a well used facility and serves the whole parish and beyond.

The parish council has some funding and there is work underway to make the slide safe, replace the swing and bark. However, further funds are required for more extensive work. The council is budgeting £10000 in the next financial year from the precept towards this, but we desperately need volunteers to further fundraise

and provide ideas for what further work could include.

For context similar parishes have spent upwards of £100,000 to modernise their facilities. Please contact us at the parish council @tredington.clerk@gmail.com or let a parish councillor know if you’re able to help out in anyway

NOTICE OF CONCLUSION OF ANNUAL AUDIT

ACCOUNTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2025

Accounts and Audit Regulations 2015

The audit of accounts for Tredington Parish Council for the year ended 31 March 2025 has been completed and the accounts have been published.The Annual Return is available for inspection by any local government elector in the area of Tredington Parish Council on application to:

Ian Wilson

Oakley

Mollington

Oxfordshire

OX17 1BL

Tel: 07725071616

email: clerk@tredingtonparishcouncil.co.uk

Announcement made by Ian Wilson (Parish Clerk) 12/8/2025

The Warwickshire branch of the Milestone Society has been awarded a £7,661.00 grant by The National Lottery Heritage Fund to restore a seventh milepost and three cast iron triangular mileposts.

The Milestone Society has received support from The National Lottery Heritage Fund for “Restoring Warwickshire’s Waymarkers”, it was announced today. Thanks to National Lottery players, the project aims to restore the eight-foot-tall milepost, found adorning a Kenilworth garden and very kindly donated to the Society by the owner in memory of her late husband, who is believed to have rescued it from a farm auction sale many years ago. It will be placed at the historically correct site north of the old Toll House, Honington on the A3400. In addition, three cast iron triangular mileposts will also be restored and replaced in their original locations.

The project aims to encourage more people to get involved with their local history and become aware of Warwickshire's mileposts and waymarkers. In addition to the restoration work there will be an interpretation leaflet with circular walks including activity sheets for children and other historical interest. Existing walks and leaflets will be modified and a new walk introduced. For those unable to undertake the walks there will be a virtual experience via YouTube. Two interpretation boards will be provided at Goldicote and Alderminster village entrance. There will be information displays in Shipston and Warwick Museums and community talks will be available. Information on the mileposts and waymarkers will be displayed on the Society’s websites warwickshirewayside.co.uk. and www.milestonesociety.co.uk.

Restoring Warwickshire's Waymarkers follows a previous Heritage Fund-supported project in 2017 when six nationally unique 19th Century mileposts on the A3400 Turnpike Stratford-on-Avon to London Road were restored. These are Grade II listed by Historic England. The acanthus leaf decoration on the mileposts has been dated 1810–1840 by Victoria & Albert Museum. The posts are cast iron, 8 feet tall above ground with arms originally supporting a wooden destination board with distance to London. Two of the three cast iron triangular mileposts requiring restoration were found in Alderminster, one at the Preston-on-Stour turn on the A3400, the other on the A422 opposite Goldicote Farm’s entrance. A third is in

storage, having been rescued from a skip. This will be erected at the Alderminster Village entrance.

Mike Buxton, Milestone Society Trustee and Warwickshire Representative said: “We are delighted that we’ve received this support thanks to National Lottery players and Alderminster and Tredington parish councils. We look forward to completing this important and exciting project over the Summer. Having previously restored six mileposts on this turnpike you can imagine our excitement when a seventh was discovered. The seventh milepost will enhance the street scene adjacent to the Honington Toll House and provide a unique and distinctive feature. Together with the three triangular waymarkers missing pieces of local history and the historical knowledge of the local transport network will be restored.”

Established in May 2001, The Society aims to “identify, record, research, conserve and interpret for public benefit the milestones and other waymarkers of the British Isles”. Our members’ interests also include tollhouses, turnpike history and canal milestones. Charitable status was gained in 2004.

Using money raised by the National Lottery, we inspire, lead and resource the UK’s heritage to create positive and lasting change for people and communities, now and in the future. www.heritagefund.org.uk.

Follow @HeritageFundUK on Twitter, Facebook and Instagram and use #NationalLotteryHeritageFund

Since The National Lottery began in 1994, National Lottery players have raised over £43 billion for projects and more than 635,000 grants have been awarded across the UK.

Each week, thanks to National Lottery players, £30 million is raised for good causes across the UK.

For further information and images please contact Mike Buxton, Warwickshire Representative, Milestone Society at mbuxton295@btinternet.com