Community Spirit and Communication continues apace in the Parish of the Resurrection, Alton with our New Vicar, Andrew Mickelfield and the ministry team. St Peter’s church may be small but we all play a part on this journey. A New Service Pattern has been proposed for each month in 2015 (subject ... Read more
Children’s Christmas Party report
The Children’s Christmas Party, held on Sunday 17th December was great fun! We had 19 children transforming two poor dads into snowmen via lots of toilet roll! We were especially excited when our VIP, Santa Claus, made a surprise appearance. Thank you Santa Claus for visiting the Beech ... Read more
EHDC Housing and Employment Allocations Plan
East Hampshire District Council has published their draft Housing and Employment Allocations plans, you can view them at https://easthants.jdi-consult.net/localplan/ consultation runs until 5pm on 6th February 2015. Beech Parish Council's next meeting is Monday 19th January 2015 at the Village ... Read more
Beech Christmas Party 2014
The adult Christmas party was on Saturday December 13th and was brilliant! Wonderful food, a short rest while we enjoyed a mind boggling magician before the lovely Paul Fleming fired up his disco, for which we are always so grateful, and to which everybody bopped along!! A big thank you to the ... Read more
Beech resident is dancing on ice!
Nathan Todd-Smith aged 12 is a Beech resident who is starring in Basingstoke Ice Skating Club’s Broadway on Ice Xmas production at Planet Ice Basingstoke on 13th and 14th December at 2pm and 6pm. For contact details and ticket prices see poster at the bottom of this post. Nathan has one of the lead ... Read more
Beech Christmas Fayre 2014
The Beech Christmas Fayre at the Village Hall on Sunday 30 November was a great success with the hall crowded out with stalls from local people as well as those from outside Alton. The smell of the bacon butties that were being produced in the kitchen pervaded into the car park in a most ... Read more
Reporting Potholes
In a recent press release from Hampshire County Council The Chairman of the Hampshire Partnership and Leader of Hampshire County Council, Councillor Roy Perry, said: “It was good to see Hampshire’s Highways contractors Amey demonstrate the latest equipment to deal with potholes and roads ... Read more
Services this Christmas at St Peter’s…..
A warm welcome from all at St Peter's to the whole village as we prepare for Christmas! Friday 19th December: 9.30am - please come and join us to help decorate St Peter's for Christmas! Sunday 21st December: 4pm - Carol Service - Please come and join us for carols, readings and mince ... Read more
Vacancies for Parish Councillors
There are currently two vacancies for Parish Councillors, if you are interested or require further information please contact the Parish Clerk on 01420 562130 or by email at clerk@beechpc.com. Alternatively you can make yourself known at any of our regular Council meetings held at the Village Hall, ... Read more
A very British occasion
The Beech Fireworks Display 2014 very nearly did not happen. It had rained hard all afternoon, and the team managing the event had a very last minute decision to make when the rain finally began to ease off in the very nick of time. As this is not a pre-ticketed event, we also had no idea how ... Read more