East Farndon Speedwatch – April 2025

You might have noticed that Speedwatch is taking place within East Farndon. Our team of volunteers will continue to be out on daily basis to monitor the speed of vehicles travelling through the village until May 3rd 2025. As part of Speedwatch, the Police install a radar device in the village to monitor traffic in the lead up to, and following, the event. The attached Police monitoring report for the 7 day period from a few weeks ago makes interesting reading and reinforces why we take part in Speedwatch. The report shows that during this period, 6,058 vehicles, (32% of the total) were exceeding our 30mph limit. Of this total, 1,974 vehicles (10% of the total) were travelling above 35mph. 19,002 vehicles travelled through East Farndon in this 7 day period. Please click here to read the full details.

East Farndon Parish Council will continue to use Speedwatch as a way to help control the speed of vehicles through our village. The information collected on vehicles speeding gets passed to the Police for them to follow up as appropriate. We also use the information gathered to help convince West Northamptonshire Council to install approriate speed and road safety control measures in the village. If you have any questions or would like to volunteer to help, please use this link to email Bernie Fallon.

Coffee Morning – Fri 30th May 2025 – Village Hall – 10.30am

Our next Coffee Morning get together at the East Farndon Village Hall will be on Friday 30th May 2025, from 10.30am to 12.00 midday. You are very welcome to join us to enjoy a cup of coffee or tea, plus toasted tea cakes, a selection of books and a raffle. All money raised is donated to village charities / causes or other local charities. Everyone is welcome and entry is free. Many thanks for your ongoing support.

WNC News – Local Elections on May 1st 2025 & March newsletter

On this page, East Farndon Parish Council publishes selected latest news items from West Northamptonshire Council and the office of the Northamptonshire Police, Fire & Crime Commissioner


WNC Town & Parish Briefing – monthly newsletter

March 2025 Town & Parish Briefing


Latest WNC News

March 14th 2025 – Local Elections to be held on Thursday May 1st 2025


March 11th 2025 – Subscriptions now open for the 2025/26 West Northants garden waste service


February 6th 2025 – West Northants Recycling Centres to open 7 days a week


December 6th 2024 – Residents encouraged to help shape approach to tackling climate change


November 18th 2024 – Spotlight on reducing food waste – article in Nov newsletter


October 26th 2024 – Sepsis: get to know the risks, spot the signs, and act fast


September 18th 2024 – 24 hour mental health text message service launched for Northamptonshire


July 20th 2024 – WNC service to deal with Wasp problems


Quiz Night – Sat 15th March 2025 – many thanks for attending & see photos

Many thanks to the Village Hall Committee for organising our Village Hall Quiz Night. It was a full house and a fantastic night, the raffle raising £270 to support the ongoing maintenance of Marriott Green. Also, huge thanks to Russell and Caroline Burton for putting together such an enjoyable, interesting, challenging and entertaining quiz. Please click this link to view a few photos from the evening.

Bench Under the Beech Tree

Wanted! – New East Farndon Parish Councillors – May 2025 Elections

A great opportunity awaits…1st May 2025 is when Parish Council elections take place in Northamptonshire, and we are looking for local people to stand for election who want to help shape the future of East Farndon. We need people from all backgrounds and experiences, who are passionate about their local community, confident with IT and have a few hours spare each month. Councillors make a huge difference to the quality of life of local people and how local issues are dealt with. 

What is the Parish Council?

Parish Councils are led by democratically elected councillors from the local community. Councillors decide on what services and projects the council will deliver for their community. As representatives of the first tier of local government and the closest to their communities, parish councillors are best placed to engage with their residents and find out what the real local issues are and how to overcome them.

What’s involved?

You will need to be available to meet once every two months and have time to receive and read various correspondence outside of these meetings. Councillors are not paid, but act in this role because they are passionate about the community and must abide by a local government code of conduct. Training to help you in your role is provided and paid for by the Council.

How long is the role for?

Once elected, parish councillors sit on the council for a maximum of four years. If they want to stay in the post, they can stand for re-election. This does not mean that you have to stay for four years. If you find it’s not for you, or you can no longer meet the commitment, you can stand down at any time. 

What do parish councillors do? 

Councillors are the voice for East Farndon, meet regularly and make decisions about the direction of the council and the work it does for the community. East Farndon Parish Council’s aim is to ensure the needs of all sections of the community are considered when the council makes decisions and allocates financial resources. The council uses the democratic process; by voting on all the decisions it makes, so it can hopefully make the right choices for the community it serves. 

Do I need any skills, experience or special qualifications? 

Some useful skills for being a councillor include: 

• IT literate and good communication skills 

• Passionate about your community 

• Partnership and team working 

• Being flexible, adaptable and open-minded 

Still Interested?

To find out more about the local elections, eligibility and what’s involved to become a councillor, click this link to visit our dedicated May 2025 elections webpage ; email clerk@eastfarndon-pc.gov.uk ; or speak to one of the existing Parish Council team. Click this link to learn more about the current Councillors and the work of the East Farndon Parish Council.

The deadline for registrations is Wednesday 2nd April 2025. 

Not sure what to do next?

If you are curious, why not come along to our Parish Council Meeting on Wednesday, 19 March 2025 at 7.15pm at the East Farndon Village Hall. 

Clipston road works – Wormslade Farm Anaerobic Digestion facility

Construction work has begun for an Anaerobic Digestion (AD) facility at Wormslade Farm, Clipston Road, Kelmarsh. As part of the work, the contractors are upgrading and widening Clipston Road (Church Lane) to enhance safety and ease congestion during construction. To complete this work safely and efficiently the road will be closed from 17th February for approximately 6 weeks. A 400m stretch adjoining the A508 will be completely closed, while the rest of the road will be open as a no-through route. Furthermore, there will be an off-peak 2-way traffic light license for the A508 (at the junction) from 17th February for the same time period. You can access the leaflet sent out to nearby residents which details the closure and points to some of the benefits that these road improvements will bring to locals in the long-term here.

West Northants Wellbeing Service & Support for Carers

WNC Wellbeing Service

Formerly the Supporting Independence Programme, the new WNC Wellbeing Service, is working alongside Adult Social Care to support individuals, free of charge, to prevent and/or delay any decline in independence. Working with individuals on a one-to-one basis, the service can provide tailored, in-house support in several areas of their life and aim to maximise all the support on offer in their local community, reducing the need for health and Adult Social Care services. Please click this link to read more.  

Examples of support include:

  • Opportunities to meet with an Advisor to ‘Walk and Talk’ with the aim of becoming more active and increasing socialisation.
  • Support to access social opportunities within the local community to reduce isolation, including volunteering and clubs, groups and events to suit hobbies and interests.
  • In-house Friendship Groups and OTAGO classes (strength and balance exercise).
  • Identification, support and referrals as appropriate to support daily life including housing support and financial advice.
  • Identification, intervention and support for low-level mental health and emotional difficulties using behaviour change strategies.
  • Advice, information and support on lifestyle issues such as nutrition, smoking and alcohol use.
  • Support with budget planning, meal planning, long and short term goal setting.
  • Identification and initial assessments of issues such as memory & continence concerns and making appropriate referrals.

Individuals can self-refer, or make a referral on someone else’s behalf (with consent). This can be done by completing our short referral form via the link below. A member of our administration team will endeavour to contact individuals within two working days of receiving the referral, to arrange an initial appointment. Wellbeing Service | West Northamptonshire Council

Support for Carers in West Northants

Northamptonshire Carers are a registered Charity working with North and West Northamptonshire Councils to deliver a Roadshow of ‘One Stop Shops’ in Daventry (18th March) and Brixworth (19th March), to encourage those looking after someone in the community with a disability or long term health condition, to recognise themselves as Carers and to come forward for information and support to help prevent them from becoming isolated. The upcoming events are shown below, but if you cannot make these dates, please contact the charity directly.



Beech Tree Aerial Photo

Please take a look at our new Village Story website page!

When you get a spare minute, please take a look at our new Village Story page on the East Farndon village website. This has been designed as a single place where new residents and others can get an overview of our village, complete with useful links to explore the wealth of information that is available on our website. The new page can accessed from the link above, the website menu and directly from the home page. Huge thanks to Caroline and Russell Burton for helping to pull this new page together. Also, huge thanks to everyone who has written articles for the website, giving us such a rich information source. Please email or Whatsapp Mervyn Curtis and / or Caroline Burton with any comments you might have. All feedback, good or not so good, is very welcome 🙂