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Hemel Old Town Halloween Party 2025

Hemel Old Town All Set for Halloween Party

Get ready for some spooky, family fun as the Hemel Hempstead Old Town Halloween Party returns this year. The event is taking place on Sunday 26 October 2025 and is being hosted by Dacorum Borough Council, in partnership with Hemel Old Town Market and Community Action Dacorum. The event will run from 3-7pm, followed by […]

Diwali at Chiltern Open Air Museum 2024 Storytelling

Diwali Celebration at Chiltern Open Air Museum

Chiltern Open Air Museum is delighted to announce the return of its joyful Diwali Celebration on Saturday 25 October, offering a colourful and inclusive experience for all generations and communities across the region. Diwali, also known as the Festival of Lights, is celebrated by millions of people around the world from a variety of faiths, […]

Northchurch Social Centre Open Day 2025

Northchurch Social Centre Community Open Day

Northchurch Social Centre is delighted to invite everyone to its next Community Open Day, taking place on Saturday 11 October from 10am-3pm at the Centre on Bell Lane, Northchurch. This year’s event shines a spotlight on the Centre’s valued hirers and supporters, many of whom will be showcasing the wide variety of activities and groups […]

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Last Chance to Ride Behind Baldwin Icon Before Withdrawal

Baldwin 10-12-D 4-6-0T WDLR No. 778 will make its final appearance in steam before withdrawal during a special 26 October 2025 event at the Leighton Buzzard Railway. Leighton Buzzard Railway’s end of season Halloween jamboree will also feature De Winton 0-4-0VBTs Taffy (visiting from Alan Keef Ltd) and LBR-based Chaloner, together with Kerr Stuart ‘Wren’ […]

Ms Great Britain

Berkhamsted’s Emma Jade Garbutt to Compete for Ms Great Britain 2025

Emma Jade Garbutt, 31, is preparing to compete for the prestigious title of Ms Great Britain 2025, with the glittering 80th anniversary national final taking place on 17 October at The Athena, Leicester. Emma – originally from South Yorkshire – moved to Berkhamsted in 2024. Emma, who recently handed over her crown as UK’s National […]

Trussell Trust appeal

The Marlowes Encourages Community to Support Trussell Trust

The Marlowes is proud to be supporting the Trussell Trust, a national charity working with food banks across the UK to provide emergency food and vital support to people in crisis. With demand for food banks continuing to rise, the Trussell Trust’s work is more important than ever. The charity’s mission goes far beyond providing food […]

Chilterns Neuro Centre Weston Turville Golf Day 2025 - Turville Terriers

Golfers Tee Off for Great Cause

Weston Turville Golf Club was buzzing with energy as the Chilterns Neuro Centre hosted its Charity Golf Day under blue skies and glorious sunshine. With the pristine fairways looking their best, golfers gathered for a day filled with camaraderie, competition and community spirit, helping to raise almost £6,000 to support people living with neurological conditions. […]

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New Development in Hemel Hempstead

Dacorum Borough Council has marked the progress of a new development in Hemel Hempstead which includes 56 new homes for social rent and a new headquarters for homelessness charity, DENS. The site on Paradise Industrial Estate is a brownfield site close to the town centre. The DENS community hub which will include the borough’s foodbank […]

Leighton Buzzard Road near Piccott’s End

CPRE Outrage at Response to Save Our Green Belt Petition

CPRE Hertfordshire, the countryside charity, who have already gained over 16,000 signatures supporting their national petition to restore green belt protections in the National Planning Policy Framework, are outraged following the government’s response that they will not review the grey belt definition. The revised National Planning Policy Framework (NPPF) published in December 2024, contains inconsistencies between […]

DENS Sponsored Sleepout

One-of-a-kind Experience to Help the Homeless

Hertfordshire-based homelessness charity, DENS, has announced the return of its popular Sponsored Sleepout on Friday 21 November, with free places available for everyone in the community. Taking place at the new venue of Hammond Academy in Hemel Hempstead, the fundraising event promises an inspiring night under the stars, packed full of community spirit and entertainment. […]

Berko Repair Cafe

New Home for Berkhamsted’s Repair Café

Berkhamsted’s popular Repair Café is relaunching at a new venue next month, allowing it to extend the valuable service it offers the local area. Berko Repair Café, established in 2021 at Open Door Community Space, enables local residents to bring their broken belongings to be fixed, free of charge. From 4 October 2025, the Repair […]