The restoration of Rectory Lane cemetery in Berkhamsted has taken a giant step forward with the award of a lottery grant of almost £1m to the project. The three-year project will yield a Garden of Remembrance, a Wildlife domain and an area for picnics and live performances. The Sexton’s Hut is being restored as an […]
Young pupils at Lockers Park Preparatory School have helped raise £1,498 for Great Ormond Street Hospital. The school chose to support Great Ormond Street as one of its pupils was treated there last summer and is now on the road to recovery. In their Art from the Heart project, pupils based their designs on hearts, […]
You still have plenty of time to vote in the ‘Seat to Remember’ competition organised by the Friends of St Peter’s. Berkhamsted. The contest is to determine what kind of seating you would like to see in the steadily improving Rectory Lane Cemetery in years to come. The contenders are at rectorylanecemetery.org.uk. Vote for 1st, […]
Berkhamsted Raiders CFC has won a £4,500 Grow the Game grant from the Football Foundation, the country’s largest sports charity. The grant has paved the way for Raiders to field additional girls teams at U8, U9 and U10. The club now has: 150 girls playing in 12 teams A dedicated Head of Girls Coaching Busy […]
A local charity is making a serious bid to have a Christmas Number 1 single with Electric Umbrella’s release of ‘Christmas as a Punk’. Electric Umbrella brings adults with learning disabilities together with professional musicians. It has weekly meetings at the Old Town Hall, Hemel Hempstead, and was co-founded by Pepper veteran Tom Billington. ‘Christmas […]
Events have overtaken one of our main news stories in the winter issues of Berkhamsted Living and Hemel Hempstead Living. Alongside an article about the campaign for a new hospital to serve Dacorum, we used a picture (by kind permission of footballtripper.com) of Vicarage Road on a matchday, to highlight the absurdity of relying entirely […]
Berkhamsted took its place at the centre of 1066 anniversary events this year. William the Conqueror returned to Berkhamsted Castle, almost exactly 950 years after his first visit. In 1066, probably in early December, William received the surrender of the native Saxons here. On 14 October, the anniversary of Hastings, a bronze bust of the […]
Champneys’ Hike, Bike & Trike Challenge on 8 October raised £100,000 for BBC Children in Need and the Cystic Fibrosis Trust. In persistent morning drizzle, Matt Baker (Countryfile, The One Show) led off the 10-mile challenge. The course involved a bike or trike for two miles followed by a six-mile hike before cycling another two […]
The Hospice of St Francis has been judged ‘Outstanding’ by the Care Quality Commission (CQC). In an inspection report issued by the independent regulator this week it won the top rating in four out of the five inspection areas – for being effective, caring, responsive and well-led, and it was judged ‘Good’ for being safe. […]
As the Olympic Games in Rio get ever closer, the Marlowes shopping centre in Hemel Hempstead opens its own summer of sport. Every Tuesday throughout August between 11am and 4pm, you’ll find fun things to do with the kids at the Marlowes: 2 August Official opening ceremony with Peacock stilt-walkers welcoming visitors to the centre. […]
Sportspace will stage Hemel Hempstead’s first ever Triathlon on Sunday 2 October. The Hemel Hempstead Triathlon will combine a 400m swim (16 lengths of the outdoor pool), an 8km cycle-ride and a 5km run. It is open to anyone, and the distances have been carefully chosen to encourage people who are new to the sport. […]
About 80 schoolchildren from St Mary’s Northchurch, St Thomas More and Westfield set the highest commercial standards in the Young Enterprise Fiver Challenge competition this summer. Given £5 a head to create a money-spinner in just a month, budding entrepreneurs from Years 5 and 6 succeeded spectacularly. As sole traders or in groups of up […]