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Living Magazines Ashridge House

Hertfordshire’s Best-kept Secret Revealed!

Ashridge House is more than just a wedding venue – with a restaurant, cocktail bar and Bakehouse open to the public, it’s now a destination for visitors. Ashridge House has been visited by plenty of locals over the past couple of years – most of them heading there for a festive trip to see the […]

Living Magazines Centre for Ageing Better

Plan to Make Herts Healthier and Happier Place to Live

An ambitious plan to tackle the root causes of ill-health in Hertfordshire was officially launched yesterday (Monday 6 March) with a new explanatory video and user-friendly online booklet. The three-minute animation and booklet explain how voluntary and community groups, councils, Healthwatch, the police, social care providers and NHS organisations plan to work together to make […]

Living Magazines Chess Valley Heritage Day

Travel Back to the Bronze Age at Chess Valley Heritage Day

The Chess Valley Heritage Day at Cholesbury Common promises a fun day out for families, bringing the history of the area to life with fun activities and people in historical costume. It’s on Saturday 18 March from 11am-4pm, taking place outdoors, and it’s completely free to attend. You’ll be able to get involved in fun, […]

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Two Males Charged Following Assault in Tring

Two males have been charged following an assault in Tring. The incident occurred at around 8.30pm on Monday 27 February, in Dolphin Square. It is reported that a man was assaulted with an object, believed to have been a knife, and suffered injuries to his arm. He continues to recover. The suspects then made off […]

Living Magazines Chilterns AONB Turville May 21 Credit Hedley Thorne

Update on Planning Inquiry for Marshcroft Proposal in Tring

Thank you to the CCG (Chiltern Countryside Group) for providing this update. As many of you will be aware, the Planning Inquiry into Dacorum Borough Council’s refusal to consent to the planning application by Redrow for a major housing development on Green Belt and Grade 2 agricultural farmland, abutting and informing the Chilterns AONB between […]

Living Magazines Tour De Vale 2023

Get on Your Bikes this June at the 2023 Bucks Radio Tour de Vale

On Sunday 11 June Buckinghamshire’s biggest charity bike will return with the 2023 Bucks Radio Tour de Vale. Organised by WheelPower, this annual cycling event has become a real highlight for the local community, with hundreds of riders coming together to raise vital funds for the Stoke Mandeville based charity. There are three fantastic routes […]

Living Magazines DENS Make a Will Month

A Great Reason to Make or Update your Will

DENS is pleased to announce the return of its Make A Will Month initiative this March. Local solicitors are giving up their time for free to write or update a Will in return for a donation to DENS, a charity supporting people in Dacorum facing homelessness, poverty and social exclusion. Suggested donation amounts, starting at […]

Living Magazines EV charging points

Funding for Electric Vehicle Charging Points

Dacorum Borough Council has secured more than £400,000 of Government funding to install more electric vehicle charging points (EVCPs) in the Council’s public car parks. A total of £415,360 of grant funding has been award by the Office for Zero Emission Vehicles (OZEV), with support of the Energy Saving Trust, for additional charging points for […]

Living Magazines HAPpy Camps Easter

HAPpy Camps are Back this Easter

Hertfordshire County Council is funding free Easter activity camps for children and young people in Hertfordshire. Fully-funded holiday activity camps return for the Easter holidays, giving eligible children and young people a chance to meet friends, learn new skills and enjoy nutritious food. The HAPpy programme is funded by Hertfordshire County Council and the Department […]

Living Magazines National Trust Easter adventures trail ©National Trust ImagesTrevor Ray Hart

Easter Adventures with the National Trust

Bring the whole family together this Easter and treat your loved ones to a spring adventure with the National Trust. From getting active in the great outdoors, to spotting the signs of spring, and experiencing nature bursting into life at the places the National Trust cares for there are over 190 Easter trails to choose […]