Read all about it! Back for its third year, BerkoFest Book Festival is coming to Berkhamsted on Sunday 20 November 2022; don’t miss out! The Book Festival will be held at the central High Street location of Berkhamsted Town Hall. Organisers are thrilled to announce the following Sunday Times top ten selling authors: Natalie Haynes, […]
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When local pub company, the multi-award winning Oakman Group, owner of The Kings Arms in Berkhamsted and The Akeman in Tring amongst others, was founded almost 15 years ago, its Founder and Chairman Peter Borg-Neal declared the business would leave things a little better than before – for their neighbours, guests, employees, the local communities […]
More than 50 people had anti-tamper screws fitted to their vehicles at a special crime prevention ‘PL4TE S4FE’ event in Dacorum at the weekend. Officers from the Dacorum Safer Neighbourhood Team were thrilled to find a queue of drivers already in the car park at Berkhamsted Leisure Centre in Douglas Gardens on Saturday morning. ‘We […]
Dacorum Borough Council has launched a consultation on the new Paradise Design Code Draft Supplementary Planning Document (SPD). The design code sets out a framework of requirements for development in the Paradise and Wood Lane area in Hemel Hempstead’s Town Centre. This area is currently allocated for a mixture of housing and business development in […]
National Highways has again teamed up with Police forces across the South East in a fresh bid to improve road safety on one of the most important routes in the region. The crackdown, which began today (Monday 7 November 2022), is called Operation Orbital. Police forces will use National Highway’s unmarked HGV supercabs to patrol […]
DENS is thrilled about the return of its flagship fundraising event on Friday 25 November. The evening will kick off in style with a glow in the dark silent disco and magic tricks, before participants head outside to build their beds and brave a unique night under the stars. There will also be the option to […]
Chilterns Stories is a new collection of ten tales inspired by the diverse cultural and natural heritage of the Chilterns Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty, including Roald Dahl’s Fantastic Mr Fox and Metroland by Julian Barnes The collection also includes eight newly-published original stories, with associated events happening from November 2022 to launch the new […]
The most common animals you’ll find scurrying about in the coming autumn nights are hedgehogs, foxes and perhaps even a badger or two. With more than 400 species of mammals, birds and plants becoming extinct over the past 200 years in the UK, and with the hedgehog among those on the decline, we need to […]
Officers from the Dacorum Safer Neighbourhood Team will be in the car park at Berkhamsted Leisure Centre in Douglas Gardens this weekend, holding a free ‘PL4TE S4FE’ event. Between 11am and 2pm on Saturday 5 November, motorists will be able to get anti-tamper screws fitted to their vehicle’s number plates in order to help prevent […]
This Bonfire Night, Hertfordshire Fire and Rescue Service is reminding residents that professionally organised displays are the safest way for you and your family to enjoy fireworks. Since 2018, Hertfordshire County Council has removed approximately 1000 fireworks from traders in the county, and Hertfordshire Fire and Rescue Service report a significant increase in Bonfire Night-related […]
Tring Town Council represents the community at a local government level. The role of the council role includes representing the community by providing and maintaining facilities such as the community centres, supporting local groups and voluntary organisations, and making recommendations to the planning authority. For the latest news from the council, updates from Dacorum, information […]