The next Parish Council meeting is due to be held on Wednesday 7th March at 7.30 at Balscote Village Hall.

Discussions on Rural Affordable Housing are to be discussed together with plans to cope with winter weather.

The Public are invited to attend this meeting, As with all Parish Council meetings, which are held bi-monthly on the first Wednesday of March, May, July, September and November.

Patricia M Jesson
Wroxton and Balscote Parish Clerk

Do you have children or grandchildren?
Would you like to see a children’s play area in the village of Balscote?
Somewhere safe where the children can enjoy themselves and have fun with friends?

If you’ve answered YES to any of these questions, we’d like YOUR support to turn this idea into a reality !

There are a growing number of children in the village and many residents also have grandchildren. Wouldn’t it be great if there were a safe play area where they could meet, play and have fun together? The idea at this stage is to install a small range of timber style play equipment suitable for all ages around the edge of the village hall site. We have support from the village hall team and parish council to kick-off a project to make this happen. As a first step in the project we’d like to gather opinion from the whole Balscote community and are planning to hold an open meeting to discuss the idea and gather your thoughts on how we can make it a success.

Please join us for an initial meeting at Balscote Village Hall on <date and time to be confirmed>
and bring the children too… this play area is for them so we’d like their ideas as well !

We will have a separate children’s ideas session supervised by some of the older children in the village, where everyone can get involved and share their ideas. Soft drinks and biscuits will be included!

What we hope to get from this first meeting…

• Your support and ideas, and any concerns you may have.
• A committed project team who will take on the challenge of making it happen.  

What you can do before attending the meeting…

• Ask the children to think about the play areas that they have enjoyed and what they would like to see.

It won’t happen without you… please get involved to deliver it for the children in Balscote
Andrew Snow (Westor, Shutford Road) on behalf of Balscote Village Hall Team

If you have any comment on this plan please email This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it

Below you will see an idea of what we have in mind...