Cranbrook

Apple pruning at Cranbrook

Event Date: 
12/11/2016 - 10:00am to 4:00pm
Venue: 
Younghayes Centre, Cranbrook, EX5 7DR

Learn all about orchards and pruning apple trees

Join the Cranbrook Country Park Ranger at the Younghayes Centre for a morning learn all about orchards and pruning.

After lunch we'll drive in convey to the Orchard for a practical session at Elbury Farm (a 5 minute drive) where we will put our skills into practice.

Please bring your own packed lunch.

http://eastdevon.gov.uk/countryside/countryside-events/november-2016/apple-pruning-at-cranbrook-booking-required/

Cycle Sunday comes to Cranbrook

Residents of Cranbrook will be taking to two wheels next Sunday (October 2) as a day of cycling-related activity offers them the chance to reap the benefits of bike power.

The Cycle Sunday event will bring together successful schemes such as Active Mums – a project for mums and babies led by Active Devon, the county wide community organisation that works to inspire and support the people of Devon to lead active lifestyles, along with Sportivate – a cycling programme exclusively for women of all ages; Cranbrook Cycling Club; and skills sessions in off road cycling and bike...

Cranbrook Charity Family Fun Run

Event Date: 
17/09/2016 - 12:00pm to 4:30pm
Venue: 
Cranbrook Country Park

Charity Family Fun Run. 17 Sept in the new Cranbrook country park. The first ever charity fun run in the new and growing town of Cranbrook.

1K course for under 10s, strollers buggy runners, etc. 5K course for 10s and over (if they wish) and those who want to run a bit faster. Registration starts at noon.

The event starts at 1pm. To pre-register, visit Complete Estate and Letting Agents, 141 Younghayes Road, Cranbrook All entry fees go to MacMillan Cancer.

Run for fun or get sponsorship for the charity or group of your choice. Entry Fees: £5 over 16s, waged. £2, aged...

Community helps shape Cranbrook over next 15 years

Residents of Cranbrook and neighbouring parishes have welcomed a community consultation on how Devon’s newest town will grow and develop.

East Devon District Council are inviting all those living or working in and around Cranbrook to have their say on a range of subjects as part of the ‘Your town, Your future, Your say’, a 6 week long consultation which runs until 25 July 2016.

Comments are being sought on topics including health and wellbeing, culture, sport and community, economy and enterprise, energy and climate change, transport, landscape and biodiversity, design and...

Cranbrook: Your town, Your future, Your say

Residents of Cranbrook and neighbouring parishes are being encouraged to take part in a community consultation on how Devon’s newest town will grow and develop.

East Devon District Council are inviting all those living or working in and around Cranbrook to have their say on a range of subjects as part of the ‘Your town, Your future, Your say’ consultation which runs for 6 weeks from 13 June – 25 July 2016.

Comments are being sought on topics including health and wellbeing, culture, sport and community, economy and enterprise, energy and climate change, transport, landscape...

Films chart Cranbrook's development

Authored by Mary Youlden
Posted: Mon, 05/30/2016 - 11:26am

A trilogy of short films, commissioned by East Devon District Council, charting the development of Cranbrook have been released.

The films capture three of the major milestones reached by the East Devon new town at the second half of last year. The films document the first shop opening, the first all-through school (first secondary school / second primary school) opened and the start of the train service.

Cranbrook is about to approach its fifth birthday, as the town was born when the first turf was cut on 29 June 2011.

There are now over 1,300 homes at Cranbrook...

Pick up poop say Cranbrook kids

Authored by News Desk
Posted: Tue, 05/24/2016 - 9:11am

Children of St Martin’s Primary School have been creating a new poster design to encourage Cranbrook residents to clean up after their dogs.

Children at the school recently heard from Cranbrook Councillor Karen Jennings at an assembly about the dog fouling around the town. Children were asked if they could help teach adults to be responsible pet owners, to help make Cranbrook a great place to live.

Cranbrook Town Councillor Karen Jennings said: “The competition teaches the children the importance of picking up after their dog.

“The winner Isabella Edge, aged 5, will...

Open farm sunday

Event Date: 
05/06/2016 - 1:00pm to 3:00pm
Venue: 
Elbury Farm, Cranbrook

Visit a range of farm sites across East Devon

Meet the Ranger at Elbury Farm, Cranbrook and take part in family fun activities.

http://eastdevon.gov.uk/countryside/countryside-events/june-2016/open-farm-sunday/

Cranbrook development welcomes triplets and twins

If you visit the new housing development in Cranbrook, you might be forgiven for thinking you’re seeing double – or even triple!

For Persimmon Homes’ Galileo scheme is proving to be a hotbed of multiple births, with a set of triplets living just doors away from a pair of twins.

The first families are now well settled at the new development.

And they include Steven Sheward and Emma Rosier, who are the proud parents of triplets, and Daniel Hooper and Laura Winsor, who have had twins.

After a difficult, sleep-deprived start, Steven and Emma are now getting to...

Firm's foundations for success laid in Exeter

A national homebuilder is continuing to lay foundations for success in the South West with continued growth, and commitment to a long-term apprenticeship scheme. With regional offices already in the Midlands and the South East, Bovis Homes opened its Exeter office in 2013 with just six members of staff. Now, with more than 100 staff based in Exeter and its surrounding developments in locations like Cranbrook, Ottery St Mary, Dawlish and Teignmouth, the national homebuilder is expanding its apprenticeship scheme, firmly concreting its position in the South West with the promise of...

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