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Whitchurch Friday Market Is Back at the Gill Nethercott Centre  Whitchurch Friday Market is back this Friday 1st October between 09.30 and 11.30.

Sarah’s cakes and Ethel’s Pies will be there and we will be serving tea’s and coffee’s as usual – do pay us a visit.

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Travellers Set Up Camp On St. Cross Land Travellers have set up camp on St. Cross land adjacent to Whitchurch Cricket Club and opposite All Hallows Church.

Councillor Lucie Maitland has notified Basingstoke & Deane Borough Council and Whitchurch Town Council and the police have been alerted.

Whitchurch Cricket Club will post updates.

WHITCHURCH WEDNESDAY WALKS These popular weekly walks have returned!

 Whitchurch Wednesday Walks is a friendly, independent local walking group, which takes advantage of the beautiful countryside and the variety of local walking routes.

Free walks take place every Wednesday morning, all year round, departing from the Gill Nethercott Centre, Winchester Street, Whitchurch at 10am (registration from 9.45).  There’s no need to book in advance – just turn up on the day.

Every week, whatever the weather, two circular walks take place – one is at a medium pace for around an hour, the other is longer and brisker – with refreshments available afterwards.  Our group of volunteer Walk Leaders take turns to plan and lead the walks, so every week there’s something different.  We also try to include more adventurous, or themed, walk options from time to time.

New walkers are always very welcome – be sure to arrive by 9.45 if it’s your first time.  Come on your own or bring a friend.  Dress for the weather, with suitable footwear.

Walking is the perfect low-impact exercise option – getting out into the countryside will improve your fitness and stamina, and is great for your wellbeing. Charmaine Hoey, Volunteer Walk Leader, writes: “All of the volunteer walk leaders are delighted that we’ve been able to get our weekly walks rolling again.  We’ve had a busy few months getting everything into place.  Our last regular walks took place in March 2020; in May of this year we got together to start discussing whether, when and how we could resume.  We agreed that it was important for both walk leaders and walkers to feel comfortable with walking together again, and so in June we invited regular walkers to join us for some trial walks in small groups.  These continued into July, with a gradual increase in group sizes.  By August, we were able to return to the familiar way of doing things, and to offer post walk refreshments in the GNC.  At the end of August we even had an “away” walk on the Highclere Estate, followed by a pub lunch.

There have been other changes going on in the background: Basingstoke & Deane BC have withdrawn their active support of the local Walking for Health groups, whilst the national coordinators of the Scheme have been rebranding and changing their focus. We felt that the time was right to become an independent walking group, so that we could continue to offer a choice of walks, and thanks to the generous support of the Whitchurch Association, we have been able to do this.

We recently celebrated our 12th anniversary and are hopeful for the future of the Whitchurch Wednesday Walks.  It’s great to be back walking together again, and we hope that you will come and join us.”