Bus Service Changes for March 2026
24th of February, 2026Lancaster Services Service 5 Carnforth – Morecambe – Heysham – Overton From 23 March 2026 Stagecoach will revise the timetable, adjusting times to improve overall service reliability. Service 555 Lancaster – Carnforth – ...
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Byron Crescent Play Area
24th of February, 2026Three designs are now out for consultation for the new play area at Byron Crescent. The designs can be viewed at the Village Hall, Springfield Park Leisure Centre and on Facebook. They are also uploaded below and will be put in the notice...
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Consumer Alerts – February 2026
11th of February, 2026Beware bogus roofers in Preston Traders offering to clean gutters cold called at a Preston householder who agreed to the work for £20. The traders then identified some broken and cracked roof tiles worrying the householder about possible water ...
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New Lancashire Gritting Live map
29th of January, 2026Lancashire County Council have launched a new Lancashire Gritting Live map, giving you a real-time view of our gritters as they treat roads across the county. The interactive map shows: 1. The current location of each gritting vehicle2. Routes t...
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Bus Service Changes for February 2026
29th of January, 2026Lancaster Services Service 6A Lancaster – Westgate - Morecambe From 22 February 2026, Stagecoach will revise the route, adjusting the evening service to no longer serve Salt Ayre Asda. Service 49 Lancaster – Halton – Carnforth &ndas...
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Consumer Alerts January 2026
7th of January, 2026Please find the Consumer Alerts for January 2026 from Lancashire Trading Standards Beware bogus roofers in Chorley Beware roofers who claim beams or rafters need strengthening otherwise they will not be strong enough to hold up the new felt, ba...
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Parish Council Play Area at Springfield Leisure Park
17th of December, 2025There are three separate designs for the play areas, marked 1, 2 and 3. These can be seen in the notice boards (Library, Berry Garden and Leisure Centre) and also in the Library at the new Village Hall. Please send any comments into the Pari...
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Christmas Lights Switch-on Event
4th of December, 2025Again, this was a really well attended event and the Mayor & Mayoress came to officially switch on the lights. Refreshments were provided and thanks go to all the volunteers who help put up the lights (over many weeks) and also to AW Fire w...
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Remembrance Day 2025
4th of December, 2025This was a really well attended event starting with the service at St. John's Church and the laying of wreaths outside at 11 am. The band marched everyone back to the Royal British Legion, where they continued to play (adults and childre...
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Consumer Alerts – December 2025
2nd of December, 2025Beware bogus roofers in Preston Lancashire Police are warning householders to be on the alert for cold callers claiming there is a problem with your roof. In one incident the offender approached a householder in Preston claiming work need...
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Lancashire County Council Winter Gritting Service
28th of November, 2025What is the winter service? Lancashire County Council has a legal duty to ensure, as far as reasonably practicable, that people can use the highways safely without being endangered by ice and snow. This means we do everything we can to keep traffic m...
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Free - Brand new Environmental Education Facility
25th of November, 2025We are excited to share some great news. Eco Town, our brand new environmental education facility, has now opened at the Environmental Education Centre, Farington Waste Recovery Park, Leyland. Eco Town is a free, hands on learning experie...
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Parish Council Play Areas
16th of October, 2025As stated in the last newsletter, all of the Parish Council owned play areas in the village are going to be updated. Springfield Leisure Park - small children's play area - this will have all new equipment, except for the mound sli...
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