Artists are invited to submit up to 6 framed original works plus, if they wish, up to 4 unframed works to exhibit in browsers. Crafts people are invited to have table space (un-manned) to display their wares. Handing in date is Friday 27th May from 3-5pm. […]
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Clean Up Cockfield 2016
This year our annual litter pick of public areas, verges and public footpaths will concentrate on the weekend of 4th to 6th March. Volunteers are sought to help with the clean up effort. To help to ensure coverage of the village we have set up a list defining the areas we wish to cover. To […]
Local Resident Housing Needs – Important Notice
Local Resident Housing Needs – Important Notice. The Parish Council continues to work with Babergh District Council and Orwell Housing Association on Local Needs Housing within Cockfield. […]
Friends of Lavenham Library
As part of the independent charity ‘Suffolk Libraries’, the Friends of Lavenham Library is one of 44 groups in Suffolk, each supporting a local library. The Friends of Lavenham Library want to encourage involvement from all parts of the community, young and old in Lavenham and the surrounding villages. The more people who support the […]
Bruff’s Line and Earl’s Meadow
Nature is a funny old thing gladness and sadness go hand in hand and there’s always a price to pay for beauty. Long before we took the project over there was a willow tree leaning over the line at an alarming angle. For years I have watched this tree and have seen the trunk start […]
Scenes from Cockfield
The East Anglian Film Archive includes a very interesting short video with some early Cockfield scenes. […]
Earls Meadow Remembrance Hedge
A remembrance hedge was planted at Earls Meadow on Sunday 8th November 2015. It can be found from the nursery bed to farm bridge gate. The hedge plants are colour coded with a tag so that they can be identified and monitored in the future. Hedging kindly donated by “The Woodland Trust” […]
Change to ‘Little Cuties’ toddlers group….
From January we will be meeting every Tuesday from 10am-12noon. We are still meeting at Felsham Village Hall, 1-3pm every Tuesday until the end of 2015! All parents/carers and toddlers welcome. First session free, then £1.50 per parent/carer and child (50p extra for each child). For more details contact little.cuties@cockfield.org.uk […]
Village of the year 2015 – Judges Feedback
Despite a fantastic effort by all those involved, Cockfield did not make the finals of the 2015 Village of the Year competition. This article summarises the judges’ feedback. […]
Cockfield Show 2015
Our second show was indeed a success, we had more show entries and more people visiting than last year. We had indeed learned some lessons and many things were improved and better organised.The church had obviously said some prayers for our well-being as regards the climactic conditions and it mostly worked as there was only […]
