Underriver Village

THE QUEENS DIAMOND JUBILEE 2012

THE QUEENS DIAMOND JUBILEE 2012

Saturday 2^nd June to Monday 4^th June

 

SCHEDULE OF EVENTS

 

DAY	TIMING	EVENT	WHERE
SAT to MON		Flower Festival	St Margaret’s
SAT to MON		Scarecrow Competition	Village
SAT	Afternoon	Underriver Games	Village
SAT	Evening	Awards Dinner & Band	White Rock
SUN	Morning	Commemorative Service	St Margaret’s
SUN	Evening	Music Festival	St Margaret’s
MON	Midday	Street Party Lunch	Village

 

The total cost of this schedule is nearly £10,000,

The UVA have/will raise circa £3,000 of this through their fund raising activities.
Thanks to a number of kind people & groups a further £4,000 has been secured through grants & donations from:
- THE HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY
- JIM & MARY OWLETT
- THE CLEMENCE CHARITABLE TRUST
- SEAL PARISH COUNCIL
- SEVENOAKS DISTRICT COUNCIL’S “BIG COMMUNITY FUND”

Diamond Jubilee Tickets will go on sale early next year & they will entitle people to attend all the above events, including the dinner. They will only cost £15 per adult & £10 per child under 12, there will be no charge for Under 5’s. We recognise that you may want to bring visiting family & friends to some of the events, to help with this we will have a half-price ticket  option that will be valid for one of the day time events only i.e Games or Concert or Street Party.

We want this to remain a “Village” do, so we will limit sales to people living in the Underriver ward which includes Fawke Common. All UVA members will also be eligible to apply.

 

For this event to be a success we need your help starting now!!

 -       Talk about the events with your friends & family over Christmas, maybe you can get a team together for the “Underriver Games”- see over.

-       Make sure your neighbours know all about it - We will be delivering an update with more details on all the events to every household before Christmas.

-       Buy tickets when they come on sale – We still need to raise £3000 to cover costs

Thank you in advance for your support

 Underriver Diamond Jubilee Committees

UNDERRIVER FIREWORKS NIGHT 2011

This year’s event saw another bumper attendance of over 250 people. Spectators started arriving early and the barbecue was up and running at 6.30 and didn’t stop until the first firework at 8.00pm.

Thank you to Helen, Robin, Julie and Lorna for manning the BBQ, Edward and Phillip as stewards & Anne as the First Aider. 

The fireworks as always were well worth the wait and everyone was very generous in filling the bucket - Thank you to Jim. 

We are pleased to report after all the costs, the evening raised over £700 which will be donated equally between this years “Poppy Appeal” & our “Village Diamond Jubilee Fund” to support next year’s celebrations. 

This kind of event is only made possible by having the support of Frank and Maria and all their staff at the White Rock and the understanding of all those who live near by.

Underriver Children's Christmas Party

Underriver Children's Christmas Party

Date: Sunday 11 December 2010

Time: 3-5pm

Place: Underriver Village Hall

There will be games, a Christmas tea and hopefully a visit from Father Christmas and his helper.

Age group: 4-10 years olds

 

Invitations will be sent out to all Underriver Children.  If you do not receive a  save the date email or invite please call me so that I can include your children.

Many thanks

Carla Schaeffer: carla.schaeffer@btinternet.com / 07990 571 668              

SEAL PARISH COUNCIL

SEAL PARISH COUNCIL – COUNCILLOR VACANCY

WE ARE LOOKING FOR AN UNDERRIVER WARD MEMBER.

(UNDERRIVER WARD COVERS BOTH UNDERRIVER AND FAWKE COMMON)

DO YOU HAVE AN INTEREST IN THE AREA WHERE YOU LIVE?

DO YOU HAVE SOME SPARE TIME?

WOULD YOU LIKE TO MAKE A DIFFERENCE?

IF THE ANSWER TO ANY OF THE ABOVE QUESTIONS IS YES, THEN YOU COULD BE JUST THE PERSON WE ARE LOOKING FOR!

FOR MORE INFORMATION ON WHAT WOULD BE INVOLVED IN BEING A PARISH COUNCILLOR

PLEASE TELEPHONE LORNA TALBOT ON 01732

 

 

763488 (WEEKDAY MORNINGS ONLY) OR EMAIL sealparishc@btconnect.com

WE LOOK FORWARD TO HEARING FROM YOU!

Sevenoaks Living Landscapes Vision

The Sevenoaks Living Landscapes Vision

The landscape south of Sevenoaks is one of the gems of the Kentish countryside: a distinctive patchwork of ancient woodland, lush pastures and hedgerows, punctuated by arable fields, orchards and small ponds, which runs from the Greensand Ridge through to the Low Weald. The area contains important core sites for biodiversity, and has great potential for enriching the wildlife-value of existing habitats and restoring much of the past biodiversity of the landscape.

This is the basis for the Sevenoaks Living Landscape Project, covering a stretch of countryside between Sevenoaks, Bough Beech and Ivy Hatch, which aims to create a living landscape by:

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Underriver Habitat Project

Underriver Habitat Project

The Underriver Habitat Project has been running for many years, it has raised awareness of our local wildlife and what individuals can do to help to improve the habitats in and around the village.

We are very pleased that what we have achieved in the village is now being built on by the Sevenoaks Living Landscape project being led and co-ordinated by the Kent Wildlife Trust. This ambitious project aims to link up land for wildlife in the area between their reserves at Bough Beech, Sevenoaks and Ivy Hatch and Underriver is being used as one of the foci for getting this going.

For the first year of the project a number of free courses and fun days are being organised and details of these will be posted on this website.

For more information about the project contact either Fidelity Weston on 01732 463372 or Camilla Blackburn at Kent Wildlife Trust on 01622 662012 or Camilla.blackburn@kentwildlife.org.uk

Calling all frogs, toads and newts!

March, April and May at the best times to look in your ponds and find out whether you have any frogs, toads or newts present. Look during the day and you may see their spawn, look at night with a torch and you may see them. The project is monitoring all sightings so please contact Fidelity or Camilla to let them know what you see or if you would like Fidelity to come and have a look for you please give her a ring. Even if you do not see anything we want to know!

Old Photos

Request from Miles Hayward of Ducks Grove, Underriver:

We have recently moved to "Ducks Grove" in Underriver House Road and I am keen to find some photos of how the village and surrounding area looked 100 years ago. (Or anything pre 1950.)

If there is anyone who may have some photos that I could get reprinted or purchase or would know who I could contact, I would be pleased to hear from them.

My email is: mileshayward@btinternet.co.uk

Many thanks.

Miles

Mobile: 07880 736165

St Julian's Club

St Julians Club, Sevenoaks, Kent
Tel: 01732 458 261 Fax: 01732 465 788
E-Mail : info@stjulians.co.uk
Website

St Julians is an exclusive country club in Underriver. Boasting some of the most impressive views in Kent, extensive gardens and woodlands, swimming pools, tennis courts, art exhibitions, a restaurant, bar and conference rooms this is a very desirable place to be!

St Julians is a private members club surrounded by beautiful woodlands criss-crossed with walks. There is a bar, restaurant, heated outdoor swimming pools and tennis courts. Children are always welcome.

Facilities are available for family parties and functions, including wedding receptions, business meetings, exhibitions, training sessions, and conferences. For details please contact Nell Morgan (e-mail or Tel : 01732 458261 or Fax : 01732 465788).

There is also a lovely Day-Nursery for children aged from six months to school-age. For details please call Fran Bullen (e-mail or Tel : 01732 458261 or Fax : 01732 465788).

The view from the house is of the Kentish Weald, stretching beyond Hadlow as far as Pembury and Ashdown forest, is featured in a well-known Rowland Hilder painting.

St Julians History
St Julians was built in the early nineteenth century by the Herries family who lived in the house continuously until after the Second World War.

In 1951 it was extremely difficult for wives and mothers who were professionally trained to continue their careers, particularly before the advent of Play Groups, Mother & Baby Groups, etc. So St Julians was bought by a group of families and individuals with a view to providing nursery facilities to allow mothers to work part or full time if they wished to do so. The second important motive was to provide restaurant and leisure facilities for people living at St Julians and their friends.

A Members' Club was formed in 1956 with the provision of a bar. The Club developed rapidly when the main outdoor swimming pool was opened in 1963. The west field was acquired in 1967 and the woods, purchased in 1983, make a total of some 78 acres. It is now a Proprietor's Club and owned overall by a Trust.

Facilities are available for family parties and various functions, including wedding receptions, exhibitions and conferences. From 1984 to 1994 there was an indoor heated exercise pool with sauna which we hope to reinstate. The remainder of the house is converted into flats and many of the residents work within the organisation. A day nursery opens every weekday for three month to five year olds.

The White Rock Inn

The White Rock Inn, Underriver, Sevenoaks, Kent TN15 0SB (01732  833112)             

The White Rock is Underriver's excellent local and restaurant. It is a free house tenancy run by Frank and Maria.

The oldest part of the Inn dates back to 1820, although there has been a building on the site for many hundreds of years. No records now exist, but scholars believe this too was an Inn, as the village was close to the main trading routes between Dover, Canterbury and London.

The Restaurant has been enlarged over the years and enjoys a very good reputation for home cooked daily specials and a fine selection of traditional real ales. It is available for private parties of up to 30 people with a variety of special menus, while the large barbecue area is ideal for functions which can be catered for by arrangement.

Facilities at the White Rock include a full a-la-carte menu and bar meals in two dining areas. There is ample parking and children are welcome. Games and activities include a Bat and Trap pitch (available to private parties), pool table and darts.

The White Rock Inn supports the Sevenoaks and District Bat and Trap League. Find out more at www.batandtrap.org.uk.