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Oaklands Road Play Area

The parish council are progressing with plans to improve the play area at Oaklands Road. We’ve started to get quotes for possible play equipment, groundworks improvement and line up a host of possible sources of money to pay for it. However in order to make the most impactful improvements and make the best use of […]

David Lewis looking for help

Know someone who’d love to give back? The David Lewis Centre is on the lookout for Volunteer Drivers to help the people they support get out and about and enjoy life — whether that’s heading to a sports event, catching a film, going swimming, meeting their friends, popping to a medical appointment, or simply enjoying […]

Help at the Hall

The Hall at Marthall is looking for some part-time help (usually weekends and as needed), to facilitate changeovers between events at The Hall, which is situated next to Marthall church.The tasks would involve checking that The Hall has been left in a clean & tidy manner and occasional furniture moving.A payment of £20 per visit […]

Christmas Lights 2025

Unfortunately due to the bad weather the switch on has been cancelled…. sorry for the short notice. It’s that time of year again. We will be turning the parish’s Christmas lights on, on Sunday the 7th December at 2:30pm.  There will be the usual carol singing, free mince pies, mulled wine, with soft drinks and […]

 Vacancies for councillors

 Would you like to represent your community? Do you want to help promote Ollerton and Marthall as great places to live and work? Are you interested in your local environment? If you have answered ‘yes’ to the above questions, have you ever thought about becoming a Parish Councillor? We are looking to recruit three new […]

First Aid and CPR Training

20th March 6pm – 8pm Ollerton & Marthall Residents receive 50% discount First Aid, CPR and AED in just one session A first aid training taster session to enable you to deal with CPR, use of a defibrillator and first aid training. Learn life skills from experts. Book your place now by calling Bee on […]

Your ideas for Oaklands Rd Play Area

The Parish Council is looking into upgrading the play area at Oaklands Road. This will be paid for mostly by “grant funding” with some additional funding from local charities and the Parish Council. We’re currently looking for suggestions and input from local users of the area to see what we can do to improve it, […]

Community Orchards

The David Lewis Centre is 120 years old this year and as part of their celebrations a community orchard was planted by volunteers (including Ollerton with Marthall parish councillors) on the 20th of November. The idea behind the orchard is to work with local residents and offer a variety of apples, pears, damsons and other […]

Lower Moss Wood seek funds

Lower Moss Wood Educational Nature Reserve and Wildlife Hospital are trying to raise funds to make sure they can carry on their exceptional work. Lower Moss Wood has been a thriving 18 acre nature reserve and later also a wildlife hospital for almost 40 years, overseen for most of that time by our Warden and […]