The PCC of Great Gidding is proposing to replace the outer doors to the south porch of St. Michael’s Church with new glazed doors of similar design. To do this we need to obtain a faculty (i.e. permission) from the Diocese of Ely. A condition for granting
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St Michael’s Church is now closed until further notice. This is to enable large scale restoration work to take place at the east end of the north aisle. It is anticipated that this work will last until early March. Access to the church will be for authorized
Read more →Main Street in Great Gidding was temporarily blocked off on Tuesday 21st December 2021 whilst the newly refurbished school bell tower was lifted into place prior to refitting.
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PLANNING – LOCAL Ironically enough for a councillor who isn’t a member of the District Council’s Development Management Committee, I continue to spend a significant amount of time dealing with planning issues; to one degree or another, over the last year I have been involved with planning
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Giddings Christmas cards are now on sale in the Village Shop including aerial views of the Giddings in winter, St Michael’s beautiful stained glass windows, Great Gidding in snow
Read more →An adventuresome group of four (that’s us three ‘girls’ and Stanley the dog) had a delightful return trip to Grafham Water yesterday courtesy of the new ‘bus-on-demand’ service named Ting. Once you’ve booked your journey by app or by phone the bus can be tracked in real
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Come and say hello to ting WHERE: Village Hall car park, Great Gidding WHEN: Friday 22nd October, between 13.20 and 14.20 hours The ting bus is visiting Great Gidding so we all have chance to see what this new on demand transport service is all about before
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Sue Shepherd and Mary Read are delighted to announce that last Sunday’s Gidding Garden Party raised the marvellous amount of £400 to give directly to The Green Backyard allotment project in Peterborough. Sue Shepherd adds “As members of the PCC we were very aware of the Church’s
Read more →Our Harvest Festival service last Sunday was the first at which the congregation could sing, albeit still wearing masks, for nearly eighteen months. The church was beautifully decorated, and thanks to all who did the decoration. The service was made up of hymns and readings, and taken
Read more →Gidding resident and artist Geoff Goddard has sent us the fifth one of his beautiful paintings in the series called ‘Autumn Lights’ which at 90cm x 60cm is the largest painting so far. The location is in the field just behind Alconbury brook from Great Gidding, accessed
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