Events in February–March 2021
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FebruaryMonday 1 Feb 2021 |
Tuesday 2 Feb 2021(1 event)
7:00 am: Brown / Black Bin Collection Day7:00 am: Brown / Black Bin Collection Day Recycling Collection Day for Green Waste (Brown Bin), Plastics/Cardboard (Black Bin), Newspaper Collection (Blue Box) & Kitchen Compost (Small Brown Bin). |
Wednesday 3 Feb 2021
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Thursday 4 Feb 2021
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Friday 5 Feb 2021
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Saturday 6 Feb 2021(1 event)
The Annual Star Count in Orion!The Annual Star Count in Orion! The Council for the Protection of Rural England are repeating their annual campaign, asking us all to count the number of stars which we can see in the Orion constellation, and then to send in our results. From this data, a national map of ‘dark skies’ and levels of light pollution can then be drawn. See their website at www.cpre.org.uk for details on how to register and sign up for ‘Star Count 2021’. Anyone can take part – it is all free! Just have a go and become a ‘Citizen Scientist’! On several clear evenings, look out to the south and south-east, find the ‘rectangle’ of Orion with the 4 bright stars in its corners, count the number of stars within that rectangle, and send in your results. Without street lights, this village and parish provide a narrow zone of slightly darker sky between the glow of lights from the urban areas of Luton, Hitchin and Stevenage. The Preston Trust is a member of the Hertfordshire branch of the CPRE. Artificial bright lights illuminated throughout the night disrupt the natural diurnal cycle of changing light levels by day and by night. This upsets ‘the nocturnal ecosystems’ – the night-time activities of our wildlife, such as the feeding opportunities for moths, bats, badgers and foxes, the migration of insects and birds, and the breeding rituals of frogs and toads. Having the lights switched on also, obviously, uses energy and costs money! National mapping of areas of low light pollution has led in recent years to those areas being given the status of, and internationally recognised as, ‘Dark Sky Reserves’. We now have several of these in GB: the South Downs, the Yorkshire Dales, the North York Moors, the Kielder Forest Park, the Galloway Forest Park, Exmoor, the Brecon Beacons, the Elan Valley and Snowdonia, the Isle of Sark in the Channel Islands, the Isle of Coll in the Inner Hebrides, and the town of Moffat in the Annan valley. Evidence of sustained low levels of light pollution, with constant dark skies, contributes to the award of this new status. Check out CPRE’s 2020 map of light pollution levels across the country, mainly based on the contributions of 2,500 ‘stargazers’. Be inspired by the magic of the stars which are visible from the darkness of our gardens!
Liz Hunter Preston |
Sunday 7 Feb 2021(2 events)
The Annual Star Count in Orion!The Annual Star Count in Orion! The Council for the Protection of Rural England are repeating their annual campaign, asking us all to count the number of stars which we can see in the Orion constellation, and then to send in our results. From this data, a national map of ‘dark skies’ and levels of light pollution can then be drawn. See their website at www.cpre.org.uk for details on how to register and sign up for ‘Star Count 2021’. Anyone can take part – it is all free! Just have a go and become a ‘Citizen Scientist’! On several clear evenings, look out to the south and south-east, find the ‘rectangle’ of Orion with the 4 bright stars in its corners, count the number of stars within that rectangle, and send in your results. Without street lights, this village and parish provide a narrow zone of slightly darker sky between the glow of lights from the urban areas of Luton, Hitchin and Stevenage. The Preston Trust is a member of the Hertfordshire branch of the CPRE. Artificial bright lights illuminated throughout the night disrupt the natural diurnal cycle of changing light levels by day and by night. This upsets ‘the nocturnal ecosystems’ – the night-time activities of our wildlife, such as the feeding opportunities for moths, bats, badgers and foxes, the migration of insects and birds, and the breeding rituals of frogs and toads. Having the lights switched on also, obviously, uses energy and costs money! National mapping of areas of low light pollution has led in recent years to those areas being given the status of, and internationally recognised as, ‘Dark Sky Reserves’. We now have several of these in GB: the South Downs, the Yorkshire Dales, the North York Moors, the Kielder Forest Park, the Galloway Forest Park, Exmoor, the Brecon Beacons, the Elan Valley and Snowdonia, the Isle of Sark in the Channel Islands, the Isle of Coll in the Inner Hebrides, and the town of Moffat in the Annan valley. Evidence of sustained low levels of light pollution, with constant dark skies, contributes to the award of this new status. Check out CPRE’s 2020 map of light pollution levels across the country, mainly based on the contributions of 2,500 ‘stargazers’. Be inspired by the magic of the stars which are visible from the darkness of our gardens!
Liz Hunter Preston 10:00 am: Sunday Worship10:00 am: Sunday Worship All Saints' Church St Paul's Walden, |
Monday 8 Feb 2021(1 event)
The Annual Star Count in Orion!The Annual Star Count in Orion! The Council for the Protection of Rural England are repeating their annual campaign, asking us all to count the number of stars which we can see in the Orion constellation, and then to send in our results. From this data, a national map of ‘dark skies’ and levels of light pollution can then be drawn. See their website at www.cpre.org.uk for details on how to register and sign up for ‘Star Count 2021’. Anyone can take part – it is all free! Just have a go and become a ‘Citizen Scientist’! On several clear evenings, look out to the south and south-east, find the ‘rectangle’ of Orion with the 4 bright stars in its corners, count the number of stars within that rectangle, and send in your results. Without street lights, this village and parish provide a narrow zone of slightly darker sky between the glow of lights from the urban areas of Luton, Hitchin and Stevenage. The Preston Trust is a member of the Hertfordshire branch of the CPRE. Artificial bright lights illuminated throughout the night disrupt the natural diurnal cycle of changing light levels by day and by night. This upsets ‘the nocturnal ecosystems’ – the night-time activities of our wildlife, such as the feeding opportunities for moths, bats, badgers and foxes, the migration of insects and birds, and the breeding rituals of frogs and toads. Having the lights switched on also, obviously, uses energy and costs money! National mapping of areas of low light pollution has led in recent years to those areas being given the status of, and internationally recognised as, ‘Dark Sky Reserves’. We now have several of these in GB: the South Downs, the Yorkshire Dales, the North York Moors, the Kielder Forest Park, the Galloway Forest Park, Exmoor, the Brecon Beacons, the Elan Valley and Snowdonia, the Isle of Sark in the Channel Islands, the Isle of Coll in the Inner Hebrides, and the town of Moffat in the Annan valley. Evidence of sustained low levels of light pollution, with constant dark skies, contributes to the award of this new status. Check out CPRE’s 2020 map of light pollution levels across the country, mainly based on the contributions of 2,500 ‘stargazers’. Be inspired by the magic of the stars which are visible from the darkness of our gardens!
Liz Hunter Preston |
Tuesday 9 Feb 2021(2 events)
The Annual Star Count in Orion!The Annual Star Count in Orion! The Council for the Protection of Rural England are repeating their annual campaign, asking us all to count the number of stars which we can see in the Orion constellation, and then to send in our results. From this data, a national map of ‘dark skies’ and levels of light pollution can then be drawn. See their website at www.cpre.org.uk for details on how to register and sign up for ‘Star Count 2021’. Anyone can take part – it is all free! Just have a go and become a ‘Citizen Scientist’! On several clear evenings, look out to the south and south-east, find the ‘rectangle’ of Orion with the 4 bright stars in its corners, count the number of stars within that rectangle, and send in your results. Without street lights, this village and parish provide a narrow zone of slightly darker sky between the glow of lights from the urban areas of Luton, Hitchin and Stevenage. The Preston Trust is a member of the Hertfordshire branch of the CPRE. Artificial bright lights illuminated throughout the night disrupt the natural diurnal cycle of changing light levels by day and by night. This upsets ‘the nocturnal ecosystems’ – the night-time activities of our wildlife, such as the feeding opportunities for moths, bats, badgers and foxes, the migration of insects and birds, and the breeding rituals of frogs and toads. Having the lights switched on also, obviously, uses energy and costs money! National mapping of areas of low light pollution has led in recent years to those areas being given the status of, and internationally recognised as, ‘Dark Sky Reserves’. We now have several of these in GB: the South Downs, the Yorkshire Dales, the North York Moors, the Kielder Forest Park, the Galloway Forest Park, Exmoor, the Brecon Beacons, the Elan Valley and Snowdonia, the Isle of Sark in the Channel Islands, the Isle of Coll in the Inner Hebrides, and the town of Moffat in the Annan valley. Evidence of sustained low levels of light pollution, with constant dark skies, contributes to the award of this new status. Check out CPRE’s 2020 map of light pollution levels across the country, mainly based on the contributions of 2,500 ‘stargazers’. Be inspired by the magic of the stars which are visible from the darkness of our gardens!
Liz Hunter Preston 7:00 am: Purple Bin Collection Day.7:00 am: Purple Bin Collection Day. Rubbish for Landfill (not recyclable) from 7.00am until 5.00pm. & Kitchen Compost (Small Brown Bin) |
Wednesday 10 Feb 2021(1 event)
The Annual Star Count in Orion!The Annual Star Count in Orion! The Council for the Protection of Rural England are repeating their annual campaign, asking us all to count the number of stars which we can see in the Orion constellation, and then to send in our results. From this data, a national map of ‘dark skies’ and levels of light pollution can then be drawn. See their website at www.cpre.org.uk for details on how to register and sign up for ‘Star Count 2021’. Anyone can take part – it is all free! Just have a go and become a ‘Citizen Scientist’! On several clear evenings, look out to the south and south-east, find the ‘rectangle’ of Orion with the 4 bright stars in its corners, count the number of stars within that rectangle, and send in your results. Without street lights, this village and parish provide a narrow zone of slightly darker sky between the glow of lights from the urban areas of Luton, Hitchin and Stevenage. The Preston Trust is a member of the Hertfordshire branch of the CPRE. Artificial bright lights illuminated throughout the night disrupt the natural diurnal cycle of changing light levels by day and by night. This upsets ‘the nocturnal ecosystems’ – the night-time activities of our wildlife, such as the feeding opportunities for moths, bats, badgers and foxes, the migration of insects and birds, and the breeding rituals of frogs and toads. Having the lights switched on also, obviously, uses energy and costs money! National mapping of areas of low light pollution has led in recent years to those areas being given the status of, and internationally recognised as, ‘Dark Sky Reserves’. We now have several of these in GB: the South Downs, the Yorkshire Dales, the North York Moors, the Kielder Forest Park, the Galloway Forest Park, Exmoor, the Brecon Beacons, the Elan Valley and Snowdonia, the Isle of Sark in the Channel Islands, the Isle of Coll in the Inner Hebrides, and the town of Moffat in the Annan valley. Evidence of sustained low levels of light pollution, with constant dark skies, contributes to the award of this new status. Check out CPRE’s 2020 map of light pollution levels across the country, mainly based on the contributions of 2,500 ‘stargazers’. Be inspired by the magic of the stars which are visible from the darkness of our gardens!
Liz Hunter Preston |
Thursday 11 Feb 2021(1 event)
The Annual Star Count in Orion!The Annual Star Count in Orion! The Council for the Protection of Rural England are repeating their annual campaign, asking us all to count the number of stars which we can see in the Orion constellation, and then to send in our results. From this data, a national map of ‘dark skies’ and levels of light pollution can then be drawn. See their website at www.cpre.org.uk for details on how to register and sign up for ‘Star Count 2021’. Anyone can take part – it is all free! Just have a go and become a ‘Citizen Scientist’! On several clear evenings, look out to the south and south-east, find the ‘rectangle’ of Orion with the 4 bright stars in its corners, count the number of stars within that rectangle, and send in your results. Without street lights, this village and parish provide a narrow zone of slightly darker sky between the glow of lights from the urban areas of Luton, Hitchin and Stevenage. The Preston Trust is a member of the Hertfordshire branch of the CPRE. Artificial bright lights illuminated throughout the night disrupt the natural diurnal cycle of changing light levels by day and by night. This upsets ‘the nocturnal ecosystems’ – the night-time activities of our wildlife, such as the feeding opportunities for moths, bats, badgers and foxes, the migration of insects and birds, and the breeding rituals of frogs and toads. Having the lights switched on also, obviously, uses energy and costs money! National mapping of areas of low light pollution has led in recent years to those areas being given the status of, and internationally recognised as, ‘Dark Sky Reserves’. We now have several of these in GB: the South Downs, the Yorkshire Dales, the North York Moors, the Kielder Forest Park, the Galloway Forest Park, Exmoor, the Brecon Beacons, the Elan Valley and Snowdonia, the Isle of Sark in the Channel Islands, the Isle of Coll in the Inner Hebrides, and the town of Moffat in the Annan valley. Evidence of sustained low levels of light pollution, with constant dark skies, contributes to the award of this new status. Check out CPRE’s 2020 map of light pollution levels across the country, mainly based on the contributions of 2,500 ‘stargazers’. Be inspired by the magic of the stars which are visible from the darkness of our gardens!
Liz Hunter Preston |
Friday 12 Feb 2021(1 event)
The Annual Star Count in Orion!The Annual Star Count in Orion! The Council for the Protection of Rural England are repeating their annual campaign, asking us all to count the number of stars which we can see in the Orion constellation, and then to send in our results. From this data, a national map of ‘dark skies’ and levels of light pollution can then be drawn. See their website at www.cpre.org.uk for details on how to register and sign up for ‘Star Count 2021’. Anyone can take part – it is all free! Just have a go and become a ‘Citizen Scientist’! On several clear evenings, look out to the south and south-east, find the ‘rectangle’ of Orion with the 4 bright stars in its corners, count the number of stars within that rectangle, and send in your results. Without street lights, this village and parish provide a narrow zone of slightly darker sky between the glow of lights from the urban areas of Luton, Hitchin and Stevenage. The Preston Trust is a member of the Hertfordshire branch of the CPRE. Artificial bright lights illuminated throughout the night disrupt the natural diurnal cycle of changing light levels by day and by night. This upsets ‘the nocturnal ecosystems’ – the night-time activities of our wildlife, such as the feeding opportunities for moths, bats, badgers and foxes, the migration of insects and birds, and the breeding rituals of frogs and toads. Having the lights switched on also, obviously, uses energy and costs money! National mapping of areas of low light pollution has led in recent years to those areas being given the status of, and internationally recognised as, ‘Dark Sky Reserves’. We now have several of these in GB: the South Downs, the Yorkshire Dales, the North York Moors, the Kielder Forest Park, the Galloway Forest Park, Exmoor, the Brecon Beacons, the Elan Valley and Snowdonia, the Isle of Sark in the Channel Islands, the Isle of Coll in the Inner Hebrides, and the town of Moffat in the Annan valley. Evidence of sustained low levels of light pollution, with constant dark skies, contributes to the award of this new status. Check out CPRE’s 2020 map of light pollution levels across the country, mainly based on the contributions of 2,500 ‘stargazers’. Be inspired by the magic of the stars which are visible from the darkness of our gardens!
Liz Hunter Preston |
Saturday 13 Feb 2021(1 event)
The Annual Star Count in Orion!The Annual Star Count in Orion! The Council for the Protection of Rural England are repeating their annual campaign, asking us all to count the number of stars which we can see in the Orion constellation, and then to send in our results. From this data, a national map of ‘dark skies’ and levels of light pollution can then be drawn. See their website at www.cpre.org.uk for details on how to register and sign up for ‘Star Count 2021’. Anyone can take part – it is all free! Just have a go and become a ‘Citizen Scientist’! On several clear evenings, look out to the south and south-east, find the ‘rectangle’ of Orion with the 4 bright stars in its corners, count the number of stars within that rectangle, and send in your results. Without street lights, this village and parish provide a narrow zone of slightly darker sky between the glow of lights from the urban areas of Luton, Hitchin and Stevenage. The Preston Trust is a member of the Hertfordshire branch of the CPRE. Artificial bright lights illuminated throughout the night disrupt the natural diurnal cycle of changing light levels by day and by night. This upsets ‘the nocturnal ecosystems’ – the night-time activities of our wildlife, such as the feeding opportunities for moths, bats, badgers and foxes, the migration of insects and birds, and the breeding rituals of frogs and toads. Having the lights switched on also, obviously, uses energy and costs money! National mapping of areas of low light pollution has led in recent years to those areas being given the status of, and internationally recognised as, ‘Dark Sky Reserves’. We now have several of these in GB: the South Downs, the Yorkshire Dales, the North York Moors, the Kielder Forest Park, the Galloway Forest Park, Exmoor, the Brecon Beacons, the Elan Valley and Snowdonia, the Isle of Sark in the Channel Islands, the Isle of Coll in the Inner Hebrides, and the town of Moffat in the Annan valley. Evidence of sustained low levels of light pollution, with constant dark skies, contributes to the award of this new status. Check out CPRE’s 2020 map of light pollution levels across the country, mainly based on the contributions of 2,500 ‘stargazers’. Be inspired by the magic of the stars which are visible from the darkness of our gardens!
Liz Hunter Preston |
Sunday 14 Feb 2021(2 events)
The Annual Star Count in Orion!The Annual Star Count in Orion! The Council for the Protection of Rural England are repeating their annual campaign, asking us all to count the number of stars which we can see in the Orion constellation, and then to send in our results. From this data, a national map of ‘dark skies’ and levels of light pollution can then be drawn. See their website at www.cpre.org.uk for details on how to register and sign up for ‘Star Count 2021’. Anyone can take part – it is all free! Just have a go and become a ‘Citizen Scientist’! On several clear evenings, look out to the south and south-east, find the ‘rectangle’ of Orion with the 4 bright stars in its corners, count the number of stars within that rectangle, and send in your results. Without street lights, this village and parish provide a narrow zone of slightly darker sky between the glow of lights from the urban areas of Luton, Hitchin and Stevenage. The Preston Trust is a member of the Hertfordshire branch of the CPRE. Artificial bright lights illuminated throughout the night disrupt the natural diurnal cycle of changing light levels by day and by night. This upsets ‘the nocturnal ecosystems’ – the night-time activities of our wildlife, such as the feeding opportunities for moths, bats, badgers and foxes, the migration of insects and birds, and the breeding rituals of frogs and toads. Having the lights switched on also, obviously, uses energy and costs money! National mapping of areas of low light pollution has led in recent years to those areas being given the status of, and internationally recognised as, ‘Dark Sky Reserves’. We now have several of these in GB: the South Downs, the Yorkshire Dales, the North York Moors, the Kielder Forest Park, the Galloway Forest Park, Exmoor, the Brecon Beacons, the Elan Valley and Snowdonia, the Isle of Sark in the Channel Islands, the Isle of Coll in the Inner Hebrides, and the town of Moffat in the Annan valley. Evidence of sustained low levels of light pollution, with constant dark skies, contributes to the award of this new status. Check out CPRE’s 2020 map of light pollution levels across the country, mainly based on the contributions of 2,500 ‘stargazers’. Be inspired by the magic of the stars which are visible from the darkness of our gardens!
Liz Hunter Preston 10:00 am: Sunday Worship10:00 am: Sunday Worship All Saints' Church St Paul's Walden, |
Monday 15 Feb 2021
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Tuesday 16 Feb 2021(1 event)
7:00 am: Brown / Black Bin Collection Day7:00 am: Brown / Black Bin Collection Day Recycling Collection Day for Green Waste (Brown Bin), Plastics/Cardboard (Black Bin), Newspaper Collection (Blue Box) & Kitchen Compost (Small Brown Bin). |
Wednesday 17 Feb 2021(1 event)
8:00 pm: Ash Wednesday - Holy Communion8:00 pm: Ash Wednesday - Holy Communion All Saints' Church St Paul's Walden, |
Thursday 18 Feb 2021
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Friday 19 Feb 2021
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Saturday 20 Feb 2021
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Sunday 21 Feb 2021(1 event)
10:00 am: Holy Communion10:00 am: Holy Communion All Saints' Church St Paul's Walden, |
Monday 22 Feb 2021
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Tuesday 23 Feb 2021(1 event)
7:00 am: Purple Bin Collection Day.7:00 am: Purple Bin Collection Day. Rubbish for Landfill (not recyclable) from 7.00am until 5.00pm. & Kitchen Compost (Small Brown Bin) |
Wednesday 24 Feb 2021
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Thursday 25 Feb 2021
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Friday 26 Feb 2021
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Saturday 27 Feb 2021
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Sunday 28 Feb 2021(1 event)
10:00 am: Sunday Worship10:00 am: Sunday Worship All Saints' Church St Paul's Walden, |
MarchMonday 1 Mar 2021 |
Tuesday 2 Mar 2021(1 event)
7:00 am: Brown / Black Bin Collection Day7:00 am: Brown / Black Bin Collection Day Recycling Collection Day for Green Waste (Brown Bin), Plastics/Cardboard (Black Bin), Newspaper Collection (Blue Box) & Kitchen Compost (Small Brown Bin). |
Wednesday 3 Mar 2021(1 event)
8:00 pm: Preston Parish Council Meeting8:00 pm: Preston Parish Council Meeting Preston |
Thursday 4 Mar 2021
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Friday 5 Mar 2021
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Saturday 6 Mar 2021
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Sunday 7 Mar 2021(1 event)
10:00 am: Holy Communion10:00 am: Holy Communion All Saints' Church St Paul's Walden, |
Monday 8 Mar 2021
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Tuesday 9 Mar 2021(1 event)
7:00 am: Purple Bin Collection Day.7:00 am: Purple Bin Collection Day. Rubbish for Landfill (not recyclable) from 7.00am until 5.00pm. & Kitchen Compost (Small Brown Bin) |
Wednesday 10 Mar 2021
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Thursday 11 Mar 2021
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Friday 12 Mar 2021
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Saturday 13 Mar 2021
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Sunday 14 Mar 2021(3 events)
Mothering SundayMothering Sunday 8:00 am: Holy Communion (BCP)8:00 am: Holy Communion (BCP) All Saints' Church St Paul's Walden, 10:00 am: Family Service10:00 am: Family Service All Saints' Church St Paul's Walden, |
Monday 15 Mar 2021
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Tuesday 16 Mar 2021(1 event)
7:00 am: Brown / Black Bin Collection Day7:00 am: Brown / Black Bin Collection Day Recycling Collection Day for Green Waste (Brown Bin), Plastics/Cardboard (Black Bin), Newspaper Collection (Blue Box) & Kitchen Compost (Small Brown Bin). |
Wednesday 17 Mar 2021
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Thursday 18 Mar 2021
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Friday 19 Mar 2021
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Saturday 20 Mar 2021
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Sunday 21 Mar 2021(1 event)
10:00 am: Sunday Worship10:00 am: Sunday Worship All Saints' Church St Paul's Walden, |
Monday 22 Mar 2021
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Tuesday 23 Mar 2021(1 event)
7:00 am: Purple Bin Collection Day.7:00 am: Purple Bin Collection Day. Rubbish for Landfill (not recyclable) from 7.00am until 5.00pm. & Kitchen Compost (Small Brown Bin) |
Wednesday 24 Mar 2021
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Thursday 25 Mar 2021
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Friday 26 Mar 2021
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Saturday 27 Mar 2021
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Sunday 28 Mar 2021(2 events)
Palm SundayPalm Sunday 10:00 am: Holy Communion10:00 am: Holy Communion All Saints' Church St Paul's Walden, |
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