A Bristol based renewable energy firm has lodged a planning application with South Northants Council for the erection of a 60m wind monitoring mast to investigate the power generation potential of a site North of Hartwell, and to the East of Roade, by the disused railway North of Rowley Wood.

See the full news article

Back to top

Hartwell now has it's own Flickr group, where you can easily share your photos of the village and the local countryside with other residents.

["Wheat Field at Harvest Time" by Ian Robson (© All Rights Reserved)]

Flickr is a popular photo-sharing service with advanced and powerful features. You can share hundreds of your own pictures without paying a penny. 

You can find the Flickr group at: http://www.flickr.com/groups/hartwellvillage

Back to top

Hartwell Parish Council decided to enter this year's best village competition, Hartwell has entered before and WON (1998) and the Parish Council thought that as the village is on the cusp of launching the Parish Plan project it might be a nice idea to see what ‘outsiders’ thought of the village and what the community has to offer!

Read the full report from the Parish Clerk

Back to top

Back in June, the junction box on the top of the ivy covered telegraph pole at the junction of Kitts Close and Forest Road ignited, giving out sparks and load crackling, which sounded like a mini-fireworks display.

The resultant damage left half the village without power as the circuits were made safe.

Read more....

Back to top

It has been just over a year since the Hartwell Village community website was launched, and the response has been fantastic!

However we are now looking at ways to make the site even better!

If you have any comments or suggestions on the website, or these newsletters, please just reply to this email and let me know!

Back to top