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The Parish Office will be closed from 12 noon on 24th December until 10 am on Monday 31st December.  

Last weekend saw us holding our first Christmas crafting session and a great time was had by all. Thank you to everyone who attended. Special thanks go to Kerryann Ring for kindly donating her time and resources to provide pebble painting, the lovely Moana – Enchanted Isle- Princess Party Visits for her story telling, Councillors […]

Freshwater Parish Council are holding a Public Consultation event on Wednesday 9th January at The Memorial Hall, Freshwater (11am to 8 pm). Come and see what the Parish Council are planning for the next year and ‘Have Your Say’ on the proposed budget items for 2019/2020. We look forward to seeing you there.

The draft Island Planning Strategy has been published for public consultation, and the consultation will run from Monday 3 December 2018 until 12 noon on Monday 28 January 2019. The Strategy will govern how development takes place in future on the Island and involves issues such as housing, infrastructure and environmental protection. Details can be […]

On Friday 7th December parking will be free in the Council car park in Avenue Road. Thanks go to Cllr George Cameron vice-chair of Isle of Wight Council for arranging this. Do take advantage of this and support our local shops.

A number of Parish Councillors attended the meeting of the Isle of Wight cabinet on 8th November. Freshwater Parish Council was very disappointed with the decision of the meeting to close the Local Area Co-ordination service and to stop all referrals for the date of the meeting. The Parish Council having seen the outcomes from […]

The Parish Council is pleased to announce that we have given a £5000 grant to help towards the cost of the purchase of the new FYT bus.

November is budget month for the Parish Council and we will be starting work on the budget for 2019/2020. One of the issues to be decided will be whether the Parish Council will continue to offer financial support to the West Wight Sports and Community Centre. Residents are invited to share their views on this. […]

The Local Area Co-Ordination service may be under threat. LACs support people with disabilities, mental health needs and older people who are looking to improve their wellbeing.  Helping people identify their strengths, gifts, skills and passions and how they might use them within their community, as well as helping them access and use a range […]

Many of you will have seen the wonderful sculpture that has grown into life at Fort Victoria.  Carved over a period of months by the very talented Dave Wallace, the sculpture has become a talking point across the Island. Unfortunately the sculpture has been stolen this week.