Welcome to Braughing - 'A Sense of Place'
This website is your guide to the historic village of Braughing, designed to help you find out about the village and make the most of your day out here if you plan to visit in the future.
This website is your guide to the historic village of Braughing, designed to help you find out about the village and make the most of your day out here if you plan to visit in the future.
If you wish to receive notifications of meetings, events or other important information from Braughing Parish Council, register your email address here >>>.
(Those who already receive emails do not need to re-submit.)
Every Thursday Coffee Morning
10:30am to 11:30am, Old Boys School, Braughing.
St Mary's Church Christmas services
Details here >>>
Thursday 30th November - St Mary's Church
Pop-up Carols rehearsal, in the Church (details here >>>)
Sunday 3rd December - "Mince pie" Village Walk
Meet in the Square, Braughing at 1:30pm
Tuesday 5th December - St Mary's Church
Pop-up Carols rehearsal, in the Church (details here >>>)
Friday 8th December - Braughing Get Together
Winter supper in the Church Hall, Braughing
Braughing Local History Society
Have your say in the future of Braughing Local History Society. Details about the Society can be found here >>>
To complete the survey click the following link: https://www.smartsurvey.co.uk/s/TR7JFT/
East Herts Air Quality Action Plan (AQAP)
East Herts Council has now started a six-week consultation on its
proposed Air Quality Action Plan (AQAP) in fulfilment of its obligations
to meet air quality objective limits under Part IV of the Environment
Act 1995 and to meet the requirements
of the Local Air Quality Management (LAQM) statutory process.
The new Air Quality Action Plan for East Hertfordshire will cover the
period between 2024 and 2029 with the aim of improving air quality and
reducing residents’ exposure to air pollution. The action plan outlines the plan to effectively
tackle air quality issues that are within its control.
The consultation will run for six weeks and close at 09:00-hrs on the 13 December 2023. Details can be found here>>>
Give food waste the chop and save up to £720 a year.
Research in Hertfordshire
shows that a
staggering 24% of an average
bin is wasted
food – most of
it edible. In
fact, 50-70%
of the food we
throw away
could have
been eaten. Not only does food waste
have a huge
impact on our
finances, it
is responsible
for up to 10%
of global
greenhouse gas
emissions.
More here >>>
Hertfordshire County Council vision for Electric Vehicle charging in Hertfordshire
The strategy sets out a plan to provide more charge points so residents and businesses will be able to recharge their electric vehicles conveniently and appropriately in the future.
What is the impact for rural villages? Find out more >>>
It is evidenced that some visitors to our village, vehicles passing through and cyclists, do not respect our environment. Some vehicle drivers litter our paths and hedgerows, some cyclists discard punctured inner tubes - on the spot fine of £150. The residents of Braughing are particularly insistent that visitors and passers by respect the place where we live and will photograph and report offenders.
Here are the Facebook groups that are helpful and supportive to our community:-
Braughing Parish Council, Spotted in Braughing, Covid 19 Hertfordshire, St Mary's Church
St Mary’s Church is now a Food Bank Agency for Bishops Stortford and Buntingford Food Banks - Charity Number 154800. There is a huge need for help and support for some in our communities and according to the Buntingford Foodbank, numbers in need have doubled in the last 3 months and Food Bank boxes can be delivered to anyone in our villages.
St Mary's Braughing and Furneux Pelham are FOOD BANK COLLECTION POINTS with food collection containers. Leaflets next to the containers list items needed by the Foodbanks and the food will be regularly picked up from the churches.
Anyone in need of help in Braughing, Furneux Pelham or Stocking Pelham can contact Margaret Leadbetter on 01279 777629.
The DRT scheme will serve North and East Herts, including Braughing, Dassels, Hay Street, Braughing Friars and Hamels Park. Click here >>> for more information.