Fishing Festival
Sunday 31st August
On Bell and Victoria Wharves,
High Street Leigh-on-Sea
From 11.00 a.m. to 5.00 p.m.
Come along to taste seafood, see how it is caught, talk to fishermen and cocklers, see displays of organisations connected with fishing and the estuary.
Have a really good day out in Leigh!
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Allotments Open Day
Sunday 7th September 11.00 a.m. to 3.00 p.m.
Come along to Manchester Drive Allotments
(between Cheltenham Drive and Cricketfield Grove)
Plot tours, bug hunt, nature trail, plant and produce sales, morris dancing, wood turning, orchard display, tools sales, children's activities, barbeque, etc.
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Temporary Closure of Belton Way
1. Belton Way West - will be closed from Wednesday 6th August for about 2 weeks
2. Belton Way East - Will be closed from Wednesday 20th August for about 4 weeks.
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Paddling Pool nears completion!
The Paddling Pool being constructed near Bell
Wharf is almost complete. There are a few small leaks, which cause problems, but we are optimistic of sorting them out soon. This new facility will be a real bonus for toddlers and their parents when the tide is out.
The Town Council is greatly indebted to John Porter, who has paid for the Pool in memory of his late wife, Monica
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Meetings for the coming week
This week's meetings will be:
Leisure, Foreshore & Environment on Thursday 19th June 8.00 p.m. at the Town Council Office at 67, Elm Road, Leigh-on-Sea
New Youth Facility on Leigh Marshes
The Youth Facility is now complete, and in use. It will be officially opened on Monday 28th July at 2.00 p.m.
It is proving to be very popular with the young people of Leigh and further afield. Come along and have a look (or try it out)
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New opening hours.
From January 2008, the Council office
will be open
from 10.00 to 4.00 Monday to Friday.
Leigh-on-Sea - A Quality Council!
Leigh-on-Sea Town Council is proud to announce that it has achieved 'Quality Status'. This means that the level of service provided by the Council has reached the level required of a quality council, from both the councillors and the administration.
We are justifiably proud of this achievement, as there are only 345 quality councils in the whole country out of about 9,500 parishes.
We do recognise, however, that Quality Status is not an end in itself, and we know that we must continue to act as a quality council in all our activities.
We would appreciate help from the members of the public in Leigh to highlight and identify areas of our service we can improve. Nevertheless, we have to acknowledge that there are various facets of everyday life over which we cannot exercise control: roads and pavements, schools, housing, libraries, recycling and rubbish collection are outside our control, but we may be able to have an impact on Southend Borough Council.
For the time being, we are content to be a quality council, and thank all those who have contributed towards this achievement.
Community Transport Award for
Leigh-on-Sea Town Council
The Town Council won a 'Community Empowerment' award for the South East of England earlier this year and has just taken national second place in the 'older people' category, beating off competition from other councils from all around Britain.
The Community Transport programme, which has been running for 9 years is extremely popular in Leigh, and has now been recognised as an award-winning way of giving more independence to our older residents by providing the opportunity for them to go to theatres, concerts, trips etc.
Please click on this link to view on-line.
