The Toads on Roads season at Gilbert's End will be starting at the end of January. There will be a short get together to answer questions and organise ourselves at 2pm on Sunday25 January in the Three Kings. The meeting will last less than an hour including a walk to the Toad's crossing site.

The Severn Treescapes: Dead Wood Society has created a series of workshops to increase confidence among landowners to plant and look after traditional orchards and fruit trees. This workshop is funded by The National Lottery Heritage Fund and is free to attend: Thur 12 Feb: Orchard Workshop - Formative Pruning - workshop - learn how to prune and care for young trees as part of The Severn Treescapes project at the Three Counties Showground.

Enjoy a free pint & pie or cuppa & cake as a thank you. Free prize draw to win a hamper of goodies. A Hanley Castle Parish Council initiative.

Worcestershire County Council are encouraging people to dispose of their vapes correctly after fires in bin lorries. The fires may have...

The Environment Act 2021 requires Waste Collection authorities, including Malvern Hills District Council, to collect food waste from all...

Following a review in 2023-2025, a revised version was adopted by MHDC on 24th June 2025.  To see background information and the plan...

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Keen-eyed parishioners may have noticed that we have 8 new electric vehicle (EV) chargers in our village. Six are outside Hanley Castle...

GET FIT AND HAVE FUN AT WELLAND’S NEW OUTDOOR GYM SESSIONS Welland has a great outdoor gym just across the road from the parish hall in...

Six residents of Hanley Castle parish have received advice about planting the right tree in the right place and also grant aid to boost...

Hanleys Environmental Group is promoting e-bikes to help people reduce their carbon footprint, associated transport costs as well as...

Peter Goodyear, the current footpath warden, and his protégé Steve Pennant have set up a WhatsApp group to report and address problems on...

“Spring comes little, a little. All April it rains. The new leaves stick in their fists; new ferns still fiddleheads. But one day the...

Join us at dusk for a stroll in Hanley Swan. Hear bat echolocation sounds and use them to identify our local bats using "bat detector"...

Talk presented in Castlemorton Village Hall on 13th July 2023 by Anne Harris from Gloucestershire Wildlife Trust. This was a very useful...

Bees are helping to create a buzz at St Mary’s Church, thanks to the production of churchyard honey. People walking through the...

Empty blister packs (medicine tablet packs) can now be recycled. Please take them to the Old Pump House, at the start of Gilbert’s End In...

Since March 2020, The Hanleys’ Environmental Group has been instrumental in planting 9271 saplings - Trees and Hedging. (Over 10,000 if...

The planning consultation database for the county is being refreshed and Worcestershire County Council would like to invite residents and...