The Village Walk will take place on Sunday 1st April, starting from the Sugar Loaf Field (Dallington Recreation Ground). This will be a short (not too strenuous) walk and all villagers are welcome. Brunch will be at the Pavilion at 11am and the walk will start around 11.30. We hope to see you there.
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Village Walk Sunday 1st April
Posted in Environment, Events, Uncategorized on March 24, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
Ragwort – a danger to animals
Posted in Environment on August 16, 2011 | 2 Comments »
Theres a lot of ragwort around at the moment on roadside verges and perhaps in your garden too. Unless you keep livestock you may be unaware of just how toxic this apparently harmless weed can be. Common Ragwort (Senecio jacobaea) is classified as a specified weed under the Weeds Act 1959. It contains toxins, which [...]
Japanese knotweed
Posted in Environment on May 2, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Japanese knotweed seems to be everywhere at this time of year. The Environment Agency describes it as the most invasive species of plant in Britain,. Despite this, it is not a notifiable weed, and landowners are not legally obliged to remove it , unless it is causing a nuisance to neighbouring property. However it is [...]
Report a pothole online!
Posted in Environment, Roads & Transport on March 13, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
The hard winters of 2010 and 2011 have created even more potholes. Dallington PC has been chasing ESCC Highways Department to speed up their road mending programme but progress is slow. You can help by reporting any potholes or other areas of damage to ESCC as soon as you notice these, using the online fault [...]
Dallington Primary needs your aluminium drinks cans!
Posted in Environment, Primary School, Recycling on March 8, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
(Posted on behalf of Melinda Harries) Please could you help? Dallington Church of England School is now recycling Aluminium Drink Cans. The money we raise will go to purchasing new Playground Equipment for the children. You can find the Green Wheelie Bins outside the School. Please leave the cans in a bag – this makes [...]
Useful links for reporting problems
Posted in Environment, Roads & Transport on March 3, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
“Fix My Street” is also useful and effective way to report local problems such as fly-tipping, broken paving slabs, graffiti etc, if you are not sure who is responsible. You enter your postcode first; as well as reporting problems you can also see a list of issues that have been raised and actions taken within a selected [...]
Rother Garden Moths Count 2009
Posted in Environment on January 19, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Garden Moths Count carried out at Stream House, Stream Hill, Dallington on the evening of 30.6.09 by Steve Wheatley, Rother Woods Project Officer, Butterfly Conservation. Moths Count aims to encourage interest in moths throughput the UK and to establish an ongoing National Moth Recording Scheme to improve knowledge and conservation of the 900+ species of [...]
Forwarded message from Rother about rubbish collections
Posted in Environment, Recycling on January 12, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
As many of you will have spotted, we’re posting daily updates on the Rother web; the front page has a ‘headline’ which links to more detail on the waste (rubbish&recycling) pages. [at http://www.rother.gov.uk/index.cfm?articleid=4964 - this link will open in a new window] We’re now back to regular collection days, but we’re concentrating on collecting black [...]
Snow and ice on roads in and around Dallington
Posted in Environment, Police & safety, Roads & Transport on January 5, 2010 | 1 Comment »
East Sussex Highways maintenance (Eastern office) is responsible for this area – telephone: 0345 60 80 193 You can find information on their website about how they are planning to keep roads clear and which ones are identified for precautionary gritting at http://www.eastsussex.gov.uk/roadsandtransport/roads/maintenance/saltingandgritting/default.htm We have started a map showing location of grit bins in and [...]
Woods Corner Walk
Posted in Environment on August 8, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Here is a recommended walk around Woods Corner, starting and finishing at The Swan Inn
