- Saturday 15 March – Councillor Terry Douris at Bridgewater Arms
- Monday 17 March – Parish Council Meeting, Village Hall
- Sunday 11 May – Gaddesden Gallop, Little Gaddesden Sports Ground
- Little Gaddesden Tennis Club Notice
- Little Gaddesden Village Hall Notice
- Little Gaddesden Charities Fund
- Got Something to be Included in Village Notices?
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Village Notices
Please note, going forward, Village Notices will normally be sent out fortnightly on a Thursday. Any copy to be included in a Village Notice should be sent to village.notices@littlegaddesden.org.uk no later than the Tuesday prior to circulation. The next planned Village Notice will be circulated on Thursday 27 March.
Saturday 15 March – Councillor Terry Douris at the Bridgewater Arms, 10.00am to 10.30am
Terry Douris, Dacorum and Hertfordshire County Councillor, will be at the Bridgewater Arms from 10.00am to 10.30am should you have any local issues you wish to discuss with him.
Monday 17 March – Parish Council Meeting, Village Hall, 7.30pm
Little Gaddesden Parish Council Meeting in the Village Hall – all welcome.
Sunday 11 May – Gaddesden Gallop, Little Gaddesden Sports Ground, run starts at 10.30am
A fantastic cross country 10K & 5K run across the Hertfordshire countryside
Pre-registration: £20 adults, £5 under 18
Limited applications on the day: £25 Adult, £10 under 18
Mini under 12 races – £5 unlimited entry
The Village Sports Ground
Little Gaddesden
HP4 1NX
This year’s Gaddesden Gallop fun run event will be held on Sunday 11th May 2025.
The event will start at 10.30 a.m. on the playing fields – along Church Road. With race number collection between 9.30am – 10.15am followed by a warmup before the race starts. Supporters are very welcome, food and drink refreshments will be available before and after the event, a well needed reward for those who ran and a great way to celebrate and socialise too.
The Gaddesden Gallop is a 5K and 10K fun run on public paths and roads around the villages of Little Gaddesden and Nettleden. There are also mini races held for little ones, on the sports field.
Online registration closes at 12:00pm on Saturday 10th May 2025. There may be space for registrations on the day: £25 adults/£10 under 18s. This is a fun and family event, there are no elite places.
The Run starts at 10:30am. The 5K and 10K participants all start together using the same lines. Children are very welcome to join and must be accompanied by an adult. We request no dogs please.
All runners will receive a medal, with individual trophies being awarded to category winners in the 10k and 5k races.
If you would like to enter the event, then please go to our race page on Entry Central: https://www.entrycentral.com/gaddesdengallopFOLGS . Please also check our Facebook page for regular updates and route maps: www.facebook.com/gaddesdengallop2021.
If running isn’t really your thing but you would like to support the event by marshalling the course, helping to organise the mini races, car park marshalling, setting up, clearing away or with the refreshments, please contact the Gaddesden Gallop Committee at gaddesdengalloprun@gmail.com or 07793825521.
A note about this year’s beneficiaries – Friends of Little Gaddesden School is a charity, run by parents, that supports the Little Gaddesden CofE Primary School. The funds raised go directly to the school to enhance the educational experience of our children. The school is in need of a new roof which is costly and these funds will contribute towards it. Funds from the day will be split between the FOLGS and Epilepsy Society, a charity with a link close to our hearts and those within Little Gaddesden.
Sponsors – We are grateful to all our sponsors who provide considerable assistance and financial support, enabling us to contribute most of our proceeds to our beneficiary charities. Please visit our www.facebook.com/gaddesdengallop2021 for details of this year’s sponsors. If you wish to sponsor us in the future, please send an email to gaddesdengalloprun@gmail.com. We will give you extensive publicity in our literature, Facebook page and on banners on the run day. We are also open to your sponsorship proposals.
The Friends remain grateful to those in the village who initially did all the hard work setting up this event and creating the great fundraising platform we were kindly gifted. So that we can continue to raise funds for the school and charities who have supported people in the village over the years.
We look forward to seeing you there!!
Claire Beard, Catriona Angel, Claire Owen & Hannah Jarvis
Little Gaddesden Tennis Club
Now is the time to join our friendly village tennis club at Little Gaddesden. We offer new members to join early for the 2025-26 season at the same price as an annual membership.
You can start playing as soon as you join and don’t have to wait until April!
We have 3 excellent all-weather outdoor courts in the beautiful village of Little Gaddesden.
Our Club also has coaching opportunities for juniors and adults provided by Evolve Tennis throughout the year.
Don’t delay join today!
Please see our website for details on how to join www.clubspark.lta.org.uk/littlegaddesdentennisclub
Little Gaddesden Village Hall
As many may know, Pre-School have closed down in the village.
This now means the Village Hall currently has good availability during the week, particularly for anyone wishing to organise something on a regular basis, e.g. dance or fitness classes.
If you are interested, please visit https://littlegaddesdenvillagehall.co.uk/
Or contact:
David Brattle 07948 080689 / littlegaddesdenvillagehall@outlook.com
Little Gaddesden Charities Fund
Established in 1997 (as a combination of a number of established local charities), the Little Gaddesden charities has supported individuals and families in Little Gaddesden Parish for 25 years.
The charities’ sole purpose is to help individuals or families resident in the parish with small one-off requests for financial support.
The committee are aware that local parishioners may or may not be aware of the charities and wish to promote the purpose to all residents.
Requests for support are made by either contacting The Revd John Russell on 01442 214898 or by emailing vicar@littlegaddesdenchurch.org.uk. John chairs the charities’ small committee of trustees based on his role within the Parish.
In such a period of financial uncertainty and with the cost of living crisis it is even more important to ensure that members of the Parish are aware of the support availability, and we would welcome being able to provide more support from funds available.
All requests are treated with the utmost confidence and no personal information is shared.
We would also welcome any local organisations providing information of how to access the charity in any wider communications they may undertake.
Got Something to be Included in Village Notices?
To request that something gets included in the Village Notices, please email Mandy Haynes at village.notices@littlegaddesden.org.uk.
