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Egloshayle Cemetery - NO WATER

Due to frost damage the water is currently off at Egloshayle Cemetery, this is being fixed and will be up and running again tomorrow.

Sorry for any inconvenience caused.

Annekas Bridge – CLOSURE

Monday 7th February – Friday 1st July 2022.

Cormac are carrying out works on Annekas Bridge to replace bridge cables and fittings, decks and refurbish existing steelwork. The prohibition will be in force 24 hours a day, weekends included, the works are expected to be completed by the 1st July 2022

Please click the following link for a map: https://one.network/?tm=124248174

Yesterday saw the Christmas lights get taken down for safe storage until November.

Wadebridge Town Council would like to say a huge thank you to everyone involved and all the hard work put in yesterday:

A special big thank you to the following:

- Davey Electrical Services ltd
- All Volunteers
- John Young at The Granary in Wadebridge (for providing refreshments)
- Swan Hotel Wadebridge (for providing hot drinks)
- Kirstie Madden at Luna Cafe & Kitchen (for providing Brownies)
- WTC Cllr Alison for providing some lovely cake

Without you all of you, our spectacular Christmas lights would not be possible. Also another big thank you and appreciation to Davey Electrical Services ltd team for attending to failures and breakages.

Lastly, thank you to all residents and visitors to Wadebridge yesterday with your patience with any traffic disruption caused with the lights being taken down.

It was lovely to see the town lit up again and our community coming together to help make our town shine.

As no further restrictions have been put in place by the Government this week, the New Years Eve fireworks will continue as planned.

We're welcoming 2022 with a spectacular fireworks display that will take place on New Years Eve, Friday 31 December.

The fireworks display, which will be launched around midnight from Jubilee Playing Fields (as per previous years) will create a stunning finale to end the year for both visitors and residents of Wadebridge.
We hope it will give the public an opportunity to come out and enjoy the display after another challenging year.

Sakura Cherry Tree Project – Egloshayle Cemetery, Wadebridge

The Town Council were honoured to recently welcome Deputy Lieutenant Commodore Jamie Miller CBE and Deputy Lieutenant Gaynor Coley to Egloshayle Cemetery for the planting of 6 cherry trees.  These cherry trees are some of the 6,500 Japanese cherry trees – or Sakura in Japanese – given to the UK by Japan, and planted across the country in parks, gardens and schools to celebrate Japan’s relationship with the UK.  Scott Mann MP, while disappointed that he was unable to attend the planting, sent his best wishes and was delighted that he had been of assistance in bringing the trees to Wadebridge.

The Sakura Cherry Tree project was formally launched with a planting ceremony at The Regent’s Park attended by HRH The Duke of Gloucester, the Japanese Ambassador Yasumasa Nagamine, Joint Chairman of the Sakura Cherry Tree Project Keisaku Sandy Sano and local schoolchildren.

All of the varieties of cherry trees planted as part of this project are of Japanese origin.  The vast majority are of three varieties, ‘Beni-yutaka’, ‘Taihaku’, and ‘Somei-yoshino’, which have been chosen for their variation in colour, timing, and historical significance. For example, ‘Taihaku’ is a large, single white blossom variety, which became extinct in Japan but was reintroduced to its homeland by Britain’s Collingwood 'Cherry' Ingram in 1932.

Under the guidance of Senior Groundsman, Ed Treverton, the Deputy Lieutenants accompanied by Deputy Town Mayor Ian Welch & Cllr Heather Cooper- Waite and Town Council staff planted these beautiful trees in a very special place.  We look forward to seeing them grow and blossom.

Yasumasa Nagamine, Japanese Ambassador to the UK said, ’We hope that people all over Britain will join with us in embracing this chance to deepen mutual understanding, thus helping to create an enduring legacy. Yet the Sakura Cherry Tree Project will not just represent the lasting impact of the Japan-UK Season of Culture but will be a wider celebration of the cordial ties between Japan and the UK. I hope they bring joy to people across the UK and remind them of the deep friendship between our two nations and peoples.’