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Thank you Wadebridge 🙌
The Town Council would like to say a huge thank you to all the parents, grandparents, carers, teachers, children, and members of our local community, including some wonderful students from St Breock Primary School who joined us at the Town Hall for the open day on our proposed new inclusive play area. 💛
The event was a fantastic success! 🎉 It was wonderful to see so many people coming together to meet the designers, explore ideas, and discover the wide range of inclusive play equipment available. Your enthusiasm, questions, and conversations truly brought the project to life. 🤝
What happens next? 👉
All the feedback shared on the day, along with responses from our community survey, will help shape the final design. This is a completely community led project, and every voice really does matter. 🗣️
Have your say! ✍️
If you haven’t already, please take a few minutes to complete the survey here:
🔗 https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/27S9JJ2
Your ideas and opinions will help us create a play space that is welcoming, inclusive, and loved by everyone. Let’s build something amazing together! 🌈🏗️
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🎉 YOU’RE INVITED! 🎉
Have Your Say on Wadebridge’s New Inclusive Play Area
Wadebridge Town Council is hosting a Public Consultation Open Day to share exciting plans for a new fully inclusive play area at Jubilee Fields — and we want to hear from YOU!
📍 WHERE:
Main Hall, Wadebridge Town Hall
📅 WHEN:
Thursday 5 February 2026
⏰ TIME:
10:00am – 3:00pm
(Drop in anytime — no booking needed!)
✨ Come along and:
• View proposed design ideas
• Meet the play area designers
• Talk with town councillors and council staff
• Share your thoughts and help shape the final design
👨👩👧👦 Parents, carers, young people, grandparents, and community members — everyone is welcome!
💬 Your ideas will help create a play space that all children can enjoy.
🌈 Let’s build something amazing together for Wadebridge!
🙌 We can’t wait to see you there!
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Notice of Vacancy, Wadebridge East Ward.
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NEW YEAR'S EVE FIREWORKS – MOVING FORWARD
What We're Delivering for the Community
The Town Council is committed to supporting Wadebridge with a wide range of activities and events. This year we have provided:
- Funding for community groups via our Grant process
• VE and VJ Day commemoration events
• Christmas lights
• Free use of council land and car parks for Wadebridge Carnival
• Outdoor cinema event
• Children's Christmas party for parish families
• Community pantomime
• Free car parking for late-night shopping events
We know there has been interest in New Year’s Eve Fireworks in Wadebridge, and we want to provide the full context behind our decisions.
🗳️ The Consultation Process
We ran a 4 week public consultation on fireworks use on council land. While we can't visit every household individually, the consultation was open and accessible, and all feedback was carefully considered in our decision making.
⚠️ Why Event Management Is Complex
New Year's Eve fireworks aren't simply about setting off fireworks. They require comprehensive event management including health and safety planning, risk assessments, insurance, stewarding, crowd and traffic management, emergency planning, and coordination with emergency services. Road safety for large numbers of pedestrians needs careful management with adequate marshalling. This carries significant responsibility and cost for the Council.
⚖️ Balancing Competing Priorities
At the time of the consultation, fireworks took place on several occasions throughout the year on council land. Considering the consultation responses received we acknowledged environmental concerns by reducing fireworks events from four to two, while preserving tradition and cultural significance.
We sought to strike a balance between community enjoyment, safety, disruption, environmental concerns, and affordability. We therefore decided to enable Guy Fawkes Night fireworks to continue (delivered by and at the Rugby Club), while stopping fireworks at the Carnival and late-night shopping and ending funding for New Year's Eve fireworks.
💰 The Financial Reality
The New Year's Eve fireworks display was originally intended as a one-off event for the year 2000 but has continued for 25 years. As a small Town Council with limited resources, we must carefully prioritise how we allocate funding across our activities and services.
After 25 years of providing this event, we reviewed this alongside our other commitments and, in particular, the safe management of the event. We approached the Town Team to enquire whether businesses – particularly those trading on New Year's Eve – would be willing to contribute. Unfortunately, and with understanding given the economic climate, no funding was secured.
Future Opportunities
The Council hasn’t ruled out New Year's Eve fireworks entirely. If an external group wishes to fund and fully organise the event, and all health and safety requirements are met, the Council will consider the proposal.
📧 Please contact the Town Clerk at for guidance on the requirements. Requests must be submitted by end of May for consideration at June's Full Council meeting.
💬 We Value Your Input
We value hearing directly from residents and welcome constructive dialogue. Please email the Clerk at 📧 with your thoughts or questions. We read every message, and your input helps inform our decisions.
Facebook discussions on other pages don't reach us, and we'd like to hear from you directly – and provide accurate information that sometimes gets lost on social media.
🙏 Thank you
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Wadebridge Town Council is excited to announce the launch of a public consultation on an inspiring new project that will shape the future of play in our community! We are proposing to replace the current wooden park at Jubilee Fields with a brand-new, fully inclusive play area designed for children of all ages and abilities.
This is more than just a new playground - it’s an opportunity to create a vibrant, welcoming space where everyone can play, connect, and thrive. But to make this vision a reality, we need your ideas, creativity, and feedback.
Your thoughts will directly help shape the design, priorities, and character of this exciting development. This project will be community-led, and your voice is at the heart of it.
👉 Please take a few moments to complete the consultation - your input truly matters!
Let’s work together to create a joyful, inclusive space that future generations will enjoy for years to come. Thank you for being part of Wadebridge’s next chapter!
Please click the link to complete survey:
https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/27S9JJ2
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🌟 Exciting Play Area Update! 🌟
We’re pleased to share that over the coming days; two brand-new pieces of play equipment will be installed in the Egloshayle Toddler Play Area!
👨👩👧👦 Four-Way Seesaw
This specially designed seesaw can be enjoyed by children and their parents or carers. With space for up to four users, it offers a smooth up-and-down motion, complete with generous handles to ensure a safe and comfortable grip for little ones (and grown-ups!) at each end.
🌀 Whirly Bob
Perfect for younger users, the Whirly Bob is a simple, fun rotator built around a single central pole. It features four curved seats attached to a sturdy perimeter ring, supported by steel tubes and multi-core ropes that also double as handy grips. Children can sit facing inwards or outwards and enjoy the wonderful spinning sensation!
We’re excited to bring these new additions to the play area and hope families will enjoy them for years to come. Thank you for your patience while the installation takes place, we can’t wait to see the smiles.
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🎉 Great News, Wadebridge! 🎉
Wadebridge Town Council is inviting YOU to share your thoughts on a proposed fully inclusive play area at Jubilee Park, located next to the new Changing Places toilet facility.
This is a fantastic opportunity to help shape a welcoming, accessible space where children of all abilities can play, explore, and enjoy together. 💚
👂 We want to hear from you!
Your feedback will help us create a play area that truly reflects and supports our community.
🗣️ Have your say & help bring this vision to life!
📢 More details on how to get involved coming soon, stay tuned!
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🎉 Great News, Wadebridge! 🎉
Wadebridge Town Council is inviting YOU to share your thoughts on a proposed fully inclusive play area at Jubilee Park, located next to the new Changing Places toilet facility.
This is a fantastic opportunity to help shape a welcoming, accessible space where children of all abilities can play, explore, and enjoy together. 💚
👂 We want to hear from you!
Your feedback will help us create a play area that truly reflects and supports our community.
🗣️ Have your say & help bring this vision to life!
📢 More details on how to get involved coming soon, stay tuned!
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Water supply at Egloshayle Cemetery - REMINDER
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We would like to begin by offering our heartfelt thanks to everyone who helped organise and took part in the Remembrance Parade on Sunday 9 November 2025. It was truly wonderful to see so many members of our community come together to honour the Fallen and pay tribute to those who have served and sacrificed for our country.
As we continue our commemorations, the Act of Remembrance will take place outside the Town Hall on Tuesday 11 November 2025 at 11:00am. An air raid siren will sound to mark the start of the two-minute silence, followed by the all clear. This moment of reflection allows us all to pause, remember, and give thanks to those who served in times of conflict and to those who continue to serve today.
We are deeply grateful to everyone who supports these acts of remembrance each year, ensuring that the courage and sacrifice of past generations are never forgotten.
We look forward to another successful and united Remembrance Parade in 2026.
