In conjunction with Amersham Action Group, the Town Council arranged a public meeting in Old Amersham on 11 February where HS2 and their contractors presented their plans to nearly 200 residents for junction improvements at Whielden Lane/A404, where the Chiltern tunnel vent shaft will be built, as well as plans for the future public engagement on the vent shaft head house design. More information is available on the HS2 website, but you can click here to view the slide presentations from that meeting.

Further consultation will be held later in the year, with a public exhibition on the vent shaft head house design, so please keep an eye on the Town Council website and local notice boards for further information, or check out the HS2 Amersham Action Group website at http://www.hs2amersham.org.uk/

ATC Annual Town Meeting – Tuesday 10th March 2020

AMERSHAM CLEAN UP WEEKEND – SAT 21ST & SUN 22ND MARCH 2020

Join our community clean up to help rid Amersham of litter, and help our wonderful town be the best it can be!

Amersham’s Clean Up weekend is part of the national Great British Spring Clean initiative from Keep Britain Tidy.

Our efforts are part of the national campaign to bring together people from across the country to clean up the litter that blights our towns, villages, countryside and coastline. Clean Ups will be taking place on the following dates:

• Saturday 21st March, 9.30-11.00am, starting outside of St. Michael’s Church, Sycamore Road
• Sunday 22nd March, 9.30-11.00am, starting at Market Hall, Old Amersham

We shall be handing out bags and litter pickers from our stalls at the locations mentioned above!

We hope to see many of you wonderful volunteers there!

Clean Up Day Poster 2020

Town Council Staff joined forces with Stony Dean School and Serco Amersham to sweep, scrap, cut back, litter pick and generally tidy the stretch of White Lion Road, between St. George’s School and the One Stop Shop, on Tuesday. A massive improvement and a great team effort – well done to all!

Town Mayor Councillor Mark Flys joined immediate past Mayor Councillor Caroline Jones, to visit Carrols Hardware Store, Hill Avenue, on Saturday. The shop, owned by Carrol Morris, celebrated its 35th year on 1st February- the longest ‘one woman’ business in Amersham.

Carrols won the Amersham Town Council Business of the Year in 2016.

WOULD YOU LIKE TO RECOGNISE A LOCAL HERO? ATC ARE CALLING FOR NOMINATIONS FOR CITIZEN OF THE YEAR AWARDS 2020

Has someone you know gone above and beyond for the community? Have they done something AMAZING & you feel they should be recognized for their achievement? Then why not nominate your local hero for this year’s Amersham Citizen of the Year Award.

Town Mayor, Cllr. Mark Flys, would like to invite you to nominate the unsung heroes in the community for a Council Citizen of the Year Award, which recognizes the people who do so much for our community.

To cast your nomination – download the Citizen of the Year Nomination Form here, contact the Town Council office on 01494 434000 or email PaulR@amersham-tc.gov.uk

Send your nominations to the postal address or email address above. Nominations close on 20 February 2020. Awards will be given out at the Annual Town Meeting.

All nominees must be a resident of Amersham or involved in the community of Amersham.

HS2 Public Meeting – St. Mary’s Church, 11th Feb 2020 at 6.30pm.

A downloadable copy of the poster is available here.

A huge thank you to all involved!

We are pleased to report that over 400 residents, including many families, joined our efforts to plant 1km of trees in Willow Wood, behind Stanley Hill Cemetery, last weekend. Over the two days, we planted almost 400 native trees which included varieties such as beech, cherry and hornbeam.

The community plant formed part of the Town Councils final push to complete a legacy project to plant 6000 trees planted at Willow Wood.
Following the community plant, the Town Council joined forces with pupils from with Stony Dean School and Dr Challoner’s Grammar School to plant an additional 70 trees, creating a section of wood which we have unofficially titled ‘Stony Dean Wood’.

A huge thank you to everyone involved in the tree plant- from the Town Council Depot team who prepared the site to the bloom volunteers, Stony Dean School, Dr Challoner’s Grammar School and most importantly the many members of the public that supported our efforts. It was perhaps our biggest community event yet!

Join the last Community Tree Plant at Willow Wood – Saturday 11th and Sunday 12th January 2020, 10:00-12:00 hrs.

The trees have now arrived, they’re ready to be planted, and the weather forecast looks good! All are welcome to join us for the last hurrah and do your bit for the environment. All we ask is that you bring a fork with you.

To coincide with the Woodland Trust tree planting mission as part of Big Climate Fightback, we are launching our community tree-planting campaign to encourage 600 residents all ages and walks of life to plant one tree – a total of 1km – beside Willow Wood. This will complete our legacy project which has seen 5,000 trees planted in Willow Wood in the last seven years.

Access to Willow Wood, very much a hidden gem in Amersham, is via Stanley Hill Cemetery or by accessing the public footpath beside the cemetery entrance gate, just past the college in Stanley Hill.

We are very pleased to announce the winner of the best dressed front door competition. Congratulations to Sundari Ferris of Whielden Street!

The judges found it really difficult to choose just one winner from the selection of beautiful and creative wreaths that they saw on so many residents’ doors and would like to thank everyone who took part in helping make Old Amersham more festive and colourful over the Christmas period.

The competition was kindly sponsored by the Amersham Society and Amersham in Bloom.