We support members who have concerns in their neighbourhood – Friends of Butts Close is one such group. You can join the group by emailing buttsclose@gmail.com. They produce four or five newsletters each year, and we have provided links to them … [Read more...]
Spring Clean Gallery 2019
Hitchin Footpaths – How You Can Help
Hitchin Footpaths – How You Can Help For some years, Hitchin Forum members have worked in coordination with Hertfordshire County Council’s Countryside Access Officer for our area, Nicholas Maddex. Our input was of the form of a general survey of … [Read more...]
Revised Churchgate Timeline
With renewed activity about developing Churchgate and the surrounding area, we have revised the Timeline to show what happened when Churchgate Timeline 1971 - Churchgate built; described at the time as a “space age development to keep up with … [Read more...]
Hitchin’s Big Green Litter Pick – October 21st
Hitchin Forum and Clean Up Hitchin (https://www.cleanuphitchin.co.uk/) joined forces for a stupendous effort with 233 volunteers covering 16 sites across the town and collected 188 bags of rubbish. Little extras included in the haul at The Dell were … [Read more...]
Churchgate Survey
North Herts District Council has agreed "to support the principle of a joint venture regeneration of the Churchgate Centre in Hitchin, with the Council as funder of the regeneration. The potential joint venture between the Council and Shearer … [Read more...]
Letter to NHDC about Churchgate consultation
We have written to NHDC (in the person of the Deputy Chief Executive) setting out our reservations about the consultation survey and the proposals, whilst generally supporting them. We did attach a 2015 report* Markets Matter - click here about the … [Read more...]
The Big Hitchin Spring Clean March 2018
The Big Hitchin Spring Clean on Sunday was a great success. 93 volunteers were organized into 12 teams and they worked hard! 149 bags of rubbish plus other big items - a mattress, tent, 6 bound bundles of newspapers, wheelbarrow frame and much else. … [Read more...]
Churchgate update
Churchgate - good news! Despite a pessimistic prediction when the Simons' fantasy foundered in 2013 that it would take 25 years for anything to happen on Churchgate, a scheme has been announced. This is very welcome. There are, of course, a number of … [Read more...]
Caring for our footpaths
Consultations and Councils' care of our footpaths and green spaces We have concerns about our town and environment, both the buildings and those often neglected bits between them. We are very keen that both the District and County Councils are helped … [Read more...]