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The Preston Parish Council

The Parish Council has no allotment plots available  in either our Weghill site  or the Sandhill Site, we now have a waiting list which is available to both residents and Non-residents of Preston,  If you are interested  in joining the waiting list contact the office 01482 899411 or email prestonparish@parishclerk.karoo.co.uk and your details will be added.

Neighbour Hood Watch in the Village needs a new leader to step into the role. Support from the ERYC and police is available , anyone interested in taking on this worthwhile role may contact the Clerk here at the Parish Council office for further information.

NHS SERVICES ARE CHANGING AT WITHERNSEA AND OTHER LOCAL HOSPITALS IN APRIL 2018 -PLEASE SEE OUR NEWSLETTER SECTION FOR INFORMATION ON HOW THIS WILL EFFECT YOU.

EAST RIDING LIBRARIES. Change in timetable . Residents please be aware that the Library service has changed its time and date in the Village. The mobile library will now visit on a Tuesday every 4 weeks at 9.05am until 9.35am on Weghill Road near Peace Walk .

The next Parish Council meeting will take place on the 10th February 2020 in the Community Hall  starting at 7.00pm

Cranswick Foods Odours.  If you are effected by unacceptable odors from Cranswick Country Foods you can report them to the Environment Agency as soon as possible by ringing the incident hotline on 0800 80 70 60 (Free phone, 24hr service). Information useful when reporting any odor problem includes: the location where the odor was detected, date, time and wind direction.

 

 Current Parish Office Hours: Monday, Tuesday , Wednesday & Friday 10.00am - 13.30hrs. 

 

     

Council Meeting

 

 

The Preston Parish Council meets on the 2nd Monday monthly at 7.30pm in The Preston Community Hall. Everyone is welcome to come along , the meeting has time allotted at the beginning for residents  who may wish to raise any questions. Once this section is completed the meeting will begin. The Preston Parish Council often has a Ward Councillor in attendance who can offer their support.

THE meeting dates are :- December 9th 2019, January 13th 2020, February 10th 2020, March 9th  2020, April 13th 2020, May 11th 2020( the date and time of the Annual Parish Meeting will be agreed and advised ). June 8th 2020, July 13th  2020, No meeting in August 2020, September14th 2020, October 12th 2020, November 9th 2020 and December 14th 2020.

Please if you can come along to the meetings your input is needed by the Parish Council. This year working with the Preston Traffic and Ward Councillor Steele a meeting was held with The ERYC Highways senior team and the problems of the Traffic in Preston put forward, along with a list of potential ideas to improve the Villages situation. In the Spring of next year ERYC has agreed to do a week long traffic count/survey , the first step in moving the ideas forward. We will of course keep you updated. 

Welcome

Welcome to Preston in Holderness, East Yorkshire

THE Parish Parish Council will be closed on Friday 7th February, the clerk will be available Mon, Tue, and Weds this week .The Clerk and the Chair will also be out of the office on Monday 3rd February for a visit the Burial Ground and Brocklebank Court between 10-12pm.Apologies for any inconvienence this may cause.

The Village of Preston goes back to before the Domesday Book. Being founded in Anglo Saxon times it established itself as an ecclesiastical Centre of some importance.

It is situated six miles to the East of Hull and one mile from the town of Hedon to the South. The south western Parish boundary being the the Northern bank of the River Humber from the junction with Hedon Haven and Oldfleet Drain to the West. This drain forms the boundary to the City of Hull to the West and the village of Bilton. To the North the Parish is bounded by the villages of Wyton and Sproatley while the village of Burstwick forms the Eastern boundary and Hedon and Paull to the South.

The Parish is somewhat unique in that there is not only the Village but a second settlement to the South West known as Preston South. Over the years residential developments have been such that the boundaries of both Hedon and Preston South merge at the Westlands drain.

From early times the main occupation of the area was farming and its supporting industries. However, this was eclipsed in the twentieth century by the establishment of the giant chemical works on the banks of the River Humber in the area known as Salt End. These works are mainly owned by BP Chemicals PLC, and are the largest producers of Acetic Acid in Europe.

The population of both settlements totals approximately 3,500 and  expanding as new residential areas are developed. 

(With acknowledgement to the late George Stephenson Author of "Welcome to Preston in Holderness")

Image of the Church and clock here in Preston.