Welcome
to Woodhall Spa
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the county of Lincolnshire, England
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Woodhall
Spa is a beautiful inland resort with an Edwardian character, set
amidst magnificent pine woods. Regarded as one of Lincolnshire's
most attractive villages, Woodhall Spa is famous for its peaceful
and relaxing atmosphere, and with many fine hotels and guest houses
it is the perfect location for a short break or holiday. The village
has a variety of attractions including two top class golf
courses, the unique 'Kinema
in the Woods', Cottage
Museum, Jubilee Park outdoor
heated swimming pool and several aviation
heritage sites associated with 617 Squadron (the Dambusters).
The
community website aims to provide residents and potential visitors
with detailed information on local business,
amenities, tourist attractions, and events in the village and surrounding
area. There are more than 100 pages of information and photographs,
so please use the menu or the search facility on the left of this
page to explore the site and learn more about Woodhall Spa.
Alternatively,
click on the bold text and go with the flow! |
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Woodhall
Spa vous accueille dans sa belle station thermale où l’ambiance
respire le style et l’élégance des premières
années du vingtième siècle. Entouré de
forêts de pins magnifiques et considéré comme
un des plus beaux lieux de séjour du Lincolnshire, Woodhall
Spa est réputé pour son atmosphère de calme
et de détente. Avec ses beaux hôtels historiques,
ses chambres d’hôte accueillantes et ses charmantes
pensions, c’est un endroit parfait pour profiter d’un
weekend relaxant ou d’un séjour peut-être un peu
plus étendu. Le village vous invite à participer à de
diverses activités de loisirs – ses
terrains de golf, par exemple; son “Kinema-in-the-Woods”; son musée; son beau
jardin public avec sa piscine plein air – mais chauffée
car il le faut, bien sûr! – et tous les endroits historiques
associés à son glorieux
patrimoine aéronautique, un passé qui est surtout
lié, entre autres, à l’escadron 617 – “Les
Dambusters”, si célèbre grâce à ses
activités héroïques pendant la 2ème Guerre
Mondiale.
Ce site vise à fournir aux riverains aussi bien qu’aux
visiteurs éventuels des renseignements détaillés
sur les commerces locaux, les agréments et les installations
touristiques et également sur les événements
prévus au cours de l’année dans le village et
sa commune environnante. Il y a plus de 100 pages d’information
avec photos, donc amusez-vous et renseignez-vous en vous servant
du menu et des liens pour explorer le site! |
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 Woodhall
Spa Events Diary. 'What's on in Woodhall'. Dates and times for a wide variety of sports fixtures, public events, club and society meetings.
Local
tourist attractions An overview of what Woodhall Spa has to offer the visitor
Latest
additions to website What has the webmaster been tinkering with recently?
Woodhall
Spa Walks - Download and print a rambling route round Woodhall Spa
Take
the Heritage Trail - 19 pages of historical information on Woodhall's landmarks to make your visit more interesting.
Country Market - 2nd Friday of the month
Annual Parish Meeting - 27 Mar 14
Woodhall Spa Country Show - 18 May 2014
Woodhall Spa 10k Road Race and Fun Run - 1 Jun 2014
Rotary Club of Woodhall Spa - Big Night Out - 14 Jun 2014
Woodhall Spa Triathlon - 29 Jun 2014
Woodhall Spa 1940's Festival - 19 & 20 Jul 2014
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| This website is now on Facebook. Please use to pass constructive comment on any aspect of Woodhall Spa. Facilities, Events, Parking, Shops, Your holiday in Woodhall etc. etc.
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| Stroke Awareness Day |
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Press Release; Saturday 5th April
Blood Pressure testing events to set new records
The Stroke Association and Rotary International in Great Britain and Ireland are aiming to host over 1000 free blood pressure testing events testing over 50,000 people in 2014. On Saturday 5th April the Rotary Club of Woodhall Spa will be holding a Blood Pressure testing event next to the Woodhall Spa police station on the Broadway between 9.30am and 3pm
High blood pressure is the biggest risk factor for stroke. Know your blood pressure day on 5th April aims to raise awareness about the link between high blood pressure and stroke. Visitors to the event will be provided with information and advice on simple steps to keep their blood pressure under control.
Joe Korner, Director of External Affairs at the Stroke Association said “High blood pressure does not present any symptons and many people have no idea their health may be at risk. We estimate up to half of strokes could be prevented if people took steps to control it through diet, exercise or medication. Having your blood pressure tested is a simple and straightforward way to find out more about reducing your risk of having a stroke.
John Curtis of the Rotary Club of Woodhall Spa said “The Know Your Blood Pressure campaign has been supported by Rotary for over a decade. The ideal blood pressure is 120/80 but we know a significant number of people have readings above that and a quarter have dangerously high blood pressure with readings over 140/90. Rotary events took nearly 43,000 blood pressure readings last year and nearly 7,000 people were advised to take action. These events can play a big role in reducing strokes across the country. |
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| Canadian Lancaster visits RAF Coningsby |
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The Canadian Warplane Heritage Museum is pleased to announce that they will be flying their prized Avro Lancaster to England this August for a month long visit. The Lancaster will join the only other airworthy Lancaster in the world, owned and operated by the Royal Air Force's renowned Battle of Britain Memorial Flight (BBMF), and participate in several events and activities while overseas.
Website: Canadian Warplane Heritage Museum |
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| The Rotary Club of Woodhall Spa - Big Night Out |
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 The ROTARY CLUB of Woodhall Spa presents BIG NIGHT OUT. Non Stop entertainment from 6.30pm to 11.30pm, Saturday 14th June 2014 at the Lincolnshire Aviation Centre. Paula Baldwin and Her Big Swing Band and full supporting program. See poster. |
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| Horncastle Timebank |
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Horncastle Timebank now has members in Woodhall Spa and we are looking to have many more. The Timebank deals with an alternative currency: time, rather than money. For every hour you spend helping someone, you are entitled to an hour of help in return. It's about people helping people and you can use your everyday skills to help and benefit others. Help can be in many forms - performing practical tasks, befriending someone, running errands or even ironing or gardening!
Look at what it's all about on our website: www.horncastletimebank.org.uk
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| Woodland Workout Group |
Launch of a new Woodland Workout group at Ostler's Plantation on 9th April 2014.
This is a chance for locals to have an input into their local woods, and help us to make it a better place for them! Ostler's Plantation is a wood with such forestry potential. It also is an important site for many species such as natter’s bats, adders, and bog myrtle. Ostler’s Plantation has historic significance too, as an airfield during the second world war and future tasks may involve helping us uncover and restore some of the features from this time.
Through volunteering in Woodland Workout sessions you will take part in variety of tasks including fence removal, heathland management and ditching. You will gain new skills including learning how to use a variety of tools safely including pruning saws, loppers, bow saws, and grass hooks.
Volunteers are encouraged to work at their own pace and take rests when needed, there will be a well earned tea break in the middle of the session giving volunteers a chance to relax and chat.
Sessions will run 10am to 1pm on the second and fourth Wednesdays of each month.
For anyone interested, please contact Jenny on 07747006452 or jenny.boatwright@forestry.gsi.gov.uk
Jenny Boatwright
Recreation Ranger, East Beat
Forestry Commission |
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| Woodhall Wheelers |
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Welcome to the Woodhall Wheelers social cycling club.
The ‘Woodhall Wheelers’ …born out of four friends Brian, David, Dean and Trevor (Tubby) who after several years of riding together and watching professional races decided to form a social cycling club.
The club is based in the delightful village of Woodhall Spa, on the edge of the Lincolnshire Wolds, giving us a choice of many different types of rides. A six mile ride to Horncastle takes us to the edge of the Wolds where many 15% climbs can be encountered; there are also great choices of flat routes plus several cycle tracks around the area.
Rather than try to start as a full blown club from scratch (with all the financial implications) the club and rides are run through the www.goskyride.com group section. You will need to sign up and register first (all free) and then you will have access to the group section where you will fine WoodhallWheelers, you then have to click the request to join.
This will give us an idea as to the demand there is likely to be and if it’s good enough we can look at holding an open meeting later in the year when we can perhaps look into going further down the full club road.
We welcome all standards of riders be it novice or experienced. Our aim is to organise one or two social cycle rides per month of varying lengths and terrain.
If you wish to join us, simply sign up to Sky Ride to agree terms and conditions, you ride entirely at your own risk, check the Ride Diary where you can view all our forthcoming rides.
website: www.woodhallwheelers.co.uk
twitter feed @w_wheelers |
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| Woodhall – Walk, talk & socialise group |
Join us on Saturday afternoons for a friendly stroll around Woodhall Spa, enjoying gentle exercise in good company.
We’re a jolly bunch of all-sorts, and welcome new people whether single or partnered.
Meet at 2.00p.m. every 2nd & 4th Saturdays of the month near the big tree at the Kinema-in-the Woods car-park.
After the walk; usually around 4.00p.m. (...dependent on weather etc), we generally take refreshments in whichever of Woodhall’s fine hostelries takes our fancy.
Stout, comfy shoes etc. are advisable.
Informal walks: - No pressures, or obligations - pure sociability!
Why not join us?
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| Woodhall Spa 1940's Festival - 19 & 20 Jul 2014 |
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A great weekend out for all the family - and it's absolutely free!
This will be the third year for the Woodhall Spa 40's festival and the organisers hope to build on the success of the previous two. The weekend is packed with displays, entertainers and parades spread across the whole of Woodhall Spa
In Jubilee Park visitors will be able to see authentic wartime displays by living history groups. There will also be live entertainers performing at different times and locations across Woodhall during the festival and military and classic vehicle will be displayed in the village.
To view photographs of last year's event please visit the 1940's Festival page on this website.
Please pass your views on this event to Simon on mselmer@supanet.com |
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| Vitality |
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A new group is setting up in Woodhall Spa for the over 60’s, delivering exercise with physio based movement called Vitality. The group will meet Thursdays from 1.30pm – 2.30pm at the Roman Catholic Church Hall in Woodhall Spa.
Vitality is a not for profit Lincolnshire project delivering fun, safe and effective specially designed exercise classes which are set to music from the 50’s, 60’s and 70’s. We take these classes all across the County in a range of venues – currently about 60 classes a week and East Lindsey District Council have asked us to set up a new group in Woodhall Spa which we are delighted to do. The classes are usually really popular, offering 45 minutes of exercise followed by tea and coffee each week. We want to help the over 60’s look after what they’ve got, so we work on improving joints and muscle stiffness, posture, circulation and breathing. We’ll be working out gently to disco, rock ‘n’ roll, salsa and Country music and our aim is to ‘revitalise’ those that come along and join in!
The cost of the classes are subsidised by NHS Lincolnshire, and the first session on the 13th October will be free – so people can come along and see what we do.
The classes run 48 weeks of the year, so this will be a permanent new group in Woodhall Spa, running Thursdays 1.30-2.30pm at the Roman Catholic Church Hall. First session on the 13th October 2011 will be free.
Please don’t hesitate to contact Louise Thompson should you require any further information.
County Vitality Project Manager
07876 050105
01529 411194
louise.thompson@leisureconnection.co.uk
arts NK, Third Floor, The Hub, Navigation Wharf, Carre Street, Sleaford, Lincolnshire, NG34 7TW
www.leisureconnection.co.uk
www.vitalitylincs.co.uk |
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| Woodhall Spa Chamber of Trade & Tourism |
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About Us
The Woodhall Spa Chamber of Trade & Tourism is a forum for businesses from Woodhall Spa and Kirkby on Bain. We aim to come together as a local community group with a shared voice to speak to and lobby local government on issues relevant to this area and establish relationships with organisations that can encourage and secure trade and business.
The Chamber aims to develop and enhance Woodhall Spa as a destination for people to live, visit, work and invest. The village has a unique history and heritage, timeless charm and character that we want to maintain and through the Chamber work together to secure a more prosperous future.
The Chamber is a membership organisation that meets bi-monthly. All businesses are welcome to join and to contribute to the activities of the Chamber to benefit your business and the wider area.
Read more on the Woodhall Spa Chamber of Trade and Tourism page
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| National Non-emergency number |
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A new national non-emergency number 101 is being rolled out across the country as part of a Home Office initiative. The number is now live in Lincolnshire.
101 will work in the same way as 0300 but for more information on the new number please visit www.police.uk/101 <http://www.police.uk/101>
101 is the number to call when you want to contact your local police - when it’s less urgent than a 999 call. 101 is available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.
You should call 101 to report less urgent crime and disorder or to speak to your local officers.
For example, you should call 101 if:
- your car has been stolen
- your property has been damaged
- you suspect drug use or dealing in your neighbourhood
Or to:
- report a minor traffic collision
- give the police information about crime in your area
- speak to the police about a general enquiry
101 is being introduced as part of the government's wider work to improve access to the police, ease pressure on 999, and help to efficiently and effectively tackle crime and disorder.
You should continue to call 999 when it is an emergency, such as when a crime is in progress, when there is danger to life or when violence is being used or threatened.
Calls to 101 (from both landlines and mobile networks) cost 15 pence per call, no matter what time of day you call, or how long you are on the phone.
Everyone calling the police for non-emergency matters will now know exactly how much a call will cost them, and can be assured of equal access whether they are on a pay-as-you-go mobile or a home landline.
Calls to 101 are answered by police call handlers in the control room of the local police force. This ensures that staff with local knowledge can answer and deal with the calls and respond appropriately.
You will not be put through to a large national call centre.
When you call 101, the system will determine your location and connect you to the police force covering that area. You will hear a recorded message announcing the police force you are being connected to. If you are on a boundary between two or more forces, the recorded message will give you a choice of which force to be connected to.
Thank you for your continued support.
PCSO Martin Clough
Tattershall NPT
Telephone: 01526 342222 EXT 5604
Fax: 01526 342222
Mobile: 07825 100410
www.lincs.police.uk
www.crimestoppers-uk.org
www.police.uk
www.lincsalert.co.uk
Lincolnshire Police, serving with PRIDE
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Walk, cycle or ride the Spa Trail - 3 miles of flat, surfaced path and bridleway along the mid section of the old Horncastle to Woodhall Junction railway line and part of the Horncastle Canal.
This easy, traffic free route is ideal for wheelchair users and families with young children and pushchairs.
Visit the Spa Trail page for more information and click on the image to view or download the poster
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| Mainly Ballroom |
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 Have you been inspired by the latest BBC series of 'Strictly Come Dancing'! if so, then head down to Coronation Hall on the 1st and 3rd Saturdays in the month. Enjoy a social evening of Ballroom, Latin American, Rock & Roll, Jive, Party Dances, an occasional Sequence Dance and even a smooch or two, but .... Mainly Ballroom!
Admission £3, including refreshments. For more
information please ring: 01526 353225
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or two photos. Clubs, societies, charitable organisations, schools
and churches are offered their own web page that they can update
on a monthly basis. This is a free service! Please
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