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Pen Pub - August opening

This week we have a special pub night. Unusually, the first Friday in the month follows the Fete so we have Pub night as usual.

All the normal great drinks at reasonable prices.

See you there!

Added by Admin on August 3, 2026 at 12:00 — No Comments

The Light House

"Man overboard, man overboard! Call control. Blow the whistle."

Love is a complicated business. It gets even more complicated when the person you love doesn't want to be alive. Tender, funny and defiantly hopeful, The Light House is a real-life story of falling in love and…

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Added by Admin on July 10, 2026 at 11:30 — No Comments

Flower and Produce show 1st August

You can get Schedule and Entry forms here.

Added by Admin on June 25, 2026 at 19:43 — No Comments

Moldram’s Ground fundraising

Many thanks to those who helped run or supported our fundraiser for Moldram's Ground on 18 April. Much of the village was involved, making cakes, donating books, inventing a quiz and preparing photographs, as well as all those who helped on the day, set up the hall and clearing away.

It was a very successful afternoon which netted £376.40. We also…

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Added by Admin on May 21, 2026 at 14:30 — No Comments

Moldrams Ground

Added by Admin on April 14, 2026 at 16:03 — No Comments

Potholes - No mans land

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cq6qe8340r3o

Added by Admin on March 20, 2026 at 9:15 — No Comments

Tough 10k challenge

Added by Admin on March 6, 2026 at 12:00 — No Comments

Lest We Forget - Royal British Legion Poppy Appeal

We will be collecting in the village over the next 2/3 weeks for the Royal British Legion Poppy Appeal. Last year we collected £431 making it very worthwhile for all the walking that is involved!

Ros…

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Added by Admin on October 21, 2025 at 17:30 — No Comments

Changes to Nordic Walking in Pen Selwood

See https://penselwood.ning.com/page/nordic-walking

Added by Admin on October 5, 2025 at 14:30 — No Comments

Damage to Field

Added by Admin on August 5, 2025 at 13:24 — No Comments

Village Fete 2nd August 12 noon

Added by Admin on July 15, 2025 at 21:03 — No Comments

Pulling bracken at Moldram's Ground.

Because of the weather patterns this year bracken is smothering the bluebells at Moldram's Ground. A few people have been pulling the bracken to give the bluebells a chance to thrive. Please contact Elizabeth Carter if you are able to spend a short while helping. She will be there at 2:30pm this Tuesday & Thursday. Let her know if you wish to join her.…

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Added by Admin on May 19, 2025 at 17:00 — No Comments

Litter Pick 15th March

Once again lots of people turned out for the village litter pick so everything should be looking extra special now. Pen Ridge is becoming a bit of a black spot with nitrous oxide cannisters littering the verges. Dog mess bags also continue to blight the scene too.

There has been a bit of fly tipping here which we will report through the council website. If you also notice fly tipping anywhere in the village please do report it. Clearing it away discourages…

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Added by Admin on March 15, 2025 at 18:43 — No Comments

A conversation with James Long about Ferney

On Wednesday 29 January 2025 at 7:30pm in the Village Hall, James Long, the author, will be visiting and talking to us about how he came to write two novels based around Penselwood.

I know many of you will already have read either Ferney or The Lives She Left Behind and I can heartily recommend both. Ferney is a timeslip…

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Added by Admin on January 27, 2025 at 22:18 — No Comments

Illegal raves at Penselwood

Last week in Parliament Sarah Dyke our MP pushed the Minister for Crime, Policing and Fire as to how the Government will better support the police and give the public confidence they will crack down on these illegal raves. You can view this HERE.

Added by Admin on January 22, 2025 at 17:36 — No Comments

Survey about this website

Please find attached the results of the survey regarding usefulness of the website. If you haven't yet managed to give feedback then please feel free to email me.

Website survey

Geoff Parcell

ourpenselwood@gmail.com

Added by Admin on January 20, 2025 at 16:26 — No Comments

Recycling at Christmas

Recycling as normal on Mondays 23rd, 30th December and 6th January.

Garden waste Tuesday 24th December followed by 21 January.

Rubbish Monday 6th January.

Disposing of wrapping paper and Christmas trees

Wrapping paper

Recyclable wrapping paper can go in your black recycling box, but do not put it in bin bags. There will be special areas for wrapping paper at…

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Added by Admin on December 22, 2024 at 15:52 — No Comments

Poppy Appeal

We collected £431.01 in the village for the Royal British Legion Poppy Appeal. Thank you to all who contributed and especially to my helpers walking the Village collecting, which takes a lot of time and energy!