Fifteen magnificent gardens will be on display for Catcott’s annual Open Gardens on Sunday July 3rd. Hundreds of visitors are expected to join villagers for the event which is organised by the Catcott Village Association. They will be transported between the gardens in
Catcott’s Scarecrow Competition
The theme of this year’s scarecrow competition has been chosen by pupils at Catcott Primary School : it’s World Sport 2016. In a year when the Olympics will be staged in Brazil, and England, Wales and Northern Ireland are competing at
Can you help at Open Gardens?
Can you help make Catcott’s big day run smoothly? Hundreds of visitors will be attending our annual Open Gardens event and the Catcott Village Association is looking for villagers to help out for a couple of hours during the afternoon on
Register now for summer gardens competition
The judges will soon be delivering their verdicts on Catcott’s gardens in the annual summer competition. They’ll be out and about during the week beginning June 27th. You need to register with Janet Holden if you want the judges to
Spring Gardens winners announced
The winners of this year’s Spring Gardens competition organised by the Catcott Village Association have been announced. The Spring Gardens Trophy for the best front garden was won by Joan and Norman Roberts of Manor Road. The Spring Cup for
Work starts at St Peter’s, Catcott
Work has started to fix the church tower and roof at St Peter’s. The church will be closed until late summer while the leaking roof is replaced and repairs are carried out to the tower. The work is expected to cost more than
Over 60’s lunch
More than 80 villagers enjoyed this year’s Over 60’s lunch organised and subsidised by the Catcott Village Association. The lunch was hosted at the King William Inn where new landlord John Simpson laid on a two-course meal. The lunch is
Catcott spring clean
Bags of rubbish were collected from hedgerows and ditches around Catcott during Sunday’s annual clean-up organised by the Catcott Village Association. More than 20 people of all ages turned out to help pick up litter around the village. Sedgemoor council provided
CVA events in 2016
The Catcott Village Association has published the dates of events planned for 2016. Sunday 28th February: Village clean-up Saturday 19th March: Over 60’s Lunch Week commencing 4th April: spring gardens judging Saturday 14th May: Safari Supper Week commencing 27th June: summer
Record year for CVA
The Catcott Village Association had “a record year” in 2015 according to chairman Matt Tyler in his report to the group’s annual general meeting. Mr Tyler, who was re-elected for a sixth term, told the meeting the CVA put on seven