Cople
Welcome to the Cople village web site.
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Parish Council
A section has been added to this Cople web site to promote the work of our Parish Council. The council will provide details of minutes, meeting agendas and other items that are of interest to Cople residents.
You will find a permanent link to the Parish Council page in the right hand menu of this page
Next Meeting
The next meeting is on 19th April 2010, 7.30pm in Cople Village Hall. This wil be the Annual Parish Meeting.
Your new neighbour
Beware of visitors claiming to be your new neighbour
Ringmaster, the Police information service, has asked that we make residents aware of a distraction burglary alert. Someone is calling on the elderly claiming to be their new neighbour
Other recent warnings...
Winter Crime Reduction Continued
Cold-callers, surveys and alarms Continued
Five Bells Recycling
The Bedford Borough Council (BBC) wish to inform us the recycling paper bank in the car park at the above location is to be removed. Due to contamination on a regular basis the council will remove this bin in the next 7 - 10 days [this email was dated 11/12/09]. The glass banks will remain on site, this facility is well used and I am pleased to say contamination has never been an issue. Residents are able to place all their paper in their kerbside recycling bin or bag.
BBC recycling information leaflet and collection calendar can be found here
Further information about our local recycling facilities have been provided by BBC and can be found here
Peter Burr's Cople Archive
Harvest Art and Crafts
Over the weekend 27th and 27th September 2009 All Saint's Church held a wonderful exhibition of arts and crafts from local residents.
The Church was filled with so much amazing work. A few photos on the Cople photo web site.
Organisations * NEW *
The Cople web site has introduced a new facility to allow Cople clubs and societies to maintain their own set of pages
Cople Argus Cricket Club
The first organisation to "open the batting" is the Cople Argus Cricket Club. Chris Brown, captain, has done an excellent job at creating pages to promote and report the cricket club's details.
Your Club Next?
If you run a Cople group for which you would like to have and maintain one or more pages please do contact me, Ian, here.
You must be prepared to update your pages, when they need it, on a regular basis, e.g. weekly or monthly. There are a few ground rules and a little bit of a learning exercise but once mastered most people who can use the Internet should have no problem doing it.
Local Shops
Willington Post Office
Although Cople has no full time shop of its own the Willington Post Office sells a useful range of basic food, bread, wine, some good-looking fruit and vegetables and newspapers. We urge residents to support the Post Office whenever possible.
Summerhill Farm Shop
Also March 2008 has seen the opening of a new shop in Cardington, Summerhill Farm Shop. Since then Summerhill have earned a good reputation selling salads, vegetables, bread, fruit, meat, cheese and other delicatessen items sourced locally where possible.
Safer Neighbourhood Team
A new web page has been added for the Cople Safer Neighbourhood Team police officer.
Who is your local bobby? When are his/her Cople surgery/walkabouts? Do you know what Ringmaster and Smartwater are? Read about local crime statistics and contact links in the Cople Safer Neighbourhood Team's newsletter here.
We are also including recent, local crime reports on the 'Ringmaster' page. This lists reported crimes in this area and offers advise on how to avoid becoming a victim.
Local weather
Flood Map
Online map from the Environment Agency. Most of Cople seems clear, Water End has a risk from an extreme flood
