Cople
Welcome to the Cople village web site.
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What's On Soon
Thursday 9th September - Bike and Hike
Thursday 9th September to Sunday 12th September - Heritage Open Day
Distraction Burglars
The Police would like to make people aware of a number of recent distraction burglaries in Bedfordshire. Click here for more details
Music Festival
Cople held its Music Festival over the weekend 20th-22nd August.
If anyone has some more photos they will be most welcome, please see the Submissions page for details.
Friend's Barbecue 2010
Once again the Friends of Cople Church held a glorious barbecue in Judith's garden.
Great food, delightful entertainment from Saxophrenia, warm weather, real ale and Pimms made it a lovely way to spend an afternoon.
Photos here (if any one has any more pictures of the BBQ please do email them to me)
Barn Dance 2010
This is the eighth year in succession that a Barn Dance and Hog Roast has been held in the lovely old Dutch Barn at Oak Farm, the home of Heather and Paul Walsh.
The ‘Friends of Cople Church’ have, until this year, staged the event to raise much-needed funds for the upkeep of the church but this year they lent their support to Paul and Heather to raise funds for St. John’s in memory of Heather’s mother, Audrey Green, to acknowledge in some small but practical way the kindness and care she received in the final stages of her illness.
A magnificent sum of £2,500 was raised and thanks must go to all those generous people who attended.
The full story can be found by clicking here
Cople Lower School - Outstanding
Congratulations to all the staff, helpers, governors and pupils of Cople Lower School. In June 2010 Ofsted inspected the school. It has seen improvement in its Ofsted status over many years and now has been classed as an Outstanding School.
This places the school in the top 6% of primary schools in England and Wales.
We can all be very proud of what our village school has achieved. It takes a lot of hard work to reach this standard. We can be sure that it offers the children the very best grounding for their future
At the end of this summer term the head teacher, Joyce Donaldson, retires after 13 years with Cople Lower School. A new Head Teacher will take over the reins in September and will continue Joyce and her team’s fantastic work. The Governors, teachers, pupils and parents of Cople Lower School all wish Joyce well for the future and an enjoyable retirement.
Please Click here for a full copy of the School's press release.
Gypsy and Travellers
The Bedford Borough Council has issued a draft proposal which includes two further
large sites around Cople for gypsies, travellers and travelling showpeople.
Further details here
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
Click here for the next meeting date
All members of the Council and local residents are invited to attend.
Summary of Speed Device
Cople Parish Council has for the second time this year had the use of the Police Speed Activated Device (SID) to record and monitor vehicle speeds in our village. The machine is self calibrating and displays the speed of an oncoming vehicle accompanied with either a smiley face if travelling at a legal speed or a sad face if the legal speed limit is being exceeded.
The SID machine was positioned in areas of the village where children are known to walk to and from school. On average, 50% of vehicles were travelling in excess of 35 miles per hour, the fastest recorded being 50 MPH. During a two hour session at lunchtime, 68 vehicles left the village in the direction of Northill, 34 of which were exceeding the speed limit. The vehicles recorded covered the full spectrum of traffic we see in our village and included buses, commercial vehicles as well as private vehicles. Details of recorded offenders are passed to Bedfordshire Police.
Cllr Linda Davis - 10th May 2010
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...
Vehicle Crime Reduction Continued
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
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
