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HELIX
Hadleigh Essex Local Information eXchange
LOCAL ORGANISATIONS
CHURCHES – COMMUNITY –
HISTORY
– MUSIC – NATURE OTHER RECREATIONS
– SCHOOLS – SERVICES – SOCIAL Last updated 22 Nov 2023 NB:
CURRENT INFORMATION IS NOT AVAILABLE FOR ALL ORGANISATIONS. |
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Local sites – places
Hadleigh Old
Fire Station (HOFS) Hadleigh
Farm
including Rare
Breeds Centre and Hub Cafe Local sites – social media
Hadleigh Community
Group - Facebook page Hadleigh Benfleet - Facebook page (edited by Amos Estates) Thundersley - Facebook
page (also covers Hadleigh) Thundersley Village - Facebook page (edited by Amos Estates) |
Services
Essex Police Castle Point
District - Facebook page Castle Point Borough Council : Agendas &
Minutes – Webcasts
(YouTube) Essex County Council : |
Schools
(including nearest secondary schools)
Hadleigh Infants & Nursery
School Westwood Academy (Primary School) The Deanes School (Comprehensive,
ages 11-16) The King John School
(Comprehensive, ages 11-19) USP
College, Seevic Campus (Ages 16-19 and adult learners) |
Churches
Hadleigh Methodist
Church (Facebook) Hadleigh United Reformed Church St Barnabas Church
(Anglican, site is on A Church Near You website) St James The Less
(Hadleigh) Church (Anglican, site is on a Church Near You website) St Michael’s & All Angels
Church, Daws Heath (Anglican, part of Parish of Thundersley but also a
member of Churches Together in Hadleigh) St Peter’s Church,
Thundersley (Anglican, part of Parish of Thundersley) St Thomas More Church (Roman
Catholic, linked to Holy Family Church, Benfleet) |
Community organisations
The Art Ministry (Art and craft
sessions for a variety of people from our local community) Castle Point Association of
Voluntary Services Hadleigh Community Group
website + Facebook page Open Arts (A community arts and
health programme, which helps manage and maintain mental health and wellbeing
through creativity) Smart Minds -
Facebook page (A club for those living with dementia and their
carers/families.) Wyvern Community Transport (For permanent
residents who find it difficult to use public transport due to restricted
mobility, temporary difficulty, distance from route or unsuitable timetable) Castle Point
Social Car Scheme – Facebook page (For elderly & disabled
residents) |
Young people’s
organisations
1341 (Thundersley)
Squadron Air Cadets –
Link required
1st Hadleigh Scouts
5th
Hadleigh Scouts – Facebook page
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Nature-related
sites
Castle Point
Wildlife Group – Link required
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History-related sites
Hadleigh & Thundersley
Community Archive AGES Archaeological & Historical
Association (AHA) website + Facebook page |
Musical organisations
Essex Marching Corps
(Blue Sabres) - Facebook page Hadleigh Voices
Community Choir website + Facebook
page The Westwood Singers – Ladies choir. Practise on Thursday mornings
from 10.00am to 12 noon at Hadleigh Methodist Church. Occasional concerts.
Contact Judy Smith on 07805 432009. (To be confirmed for 2022.) |
Sporting
organisations
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Other recreations
Adult Craft & Knitting Club – Meets every Friday in Hadleigh
Library from 12.30 to 14.30. Benfleet Art & Crafts Club – Meets every Friday at Hadleigh Methodist
Church, Chapel Lane, between 13.00 and 15.30. We have been running since 1945
and welcome new members. If interested please contact Keith on 07867 944238
or Terry on 01702 554358. Benfleet & District Philatelic Society – Meets on the 1st
Wednesday of every month at St Barnabas Church Hall, Hadleigh from 7.30pm to
10.00pm. Contact Laurence Gardiner via laurencewgardiner1@hotmail.com Castle Point
Astronomy Club - Facebook page Essex Handicrafts Association (SE Essex Branch) – Now meets on the
2nd Wednesday morning of each month at Hadleigh & Thundersley
Cricket Club. New members welcome. CONTACT REQUIRED. Hadleigh
Gardening Association – closed Sep 2022. Thames Estuary Lacemakers – Meet at Hadleigh Baptist Church.
Contact Sheila on 01702 348863. |
Social organisations
Hadleigh Afternoon WI – Information required. Hadleigh Evening WI – Information required. Hadleigh Castle Townswomen Guild – Meets from 1.30pm to 3.30pm on
the 1st Tuesday of each month at Hadleigh Old Fire Station.
Contact Mary Hodges at marysolaris@yahoo.co.uk.
(To be confirmed for 2022.) Runnymede Ladies Guild – Meetings with various speakers and
crafters held on the 2nd Tuesday of each month from 10.30am to
12.30pm at Hadleigh Conservative Club, 24 High Street, Hadleigh. For more information, phone Mrs Pat Prince
(Secretary) on 01702 552244. |