Category Archives: Events
Festive fun at the URC
The URC will be making a full contribution to Festive Community Night on Friday 9th December, with a seasonal display in the church, stalls of Christmas decorations and presents, a CLICK Rukiga stand, hot drinks and mince pies in the Oasis coffee shop and a raffle.
There will also be books, mainly our high-end stock and ones with a local or Middlesex connection, such as Morris Hughes’ The Story of Ickenham, which is hard to find these days.
We will be there from 6pm to 9pm and again on Saturday 10th from 10am to 12 Noon for a Coffee Morning with homemade cakes, and the church and the stalls open again.
Admission will be free throughout.
If you have items to donate please bring them to the church on the Friday afternoon between 2pm and 6pm or ring Richard Piper on 01895 634348 for collection.
We look forward to seeing you!
RICHARD PIPER
Proposed closure of surgery
We are sure you are aware of the issues with St Martin’s Ickenham surgery as, according to our informant, “It rarely seems to be open with daily closure notices posted on the door.”
We have been informed that some registered patients received information by text on 2nd Dec of two consutation meetings on the proposed closure of this surgery. Apparently, not all patients have received this notification.
The details are as follows:
Thursday 8 Dec 22 consultation meeting is in St Giles Church Hall 10:30am to 11:30am.
Saturday’s is on 10 Dec 22 in the Ickenham Village Hall (33 Swakeley’s Road) also 10:30am to 11:30am.
The PPG Chairman and Deputy Chairman will attend both meetings.
If you have any more information please let us know and circulate this as far as possible as we cannot afford to lose a GP sugery from the village.
Greenway allotments/Harvil site works
From HS2:
1 HS2 Works Notification: Thames Water Works update
We are writing to update you on the Thames Water works on the allotments near The Greenway in Ickenham.
We are progressing well with our work on the allotments, and now need to bring the new sewer into use. To ensure this work is completed by Christmas, we need to work weekends from 3 – 18 December 2022.
2 Notification
Extended hours for the construction of the TBM treatment area
We are writing to update you on our works at our Gate 1 site.
What we are doing
Works are ongoing at our Gate 1 site on Harvil Road, to build the TBM material treatment area. Some of these works will need to take place during extended working hours.
We will use this area to treat the soil that will be removed from the West Ruislip portal tunnels before it is placed in its final location.
Our preparation to build the TBM material treatment area is progressing. We will start working on the construction of the treatment area from 11 December 2022 until 28 May 2023. Some of these works will need to take place during extended working hours.
We will use this area to treat the soil that will be removed from the West Ruislip portal tunnels before it is placed in its final location.
These works will pause on 23 December 2022 and restart on 3 January 2023.
For further information please see our works notification. https://www.hs2.org.uk/work-items/extended-hours-for-the-construction-of-the-tbm-treatment-area/
We would like to apologise in advance for any disruption or inconvenience this may cause. Every effort is being taken to ensure that these works are carried out in the least impactful way.
We will ensure that disruption is kept to a minimum.
Duration of works
11 December 2022 to 28 May 2023
Monday to Sunday 8am to 6pm
We may be on site for an hour before the start and/or end of the shift
What to expect
Extended working hours for portions of the work
Additional staff on site outside of core hours
What we will do
Continue to monitor our working methods and minimise disruption to the local community
Advise our staff to be mindful of our neighbours
HS2 operatives’ car park at West Ruislip
From HS2
Car park construction at Ruislip Golf Course
We’re writing to let you know about some planned works that we will be carrying out at Ruislip Golf Course.
From 12 December 2022 to 28 January 2023, we will be carrying out work to construct a new car park for staff in the Ruislip Golf Course.
This has been approved by the London Borough of Hillingdon to assist with the reduction of operatives parking on local streets.
The car park will be in place throughout the duration of the construction project and will be restored as part as the golf course redesign.
We will be stripping away the topsoil and replacing it with a thin layer of stone.
These works will pause on 23 December 2022 and restart on 3 January 2023.
For further information please see our works notification. https://www.hs2.org.uk/work-items/car-park-construction-at-ruislip-golf-course/
We would like to apologise in advance for any disruption or inconvenience this may cause. Every effort is being taken to ensure that these works are carried out in the least impactful way. We will ensure that disruption is kept to a minimum.
Tunnel segment deliveries to West Ruislip 24/7
from HS2
HS2 Works Notification: Update: Tunnel segment deliveries to West Ruislip 24 hours a day, 7 days a week
We’re writing to let you know about some planned works that we will be carrying out in your area.
We wrote to you recently to let you know about the launch of the newly assembled Tunnel Boring Machines (TBMs) at the West Ruislip Portal site.
Both TBMs have now launched and are working their way towards Greenpark Way (Ealing), which we expect them to get there in June 2024.
With the TBMs now fully operational, we need to increase the deliveries of tunnel segments to the West Ruislip site. This will mean deliveries at night as well as during the day from Thursday 10 November onwards.
For further information please see our works notification. https://www.hs2.org.uk/work-items/update-tunnel-segment-deliveries-to-west-ruislip-24-hours-a-day-7-days-a-week/
Duration of works
Late September 2022 to June 2024
The tunnelling and site support activities will be 24/7
Deliveries of the tunnel segments will increase to 24/7
What to expect
Increase of staff on site outside core hours
Activities associated with the tunnelling work, including removal of
excavated material, supply of materials and maintenance of tunnelling equipment
What we will do
Advise our staff to be mindful of our neighbours
Dates and places for Santa
From the Elthorne-Hillingdon Rotary Club.
The Ickenham routes are as follows:
CHRISTMAS STREET COLLECTION SCHEDULE: DECEMBER 2022
Father Christmas starts at 6.15pm but must return home to Lapland at 9pm. Please help him to see all the children on these visits by having them warmly clothed for when he arrives, as otherwise he may not be able to see everyone.
Monday 12th December – Ickenham
Gibson Road (but not between Campden & Nettleton), Campden Road, Charlbury Road, Enstone Road, Malcolm Road (but not between Nettleton & Woodstock), Nettleton Road, Woodstock Drive (but not between Swakeleys & Gibson), Halford Road, Swakeleys Drive, Thornhill Road (between Woodstock & Gibson).
Tuesday 13th December – Ickenham
Lawrence Drive (but not between Crosier & St Giles), Crosier Rd, Glebe Ave (but not between Long Lane & Crosier), St. Giles Ave, Austins Lane (between St Giles & Glebe), Sussex Rd (between Glebe & Burnham). Tavistock Rd, Burnham Ave (but not between Glebe & Milverton), Milverton Drive, Edinburgh Drive, The Paddock, Long Lane.
Thursday 15th December – Ickenham
Greenacres Ave (between Derwent & St Georges), St Georges Drive, Copthall Road West (between St Georges & Derwent), Derwent Ave, Wallasey Cres, Hoylake Cres, Woodland Close, Eleanor Grove, Rectory Way, Swakeleys Road (between Rectory Way & Derwent).
Harvil Road lane closure
from HS2
HS2 Works Notification: Update on utility and construction works on Harvil Road
We’re writing to let you know about some planned works that we will be carrying out in your area.
In August we wrote to you to let you know that we plan to complete major utility diversion works and realign a section of Harvil Road from 30 August 2022 to 5 September 2023.
We need to carry out some additional work during the school half term, from 24 to 29 October 2022. We will relocate one of our site entrances to help facilitate the Harvil Road realignment.
These works will require a lane closure.
For further information please see our update works notification.
https://www.hs2.org.uk/work-items/update-on-utility-and-construction-works-on-harvil-road/
We would like to apologise in advance for the disruption or inconvenience this may cause. Every effort is being taken to ensure that these works are carried out in the least impactful way.
We will ensure that disruption is kept to a minimum.
Your utility services will not be affected.
HS2 face-to-face 4-7pm tomorrow
From Brian Adams (our HS2 lead):
You may be impacted by the noise and pollution from the dumping of tunnel spoil in the fields between Harvil Road and Breakspear Road South – this is yet to start and will take up to three years with tens of thousands of HGV movements.
You may be impacted by the movement of the spoil from West Ruislip to the fields above. They will be using conveyors systems 24/7 for up to three years
You may be impacted by lane and road closures planned by HS2 over the next few years
You may be impacted by HS2’s plans to bring the tunnel segments using large flatbed lorries through Ickenham village……..until the rail siding are completed at West Ruislip.
If you are interested in what HS2 and its contractors are doing in Ickenham for the next few years please go along to the United Reform Church tomorrow 18th October between 16.00 and 19.00.
You will find a list of some questions, you may wish to ask, in our previous post on the subject.
Not the URC Forecourt Sale!
From the URC
Firstly, apologies to anyone who was inconvenienced by the cancellation, out of respect to our late Queen, of the Late Summer Forecourt Sale. This was by definition at short notice and though we tried to spread the word we were not wholly successful, but it was good that one or two people took the opportunity for quiet contemplation in the church. As a replacement we will be holding a sale [entirely indoors!] and coffee morning on Saturday 15th October from 10am to 12 Noon, admission FREE. We will be selling bric-a-brac, books, collectables such as stamps and cigarette cards and pretty well anything else that we already have or which comes in, except clothes or shoes. If you have items to donate please bring them to the church between 2pm and 6pm on Friday 14th October or ring Richard Piper on 01895 634348 for collection. This is also the number for any enquiries or offers of help.
Please also note that we will be holding a sale of Christmas items [probably with some quality books as well!] as part of the Festive Community Night on Friday 9th December, with the sale continuing plus an accompanying coffee morning on Saturday 10th.
Ickenham Residents' Association 