At the AGM of Woodbridge Town Council on Tuesday 19th May 2015, Councillor Josh Sayles was elected Mayor of Woodbridge for the Civic Year 2015-16. Born in 1973 in Yorkshire, Josh moved first to East Anglia in 1991 to read law at UEA Norwich, from where he graduated with honours in 1995. In addition to picking […]
British and American airborne engineers have worked together to develop their key skills of building and repairing runways. Exercise Pegasus Gaul has seen 23 Parachute Engineer Regiment training with the US Army’s 37th Brigade Engineer Battalion and 173rd Brigade Special Troops Battalion. The soldiers familiarised themselves with each other’s equipment and techniques, before working together […]
The Official Opening of the new facilities at Deben Yacht Club took place in the evening of Sunday 10th May. The Mayor of Woodbridge, Geoffrey Holdcroft (who is a long term member of the club) cut the ribbon. The ceremony took place after afternoon sailing finished when a large crowd of about 150 members filled […]
Following the success and positive reaction of the last two years, the Woodbridge Carnival will be back on 4th July. This year’s event has changed location to The Abbey Playing fields where there will be games, performances and a wide variety of stalls and food concessions as well as an impressive firework display in the […]
The spring ‘What’s Tasty’ seasonal food market returns to Woodbridge’s Market Hill on Saturday 30 May, 9:30 until 3:30 with its usual mix of street food, fresh local produce – and some from farther afield – as well as cooking demonstrations on an open grill by talented local chefs. Stallholders already confirmed include; Friday Street […]
Owner of RE+new gallery Geoff Witts has announced he would like to find a new custodian and owner of this well-established feature of Woodbridge, before the building goes on the general market at the end of April. The gallery is well known for showcasing a variety of quality exhibitions which continually challenge the stereotype of […]
Climbs and Sprints for Stages One and Two Announced. The locations for the designated Climbs and Sprints for the opening two stages of the Friends Life Women’s Tour in Suffolk and Essex have been confirmed. Each stage of the race will feature two Strava sponsored Queen of the Mountains and two intermediate Chain Reaction Cycles […]
Saturday 18th July 2015, 2pm – 8.30pm at Kingston Park, Woodbridge This year the Royal British Legion Woodbridge will be holding its annual event on Kingston Fields. This will also be the Suffolk County Rally. For more details contact: Barrie Fisk BEM, Woodbridge Branch, The Royal British Legion, 07884 231152
The Firestation café, located at 21A Thoroughfare, is now a fully licensed bar. It will be serving beers, wines, snacks and cocktails made using its own infused sugar syrups! Open Fridays and Saturdays from 19:00 until 23:30.
Suffolk Coastal District Council is offering people the watery opportunity to run pleasure cruises on the River Deben. It is inviting tenders from people interested in running pleasure boat trips from The Jetty, Jetty Lane, Woodbridge (beside Woodbridge Yacht Pond). The Jetty Licence will allow the successful applicant to run the business from this prime location on the […]
