Meeting of the Parish Council
Next Parish Council meeting: Monday 27th January, 2025 at 7:30 pm at Heathlands Community Centre: Agenda.
Draft minutes of the last meeting and papers for consideration.
Annual Governance and Accountability Return – Certificate of Exemption 2023/24
Notice of Public Rights and Publication of Governance & Accountability Return (Exempt Authority)
Annual Governance Statement and Accounts 2023-2024
Internal Audit Report 2023-2024
WEA Blofield is offering a new course: ”Crime through Time”. This 7 week course will be held at Blofield Court House, 28 Yarmouth Road, Blofield with tutor Joseph Williams.
For the last century, crime fiction has been the most popular and lucrative of literary sub-genres. But this commercial success belies a formal inventiveness and experiment, a constant drive to “make it new”. No previous knowledge of crime fiction is necessary – all are most welcome.
The course will be held on Tuesday mornings from 1st October – 19th November, 2024 between 10:00 a.m. – 12:00 noon (half term 29th October).
Course fee is £58.80 If you receive certain benefits you may be entitled to a free course.
To enrol online: go to www.wea.org.uk and quote Course reference Q00018194 or phone 0300 303 3464 quoting the Course reference Q00018194.
Please contact the Blofield branch with any queries: blofield.branch@wea.ac.uk or telephone 01603 537029 (Susan Rowe).
2025 Meeting Dates
All meetings are held at Heathlands Community Centre, Blofield Heath, and commence at 7.30pm.
Members of the public are most welcome to attend and may speak to raise any matters of concern during the Public Session that is held in the early part of Parish Council meetings.
27 January 2025
31 March 2025
19 May 2025
28 July 2025
29 September
24 November 2025
New Village Sign

Hemblington Parish Council was delighted to Inaugurate the new Village Sign for the Broadland village of Hemblington.
The sign depicts All Saints Church, Hemblington and the village’s predominantly farming and woodland features. The Boot on the sign represents Jeremiah Cutton, who was the local shoemaker born in October 1850 who resided in Cutton’s Corner which is adjacent to the sign’s location.
The Ceremony took place on Saturday, 25th September 2021 at 12 noon with the cutting of a ribbon by Sue Smith, local resident who won an original competition to create the initial design, which was then manufactured by local resident Caroline Ramsay.
The Ceremony was attended by Broadland District Councillors, Nigel Brennan, Hemblington Parish Councillors, honoured guests who contributed to the sign’s installation and parishioners.
Caroline Ramsay, Parish Councillor created the sign coached by Mitchell House, Sculptor based at Alby Crafts near Aylsham. Mitchell House thereafter continued tutoring Caroline into the art of casting Bronze Sculptures which she has now successfully undertaken several commissions.
Caroline commented that “The sign was originally modelled from clay, from which a mould was created to allow the final sign to be cast from then painted”.
The sign is erected on wrought steel manufactured locally by Mike Harvey at Woodbastwick Forge and the brick plinth base by Roger Pointer and his team from A1 Maintenance Services. Hemblington is a very small village with few amenities and had never had its own village sign, so it is a historical day in the village calendar.
Concept for new sign
Following a competition held in the village to come up with a concept for a new village sign for Hemblington, parishioner Sue Smith’s design was nominated who lives in Cutton’s Corner whose original layout is shown below.

Click here to read the full story of how the sign was created and installed.

Welcome
Welcome to the Hemblington Parish Council website.
Hemblington is a small parish close to Norwich in the district of Broadland and the county of Norfolk. It consists of the villages of Pedham, Hemblington and part of Cuttons Corner.
The parish council represents the local residents in matters including planning, provision of recreational facilities, crime prevention, footpaths, certain aspects of road maintenance, litter and open spaces.
Hemblington Parish welcomes the participation of local residents in the work of the council by raising questions with or passing on your views to your councillors through to full involvement by standing as a councillor.
This website provides information on the work of the council such as dates and minutes of council meetings, the names of councillors and the contact details of the officers of the council.