Road Race comes to Packington Sunday March 20th 2016 from 10am – Some Road Closures, & prolonged Clockwise-One-Way-Only Roads, as 1,500 Runners loop anti-clockwise through the village, 3 times!  Full race details – click here The 1,497 runners entered in this 20-mile race come from Ashby at 10am, down Mill Street into Measham Road about …

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URGENT Bridge Parapet Repair Corkscrew Lane tonight Wednesday and tomorrow night Thursday 3rd March 2016

Major Village Event: Fuller details – click here

Leics County Council Highways advise that the planned closure of Redburrow Lane will now start at 7:30am on Monday 7th March 2016, not now on the previous Wednesday 2nd March. See the full notice here: https://packington.info/bloggle/redburrow-lane-closure-in-march-2016-details/

TEMPORARY ROAD CLOSURE OF  REDBURROW LANE, from PACKINGTON to NORMANTON Packington Post has learned more detail of what appeared to be a proposed total closure of Redburrow Lane during the whole of March 2016. The Leics County Council (LCC) Press Release is reproduced below, followed by further details helpfully provided to Packington Post by the …

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This year’s Packington CC Fun Quiz Night will be held on Saturday 16th April 2016 at Packington Memorial Hall, 7-30pm for an 8-00pm start. Entry is for teams of 4 players, and the cost per team is £12 – yes that’s right, £3 per head for an evening’s entertainment, you can’t say fairer than that!! …

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£15,000 to allot to local community projects! Full details here on NW Leics website

Wednesday 3rd February – tomorrow – Come along to meet other village folk – hosted by the Memorial Hall, and held in the Meeting Room (Entrance at the side door,  on the left as you come from the road)

See Your MP? – you can, at Coalville, Ashby, Castle Donington, by appointment:

Packington Post Issue 76 was published on 22nd January 2016 – it’s now available here online

Packington’s Big Breakfast Again in 2016! Saturday 5th March 2016 9 am to 1 pm Hospice Hope has been chosen as the charity to benefit from this year’s Big Breakfast at the Packington Memorial Hall on Saturday 5th March, from 9am through to 1pm.  This fantastic event, which is now in its fifth year, is a …

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Volunteers Urgently Needed Pivotal Committee positions unfilled The Committee of Measham & District Community Library are asking for your support! We hope that, around June this year, the council will hand over the running of the Measham library to the committee. Please could you join us? We are looking for volunteers NOW to help us …

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Packington Parish Council Chairman receives BEM The British Empire Medal has been awarded to Packington’s very own Parish Council Chairman, Christopher Miles — honoured for “Services to the community in Packington, Leicestershire” in the New Year’s Honours List.