“First Wednesday” Coffee Morning Wednesday 6th July 2016 10 am – 12 noon  (Next: 3rd Aug) First Wednesdays  – Come along to meet other village folk – hosted by our Memorial Hall committee, and held in the Meeting Room (Entrance at the side door, on the left as you come from the road)  – See You …

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TEMPORARY ROAD CLOSURE OF:- MILL STREET (part), PACKINGTON Leicestershire County Council Highways has agreed to the temporary closure of Mill Street (part) in Packington. Closure is required from the junction with Bridge Street to the junction with Hall Lane. The road will be closed from 7 am Tuesday 31st May 2016 for up to 3 …

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Ashby’s best food and drink festival -Bath Grounds Saturday 28th & Sunday 29th May 2016 – Don’t miss out!

To celebrate the 25th anniversary of the National Forest, May 2016 brings a Walking Festival of guided and themed walks.

Packington Post Issue 77 was published on 18th March 2016 – it’s now available here online

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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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