• Harleston Choral Society

    Your friendly non-auditioning community choir is now very busy rehearsing for our Summer Concert on Saturday 1 July, at 7.30 pm in St John’s Church, Harleston, when we’ll be singing Haydn’s Stabat Mater and Mozart arias and opera choruses, plus Zadok the Priest, in the spirit of the Coronation on 6 May.  Tickets (£15, to include a glass of wine or a soft drink; accompanied children go free) will be available on the door on the night, from choir members and from Harleston Information Plus.  Our Autumn Term begins on Monday 4 September, 7.00 pm for a 7.30 pm start, and we’d love you to join us, in the London Road Church, Harleston IP20 9BH, under the direction of our Music Director Justin Bindley.  Further information about this and all our activities is on our website:  www.harlestonchoralsoc.org.uk or from our Chair Stella Brownsea at heidihouse@btinternet.com  

  • Norfolk County Council (Pulham Market)Urgent Notice – Temporary Traffic Regulation Order.

    Temporary Traffic Regulation Order 2023 Road Traffic Regulation Act, 1984 – Section 14(2)

    In accordance with the provisions of Section 14(2) of the Road Traffic Regulation Act 1984, the Norfolk County Council HEREBY GIVE NOTICE that owing to Anglian Water service pipe works the use by vehicles of the U76019 Wood Lane from 220m southeast of its junction with A140 Ipswich Road for 50m south-eastwards in the PARISH OF PULHAM MARKET will be temporarily prohibited from 21st to 23rd June 2023 for the duration of the works, expected to be about 3 days within the period. If necessary, the restriction could run for a maximum period of 5 days.

    Alternative route is via: Wood Lane, A140 Ipswich Road, Stoney Lane, Colegate End, Colegate End Road, Common Road (Pulham Market, Tivetshall, Wacton).

  • NORFOLK COUNTY COUNCIL proposes to make a Temporary Traffic Regulation Order (STRO9201) affecting the C465 Station Road from 20m north of its junction with U76211 Guildhall Lane for 40m southwards in the PARISH OF PULHAM MARKET to facilitate Norfolk County Council kerb and footway repair works.

    The road will be temporarily closed (except for access) from 15th to 16th June 2023 for the duration of the works expected to be about 2 days within the period.

    Alternative route is via:  Station Road, Semere Lane, Ipswich Road, Tivetshall Road, Tattlepot Road, Bank Street, The Green (Pulham Market, Dickleburgh and Rushall, Tivetshall).

  • NORFOLK COUNTY COUNCIL proposes to make a Temporary Traffic Regulation Order (STRO9245) affecting the A140 Ipswich Road from its junction with C357 Stoney Lane to its junction with C362 Rectory Road in the PARISH OF PULHAM MARKET to facilitate Norfolk County Council surface dressing works

    The road will be temporarily closed (except for access) from 16th June to 17th July 2023, only while signs indicating the closure are in place, for the duration of the works expected to be about 32 days within the period.

    Alternative route is via: A140 Ipswich Road/Norwich Road/Ipswich Road, A146 Lakenham Road/Barrett Road/Trowse Bypass/Loddon Road/Norwich Road/Loddon Bypass/Beccles Road/Norwich Road, A143 Yarmouth Road/Broome Bypass/Bungay Road/Old Railway Road/Bungay Road/Harleston Bypass/Brockdish Bypass/Scole Road/Bungay Road/Lower Street/Bungay Road/Scole Stuston Bypass, A140 Scole Bypass/Dickleburgh Bypass/Ipswich Road/The Street/Norwich Road/Ipswich Road (Gillingham, Newton Flotman, Ashby St. Mary, Caistor St. Edmund and Bixley, Kirby Bedon, Scole, Swainsthorpe, Yelverton, Hales, Wortwell, Chedgrave, Framingham Pigot, Loddon, Sisland, Redenhall with Harleston, Needham, Ellingham, Pulham Market, Alburgh, Saxlingham Nethergate, Dickleburgh and Rushall, Denton, Tivetshall, Burston and Shimpling, Brockdish, Holverston, Earsham, Wacton, Brome and Oakley, Hellington, Trowse with Newton, Bungay, Stoke Holy Cross, Stockton, Stuston, Broome, Kirby Cane, Tasburgh, Long Stratton, Keswick and Intwood, Thurton, Ditchingham).

  • Bus Service 584 and 17 Consultation

    The service is being reviewed as part of a wider review of bus services for September 2023. Proposed changes:

    Service 584 12:45 from Pulham to Diss, retimed to 13:30 – enables Pulham Surgery visit.

    Long Stratton, A140 layby, Bank0735
    Pulham Market, Tattlepot Road/Julians Way074509201330
    Pulham Market, The Green/Falcon074609211331
    Pulham St Mary, Station Road opp Pennyoyers074909241334
    Rushall, opp Half Moon075609311341
    Dickleburgh, opp Church080009351345
    Thelveton, opp Hall Gates080309381348
    Scole, Reeve Close 080809431353
    Scole, opp Garage081109461356
    Diss, Sawmills Road081409491402
    Diss, Frenze Hall Lane091609511404
    Diss, Willbye Avenue/ Uplands Way081809571406
    Diss High School (schooldays only)0822
    Diss, Mount Street (for Health Centre)082809581408
    Diss, Denmark Street (for Town centre)082909591409
    Diss, Bus Station083010001412

    Service 17 13:30 retimed from 13:30 to 14:15

    Diss, Bus Station 11001415
    Roydon, Copeman road083511051420
    Bressingham, memorial084011101425
    Roydon, Snow Street084011141429
    Roydon, School084911191434
    Diss, Factory Lane085311231437
    Diss, Mount Street (for Health Centre)085611261440
    Diss, Denmark Street (for Town centre)085811281442
    Diss, Bus Station090111311445

  • Harleston & District u3a

    invites you to join us for our monthly talk, on Wednesday 17 May at 2.00 pm in St John’s Church, Harleston IP20 9AZ.  Our speaker is Ben Witchell, Director of the Flint Vineyard near Bungay, which he founded in 2016 after completing a degree in oenology and viticulture in Sussex and then learning the winemaking ropes in France, California and Greece. The vineyard has gained a reputation for producing some of the best English wines, using innovative methods to push the boundaries of what is possible in the UK.  Further information about this and all Harleston & District u3a’s activities is on our website www.u3asites.org.uk/harleston or by contacting Kim Poulton on 01986 788149.  And you might also like to take a look at Harleston Choral Society’s website www.harlestonchoralsoc.org.uk to find out more about another thriving local organisation.

  • Harleston Choral Society

    We are currently rehearsing for the Summer Concert on 1 July, when we will be singing Haydn’s Stabat Mater and Mozart opera choruses, and in the spirit of the Coronation Zadok the Priest.  It’s still not too late to join us – we meet in the London Road Church, Harleston IP20 9BH, every Monday from 7.30 – 9.30 pm, under the direction of our Music Director Justin Bindley.  Further information about this and all our activities is on our website:  www.harlestonchoralsoc.org.uk or from our Chair Stella Brownsea at heidihouse@btinternet.com