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Welcome to the Yarpole Parish website - get information on events, facilities within the Parish, social groups, Yarpole Community Shop, The Bell Inn, volunteering opportunities, the Parish Council and the PCC and more.
Yarpole events
Chancel renovation works in progress in St Leonard's church.
Grand re-opening of the Parish Hall - 1st August, 2 - 4pm. More info here.
ARTS IN THE CHURCHYARD - Thursday 12th August, 2-4pm - Willow Weaving demonstration with Brigit Graham
The Bell at Yarpole is open for indoor dining and drinking. See the menu here.
The Gallery Café is now open in the marquee and inside the church. See the Gallery café page for details.
If you are organising an event and you'd like it to appear on the website calendar and in the regular 'what's on' email, Facebook and in The Parishioner, please use the on-line form.
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Yarpole events
Chancel renovation works in progress in St Leonard's church.
Grand re-opening of the Parish Hall - 1st August, 2 - 4pm. More info here.
ARTS IN THE CHURCHYARD - Thursday 12th August, 2-4pm - Willow Weaving demonstration with Brigit Graham
The Bell at Yarpole is open for indoor dining and drinking. See the menu here.
The Gallery Café is now open in the marquee and inside the church. See the Gallery café page for details.
If you are organising an event and you'd like it to appear on the website calendar and in the regular 'what's on' email, Facebook and in The Parishioner, please use the on-line form.
If you would like to receive regular emails about forthcoming events email - This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
County Coronavirus update.
Case numbers in Herefordshire have declineded significantly.There were 259 new cases in Herefordshire; down from 402 the previous week. Leominster had 8 new cases in the past week, down from 18 in the previous week. There were 11 addmissions to Hereford County Hospital, up from 2 the week previously. There were no new Coronavirus related deaths. The graph is updated every Tuesday. For up to date information visit the Government website.
Due to the current surge in case numbers the Church, Shop and Parish Hall have all decided to continue with a requirement to maintain soacial distancing and mask wearing to better protect our community. As before only two shoppers will be allowed into the Shop at any one time. We hope everyone will be understanding.
Yarpole Community Shop selected as Midlands Regional Winner in the 2021 Countryside Alliance Awards.
Yes, Yarpole Community Shop has done it again! Selected as the Regional winner for the Midlands as best Village Shop & Post Office. Here is what the judges had to say about the shop -
"Yarpole Community Shop and Post Office is a wonderful community enterprise. It is friendly, efficient and a great asset to the village community and beyond. Much more than a convenience store, it is the hub of the community, selling essential goods and little luxuries and freely giving friendship, companionship and cheer to everyone."
The Countryside Alliance Awards culminates with a Champions’ Reception at the House of Lords. Businesses from across England and Wales, who have already won their regional title are invited to this event where national champions in each of the five categories are crowned.
In attendance will be local MPs and Ministers, as well as the national judging panel who have the impossible task of deciding on the winners in each category.
The Champions’ Reception is a celebration of the important work small rural businesses do to promote local produce and support their communities. It represents an excellent opportunity to network with other similar businesses to inspire each other and learn new things.
This is truly a great accolade for our Shop and Post Office. No other Community enterprise has been selected more than once. Yarpole Community Shop was winner of Best Village Shop and Post Office in 2010; shortly after moving into the Church.
But, the Shop has always been in the church; hasn't it? Surely we have not forgotten the five years that the Shop operated from a Portacabin in the grounds of the Bell. As a reminder of our early days, have a look at the clip of the BBC Midlands review of the Shop shortly after opening.
We would like to thank everyone who voted for the shop... we appreciate you.
Can Yarpole do it again?
Yarpole Community Shop gives £8,981.58 for local projects at the AGM.
Yarpole Community Shop Shareholders voted to fund all the projects which submitted applications for funding totalling nearly £9,000. This is a magnificent gesture from the Shop and emphasises its importance to the local community in returning profit back into the community. The Shop has given money each year, with the exception of last year due to Covid 19, to local projects ranging from money for the Church, the Gallery Café, the Parish Hall, the Dog Agility Group, the Youth Club, The Birchpoles singing group. Many of the new gates in the Parish, replacing old styles, have been funded by the Shop as well as the strimmer used by the footpaths team. Over the 8 years that the Shop has used its surplus funds in this way more than £20,000 has been distributed to the Community. This is a magnificent achievement for our Community Shop.
It is only possible if the Shop makes a profit and that is dependent on it being used by the community. Clearly Covid has provided an exceptional year and it was possible to source everything one needed from the Shop without leaving the Parish. The use of the Shop has dropped off since the easing of restrictions which will mean that the profit for next year may be lower and the possibility of such generous funding will be reduced. The Shop needs everyone in the community to support it on a regular basis.
Remember Waitrose or Aldi will not be giving the Parish any grant money next year!
The church, the Gallery Café and Yarpole Community Shop - the beating heart of our community.
The Walking Group has published self guided walks for people to enjoy. These are available via this link. The Walking Group has re started regular walks on the 2nd Friday and 4th Sunday of the month. Walks start at 10.30am outside St Leonard's Church unless otherwise notified.
There has been a community recorded here for over 2000 years. The village is mentioned in the Doomsday Book. The Anglo-Saxon meaning of Yarpole (Iarpol or Yarpol) is fish pool or dam for containing fish. The original fish pool has long since been abandoned, the remains of the dam wall are still visible.
Yarpole still retains its red telephone kiosk, its pub, The Bell Inn, and has an award winning community run village shop and Post Office operating from within the Parish Church, St Leonard's. The first full time shop in a church.
The Parish has a population of approximately 700 and comprises of the villages of Bircher and Lucton, the community on Bircher Common and the hamlet of Bicton.
Mobile phones don't work here!