Cropwell Bishop News

My Favourite Blunders (15-1-26)

Not to be missed.... the first Gardening Club talk in 2026 is on Monday at the Old School 7.30pm.

Back by popular demand is Joe Whitehead the Head Gardener from Burghley House.

This time he will be presenting, 'My Favourite Blunders'.

Come along to the Old School and a warm welcome awaits you, visitors £4.50 includes tea/coffee. No need to book, pay at the door from 7pm onwards.

There is also be the opportunity to win some great prizes by joining in with the raffle (cash only).

And there will be a selection of gardening books to buy for a small donation.

Pam Wregg

(see poster on Events page)

Time to Act on Bus Service Decline (14-1-26)

We were advised before Christmas that our evening and Sunday ‘90A’ service to Bingham and Nottingham will be discontinued from February 1st 2026.

The Mayor of the East Midlands, Claire Ward, is currently promoting her Mayor’s Big Transport Conversation and she is giving you the chance to have your say on transport via an online survey.

Taking part in the survey is the most important thing you can do to try and improve our public transport. It took me just 9 minutes.

Unless we tell the Mayor, what we want, there is little chance anything will change.

So, if you care, do the survey now. It closes 8th February.

Find out the Mayor's plan by clicking the link below, and once you are on that page you can scroll down and complete the survey.

The Mayor's Big Transport Conversation - East Midlands Combined County Authority

Alternatively, you can go straight to the survey page by clicking:

The Mayor's Big Transport Survey

Tony Jarrow

Winner of 'It's in the News' Quiz (13-1-26)

It was the Parish Council Meeting this evening. The winner of the 'In the News' Quiz, which appeared in the November edition of Cropwell Bishop News, was drawn from the pile of correct entries.

And the winner was .... Steve Phillips.

He will receive a £20 voucher, donated by the Parish Council, for use at Gary Jowett's Butchers.

Tony Jarrow

Don't lose it! (13-1-26)

Rewarding Work (10-1-26)

It was cold for the Cropwell Bishop Litter Pickers this morning, but the beautiful sunshine - and coffees from Simon at Greggs - helped warm them.
About 20 bags were collected. Enjoy ithe area while it all looks spik and span.

Mel Stanley

Is this You? (6-1-26)

Caretaker Required (6-1-26)

Buses Update (6-1-26)

We were advised before Christmas that sadly our evening and Sunday ‘90A’ service to Bingham and Nottingham is to be discontinued from February 1st 2026.

The 90 route between Nottingham and Newark (and Fernwood) is being taken over by Nottingham City Transport (NCT) and none of the ‘90’ buses will serve Cropwell Bishop.

This is disappointing as the service provided an attractive direct bus (25 minutes) into town as compared with a journey of about 55 minutes through the villages and estates on our daytime NCT ‘11’ service (see * below).

I and others in the village have already expressed our disappointment to the County and our local MP and Councillors and requested that consideration be given to a replacement evening and Sunday service.

The responsibility for our buses is being transferred from the County Council to The East Midlands Combined County Authority (from April 2026) and the Mayor of the East Midlands is currently consulting on public transport around the region in advance of the forthcoming Transport Strategy for the region.

It would be helpful to make your views known to help Cropwell Bishop get a satisfactory, useful bus service. You can find more information here:
The Mayor's Big Transport Conversation - East Midlands Combined County Authority.

In my response to the survey, in addition to a replacement evening and Sunday service, I requested more direct commuter and shopper services to Nottingham and Bingham.

*Incidentally there is a faster route to West Bridgford and Town (about 40 minutes) if you take the ‘747’ at 25 minutes past the hour from Church St to Radcliffe and change there to the Mainline service.
However, this means paying twice unless you are fortunate to have a bus pass.
(More details of our village bus services can be found by clicking on the "Travel" tab of this website.)

Reminder - the 90A is not available from February 1st.

John Greenwood

Last of 2025 (31-12-25)

Last litter pick of the year. Near the allotments (but not left by allotment holders!)

Mel Stanley

Grey Bins Out Tomorrow (Monday) (28-12-25)

Just to remind you that on Monday (29th Dec) our grey bins will be collected.
On Friday (2nd Jan) our blue bin (but not green) will be collected.
From then on, we will be back to our normal collection rota, which will now include a purple bin collection every 6 weeks (alongside a grey bin on those days).

Tony Jarrow

Christmas Eve Carol Service (24-12-25)

St Giles Church was full tonight for the Christmas Eve Carol Service.
The service was supported by the Bell Ringing team and the Church Choir.

Thanks to Colin Bryan for the photos.

Have a Merry Christmas (22-12-25)

Thanks to Mel Stanley for this photo of The Pinfold.

Stilton Stumble Gifts £6k to Village Groups (20-12-25)

We raised £6,000 from The Stilton Stumble back in October.

Here are Susanna Stephenson and Andy Trevers from the Stilton Stumble committee handing over cheques for £3,000 each to the Cropwell Bishop Scout group and the Friends of CB Primary School.

A huge thanks to all who helped make it the great community event that it is.

Thank you

Sue Foss
Stilton Stumble committee member

Mayor's Big Transport Conversation (16-12-25)

The Mayor of the East Midlands, Claire Ward is currently promoting her Mayor’s Big Transport Conversation.

You can find out more details on the consultation here, click:

The Mayor's Big Transport Conversation - East Midlands Combined County Authority

The consultation runs until 8th February. You can also attend a consultation this week; see below.

Christmas Cheers for Cake, Cheese and New Village Hall (16-12-25)

The feedback from Pam Wakefield's "Cheese, Wine and Cakes" presentation has been very positive. Indeed, some people are already using her recipe to make a cake for this Christmas!

The cheeses were kindly donated by our prize-winning Cropwell Bishop Creamery, and included a White Stilton with Christmas spice.

This seasonal Stilton cheese proved to be very popular, even with people who do not normally indulge in cheese. It prompted positive comments and, not surprisingly, was quickly sampled and then sampled again!
And soon it had all gone - and so had all the Stilton and Beauvale too!

Thanks to Pam's efforts (and husband Ian's support), the event has raised £458.50 towards the "New Village Hall" - a great end to 2025.

Tony Jarrow

Christmas Cake Making with Pam (13-12-25)

Pam Wakefield made use of her long experience of cake making and cake decorating, combined with her classroom teaching experience to show us how to make a Christmas cake at The Old School today.

This was followed by cheese, wine and cake for all.

We left with the feeling that Christmas is well and already here - or was that just the wine!

No matter, it was a lovely afternoon for the 40, or so, of us.

Tony Jarrow

Lyfcycle Celebrates With Community (12-12-25)

Another wonderful, Free, Community Christmas lunch at Lyfcycle - the business behind the Coop.
Festive decor, lunch with all the trimmings.
Very festive occasion. Just lovely.

Mel Stanley

Purple Bins Out this Friday (9-12-25)

This Friday is "Bin-Day" and, for the first time, your new Purple bin will be emptied too.

Put it out alongside your grey bin.

As a reminder, I have copied the key rules regarding what can go into your purple bin.

Tony Jarrow

PS: The next Purple Bin collection after this one will be on 23rd January.

New Zip Wire (7-12-25)

We have a new zip wire on the Memorial Hall Field.
Can't wait to get up there to try it out!?

Tony Jarrow

Thanks to Colin Bryan for the photo

Erecting the Xmas Tree on The Pinfold (28-11-25)

Thanks to Mel Stanley for the photos

Do you like Wording or Jigging? (27-11-25)

Remembering that Hilary will be at the Saturday Cafe at The Old School this Saturday, I decided to peep in the garage to see what she has in store for her book and jigsaw exchange.

Over half the books are fresh stock that she has collected and the rest have not been on the shelves for over 3 months, so a fresh experience. How many bookshops can say that?

As for jigsaws well, as ever, there will be a large selection including fresh ones that have been donated in recent weeks. As many as possible will be packed into the car.

Remember, this is that last Cafe of the year, so you might want to stock up for those long dark evenings in January.

There will be fresh cakes on sale too, so should be a fun morning; see the poster on the Events page.

Tony Jarrow

Cropwell Winter Market (22-11-25)

Thanks to Mel Stanley for the photos.

Cropwell Winter Market (21-11-25)

Flag for All on The Old School (10-11-25)

Thanks to Mel Stanley for the photo.

Winner of 'It's in the News' Quiz (4-11-25)

It was the Parish Council Meeting this evening. The winner of the 'In the News' Quiz, which appeared in the September edition of Cropwell Bishop News, was drawn from the pile of correct entries.

And the winner was .... Paula Phillips.

She will receive a £20 voucher, donated by the Parish Council, for use at Gary Jowett's Butchers.

Tony Jarrow