Welcome to the Lilford Wigsthorpe Thorpe Achurch Parish Council website
where we aim to keep you up to date with all you need to know about your parish council.
Copyright of banner images lies with M Healey, T Wright, or N Phillips unless otherwise stated
The next meeting of the Parish Council will take place on Tuesday May 14th 2024 at Barnwell Village Hall at 7.30pm - all welcome to attend.
Voter ID
The election of a new Police Fire and Crime Commissioner (PFCC) for Northamptonshire takes place on Thursday 2 May 2024. This is the first countywide election where voters will be required to show photo identification when voting at a polling station. You can use a passport, photo driving licence and certain other forms of ID (see www.electoralcommission.org.uk/voterID for full details). If a voter does not have any of the acceptable forms of Voter ID they can apply for a free Voter Authority Certificate (VAC). The deadline to apply for a VAC for the elections on 2 May is 1700 on Wednesday 24 April 2024
Defibrillators are located at Lilford and on the external wall of The Fox Public House at Thorpe as well as in the ex phone box at Achurch - a further defibrillator will be installed at Wigsthorpe in the ex BT kiosk in the near future. An information video on how to use a defibrillator can be accessed by using this link: https://vimeo.com/557677120/e7524918c5
Please remember that in an emergency 999 must be called to obtain any code required to access the equipment.
Village gates have been installed on the entrance to Thorpe Waterville from Achurch. The gates are a highly visible way of alerting motorists that they are entering a residential area and it is hoped that the installation will prompt drivers to slow down. The gates have been funded by a grant from the Northamptonshire Police, Fire & Crime Commissioner's (PFCC) Grant Scheme.
Thorpe Waterville Village gates 
According to the Environment Agency, over five million people in England live and work in properties at risk of flooding from rivers or the sea, whilst more face flood threats from groundwater, surface water, sewers, and reservoirs.
At Gocompare, we have put together a guide to preparing for a flood and protecting your property - https://www.gocompare.com/home-insurance/limiting-flood-risk-and-damage/
In extreme conditions you won't be able to stop flood water, and you should always put personal safety above attempts to protect property and possessions. Despite this, there are steps that you can take to keep water out, to buy yourself time to preserve property and possessions, and to limit the damage that flood water does.