Calling for Nominations for the Amersham Citizen of the Year Awards 2024!
Has someone you know gone above and beyond for the community? Have they achieved something incredible that you feel they should be recognised for? Then why not nominate your local hero for this year’s Amersham Citizen of the Year Award. Town Mayor, Cllr. Elizabeth Shepherd, would like to invite you to nominate the unsung heroes […]
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Happy New Year!
2023 was another wonderful year for Amersham in Bloom, from the burst of colourful spring bulbs to the Coronation Meadows and field of sunflowers in the summer, to the Coronation Clock and, more recently, the new tiny urban forest along Chiltern Avenue. Amersham Town Council incredibly grateful to the businesses, community groups, schools, Bloom volunteers, […]
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Tips For A Greener Christmas
Here are just a few ideas of how to avoid waste and reduce your carbon footprint this Christmas. Real or fake trees – the age-old question. In terms of carbon it’s much better to go for a real one as long as it is disposed of correctly after Christmas, by wood-chipping, burning or better still […]
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Fox Sculpture Added To The Tiny Urban Forrest
The latest addition to the upcoming Children’s Art Trail, was installed on Thursday last week. A fox, created using two recycled copper water tanks, stands within the new ‘tiny urban forest’ on Chiltern Avenue. Huge thanks Colin Pells who worked in partnership with the Amersham Town Council to create this wonderful piece of art. The […]
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CHRISTMAS TREE RECYCLING
Following the success of this year’s Christmas tree recycling initiative, we are offering the same service again in January. For a £6 donation, the depot team will collect your Christmas tree, convert it to compost using our Eco Green Shredder, and use the by-product to mulch trees and flowerbeds around Amersham. Last year we generated […]
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Tiny Urban Forest and Winter Garden
In late November, we added the final few plants to complete (for this season) the ‘Tiny Urban Forest and Winter Garden’ on the verge opposite Amersham Station in Chiltern Ave. This pocket forest comprises 20 Himalayan birch trees (Betula utilis jacquemontii ‘Snow Queen’) and one Tibetan Cherry (Prunus Serrula). The trees, with their wonderful white […]
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Amersham Christmas Light Displays
We hope that you enjoy the display of Christmas lights in Amersham this year. Huge thanks to SparkX who worked in collaboration with the Town Council to create the display. If you’re in the old town, take an evening stroll to the Memorial Gardens where you may spot Santa’s magically illuminated reindeer.
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Buckinghamshire Council Offering Free Parking At Sycamore Road Car Park
Buckinghamshire Council will be offering free parking in the public car park off Rickmansworth Road (behind Sycamore Road), on the following dates: Sat 2 Dec (to coincide with tomorrow’s Christmas Festival) Sat 9 Dec Sat 16 Dec Tue 19 Dec Sat 23 Dec Please note that charges still apply in the other public car parks […]
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