Candover Valley Gardening Club – programme
Programme of events 2021-2022 Please see here for the Candover Valley Gardening Club’s programme for the current year. - CVGC Programme 2021-22
Programme of events 2021-2022 Please see here for the Candover Valley Gardening Club’s programme for the current year. - CVGC Programme 2021-22
Welcome! The Candover Valley Gardening Club was founded in 1974 to encourage, improve and extend members’ knowledge of all branches of horticulture. The Club is open to everyone and new members are always welcome. We are affiliated to the Hampshire Federation of Horticultural Societies. Activities during the year include a programme of talks and demonstrations, garden visits in summer, both local…read more →
Plans are currently under development to site a vast new solar farm, off Church Lane, in open country to the north-west of the village of Preston Candover on farm land owned by Lord and Lady Sainsbury. The proposal for a 28 megawatt solar site is still in the early stages of development by Preston Farms and Basingstoke and Deane planning officers…read more →
Residents of Preston Candover may be greatly confused having received what appear to be conflicting notices from Scottish & Southern Electricity of a series of power cuts in the village. A week ago they were given notice of an all-day power stoppage on Wednesday, 24 March, for important transmission work in the village. The stoppage would take place from 09.0 to 16.00…read more →
Although many people seem to be relaxing and stretching the ties that are supposed to be keeping us safe, and in many cases at home, it is quite clear from the number of new cases daily nationally, and in Hampshire, that the pandemic is far from over. In Hampshire there were more than 560 new cases recorded in the last…read more →
The number of new cases of coronavirus in most districts of Hampshire is now down to single figures. Across Hampshire as a whole the number of new cases averaged 66 a day over the past week, compared to 115 the previous week and 298 during the first week of February. In the districts which cover parts of the Candover Valley,…read more →
Activities, events and places in the Candover Valley and surrounding area. Many of the organisations active in the Candover Valley and the surrounding area are listed below along with a wide range of places to visit, and activities to enjoy. There are many public footpaths giving you access to the countryside and its teeming wildlife which can be seen here. Some of these places had reopened after…read more →
The impact of covid-19 is now diminishing significantly across most of Hampshire. The number of new coronavirus cases being recorded daily is now falling rapidly in most areas of the county In the districts most relevant to the Candover Valley residents, namely Basingstoke & Deane, East Hampshire and Winchester, the daily number is now in single figures. In the local smaller…read more →
25 February As the prospect of more heavy rain across Hampshire during the past week failed to materialise, the UK government’s flood alert service has scaled back on its warning of potential groundwater flooding in the Candovers and Old Alresford. In a statement published yesterday it says that in Preston Candover the ground water level is just stabilising, but in Old Alresford the…read more →
In common with much of the country the covid-19 restrictions imposed at end December have had a marked impact on the number of new cases in Hampshire since the beginning of the year. The rolling seven-day number of new cases reached its peak across the county on 5/6 January, when the daily number of new cases reached 1,434 and the…read more →