Please find below Bullet Points from our last Committee meeting (10th September 2026). Click the images below to download a PDF to read offline.
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Please find below information about the Woodley Town Council Armistice Day commemoration arrangements.
Many thanks &
Kind regards
Mike McNamara
Chair – WATA Committee
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On Wednesday 11 November 2026, to commemorate Armistice Day, members of the Town Council and the Royal British Legion will be gathering to observe a two-minute silence at 11 o’clock at the Woodley War Memorial in the Memorial Recreation Ground, Headley Road, together with members of the public and other organisations that may wish to attend.
We are writing to your organisation as in the past you have attended, or you are an organisation which has links to the Council. As always, representatives from local organisations are welcome to attend. If you do intend to send representatives, then we are asking everyone to arrive by 10:45am so that we are all in place before the bugler plays the Last Post prior to the two-minute silence.
Wreaths will be also placed on the war memorial by the Town Council, the Royal British Legion, local organisations and community groups, and any other individuals who wish to do so. If you would like a wreath to be laid on behalf of your organisation, then please let me know so I can add you to our list of wreath layers. Wreaths can be ordered from the Royal British Legion:
www.britishlegion.org.uk/get-involved/ways-to-give/shop/wreaths
Please note that wreaths should be ordered ASAP to ensure delivery before Armistice Day. We do ask that any groups laying wreaths are limited to no more than 6 people, due to space limitations in the wreath laying queue, though there is no limit to numbers for general attendance.
A community event is also being arranged to take place at the War Memorial on Remembrance Sunday. This event is not being organised by the Town Council, but residents are obviously more than welcome to attend either or both events as they see fit.
For information, filming and photography will take place at the Armistice Day event, and will be shared publicly on the Town Council website and social media channels. By attending the event, individuals agree to being filmed and / or photographed.
I look forward to hearing from you, and please do not hesitate to contact me if you have any questions.
Kind regards,
Kieran Mullane
Democratic Support & Allotments Officer
Woodley Town Council
The Oakwood Centre, Headley Road
Woodley, Berkshire, RG5 4JZ
Tel: 0118 969 0356
Please find below Bullet Points from our last Committee/Woodley Town Council meeting (3rd August 2026). Click the images below to download a PDF to read offline.
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Please find below Bullet Points from our last Committee/Woodley Town Council meeting (29th June 2026). Simply click on the images below if you would like a PDF to download and read offline.
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Please be aware that from 12 Noon today – 10th July 2026 – Woodley Town Council have issued a temporary ban on any BBQ’s being used across the whole of the Reading Road Allotment Site. The seasonal ban on bonfires is still in force.
See below for a copy of the notice that is now posted on both gate entrances to the Allotment site.
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Mike McNamara
Chair – WATA Committee
The Committee have issued a Special Bulletin about the upcoming On-site Shed Roof Refurbishment to coincide with the WTC announcement of a partial closure of an area of the Allotment site on Friday 3rd July 2026.
You can download your own copy of that Special Bulletin, by clicking on the image below.
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Mike McNamara
Chair – WATA Committee
Please find below Bullet Points from our last Committee/Woodley Town Council meeting (29thb May 2026). Simply click on the images below if you would like a PDF to download and read offline.
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Please find below Bullet Points from our last Committee meeting (14th May 2026). Simply click on the image below if you would like a PDF to download and read offline.
Wild Life – Pond Area by the Main Gate
As many will be aware, the pond by the main gate has now become an ecosystem for tadpoles and water beetles; while birds use it for bathing and bees use it as a source of drinking water.
Due to the fact that a liner was never installed during the original works, the water drains away quite quickly once the winter rains have finished. As a result, the pond has had to be topped up regularly (approximately every 24 hours) to support the survival of this wildlife ecosystem.
I know that the use of water for this purpose has caused some concern among plot holders whose plots are adjacent to the pond. However, as a Committee, we are committed to encouraging as much wildlife as possible across the allotment. This commitment is reflected in the announcement contained within the attached Committee Meeting Bullet Points regarding the appointment of our first Wildlife Warden, Craig Parker. We hope to create more wildlife ponds and other wildlife habitats around the site in the near future, along with bird boxes, hedgehog homes etc.
With regard to the wildlife ecosystem in the pond by the main gate, future watering arrangements (until the tadpoles have left the area) will continue to take into account the needs of adjacent plot holders. We will ensure that no plot holder is left short of water during the current dry spell—which may be coming to an end soon, or during any future periods of dry weather. We will also vary the timings of pond top-ups where possible.
Once the tadpoles have left the pond, the bottom 50–60 cm of the pond will be lined, while the upper section will remain unlined. This will allow the pond to continue functioning as a catchment area during periods of heavy rainfall. When the excess water has drained away, the lined section will retain water and can continue to serve as a wildlife habitat without draining as rapidly as it does at present. As a result, only minimal topping up to compensate for normal evaporation should be required.
We may, at some point, review the current size of the main gate pond, but that is a matter for the future, as the Committee already has a number of other projects underway.
I hope this explains the background to, and the Committee’s approach towards the pond at the main gate.
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Kind regards
Mike McNamara
Chair – WATA Committee
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Please find below Bullet Points from our last Committee meeting (9th April 2026) and the last Committee/Woodley Town Council meeting (17th April 2026). Simply click on the images below if you would like a PDF to download and read offline.
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Please find below Bullet Points from our last Committee meeting (12th March 2026) and the last Committee/Woodley Town Council meeting (13th March 2026). Simply click on the image below if you would like a PDF to download and read offline.
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