Esh Village Play Area Meeting TOMORROW

There is a meeting tomorrow, Thursday 6th November 2014, to discuss the planning and construction of a new children's play area in Esh village. The drop-in session runs between 4 and 6pm in St Michael's Parish Hall; refreshments will be provided, so if you have a strong feeling about whether Esh should be sporting a slide, a swing, or a seesaw, or a combination of all three, please do go along!

Area Action Partnership: Esh Village Update

The Esh village Action Plan, an ongoing programme of improvements to village life jointly implemented by Durham County Council AAP, the Parish Council, Durham Constabulary and the Esh Residents' Association, has been updated to illustrate the great work and continuing progress being made on issues such as road safety, overgrown verges, and blocked drains. Click here to see the latest version of the Action Plan.

'Walk the County'

The Esh Leaves Women's Institute will be taking part in the 'Walk the County' charity walk to raise money for the A.C.W.W. (Associated Country Women of the World) on Tuesday 28th October 2014. All are welcome: the walk will leave from outside the Cross Keys pub at 2.00pm and takes approx. 45 minutes. The cost per walker will be £1.00 and refreshments will be available afterwards at the Cross Keys.

Esh Gospel Choir - October Concert

Esh village's growing Gospel Choir is kicking off their 2014-15 calendar with a concert on 1st October, 7.30pm at St Michael's Esh Laude Church, Esh.

Featuring The Reunion Jacks and the Gospel Choir, the charity evening will raise money for the Durham Foodbank, as well as promising a foot-tapping, finger-snapping, hand-clapping evening of gospel, rhythm and blues! Tickets available on the door. For more information, please contact Steve Bradley.

Esh Gospel Choir - Rehearsal Dates 2015-15

Esh village's very own Gospel Choir was set up over a year ago, and continues to go from strength to strength, performing at concerts locally as well as further afield. 

They rehearse every second and fourth Wednesday of the month in the village hall: all of the rehearsal dates and times can be found on the village calendar on this website. New members are always warmly welcome: For more information, please contact Steve Bradley (mob. 07891 752 459; email: s.p.bradley@durham.ac.uk). The first rehearsal after the summer break will take place on Wednesday 27th August, 7.00-8.30pm. 

Watch out, watch out, there's a thief about!

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There have been several worrying reports of thefts in and around Esh in the past week: a van, parked at it's owner's property, was emptied of it's tools and equipment, and around 130 lambs have been stolen from Broomhall Farm.

Please keep your eyes peeled for any suspicious activity and report anything unusual to Durham Constabulary using their non-emergency number, 101. For a range of tips and resources on how to keep your property safe and secure, visit Durham Police's Crime Prevention webpages by clicking here.

Twit-twoo! The newest additions to Esh's birdlife come home to roost...

The amazing generosity of the village residents, who pulled together to raise over £300.00 following the theft of one of the owl sculptures in June, meant that not one but two new owls arrived in Esh yesterday afternoon, courtesy of local sculptor Lee Hoskins.  These new carvings are shaped from thicker tree trunks, meaning that they'll hold fast against against whatever Mother Nature chooses to throw at the village, as well as being far harder to pick up and run off with!

 A  team effort saw the owls hoisted into position: ropes, brute strength, and the involvement of one unsuspecting resident, summoned from his car as he returned home quietly after work, brought the carvings down from their perch on the trailer, whilst the technical expertise of metalworkers, construction specialists and hot-beverage-makers saw them bolted into a concrete base.









A third sculpture, a baby woodpecker, has yet to be positioned… where would you suggest he go?! Ideas to the residents' association email address, please!