The 2016 Dickens Heath Festival on the Green takes place on Saturday 10 September, with free entry for everyone. This year’s line-up features the brilliant Boys Only Choir from Dickens Heath School, local band The Undisputed playing some all-time pop favourites, Solihull Pop Chorus and the afternoon ends with the best of the West End […]

Dickens Heath Parish Council are working in partnership with Salter Street and Shirley Parish and Dickens Heath Village Church to launch a youth club for year 7-9’s (roughly ages 11-14). There will be a new pool table, an X Box to play with and various other items. There is also wifi available in the Parish […]

After last year’s amazing night – the busiest Santa experienced in the whole of December in his travels across Shirley – he’s back on the Heath, on Friday 20th December from 5.30pm onwards. Here are the details of the route: Starting from ‘The Clock’, Tythe Barn Lane heading towards Three Acres Lane and Whitchurch Lane […]

Oliver’s Army Christmas Craft Fair has raised a fantastic £1,904.24 to support Oliver Harness of Dickens Heath who suffers from Duchennes Muscular Dystrophy. The funds were raised made up of £500 from stall sales which have gone directly to Oliver to help fund a new electric wheelchair. Oliver’s family were also able to reclain Gift […]

Don’t forget today’s Christmas Tree lighting service  – organised by Dickens Heath Village Church – outside the village hall at 5.30pm, followed by mince pies, tea and coffee inside the hall. The Parish Council’s solar-powered trees will also light up from the start of December, on Sunday. The Festive Season has properly begun! Other Christmas […]

Solihull Pop Chorus made its maiden performance at the Dorridge Christmas lights switch on tonight, belting out ‘Let it Snow’, ‘Merry Christmas Everybody’ and ‘Fairytale of New York’ before Father Christmas switched on the lights. he Pop Chorus  rehearses every Monday at Dickens Heath Parish Rooms and includes quite a number of Heathans as members […]