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 […]
Council to discuss Dickens Heath housing proposals. Public welcome to attend
Planning Applications At Braggs Farm Lane And Cleobury Lane Planning applications for two developments are going to be discussed at Planning Committee this month. The applications are: 2013/1478 which is at Braggs Farm Lane And: 2013/1504 which is at Cleobury Lane It will be held at the Council House in the Civic Suite on Wednesday […]
New Dickens Heath youth club for years 7-9 (ages 11-14) starts tonight!
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 […]
Santas Claus is coming’ to town on 20th December!
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 raise £1,900 at Christmas event
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 […]
Dickens Heath Christmas Tree lighting service – today
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 (Dickens Heath) Pop Chorus debuts at Dorridge Christmas Lights!
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 […]
Solihull Christmas lights switch on (this weekend!) & the new Christmas Market
Solihull is set to become a winter wonderland this festive season, with fun for all the family and some seasonal surprises too. The festive spirit gets underway this Saturday (23rd November) with the spectacular Christmas Lights switch on in Mell Square. Hosted by Free Radio’s Foxy and Guiliano, there will be a giant screen and […]
Act of Remembrance – Dickens Heath – 10th November 2013
There will be a short Act of Remembrance, tomorrow (Sunday November 10th) at 11am, in the centre of Dickens Heath near the library. The Parish Council would like to invite everyone who will be in Dickens Heath on that day to participate and then to also join them for refreshments afterwards at Coffee Cloud. In previous years we […]
Get on your bike with Cycle Fitness!
Cycle Fitness, based in Dickens Heath, offer personal training for non-cyclists looking to improve fitness, lose weight or achieve a personal goal. They also offer cycling performance training for the more experienced or competitive rider – for both Road & MTB – and also organise training holidays, including basic MTB skills in Wales based on […]