Knowstone News

Following the resignation of two councillors from the Knowstone Parish Council, there are now two vacancies to be filled. Information has been posted on the village notice boards and on the North Devon District Council website. Click here to see the… More

The Parish Council have appointed a new Parish Clerk following the resignation of Richard Vos. Wendy Sweet from Roachill has stepped into the role and we wish her every success. More details on Wendy can be found in the Parish Council section of… More

Following work to upgrade the telephone cables, high speed fibre optic broadband is now available to some within the Parish (we cannot guarantee it will reach everyone so you will need to check this for your individual household). Some parishioners… More

The Annual Parish Meeting (APM) will be held in the Parish Hall, Knowstone on Tuesday 23rd May 2017. Doors open at 7.00 p.m. with the meeting commencing at 7.30 p.m. Refreshment will be available prior to the start of the meeting. All members of the… More

The Parish Hall hosted another fundraising coffee morning on Wednesday 26th April which was well attended with a few new faces putting in an appearance plus a new helper from Roachill. A good selection of cakes were on offer and £37.00 was raised. 

A pair of ladies spectacles were found in Knowstone Parish Hall's car park on Sunday 23rd April. They were by the church wall half hidden in weeds. They looked as if they had been there for quite some time. Any claimant should call Reg Howe on… More

Knowstone Parish Hall will become a polling station on Thursday 4th May 2017 between 7am - 10pm. This is due to the election of a County Councillor to Devon County Council for the South Molton division. The list of candidates can be found here. 

DEFRA have made a sudden change to the Protection Regulation as follows;- Updated measures to protect poultry against Avian Flu  All poultry in England to be allowed outside from Thursday 13 April following the latest evidence on the risk posed by… More

Families for Children Trust is a Specialist Adoption Agency and charitable trust based in the South West. They place vulnerable children from all over the UK with new adoptive families in Devon, Dorset, Cornwall, Somerset and the Isles of Scilly… More

Bill Norman is celebrating his 90th birthday this week. Bill was heavily involved in village activities in previous years and was instrumental in the building of the Parish Hall and sourcing funding for the community following the creation of the… More