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Fakenham festival website now live

Jun 08, 2011

‘Plubfest’, Fakenham’s pub and club festival which takes place from 20th – 27th August, now has its own website. The festival, brainchild of community group Kick Start Fakenham, started life on social networking site Facebook. The move to its own web presence means that information is now available to more people. The new website – plubfest.co.uk – [...]

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Book your spot at Fakenham Fair

Jun 01, 2011

It’s now time to book if you want to be part of this year’s Fakenham Fair, which will be held on Saturday 27th August.  Kick Start Fakenham are now taking bookings for traders who want a stall at the Fair in Millennium Park and also for a spot in the procession which will travel around [...]

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Ideas needed for new Fakenham Centre

May 17, 2011

A public consultation is taking place in Fakenham and the surrounding area, to explore the possible redevelopment of the prominent community site in the centre of Fakenham. The site, off Oak Street, encompasses Fakenham Community Centre and the surrounding site, which includes Fakenham Connect building, the scout hut and the library. The aim of the [...]

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Classic Cars at the Museum

May 16, 2011

Fakenham Museum of Gas and Local History in association with Fakenham Auto Club will be holding a Classic Car Afternoon at the museum on Saturday 28th May. The museum will open at 10.30am and a range of classic cars will be on show from 1.00pm until 3.30pm. Admission is free. Further details from: 01328 863507. [...]

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Fakenham area election results

May 06, 2011

These are the results of the May 5th District Council elections in the Fakenham area Lancaster North (two seats) Annie Claussen-Reynolds (Conservative) – 423 Roy Reynolds (Conservative) – 420 Sean Mears (Liberal Democrat) – 402 Lisa Smerdon (Liberal Democrat) – 356 Brenda Coldrick (Labour) – 258 Tony Popoe (Labour) – 197 Lancaster South (two seats) [...]

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Fakenham Community Site Consultation

Apr 24, 2011

Fakenham Area Partnership are leading a project looking to improve the Oak Street site which includes the Community Centre, Fakenham Connect offices and Fakenham Library. A feasibility and business case study with consultation, funded by national scheme The Community Builders Fund, is being organized in association with Fakenham businesses Richard Smith Architects and Crook De Lyon Associates, [...]

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