THE TEWIN DIRECTORY

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The Directory is made up of the following sections:

Village Services

Organisation About Organisation Contacts
Tewin Stores Tewin Village Community Shop for locally sourced fresh bread, fruit and vegetables as well as general groceriesTewin Village Community Shop for locally sourced fresh bread, fruit and vegetables as well as general groceries Part time Shop Manager
Sue Enmarch
01438 717929
email: tewinstore:googlemail.com
Post Office and Shop G W Tebbutt & Sons 104 Burnham Green Road - Newsagent, general groceries, fresh local produce, bread, eggs, and also electrical goods and TVs Proprietors
Mr and Mrs Tebbutt
01438 717348
Tewin Memorial Hall The Hall has regular bookings for clubs and societies. It is also available for hire for private functions. Managed by the Tewin Memorial Hall Management Committee.
Contact:- The Caretaker,Tewin Memorial Hall, 11a Lower Green,Tewin
Herts, AL6 0JX
Or see the web site www.tewinvillage.co.uk
Chairman:
Paul Haggar
Secretary:
Lynn Farr
01438 798307
Treasurer:
Peter Burleigh
01438 715260
Bookings to Caretaker Jane Warehand
01438 717581
Tewin Cowper JMI School See Education  
Fish Delivery Tuesdays approx. 2.45pm - 3.45pm Tuesdays: Car park by Tebbutt’s, Burnham Green.
Mobile Library 2.45pm to 3.45pm, alternate Wednesdays Lower Green Tewin
Tewin Car Repairs Steve Pocock 07917 798500

Refuse Disposal

Service About Service
General Collection Days Thursdays for the village, Upper Green and Upper Green Road, Orchard Road and Tewin Wood
Alternate weeks for items for recycling - newspapers, glass and cans. See schedule delivered to households
Tuesdays - Alternate weeks for items for recycling - Garden waste. See schedule delivered to households Please place your refuse at the edge of your property by 7am (they are actually obliged to collect it from your back door if  requested).
Other Refuse Collections Bulk Removals (including Refrigerators), Wheelie Bins, or Refuse not collected  Tel:  01279 655261.   Large Items  Extn 405,475,495
Tip site Cole Green, A414, between Hertford & Hatfield.
Open – Oct – March:  08.00 - 16.00hrs
April - Sept: 08.00 - 18.00hrs
Recycling Sites http://www.wasteaware.org.uk

Places to eat

Organisation About Organisation Contacts
Plume of Feathers Public House with Restaurant and Garden 57 Upper Green,
Tewin, AL6 OLX
01438 71 7265
e-mail: 8646@greeneking.co.uk
Rose and Crown Public House with Restaurant and Terrace Upper Green Road,
Tewin, AL6 OLE
01438 717257
Tewin Bury Farm Hotel Hotel, Restaurant, Barns (Conferences, Weddings etc.) Nr.Welwyn, AL6 OJB
01438 717793
Fax: 01438 840440
e-mail: hotel@tewinbury.co.uk
web: www.tewinbury.co.uk
The White Horse Public House with Restaurant and Garden 1 White Horse Lane,
Burnham Green, AL6 OHA
01438 798 100

Security

Organisation About Organisation
Neighbourhood Watch Details from Jill Dockley:  Community Safety 01992 533043
Police Hertford: 01992 533000

Information

Organisation About Organisation Contacts
Parish News Published at the beginning of each month. House delivery available, or may be purchased at Tewin Stores or see on the website www.tewinvillage.co.uk Editor:
Peter Walters 01438 798431
Delivery organiser:
Sue Whitbourn 01438 798221
Tewin Society Newsletter
Tewin Trail
Tewin Map
Tewin Directory
The newsletter is published twice yearly and delivered to every house in the village.
The Trail and Map are both available from the society.
The directory is publised on the website www.tewinvillage.co.uk
Newsletter editor:
Liz Lewinton 01438 714577
Tewin Website group
www.tewinvillage.co.uk advising the village and the wider community about past and current events and items of general interest about Tewin. Group Chairman :
Linda Adams
01438 79147

Village Activities

Organisation About Organisation Contacts
Allotments Allotment plots are adjacent to Tewin Cowper School playing fields John Sheridan
01438 717407
Bellringers Practice – Wednesdays 8.00 – 9.15pm
Services – 9.30am every Sunday and 5.45pm on first and third Sundays
Captain of the Tower:
Peter Walters
01438 798431
Book club Meets every 4-6 weeks Mary Burnside
01438 712334
Royal British Legion Honorary Poppy Apeal Organiser
Always looking for volunteers!
David Bateson
01438 717796
Countryside Alliance Organisation dedicated to the preservation of rural life, the countryside and country sports in Tewin Chairman:
Ivor Williams
01438 716301
Friends of Tewin Organises fund raising and village wide events for the whole community Chairman:
Linda Crawford
01438 717538
Junior Warrors Children's martial art club Contact Michelle Lay:
01438 231047 / 07745 595812
email: enquiries@warriorsmma.co.uk
www.macentres.com/juniorwarriors
Ladies Allsorts For all sorts of ladies with allsorts of interests.  Speakers, walks, theatre trips etc.  Meets Third Wednesday of the month.  No set venue.  Numbers limited. Julia Tizzard
01438 717219
Line Dancing At the Shire Park Bowls club Members only
Shire Park Bowls Club Clubhouse and Green behind Tewin Memorial Hall Membership Secretary:
Vi Clee 01707 322515
Soccer: Tewin Athletic FC Play at the King George V playing field in WGC during the autumn winter and spring months Manager:
Paul McEleney
07771 806324
Tewin Badminton Clubs Various clubs meet at Tewin Memorial Hall most evenings of the week Jane Warehand
01438 717581
Thursday Badminton Tewin Memorial Hall Mavis Haggar
01438 798611
Tewin Cricket Club Matches and Practice on Upper Green during the summer months Contact Graham Fish
01438 717465
Tewin Horticultural Arts and Crafts Society Various activities including Speaker evenings, Craft sessions, outings to gardens, nurseries and art exhibitions.  Annual Spring and Autumn Shows in April and September.
Secretary:
Anna Clark
01438 798324
Tewin Society See also Information.  Lectures and Speaker evenings in autumn, organise local working parties to keep the village tidy and to plant trees and bulbs.   Monitor planning and other issues with potential environmental impact on the village. Secretary:

Merralyn Sandison
01438 717738
Tewin Tennis Club Play at Upper Green Courts Chariman:

Roger Toms
01438  717713
Membership enquiries:
R Thomas
01438 798234
Yoga See Education Eleanor Lohr
01438 717709

Education

Organisation About Organisation Contacts
Art Classes Tuesdays, Parish Room, Memorial Hall.
2:30pm-4:30pm Term Times. Mainly drawing and water colour, Still Life, sometimes outside in summer months.
Mixed ability.
Guided by Terry Brand
Audrey Walters
01438 798431
Colleges of Further Education There are Colleges of Further Education throughout Hertfordshire Hertfordshire County Council General Enquiries
01438 737555
www.hertsdirect.org
Evening Classes Held at various colleges Hertfordshire County Council General Enquiries
01438 737555
www.hertsdirect.org
Iyengar Yoga Mondays at Tewin Memorial Hall
10am - 11:30am
Eleanor Lohr
01438 717709
Secondary Schools Tewin children attend schools in local towns Hertfordshire County Council Children, Schools and Families
01438 737500
www.hertsdirect.org
Tewin Cowper JMI School Cannons Meadow, Tewin Acting Headteacher:
Mr N Hairon
01438 717378
Tewin Cowper JMI School
Parents Association Swimming Club
For school and village members during summer holidays Contact school
Tewin Parent and Toddler Group
Wednesdays 9:30 - 11:30am
Tewin Memorial Hall
Julia Street
01438 717378
Tewin Society Local conservation society
Series of ten weekly lectures held every autumn commencing in October
Secretary:
Merralyn Sandison
01438 717738
Tewin Under Fives
Monday to Friday, term time only. 9 - 12 noon. The Scout Hut, Tewin Memorial Hall
Chair: Louise Brady
01438 718099
Leader: Sarah Storey
01438 716132
University of Hertfordshire
Various campuses in and around Hatfield
01707 284000
University of the Third Age
For Senior Citizens
01707 887081
The Learning Shop
22 Parkway, Welwyn Garden City
Free Computer tuition
01707 329251
The Learning Centre
Onslow St Audrey's School, Hatfield
Free IT taster sessions
01707 268586

Places of Worship

Organisation About Organisation Contacts
St Peter’s Church Church of England, Tewin  
Services appear on the Church Notice Board and are also printed in the Parish News and on the website  www.tewinvillage.co.uk
Team Vicar:
Revd. Coralie McCluskey
01438 817183 team.vicar@welwyn.org.uk
Church Wardens:
Mike Kersey
01438 716817
Mrs Pete Johnson
01707 332579
PCC Secretary:
Mrs Dilys Applegate
01438 798235
Christ Church Baptist Church, Parkway, Welwyn Garden City 01707 335161
Hertford Baptist Church Port Hill, Hertford Office: 01992 582951
Hall: 01992 503022
Holy Family Church Roman Catholic
194 Knightsfield, Welwyn Garden City
01707 327434
The Church of the Immaculate Conception and St Joseph Church Roman Catholic
23 St John’s Street Hertford
01992 582109
Oxlease Methodist Church  36 Woods Avenue, Hatfield 01707 264929
Hertford Methodist Church Ware Road, Hertford 01992 554294
Digswell Village Church Anglican / Methodist
Warren Way, Digswell
The Revd Trevor Thomas
01438 717740
Friends Meeting House Quaker
109 Handside Lane Welwyn Garden City
And also at Railway Street Hertford
01707 328402
Panshanger Church
(Ecumenical Church)
Moores Walk Roundabout,
Welwyn Garden City
01438 820862
The Salvation Army Hollybush Lane, Welwyn Garden City 01707 376797
The Free Church (URC) Welwyn Garden City The Revd Neil Thorogood
01707 321603
The United Reform Church Cowbridge Road, Hertford 01992 553058
The Unitarian Fellowship St Albans
01727 857317
The Christadelphian Hall Church Street, Ware 01920 469965
First Church of Christ Scientist, Boston, Mass. CS Society
Welwyn Garden City 131 Parkway
01707 339503
Kingdom Hall of Jehovah’s Witnesses Crookhams, Welwyn Garden City 01707 390439
The Church of Jesus Christ and the Latter Day Saints 21 Ridgemont Road,
St Albans
01727 856846
Spiritualist Church Quaker Rooms, Railway Street, Hertford 01992 582697
St Albans Masorti Synagogue PO Box 23, St Albans 01727 860642
St Albans (United) Synagogue Oswald Road, St Albans 01727 854872
Welwyn Garden City Hebrew Congregation Barn Close, Handside Lane, Welwyn Garden City 01727 854872
The Watford Islamic Mosque Watford 01923 245367
Shree Sanatan Seva Samaj Hindu Temple and Community Centre Hereford Road, Dunstable 01582 663414
01582 899631

Medical Facilities - Doctors' Surgeries

General Practice. Details available from the surgery regarding opening times.

Organisation About Organisation Contacts
Bridge Cottage Surgery 41 High Street Welwyn
Prescriptions may be delivered to and collected from The Rose and Crown
0844 8151413
The Surgery 123 Moors Walk Panshanger 01707 373551
Hanscombe House Surgery Hertford 01992 582025
Wallace House Surgery Hertford 01992 550541
Castlegate Surgery Hertford 01992 589928
Ware Road Hertford 01992 415500
Watton-at-Stone practice 185 Knightsfield, Welwyn Garden City 01707 321166

Medical Facilities

Organisation About Organisation Contacts
Dental Surgeons Welwyn,  Welwyn Garden City and Hertford.  Not all will take NHS patients See Yellow Pages
Hearing and Vision Sensory Disability Services for Hearing and Visual Impairment
The Woodside Centre, The Commons, Welwyn Garden City
01707 323336
East and North Herts NHS Trust Headquarters 01707 328111
East and North Hertfordshire Primary Care Trust http://www.enherts-pct.nhs.uk/ 01707 390855
Hertford County Hospital North Road Hertford 01707 328111
Lister Hospital General Hospital, incorporating Accident and Emergency unit  Cory’s Mill Lane, Stevenage 01438 314333
Queen Elizabeth II Hospital General Hospital incorporating Accident and Emergency unit  Howlands, Welwyn Garden City 01707 328111
Ring to check for admissions policy
Queen Victoria Memorial Hospital School Lane Welwyn 01707 365291
Danesbury Hospital For physical disability.
School Lane Welwyn
01438 715922
NHS Direct www.nhsdirect.nhs.uk 0845 4647

Voluntary and Caring Organisations

Organisation About Organisation Contacts
Age Concern Information line www.ageconcern.org.uk 0800 009 966
Free Helpline
Age Concern Hertfordshire Head Office 01707 323272
Age Concern Hertfordshire Help with filling in Attendance Allowance applications etc
01462 420911
British Red Cross County Headquarters www.redcross.org.uk 01992 586609
Carers in Hertfordshire   01920 486677
Citizens Advice Bureau Tooke House, 20 Bull Plain, Hertford 01992 581441
Community Drug and Alcohol Team   01707 26700
Community Mental Health Team   01707 271971
Crossroads Care Attendance scheme Visitors and carers to relieve full time carers at home for short periods during the day 01707 372588
CRUSE Councilling for the bereaved www.crusebereavementcare.org.uk
01582 595300
Hertfordshire Action on Disability Help with all aspects of caring and coping.  Advice and Sale of Aids.
Easier Living Exhibition
01707 324581

01707 384260
Herts Hearing Advisory Service The Woodside Centre, The Commons, Welwyn Garden City.  Help and advice for people with hearing difficulties. 01707 324582
Help the Aged Free Helpline
www.helptheaged.org.uk
0808 800 6565
Herts Alcohol Problems Advisory Service   01438 841241
Meals on Wheels and Information about Lunch clubs 01707 357128
MIND National Association for Mental Health (Welwyn Hatfield) 01707 326875
www.mind.org.uk
NSPCC National Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children
www.nspcc.org.uk
Advice and referrals  24 hours
0800 800 500
Samaritans www.samaritans.org.uk
Herts and Essex  HQ
08457 909090
01707 332222
Society for the Blind   01992 588144
St John’s Ambulance Brigade County Headquarters
www.sja.org.uk
01992 587568

Guiding and Scouting

Organisation About Organisation Contacts
Beavers Meet at Scout Hut, Pipers End, Letty Green
Tuesdays   
Organiser :
David Walker  
01992 589803
Brownies Meet at Scout Hut, Tewin Memorial Hall
Wednesdays   
Organiser :
Clare Curley ( Brown Owl ) clare.hamilton@ntlworld.com
or 07817331963
Cubs Meet at Scout Hut, Pipers End, Letty Green
Wednesdays   
Organiser:
Ann Tarry
01438 798689
Guides Meet at Warren Way Methodist church Hall, Digswell
Mondays   
Organiser:
Emma Davies
01438 718788
Rainbows Meet at Scout Hut, Tewin Memorial Hall
Fridays  

Scouts Meet at Scout Hut, Pipers End, Letty Green
Fridays  
Organiser:
Jon Whitbread
01707 694929

Main Services

Organisation About Organisation Contacts
Gas
Emergency number 0800 111999
Electricity Power cuts and emergency services 0800 783 8838
Water Three Valleys Water For your water enquiries:
0845 782 3333
If you spot a leak:
0800 376 5325

For Sewerage enquiries
Thames Water
Anglian Water

0845 920 0800
0845 714 5145

Markets

Organisation About Organisation
Dane End Farmer's Market, Ware Second Saturday each month
Hatfield Market Saturday
Hertford Market Saturday
Hitchen Market Tuesday and Saturday
Hoddesdon Farmer's market Third Friday each month
St Albans Market Wednesday and Saturday
St Albans Farmer's market Second Sunday each month
Stevenage Market Thursday, Friday and Saturday
Hatfield Farmer's & Craft Market Second Sunday each month

Transport

Organisation About Organisation Further details
Bus Permits enquiries@eastherts.gov.uk
East Herts. Council,  Tel 01279 655261  
Bus Service 388 To Welwyn Garden City and Hertford Several buses daily. Time tables displayed in bus shelters at Tewin - Rose & Crown & Desborough Drive. Also at bus stop outside Plume of Feathers, Upper Green.
Buses to Gatwick and Heathrow airports
From Welwyn Garden City bus station near the Howard Centre.
Dial a ride
Tel 01707 281749
Railways Hertford East Trains to Liverpool Street and the East
Hertford North Trains to Moorgate

St Albans City Trains to St Pancras and the North, and Europe via Eurostar
Also Thameslink to Gatwick Airport and Brighton

Watford Trains to Euston, NW and Scotland (Intercity trains stop here)

Stevenage Trains to Kings Cross or Moorgate, Ely, Cambridge, Peterborough, & Letchworth
Also Intercity to NE and Scotland
Welwyn North &
Welwyn Garden City
 
Trains to Kings Cross or Moorgate, Ely, Cambridge, Peterborough, & Letchworth
Also Intercity to NE and Scotland 

Eurostar
Bookings 08705 186 186
www.eurostar.com
General Enquiry Line: 08457 484950

General Enquiry Line
08457 484950

Wildlife and Animals

Organisation About Organisation Contacts
Herts and Middlesex Wildlife Trust Manages 45 reserves and other wild life habitats (inc Tewinbury and Tewin Orchard)
Headquarters: Grebe House, St Michael’s Street, St Albans
Tel: Tewin Orchard
Michael Clark
01438 798324
www.tewinorchard.co.uk
Tel : 01727 858901
www.wildlifetrust.org.uk/herts/
Attimore Veterinary Hospital Ridgeway, Welwyn Garden City 01707 331963
Blue Cross The Hertfordshire Dog’s Home, Kimpton Bottom, Kimpton
01438 832232
Cats’ Protection www.cats.org.uk
Helpline
08702 099099
Chestnut Veterinary Group 1 Hoe Lane, Ware
77 Fore Street, Hertford
01920 468874
01992 582115
Council for the Preservation of Rural England Local branch  31a Church Street, Welwyn, Herts AL9 9LW Tel 01438 717587
e-mail: office@cpreherts.org.uk
Herts South District (Hatfield) Dog Training Club   01582 833222
Mid Herts Dog Advice Centre   01707 264497
Mimram Veterinary Centre 31 Church Street Welwyn 01438 712300
Roebuck Veterinary Centre Roebuck Gate, Stevenage 01438 354599
RSPCA www.rspca.org.uk Emergencies and General Enquiries
0990 555999
RSPCA Southridge Animal Centre Packhorse Lane, Ridge, South Mimms, EN6 3LZ 0870 442104
The Veterinary Centre 41 Peartree Lane, Welwyn Garden City 01707 336919

Local and Central Government


Organisation About Organisation Contacts
Benefits Agency (part of the Department of Social Security) For payment of social security and pensions
Brickdale House, Danestrete, Stevenage, SG1 1HQ.
Tel. 01438 206200
Child Benefits:
0870 155 55 40
Social Security Abroad:
0191 218 7777.
www.dss.gov.uk
Benefit Enquiry Line for people with disabilities Disability Living Allowance, Care and Attendance allowance forms 0800 882200
Hertfordshire County Council County Hall, Hertford
All County-wide services – Roads, Environment & Minerals,
Countryside Management Service (trees, hedges, footpaths and related issues)
General Enquiries:
01438 737555
Enviromment:
01438 737321
www.hertsdirect.org
East Herts District Council Visits can be made to:
Wallfields, Pegs Lane, Hertford.  Responsible for Planning matters and advice
Tel. 01279 655261
www.eastherts.gov.uk
On site car parking
Tewin Parish Council Meets each month, except August and December, in Tewin Memorial Hall. Dates – see Parish notice board and website.  Deals with local matters Councillors names and Clerk to the Council are displayed on Parish Notice Board outside Tewin Stores and outside Plume of Feathers, Upper Green.
Inland Revenue Local Offices
Hertford : Sovereign House, Hale Road, Hertford  SG13 8EF
Stevenage : Southgate House, Stevenage SG1 1HL

Hertford: 01992 304100

Stevenage: 01438 345800

www.inlandrevenue.gov.uk
Social Services Social Workers, Occupational Therapists etc for Tewin Area
Adult Care Services
Child Care Services (or for child protection concerns)
Adult Care Services:
01438 737400
Child Care Services:
01438 737500
www.hertsdirect.org