Leicestershire Parish Councils

POLICE
The Leicestershire Police telephone number is: 0116 222 2222.
Follow the answering service instructions for all calls.

Burton is part of Beat 7 of the Quorn Police Unit. The Quorn police station is not permanently manned.
The Beat Constable is PC 0718 Andy Houghton. For messages to him use the Voice Mail 0116 248 5674 and his Identity Number is 0718.
The Crimestoppers number is 0800 555 111. Calls to this number are anonymous.

NEIGHBOURHOOD WATCH
This is a communication network covering the whole village aiming at fostering good neighbourliness and crime prevention. Each household has a near neighbour who is the Contact Person for a small group of adjacent houses. The Contact Person will introduce her/himself to newcomers.
The co-ordinator will also give you information – John Saunders. Tel. 880556

VILLAGE HALL
The Village Hall Management Committee holds regular meetings to which representatives of all village organisations using the hall are invited. The committee is always delighted to hear from residents who wish to help with fund raising for the hall or who wish to become a member of the committee as an elected village resident.

For dates of Management Committee meetings please contact the Secretary.

Chairman: Diana Edmonds. Tel: 881369
Secretary: Jill Myring. Tel: 880089

During the year various social and entertainment events for the public take place. Villagers can also book the hall for their private functions.

For bookings contact Sue Newby on 881705 between 0900-1700

TURVY MOTORS
Vehicle repair, servicing and MOTs. Sowters Lane. Tel. 881596

WOLDS GARAGE
Petrol and diesel are on sale. There are full garage workshop facilities. The shop supplies some groceries, newspapers, cigarettes, gifts, cards, ice creams, and a video rental service and has an off-licence. Hours of opening are: 0700-2200 7 days a week. Tel. 881603

BUTCHER
Collingtons, Wymeswold. Traditional family butchers, purveyors of quality meat from their own slaughterhouse. A delivery service visits Tuesday and Friday. Tel: 880255

MILKMAN
Express Dairies deliver to the doorstep. Contact by telephone to 01509 263431

FROZEN GOURMET SEAFOODS DIRECT
Graham. Tel: 0116 2919744

NEWSPAPERS
These can be bought from the garage shop.

POSTAL COLLECTIONS
The box by the red telephone kiosk at the mini roundabout: at 1130 and 1600 Monday to Friday, at 1130 on Saturdays, and at 1100 on Sundays.
The box in Sowters Lane: at 0930 and 1600 Monday to Friday only.

REFUSE COLLECTION
The wheelie bins are emptied one Tuesday. (The rubbish must be in bags inside the bin otherwise it will not be taken away). The recycling waste is collected on alternate weeks - green bags for paper, plastic bottles and tins only, red bags for cardboard and the green box for glass bottles and jars and clothing and shoes (put inside another bag).

WASTE RECYCLING
Recycle bins for glass bottles and jars, newspapers, magazines, books, cardboard, clothing and shoes are in the Greyhound Inn car park. The nearest community tip is in Loughborough (left turn at traffic lights at end of the bridge at the railway station).

LOCAL SHOPS
Wymeswold Post Office
The nearest Post Office and village shop stocking a range of groceries, fruit and vegetables and households necessities. Tel. 880415
Closed 12.30 to 13.30 and Wednesday and Saturday from 12.30.

Granville’s
Wymeswold sell a range of goods - green groceries, flowers, groceries, freshly prepared snacks, confectionery, wines and spirits, newspapers and magazines.

PUBLIC HOUSES SERVING MEALS
The Greyhound Inn on Melton Road within the village. Tel. 880860
The Hammer and Pincers, Wymeswold. Tel. 880735
The Three Crowns, Wymeswold. Tel. 880153
The Windmill Inn, Wymeswold. Tel. 881074
The Packe Arms, Hoton. Tel. 889106
There are various restaurants in Quorn and Loughborough.

TAKE AWAYS
The nearest are in Barrow on Soar.
Piccolo’s Pizza Tel. 416667
Lees Garden Tel. 413835
Pearl City Tel. 621422
River Soar Fish Bar Tel. 414004

TRADESMEN
The parish magazine, The Link, carries advertisements from local tradesmen.

TREE WARDENS & HERITAGE WARDENS
Paul and Linda Sutton Tel: 881453

ARCHAEOLOGY WARDEN
Marie Boswell. Tel: 880572

LEICESTERSHIRE COUNTY LIBRARY
A library van visits the village on alternate Mondays. The stops are as follows:
1035-1050. 25 Barrow Road.
1100-1115. 6 St Philips Road.
1120-1140. 44 Springfield Close.
1145-1210. Seymour Rd. Telephone Kiosk