Pop Up Xmas Shop
2023-12-02 11:00 - 16:00 UTC | 4a Church Street, 4a Church Street, Cottingham, Market Harborough, Leicestershire, LE16 8XG, United Kingdom
Imogen Owen is having a pop up shop at her house on Saturday 2nd December – Christmas cards / gifts / greetings cards / clothes. All welcome 🤗

The Mill Christmas Fayre
2023-12-02 12:00 - 14:30 | Cottingham and Middleton Village Hall, Berryfield Road, Cottingham, Market Harborough, Leicestershire, LE16 8XY, United Kingdom

Carol Service, St Mary Magdalene
2023-12-10 16:00 - 17:00 | St Mary Magdalene Church, Church Street, Cottingham, LE16 8XU, United Kingdom
Carol Service at the Church.
There’ll be mulled wine and mince pies, the Welland Valley Voice choir will be singing and the Cottingham and Middleton bell ringing team will also be ringing the church bells before the service. Come along and join in with all your favourite Christmas carols.

Carols around the tree, Cottingham School
2023-12-15 09:15 - 11:00 | Cottingham CofE Primary School, Berryfield Road, Cottingham, Market Harborough, Leicestershire, LE16 8XB, United Kingdom
Cottingham School is inviting veterans and older members of our community to come along for carols around the Christmas tree, along with coffee and mince pies, after which you’ll be invited to help wrap presents to distribute to children less fortunate (i.e. hospice, children’s services etc). This will be a lovely way to involve the community.
School Aministrator and services veteran Carolynn Southcombe will also be offering ‘fireside seated yoga’, which is great to keep your joints supple over the winter months. Carolynn isn’t a quialified yoga instructor, but she has years of experience! If you’d like to come along, please RSVP to office@cottingham.pdet.org.uk or phone 01536 771391.

Ghost stories, St Mary Magdalene (SOLD OUT)
2023-12-16 18:30 - 21:00 | St Mary Magdalene Church, Church Street, Cottingham, LE16 8XU, United Kingdom
Tickets are limited to 45, so please book early to avoid disappointment.

Ghost Stories, St Mary Magdalene
2023-12-17 16:30 - 18:30 | St Mary Magdalene Church, Church Street, Cottingham, LE16 8XU, United Kingdom
A second performance of ’The Dr Albury Chronicles’ ghost stories at St Mary Magdalene Church.

Nativity Walk
2023-12-24 16:00 - 18:00 | Cottingham and Middleton
Everyone is welcome to join in with this popular narration and re-enactment of the Christmas story, as we join Joseph and Mary on their journey to Bethlehem.
The organisers are keen for as many children as possible to take part in the angels and shepherds scenes, so please bring your children in costume, if they would enjoy that. There will also be some costumes available on the day.
The walk will start at the Pocket Park on Main Street, Middleton and end at the Church with the final crib scene, a short blessing from Rev Amanda Oliver and refreshments, and a collection will be taken in aid of Corby Foodbank.
Please wrap up warm, bring lanterns and your best singing voices.
If you have any queries or would like to take part, please call Angela on 07594 682671, or email her at p.j55@btinternet.com.

Shop open day - find out about volunteering
2024-01-13 11:00 - 14:00 | Cottingham and Middleton Village Store and Cafe, 2 Corby Road, Cottingham, Market Harborough, Leicestershire, LE16 8XH, United Kingdom

West Corby - Cottingham PC planning meeting
2024-01-17 18:30 - 20:00 | Cottingham and Middleton Village Hall, Berryfield Road, Cottingham, Market Harborough, Leicestershire, LE16 8XY, United Kingdom
Following the recent consultation events held by the developers and planners of the West Corby Sustainable Urban Extension (SUE), Cottingham Parish Council (CPC) is holding a planning meeting to hear from residents, discuss any issues or concern, hear your comments and clarify any questions, ahead of preparing CPC’s submission to the consultation.
Villagers are invited to attend this meeting or email Parish Council Chair George West-Robinson on grwrconsultingltd@gmail.com with any input they’d like CPC to include in their consultation response.
For more information about the West Corby SUE, visit www.westcorby.com

Mill Community Hub AGM
2024-02-12 18:00 - 18:30 | Cottingham and Middleton Village Hall, Berryfield Road, Cottingham, Market Harborough, Leicestershire, LE16 8XY, United Kingdom
The Mill Community Hub Annual General Meeting will be held on Monday 12th February 2024. The AGM will begin at 6pm at the Village Hall Annex and the monthly meeting will follow on from there.
The Mill Community Hub Board of Trustees is made up of 10 individuals from across the two villages who have an interest in creating a sustainable community hub.
As has been widely communicated over the past year, there has been a shift in strategic direction for the Board due to decreasing funding opportunities. Their immediate focus is to build a functioning car park to support the community facility and schoo, andto regenerate the current Village Hall Annex.
The Board meets approx 11 months of the year typically on a Monday evening from 6pm, and try to keep the meetings short and snappy assigning take away actions to be completed for the following meeting.
If you are keen to get involved at a Board level and get into the greater details of the decision making, please come along.
Equallym if you are interested in just volunteering, please also pop along.
If you have any questions or would like more information please email the Trustees us at mail@themillhub.co.uk

Race Night, free entry!
2024-02-23 19:00 - 23:00 | Cottingham and Middleton Village Hall, Berryfield Road, Cottingham, Market Harborough, Leicestershire, LE16 8XY, United Kingdom

Downsizing sale
2024-03-08 08:00 - 2024-03-09 13:00 | Cottingham and Middleton Village Store and Cafe, 2 Corby Road, Cottingham, Market Harborough, Leicestershire, LE16 8XH, United Kingdom
The Village Store and Cafe is hosting a downsizing sale in their upstairs room from 8am to 1pm on Friday 8 and Saturday 9 March.
There’ll be a variety of quality goods on sale including ornaments, kitchen equipment, DVDs, clothing and general bric-a-brac, that has mainly been donated by a villager following a recent house move. Don’t miss this opportunity to grab yourself a bargain!
All profits from the downsizing sale will go to the St Mary Magdalene Church clock restoration fund. The Church is initially looking to raise £600 to pay a specialist to come out and look at the clock, and see what needs to be done to get it going again.
If you have any queries, please contact Mary Knott on email marypknott@hotmail.co.uk, mobile 07852 922372.

Community tree planting
2024-03-16 10:30 - 13:00 | The Dale
Cottingham Parish Council will soon take delivery of 315 free trees, that they applied for last year from the Woodland Trust.

The Friends of Green Spaces (FroGS) group of volunteers are holding a community planting event on the morning of Saturday 16th March and they’d like to invite villagers to join them to get the trees planted at the top end of the Dale.

Please come along with families, friends, refreshments and, if possible, a spade. The FroGS will guide and instruct as to what is to be planted where, and how, on the day. They’ll be installing fence posts beforehand and attaching wire fencing to the posts after the trees have been planted.

As well as wanting to get the trees in the ground as soon as possible, FroGS also want to ensure that the project is complete before the cattle come back into The Dale on 1st April.

We really hope that as many of you as can make it will turn up, plant some trees, have fun and, of course, take any resulting litter (human and canine) away afterwards.

Yours sincerely, Cottingham FroGS

Wine tasting - Routes of the Orient Express
2024-03-23 19:00 - 23:00 | Cottingham and Middleton Village Hall, Berryfield Road, Cottingham, Market Harborough, Leicestershire, LE16 8XY, United Kingdom
It’s All Aboard for our next village wine tasting event, which will follow the Routes of the Orient Express.
Tickets are £25 each to include six wines and nibbles associated with the countries we visit… expect some surprises along the way!
The event takes place at the Cottingham and Middleton Village Hall Annex on Berryfield Road, and all profits will go to the Mill Community Hub project.
For tickets, please contact Jan Robertson on 07770 372345, email janathome246@gmail.com
These events are very popular and it’s first come, first served, so please book early to avoid disappointment, Tickets are non-refundable.
Please bring two glasses with you – one for white wine, and one for red.
We look forward to welcoming you aboard. Cin Cin 🍾 !

Cottingham Annual Parish Meeting
2024-04-17 19:00 - 21:00 | Cottingham and Middleton Village Hall, Berryfield Road, Cottingham, Market Harborough, Leicestershire, LE16 8XY, United Kingdom
Cottingham registered electors are invited to attend Cottingham’s 2024 Annual Parish Meeting. This way of holding the Annual Parish Meeting has proved to be a really interesting and informative event, so we do hope you can join us. Coffee, tea and biscuits will be available.
Here are some interesting facts about annual parish meetings.

Parish meetings in England date back to the Middle Ages. A parish meeting is NOT a meeting of the Parish Council (Parish Councils didn’t exist until 1894), but it is required by the Local Government Act 1972 that parish meetings are convened and chaired by the Chair of the Parish Council.
The purpose of the annual parish meeting is for the electorate of the parish, particularly groups, organisations and individuals actively engaged with the community, to share news and reflect about what each has accomplished and experienced during the previous year.
The annual parish meeting is a relatively informal event for the community.

If you have any queries, please contact George West-Robinson, Chair, Cottingham Parish Council on 07891 159155, email grwrconsultingltd@gmail.com

Vintage sale
2024-04-27 11:00 - 14:00 | Cottingham and Middleton Village Hall, Berryfield Road, Cottingham, Market Harborough, Leicestershire, LE16 8XY, United Kingdom
Sale of crafts, preloved household items and quality clothing in aid of The Mill Community Hub Project. There will be refreshments available.
If you have any quality saleable clothing, household goods or anything else you’d like to donate, please contact Joanne on 07776 261647, email joanne.leaning@btinternet.com

The show must go on
2024-05-11 19:00 - 21:00 | Cottingham and Middleton Village Hall, Berryfield Road, Cottingham, Market Harborough, Leicestershire, LE16 8XY, United Kingdom
The money raised from this event will be split between the Warm Space, that takes place at the Village Hall Annex every Wednesday, and Cottingham FrOGS (Friends of Green Spaces).

Full peal, St Mary Magdalene
2024-06-02 14:00 - 17:00 | St Mary Magdalene Church, Church Street, Cottingham, LE16 8XU, United Kingdom
A group of bell ringers have challenged themselves to ring a peal at all the 5-bell towers (i.e. towers with 5 bells) in the Peterborough Diocese, during its centenary year.
These 5-bell towers are not rung so often, and they will be visiting Cottingham on June 2nd. Ringing will commence at 2pm and the peal is expected to last around three hours.
When rung on 7 bells, a peal is a non-stop sequence of a minimum of 5,000 changes, where each sequence is different and cannot be repeated. On 5 bells, which is what we have at Cottingham, the maximum number of permutations (different orders) is 120, so there is some duplication in the sequences, but the bells are still rung for three hours to make the full peal. It is the bell ringers’ equivalent of a marathon, requiring concentration and stamina to complete.

D Day Commemorations
2024-06-06 20:15 | Jurassic Way field, On footpath from Cottingham to Middleton
Do come and join us at the top field along the Jurassic Way footpath from Cottingham to Middleton. This is the same field where we lit the Platinum Jubilee Beacon.
Please gather from 8.15pm for the D-Day 80th year International Tribute and Beacon Lighting, which will take place at 9.15pm.
The bells will be rung from St Mary Magdalene Church, Cottingham at 6.30pm.
Look forward to seeing you there.

24 Carat Jazz, St Mary Magdalene Church
2024-06-30 15:30 - 17:00 | St Mary Magdalene Church, Church Street, Cottingham, LE16 8XU, United Kingdom
24 Carat Jazz is delighted to be performing a one hour Sunday afternoon concert at St Mary Magdalene Church.
Featuring Jane Smith on vocals and tenor sax, John Deane on piano and Kevin Griffiths on double bass, this popular trio plays easy listening jazz and swing favourites from the likes of Ella Fitzgerald, George Gershwin, Cole Porter and Frank Sinatra, to name but a few.
Tickets are £10 each to include a glass of fizz and canapés.
Please get your ticket in advance so we know how many to cater for. Contact Joanne Leaning on 07776 261647, email joanne.leaning@btinternet.com
All profits will go to the Cottingham Church Clock Restoration Fund. Initial investigations by clock professionals have shown that a working clock is within our grasp, so please do keep supporting our fundraising events so we can make this happen
Fizz and canapés will be served from 3.30pm and the music will start at 4pm. The perfect way to spend a laid back Sunday afternoon!

80s Music Party
2024-07-06 19:30 - 22:30 | Cottingham and Middleton Village Hall, Berryfield Road, Cottingham, Market Harborough, Leicestershire, LE16 8XY, United Kingdom
An evening of 1980s music delivered to your ears by DJs Chris and Tom.
Over 18s only.
Plenty of pop hits from the likes of The Cure, The Specials, New Order, Pet Shop Boys, Madonna, Erasure – you get the idea!
As we are in a cost of living crisis, it’s bring your own booze. Please also bring your own plastic cups/bottle openers and a happy disposition!
We cannot wait!
Tickets are £8.80 in advance (includes 80p booking fee charged by WeGotTickets) and £10 on the door.
To book your ticket, visit https://www.wegottickets.com/event/621640/

Village Summer Fete
2024-07-13 | Recreation Field, Berryfield Road, Cottingham, United Kingdom
Fete guide advertising
Planning for the Village Fete on 13 July is well underway, including preparation of the fete guide, which is printed in June and delivered to every house in Cottingham, Middleton, Rockingham and East Carlton.
The guide also includes lots of adverts from local businesses to help cover the cost. If you run your own business or work for a firm you think would be happy to advertise in our guide, a full page advert costs £80 and half pages are £45. If you’d like to book a slot, please contact Rachel Faulkner as soon as possible on 07584 212067, email rachelaraj@gmail.com. Help can be offered with your advert artwork, if needed.
Volunteers and donations
The organisers are also looking for volunteers to help with set up and breakdown on the Friday and Sunday, and to help run stalls on the Saturday of the fete.
They’d also appreciate donations of craft items for the Made in the Villages stall plus plants, home made preserves, home brew, wines, gins etc (please incude a llist of ingredients for home made produce).
If you can help, please contact Sian Coughlan on email sian_coughlan@hotmail.com, mobile 07774 852478.

VO Polo classic car day
2024-07-20 11:00 - 18:30 | VO Polo Club, Ashley Road, Middleton, Market Harborough, United Kingdom
Do come and watch some great polo and a lovely selection of cars on 20th July!
Bring a picnic. There’s an outside bar too.
Advance tickets at https://www.tickettailor.com/events/vopolo/1194295 or payable on the gate.

Simply Floyd
2024-07-20 18:30 - 22:30 | Cottingham and Middleton Village Hall, Berryfield Road, Cottingham, Market Harborough, Leicestershire, LE16 8XY, United Kingdom
For tickets, contact Pete Bowman on petebowman397@gmail.com, mobile 07768 808036.
To find out more about the band, visit facebook.com/simplyfloydband

Phoenix Saxophone Orchestra, Summer Concert
2024-08-31 19:30 - 21:00 | St Mary Magdalene Church, Church Street, Cottingham, LE16 8XU, United Kingdom
Market Harborough’s Phoenix Saxophone Orchestra will be performing a joint fundraising summer concert at St Mary Magdalene Church in Cottingham on Saturday 31 August.
This nationally acclaimed orchestra plays a varied repertoire that ably demonstrates the versatility of the saxophone. From classical music, jazz, swing and big band favourites to modern pop and film music, there’s something to appeal to all musical tastes.
Nominated for a national award by the Royal Philharmonic Society in 2021, Phoenix Saxophone Orchestra features seven different types of saxophone, from the sopranino to the contrabass sax, and makes a truly rousing sound.
Tickets are £12 each (£6 for under 16s), to include a glass of Pimms and nibbles. All profits will be split equally between St Mary Magdalene Church and Phoenix Saxophone Orchestra, which is a registered charity.
Doors open at 7pm and the concert starts at 7.30pm.
Tickets are available from Angela Preston-Jones on 07594 682671, email cottinghamchurch@gmail.com
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For more information about the orchestra, visit phoenixsax.org.uk

Reel Thyme @ The Royal George
2024-09-28 18:30 - 21:00 | Royal George, Blind Lane, Cottingham, Leicestershire, LE16 8XE, United Kingdom

Quiz Night for Northants CFR
2024-10-04 18:15 - 21:00 | Cottingham and Middleton Village Hall, Berryfield Road, Cottingham, Market Harborough, Leicestershire, LE16 8XY, United Kingdom
Quiz night in aid of North Northants Community First Responders. See the psoter for details.

Mobile flu jab clinic
2024-10-09 11:00 - 19:00 | 22 Bancroft Road, 22 Bancroft Road, Cottingham, Leicestershire, LE16 8XA, United Kingdom
Thursfield’s Pharmacy are offering flu jabs from their mobile van at 22 Bancroft Road, Cottingham again this year.
The jabs will be available from 11am to 1pm, and from 5pm to 7pm.
The flu jab is free if you’re aged 65 or over, or will turn 65 on or before 31 March 2025. It’s also free if you’re a carer, are pregnant or have certain long term condiitions (see nhs.uk/vaccinations/flu-vaccine).
If you meet any of these criteria, you’re also eligible for a free Covid jab, which you can get from Thursfield’s mobile clinic at the same time.
If you don’t meet any of the above critera and are aged 50 to 64, you can still get the flu jab, for a cost of £19.99.
For more information, contact Carol on 07711 545470

Harvest Festival, St Mary Magdalene
2024-10-13 16:00 - 17:00 | St Mary Magdalene Church, Church Street, Cottingham, LE16 8XU, United Kingdom

Free basic life support training
2024-10-16 18:00 - 20:00 | Cottingham CofE Primary School, Berryfield Road, Cottingham, Market Harborough, Leicestershire, LE16 8XB, United Kingdom
This free event coincides with the British Heart Foundation ‘restart a heart’ day.
Please book your place with James. Details on the poster.
