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Welcome to Verwood and Three Legged X Community website.
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This is the place for all your information
about Verwood and the surrounding area.
This is an independent, non-commercial site
and carries no paid advertising.
It also hosts the official Websites of
the following:-
Note: an edited/printed
version of the "WHATS
ON" page can be found in the FREE
magazine :-
Local Societies and event organisers
who have any updates, or event dates, that they
would like included for FREE in the "WHAT'S
ON" page
(normally local and none commercial). Information/articles may be emailed to the .
Alternatively
copy, clearly marked "For
the attention of the webmaster", may be sent/given to the
Verwood Heritage
Centre - The Potters Wheel, Manor Way, Verwood,
Dorset. UK - BH31 6HF.
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Verwood
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Arts
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Regular
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HUB
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HUB
Films |
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Hants
Events |
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town |
Verwood |
Constituencies
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Postcode district |
BH31
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| District |
East
Dorset |
Dialing code |
+44
(0)1202 |
| Shire county |
Dorset |
UK Parliament |
Christchurch |
OS grid reference |
SU0808 |
| Region |
South
West |
European Parliament |
South
West England |
Police |
Dorset |
| Constituent country |
England |
 Why
not listen live to Verwood's Own Community Radio Station
"ForestFM"
while you browse this site. Select
the AE.
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Fire |
Dorset |
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United
Kingdom |
Ambulance |
South
Western |
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Latest News & Updates.
- Verwood Dorset UK.
also check the Verwood
Noticeboard. |
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Visit Darren's blog.
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Verwood.org
congratulates Verwood's Darren Kenny
on his success in the Beijing Paralympics, his award of an
"OBE" and
"Disabled Sports Personality" of 2008.
On
Wednesday the 26th November 2008, Darren Kenny was awarded the Disabled
Sports Personality of the Year and also an "OBE" in the new
year honours list. Verwood's record breaking
paralympic cyclist, who has cerebral palsy after an accident during a
tour race, has, since winning 1 silver and 2 gold medals at the
Paralympics in Athens, gone on to increase his medal count at the
Paralympics in Beijing with 1 Silver and 4 Gold Medals. You've
now missed the event at the Verwood Heritage Centre but you can select here for photos of the
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On Sunday the 23rd of November,
Verwoods Mayor Cllr Lucy Clark and the Town Council welcomed dignitaries
from the local areas with a visit to the Verwood Heathland Heritage
Centre and the Verwood HUB, |
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Verwood
Country
Market
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Christmas Times 2008 opening times
Please note that the last market will occur on the
19th of December and then remain closed until the 16th of January 2009. It
will then continue its regular opening every
Friday
10.00 - 11.30 in Verwood Memorial Hall.
(except
for breaks during major holidays e.g. Christmas, New
Year and Easter).
The market sells locally produced items
including cakes, jams and honey; seasonal vegetables
and fruit; house and bedding plants in season as
well as cut flowers; household and craft items, baby
clothes, cards etc.
Many markets have closed and so
it's either use it or lose it. |
VERWOOD
CONCERT
BRASS |
Congratulations
to
who
in September 3008 were placed 2ND
in
the 3rd SECTION OF
THE NATIONAL FINALS
in Harrogate. (Select Logo for more info).
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The
Cultural Olympiad starts now
The four-year Cultural Olympiad
starts on September 26-28 2008, with a range of inspirational
programmes. Arts and heritage groups will be holding cultural
events throughout the country. Please look out for cultural projects in
the Dorset area. These are designed to inspire young people and
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The
Dorset Cross (or St Wite's Cross)
is the new Flag For
Dorset.In
the recent vote for a Flag for Dorset "The Dorset Cross"
received 54% of the 3868 valid votes cast. The red and white colours are
derived from the county arms. Its other name of "The St. Wite's
Cross" comes from the name of the saint whose remains lie in the
county.
Visit http://dorsetflag.webs.com/index.htm
for more info.
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Verwood
Area Fiftyplus Forum
This Forum is a new and
emerging independant ACTION forum for people over the age of fifty
living in Verwood and the surrounding villages of Alderholt, Chalbuty
Common, Cranborne, Edmondsham, Horton, Mannington, Three Legged Cross,
Wimborne St; Giles & Woodlands. Select
here for more information. |
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Select here for the NEW "Verwood
Organ & Keyboard Society" page,
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Why not give this website a try, Hidden Dorset is a new way to discover
the side of Dorset that local people and visitors have found for
themselves and want to share.
Hidden Dorset is funded by Leader+
Chalk & Cheese; Arts
Council England; a partnership of Dorset
County Council, and the six
borough/district councils in the county. It is supported in kind by Dorset
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Verwood
Historical Society are pleased to
announce
the publication of a new book
"VILLAGE TO TOWN"
Written and compiled by
Jill Coulthard.
Priced at £10 it can
be obtained from
- The Verwood
Heathland Heritage Centre.
- JC's Video Library,
Ringwood Road, Verwood
-Three Legged Cross
Post Office
Please visit the the Historical
Society Website
for information about Postal Copies |
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Snippet
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Some think that Three Legged Cross may have
been named after the gallows,
which were often nicknamed the three legged
mare.
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Verwood
has a namesake ...
... in Saskatchewan, Canada. It appears now to be mainly a Ghost
Town with few families remaining It has many old buildings included houses,
church, grain elevator and an old wooden pavement.
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