Myland Community Council

29/08/2026

🛍️ It’s the weekend to grab a bargain!

Highwoods Jumble Sale is taking place today, followed by one of Essex’s largest boot sales right on our doorstep at Colchester Park & Ride this Sunday and Bank Holiday Monday.

You can find more information about Highwoods Jumble Sale on our page or at Colchester Jumble Trails.

Happy bargain hunting! 🚗♻️

𝗧𝗛𝗜𝗦 𝗦𝗨𝗡𝗗𝗔𝗬 𝟯𝟬𝗧𝗛 & 𝗕𝗛 𝗠𝗢𝗡𝗗𝗔𝗬 𝟯𝟭𝗦𝗧 𝗔𝗨𝗚𝗨𝗦𝗧 ☀️ ✅ . . . 𝗖𝗢𝗟𝗖𝗛𝗘𝗦𝗧𝗘𝗥 𝗕𝗢𝗢𝗧 𝗦𝗔𝗟𝗘 𝗜𝗦 𝗢𝗣𝗘𝗡 𝗕𝗢𝗧𝗛 𝗗𝗔𝗬𝗦 𝗪𝗜𝗧𝗛 𝗛𝗨𝗡𝗗𝗥𝗘𝗗𝗦 𝗢𝗙 𝗚𝗘𝗡𝗨𝗜𝗡𝗘 𝗦𝗘𝗖𝗢𝗡𝗗-𝗛𝗔𝗡𝗗 𝗦𝗘𝗟𝗟𝗘𝗥𝗦 & 𝗧𝗛𝗢𝗨𝗦𝗔𝗡𝗗𝗦 𝗢𝗙 𝗕𝗔𝗥𝗚𝗔𝗜𝗡𝗦 🚗 💷 — 𝗕𝗛 𝗠𝗢𝗡𝗗𝗔𝗬 𝗜𝗦 𝗢𝗡𝗘 𝗢𝗙 𝗢𝗨𝗥 𝗕𝗜𝗚𝗚𝗘𝗦𝗧 & 𝗕𝗨𝗦𝗜𝗘𝗦𝗧 𝗦𝗔𝗟𝗘𝗦 𝗢𝗙 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗬𝗘𝗔𝗥 — 𝗦𝗨𝗣𝗘𝗥 𝗘𝗔𝗥𝗟𝗬 𝗕𝗨𝗬𝗘𝗥𝗦 𝗪𝗘𝗟𝗖𝗢𝗠𝗘 𝗙𝗥𝗢𝗠 𝟳𝗔𝗠 𝗕𝗢𝗧𝗛 𝗗𝗔𝗬𝗦 ✅ 🛍️

𝗔𝗗𝗗𝗥𝗘𝗦𝗦 📍 - Colchester Park & Ride, A12 Junction 28, Colchester, Essex, 𝗖𝗢𝟰 𝟱𝗬𝗫 - Search ‘𝗖𝗼𝗹𝗰𝗵𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗿 𝗣𝗮𝗿𝗸 & 𝗥𝗶𝗱𝗲’ on Google Maps for our exact location.

𝗦𝗘𝗟𝗟𝗘𝗥𝗦 🚗 - 𝗡𝗼 𝗯𝗼𝗼𝗸𝗶𝗻𝗴𝘀 𝗿𝗲𝗾𝘂𝗶𝗿𝗲𝗱 — just turn up and pay on the day. Main set-up from 𝟳𝗮𝗺. 𝗖𝗮𝗿𝘀 £𝟭𝟯. 𝗦𝗺𝗮𝗹𝗹 𝘃𝗮𝗻𝘀 & 𝗽𝗶𝗰𝗸𝘂𝗽𝘀 £𝟭𝟱. 𝗟𝗮𝗿𝗴𝗲 𝘃𝗮𝗻𝘀 £𝟮𝟬. 𝗘𝗮𝗿𝗹𝘆 𝘀𝗲𝘁-𝘂𝗽 𝗳𝗿𝗼𝗺 𝟲𝗮𝗺 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗮𝗻 𝗲𝘅𝘁𝗿𝗮 £𝟱 — 𝗴𝗶𝘃𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗮𝗻 𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗶𝗿𝗲 𝗵𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝘁𝗼 𝘀𝗲𝘁 𝘂𝗽 𝗶𝗻 𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗽𝗹𝗲𝘁𝗲 𝗽𝗲𝗮𝗰𝗲 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝗻𝗼 𝗯𝘂𝘆𝗲𝗿𝘀 𝘄𝗮𝗹𝗸𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗮𝗿𝗼𝘂𝗻𝗱 𝘆𝗼𝘂 ⏰

𝗕𝗨𝗬𝗘𝗥𝗦 🛍️ - 𝗕𝗢𝗧𝗛 𝗗𝗔𝗬𝗦: Super early buyers welcome from 𝟳𝗮𝗺. Early entry from 𝟴𝗮𝗺 — £𝟯 per person. Main entry from 𝟵𝗮𝗺 — £𝟭 per person. 𝗨𝗻𝗱𝗲𝗿 𝟭𝟲𝘀 𝗴𝗼 𝗳𝗿𝗲𝗲 𝗮𝘁 𝗮𝗹𝗹 𝘁𝗶𝗺𝗲𝘀.

𝗘𝗫𝗧𝗥𝗔 𝗜𝗡𝗙𝗢 ℹ️
👉🏽 One of Essex’s largest BH boot sales
👉🏽 6am set-up includes one hour without buyers
👉🏽 Super early buyers from 7am
👉🏽 Hot food, coffee, ice cream & doughnuts
👉🏽 Clean flushing toilets & disabled toilets
👉🏽 On-site parking & disabled parking
👉🏽 Dogs welcome

𝗖𝗔𝗟𝗟 𝗢𝗨𝗥 𝗩𝗢𝗜𝗖𝗘𝗠𝗔𝗜𝗟 ☎️ - 07932 065398

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capitalbootsales.co.uk/car-boots/colchester/

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28/08/2026

💛New Defibrillator for Myland

Myland Community Council is pleased to announce that a new publicly accessible defibrillator has been installed at the MCC office on Nayland Road.

Funded by the council, the defibrillator is available to the local community 24 hours a day, seven days a week. We hope this important addition will provide extra reassurance to residents and support our commitment to the health and safety of the local community.

Our sincere thanks goes to Steve at Trotman Electrical Services, who kindly fitted the defibrillator free of charge.

The unit will be maintained by Myland Community Council, helping to ensure this potentially life-saving equipment remains ready for use when needed.

27/08/2026

📣 THIS WEEKEND: HIGHWOODS JUMBLE TRAIL!

Colchester Jumble Trails is taking place in Highwoods this Saturday—and an amazing 18 local houses are now joining in! 🏡🎉

📅 Saturday 29 August
⏰ 10am–2pm
📍 Across Highwoods

Follow the map to explore the trail, meet residents and discover plenty of preloved bargains along the way. It’s a lovely opportunity to support local families, local businesses and St Helena Hospice while giving items a new home. ♻️❤️

Take a look at the updated map to plan your route, or pick up a free printed map on the day.

26/08/2026

☕🍰 MACMILLAN COFFEE MORNING 🍰☕

We’re pleased to share details of a Coffee Morning taking place locally in support of Macmillan Cancer Support.

📅 Friday 11 September 2026
⏰ 10am–12 noon
📍 Community Centre, Highwoods Square, Highwoods, Colchester, CO4 9SR

Come along and enjoy coffee, tea, cake, sausage rolls and a selection of sweet and savoury treats—all while helping to raise vital funds for Macmillan.

You’re also very welcome to bring a cake or something tasty to share, whether homemade or shop-bought.

To RSVP, please email Joanne at [email protected].

Find out more: https://www.macmillan.org.uk/coffee-morning/how-to-host/event-details?eventid=b34ee923-9a02-482b-bd7d-c0899f8fbe9d

20/08/2026

🎓 Good luck to everyone receiving their GCSE results today!

Whether you’re heading to sixth form, college, starting an apprenticeship or still deciding what comes next, there are lots of exciting paths ahead.

Whatever your results, be proud of how far you’ve come. 💜

Congratulations from everyone at Myland Community Council! 🎉

13/08/2026

🎓 Good luck to everyone receiving their A-Level results today!

We’d like to wish all the young people in Myland and across our local community the very best as they receive their results today.

Whether you’re heading to university, starting an apprenticeship, going into work, taking some time to decide what comes next — or today hasn’t quite gone to plan — remember that there is more than one route to where you want to be.

Whatever your results, be proud of how far you’ve come and excited for what’s ahead. 💜

Congratulations from everyone at Myland Community Council! 🎉

12/08/2026

🌒 Look to the skies tonight, Myland! ☀️

Something rather special is happening this evening – a partial solar eclipse will be visible across the UK, including here in Myland.

The eclipse begins at around 6.15pm, with the maximum eclipse taking place shortly after 7pm, so if the weather is kind to us, it should be well worth stepping outside to see!

🔭 You can find out more about today’s eclipse, including how to watch it safely, from the Royal Observatory Greenwich.

If you manage to get any photos from around Myland, we’d love to see them in the comments! 📸🌒

Learn more about the best solar eclipse visible from the UK and Ireland so far this century, when around 90-96% of the Sun will be covered by the Moon

12/08/2026

🧡 Let’s get behind St Helena! 🧡

We’re delighted to see St Helena Hospice nominated for Charity of the Year in the 2026 Colchester Business Awards.

St Helena provides compassionate care and support to people facing incurable illness and bereavement across our local community, including residents and families here in Myland Parish.

It’s a charity that makes a real difference to local people at some of the most difficult times in their lives – and now we have the chance to show our support.

🗳️ Please take a moment to vote for St Helena for Charity of the Year.

Voting is open now and closes on 17 September.

👉 Vote here: https://colchesterbusinessawards.co.uk/vote-now

Every vote helps recognise the incredible work St Helena does for our community. 🧡

We are very excited to have been nominated for Charity of the Year in the Colchester Business Awards, held by In Colchester 🎉

This recognition means so much to everyone at St Helena Hospice and reflects the dedication of our staff, volunteers, supporters and community, who help us provide compassionate care to local people facing incurable illness and bereavement 🧡

To win, we need your help! Please cast your vote at https://colchesterbusinessawards.co.uk/vote-now and help celebrate the impact of St Helena Hospice's care across our community 🤗