Howden Town Council

27/05/2026

The next Planning Committee meeting of Howden Town Council will take place on Tuesday June 2nd at 7.15pm. Please see below agenda for details.

27/05/2026

The next Amenities Committee meeting of Howden Town Council will take place on Tuesday June 2nd at 6.15pm. Please see below agenda for the details.

23/05/2026

We are delighted to announce the Knedlington Road Cemetery has now reopened following completion of the path improvement works.

Thank you to everyone for your patience while the work was carried out. The upgraded paths will help improve access for all visitors for many years to come.

21/05/2026

Our Visit Howden project delivers again ..

Winners of our postcard competition announced 🏆

📸 VISIT HOWDEN | POSTCARD COMPETITION 2026 – Winners Announced!

A huge thank you to everyone who entered and to all who took the time to vote and support local photography — we’ve loved seeing Howden through your lens 📸

🏆 People’s Choice Winner
Belinda Janse Van Rensburg – “Howden from The Ashes Playing Field”

🏆 Visit Howden’s Choice
Lee Spencer – “Howden Minster from Parsons Lane”

Both images beautifully capture the character and charm of Howden, and we’re proud to showcase them as part of this year’s competition.

✨ These winning photographs will now be professionally printed as official postcards and will be available FREE in local shops for everyone to enjoy.

Keep an eye out for the postcards coming soon! 👀

Visit Howden is a Howden Town Council Project.

19/05/2026

A little reminder that we are in the process of advertising for a new Councillor to join us here at Howden Town Council.

It's our May Full Council meeting tonight (Tuesday) - as always, this (as with all Full Council and Committee meetings) is open to the public.

If you're thinking of applying but wondered how a meeting works, why not come along and see if it's for you.

If you would like any further information on either the vacancy or any meeting please don't hesitate to contact me at [email protected].

Thank you

Howden Town Council is inviting residents with a passion for their community to step forward and apply to become a Town Councillor through co-option, following the resignation of Councillor Roberts.

Town councillors play a vital role in representing the interests of local people and helping to shape the future of the community. Working together as a council, they make decisions on a wide range of local issues and services that directly affect residents’ day-to-day lives.

Councillors are responsible for:
• Listening to the concerns and ideas of residents and acting as a voice for the community
• Making decisions on local assets such as Howden Marsh, Knedlington Road Cemetery, some open spaces, events, town initiatives and small-scale infrastructure
• Setting priorities and helping to allocate the council’s budget
• Supporting local projects and initiatives that improve the town
• Working in partnership with the Local Authority (East Riding of Yorkshire Council), local organisations, and community groups

The role is voluntary but highly rewarding, offering the opportunity to make a real difference locally, develop new skills, and be involved in decisions that shape Howden’s future.

The current vacancy has arisen due to a resignation, and the Council is now seeking to fill the position through co-option.

Please see the attached poster for more details, and if you do require more information please contact Sarah Boggitt, the Chief Officer to the Council via email at [email protected]

Thank you

16/05/2026

For any young people in Howden who might be interested …

Register for Lifestyle today!

Lifestyle is Humberside Police’s longest running youth engagement project, ever since 1989 the initiative has brought young people from across our force area together over the summer months.

Lifestyle gives young people a platform to undertake a massive range of community projects in collaboration with sponsors, youth centres and colleges in aid of making a real difference in their local areas.

The project will be building on the successes of many years before it is encouraging even more young people to get involved. Over the past 37 years more than 195,000 young people have participated in the programme engaging in over 2.5million hours of voluntary activity benefitting their local communities.

Through Lifestyle young people can gain skills through a huge range of projects from running local bake sales to creating new local community gardens.

Read more here: https://ow.ly/VXn650Z05cR

14/05/2026

Thank you to everybody who came along to the Howden Annual Town Meeting on Tuesday night.

It was lovely to see so many people there, with the 2025/2026 grant recipients attending to report how they had spent their grant monies for the benefit of the town, Town Councillors on hand to answer questions and representatives from Humberside Police.

If you were unable to make it, the slides from the meeting are available below.

It's just a brief snapshot of what we did and achieved as Howden Town Council last year.

13/05/2026

The next Full Council meeting of Howden Town Council will take place on Tuesday May 19th.

This is the Annual Meeting of the Council where the new Chair is voted in, and other annual legislative procedures take place.

Please see the attached agenda for further information - and a reminder all Full Council and Committee meetings are open to the public.

11/05/2026

Following our press release a few weeks ago, we confirm pathworks have today started at Knedlington Road Cemetery.

Due to these essential works, the Cemetery will be closed for approximately two weeks.

We apologise for any inconvenience, but for Health and Safety reasons we have to fully close the area while these works are undertaken.

Thank you for your understanding.