Ringland Parish Council

26/03/2026

Litter Pick 12th April at Ringland Hills. Enjoy the hills whilst helping keep them beautiful.

17/03/2026

A47 Closure Rescheduled
Dear Stakeholder,

Over the last few months, we’ve had a long period of very wet weather. This has made the ground difficult to work on and slowed progress in several key areas, especially Earthworks. Our teams have continued working on structures and highway tasks away from public view, but works have been delayed.

Despite everyone’s best efforts, we’ve had to review whether it’s practical and safe to carry out the Wood Lane traffic switch as planned. We’ve now agreed that we need to make some changes to keep our work safe, minimise the impact of the road closure and ensure works are up to the standards expected. Because of this, we’ve made the difficult decision to delay the traffic switch and the opening of Wood Lane, to 27 April 2026. As a result, the planned weekend closure of the A47 from 20 to 23 March 2026 has been cancelled.

Additional Rescheduling of Temporary Traffic Lights and Lane Closures – 28 and 29 March 2026

Unfortunately, due to operational reasons we had to cancel our overnight closures on 13 and 14 March, which have now been rescheduled for daytime on 28 and 29 March.

We will be carrying out multiple pieces of preparation work along the A47 between the Fox Lane junction and Easton Roundabout.

On 28 and 29 March between 7am and 7pm each day we will be closing one lane of the A47 in multiple locations. We will be using temporary traffic lights to allow traffic to flow in both directions.

We’d like to apologise for any disturbance caused by our work, and we will try to keep this to a minimum where possible.

Thank you for your patience and understanding.

09/03/2026

Parish Council Meeting
16th March 7pm Ringland Village Hall.
All welcome. Agenda and document pack can be found at www.ringlandparishcouncil.gov.uk

03/03/2026

Weekend Roadworks

21/01/2026

Ringland Hills Working Party
On 31st January at 1pm work will be carried out to reduce gorse invasion on the Ringland Hills. Everyone welcome to come and help. Please bring your own tools and gloves etc.

New cooker for the village hall
A crowdfunder project has been launched to raise money to replace the cooker in the village hall. The project requires some electrical work as well as the purchase and installation of a cooker. The link is here: please copy and paste into your browser. https://www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/qr/Zn565dLy?utm_campaign=sharemodal&utm_medium=referral&utm_source=shortlink

Please share so we can achieve our goal as soon as possible. The County Councillor will provide £500 from his community fund when we reach £500 from the crowdfunder process.

To provide a working safe cooker for the village hall

12/01/2026

Parish Council Meeting 19th January 7pm in St Peter’s Church. Please see www.ringlandparishcouncil.gov.uk for agenda and information pack.

Ringland is a small rural village located in Norfolk, approximately seven miles NW of Norwich. It is nestled in the Wensum Valley between the A47 and A1067. The River Wensum which runs through the bottom of the village is a site of special scientific interest (SSSI) with many rare and endangered spe...

19/12/2025

HISTORY WALK

A Parish resident is organising a Village History Walk, to take place on Saturday 27th December. The walk, which is just over three miles, will start at 10am from the Church car park.

Any questions or for more information, please contact Simon Addington on 07952767971 or email [email protected]

19/11/2025

There is a new consultation on the mitigations for A47 work in the area. Please see the attached letter and respond to the County Council

06/11/2025

Volunteers wanted on Saturday 22nd November to help clear vegetation on Church Hill Common

The Parish Council is organising a work party on Church Hill Common to undertake vegetation clearance. This will take place on Saturday 22nd November, starting at 9:30am.

The work is being undertaken as part of our management of the Common - without intervention the central grass area, which forms an important open acid grassland wildlife habitat, will be overtaken by the encroaching scrub.

Please bring hand tools such as loppers, shears and rakes. Appropriate footwear such wellies or work boots are recommend, as are a decent pair of gloves (the vegetation that needs to be cut down is mostly gorse and brambles!)

If you need any more any information, or have any questions, please contact Simon Addington on 07952 767971 or email [email protected]

We look forward to seeing you on the 22nd

17/10/2025

Road Closure

A47 works:
Dear Stakeholder. We’ll be working on the A47 between Fox Lane junction and Easton Roundabout as part of our upgrade to the A47 road. To work safely, the A47 will be fully closed in both directions from Easton Roundabout to Dereham interchange for a full weekend closure between 6pm Friday 14 November and 6am Monday 17 November 2025. After this full weekend closure, there will be a 40mph speed limit in place from the Fox Lane junction to the Easton Roundabout. One lane of the dual carriageway at the Fox Lane junction will be closed in both directions. We also need overnight closures 8 pm to 6 am on 16 and 17 November between Easton Roundabout and Longwater Interchange. After this, one lane of the dual carriageway will be closed at the Easton roundabout in both directions 1km to the east of the roundabout. Safety cameras will be in place within the 40mph speed limit zone. Diversions will be in place:
Westbound Diversion Route: https://www.google.com/maps/Westbound

Head east on the A47
Join the A11 and head southwest
Leave the A11 at Thetford and join the A134 heading northwest
At Mundford take the A1065 northwards towards Swaffham
Rejoin the A47 at Swaffham and head east.
Eastbound Diversion Route:https://www.google.com/maps/eastbound

Head west on the A47
Leave the A47 at Swaffham and head south on the A1065
At Mundford take the A134 to Thetford heading southeast
At Thetford take the A11 heading northeast Toward Norwich
Rejoin the A47 and head northwest
All side road access will be closed onto the A47. Residents living directly on the A47 will be escorted through the closure by traffic marshals when access is required during the closure, further details on this will be sent directly to them.Access routes through the closure will be maintained for the Emergency Services.

02/09/2025

The next Ringland Parish Council meeting is on Monday 8th September at 7.30pm in the Village Hall. Members of the public are welcome to attend. The agenda is attached. Any queries please email [email protected]

13/08/2025

Dear Residents
There will be an extraordinary meeting of the Ringland Parish Council to discuss options and agree responses to the latest Norwich Western Link consultation process. It will be held in the Ringland Village Hall on 21st August 2025 at 7pm. Members of the public are welcome to attend.

The agenda is below.

Many thanks

Kay Montandon
Parish Clerk
Ringland Parish Council
Tel: 07355004437
Email: [email protected]

RINGLAND PARISH COUNCIL

Extraordinary Parish Council Meeting
I give notice of a meeting and summon members to attend. The meeting will be held at Ringland

Village Hall, The Street, Ringland on Thursday 21 st August 2025 at 7.00pm

Members of the public are welcome to attend

Cllr Lindy Cooper, Chair
11 th August 2025

Agenda

1. Apologies
To receive apologies for absence.
2. Declaration of Interest
To receive declarations of interest for items on the agenda and to consider any requests for
dispensation.
3. Presentation on Norwich Western Link Road Options
Nick Adams will summarise information from the Liaison Group and the presentation made by
the NWL Group at the last Council Meeting.
4. Discussion on Norwich Western Link Road options
To consider options for NWL and impact on Ringland.
5. Public Participation (15 mins max 3 mins per speaker)
6. To Agree Response from Ringland Parish Council to NWL Team
7. The date of the next Parish Council meeting is Monday 8 September 2025 7.30pm.