Marlow News

Rear Cemetery Gate
Riley Road Play Park
Grants
Bridge's Baskets
Community Payback
Best Kept Village

Rear Cemetery Gate

The Town Council’s cemetery at Wethered Road is a tranquil and well maintained resting place for many of the town’s former residents. The Town Council puts a lot of resources into maintaining the cemetery and ensuring it remains a pleasant place for members of the public to come and remember their loved ones.

Following a number of incidents of vandalism and anti-social behaviour, as well as complaints of people being disturbed at funerals by people using the cemetery as a short cut, the Council took the difficult decision to close the rear gate from Sandygate Close on a permanent basis.

However, the Town Council did receive a number of complaints from visitors who were now unable to access their loved ones grave at the rear of the cemetery because they had limited mobility. They highlighted the anguish this had caused them.

The Council have therefore decided to open up the rear gate from 8am – 8pm in the summer months (April to September) and 8am – 4pm in the winter months (October to March). It should be noted that this access should not be used as a shortcut or recreation area. The cemetery is a peaceful space for reflection and mourning, but also a working space with funerals, and maintenance work taking place regularly. The Council would also ask that people using this access respect the people living nearby and if possible do not park their cars in the close.

Riley Road Play Park

Presently Marlow Town Council is at an advanced stage in agreeing a lease with the Riley Road Trust for the play park located in Riley Park.

The future of the play park was put under threat after Wycombe District Council decided that it no longer wished to retain responsibility for it. The Trust, who is the landlord, was faced with a difficult task of finding somebody else to take it on as they did not have the financial resources to manage it themselves. Marlow Town Council maintains a number of play parks in the town and stepped forward with an offer to take on this much used and well-loved community facility.

The Town Council has already completed a consultation on what play equipment people would like to see in the park.  Details of the proposed different designs can be seen here.  We will publish the final decision on our website once it is made.

Grants

Financial assistance for local charities and grants can be hard to come by. Did you know that Marlow Town Council has a budget of approximately £10,000 for local organisations to apply to? The application process is relatively simple and an application form can be downloaded from this page.

Recent recipients include Marlow Age Concern, The Royal British Legion, Marlow Camera Club and Marlow Sea Cadets. If you would like to find out more then please contact the Town Council.

Bridge’s Baskets

The splendour of Marlow Bridge will soon be heightened with the installation of hanging baskets both on the Marlow side and on the Bisham side. The baskets will be installed shortly and will feature plants suitable for the current season.  The baskets follow the refurbishment of the support brackets by a local forge.

The baskets will be paid for by both Marlow Town Council and Bisham Parish Council, though both councils are investigating sponsorship of the baskets. If you or your company are interested in sponsoring the baskets then please contact the Marlow Town Council office on 01628 484024, email office@marlow-tc.gov.uk. 
 

COMMUNITY PAYBACK HARD AT WORK IN MARLOW  

Community Payback is currently being trialed in Marlow by the Town Council. Community Payback is a punishment option where the Court orders and offender to carry out work in the community. This work is unpaid and gives an opportunity for offenders to make amends in the community. This scheme is delivered by Thames Valley Probation who work in partnership with others including the Police and Local Councils. The offenders carry out between 40 and 300 hours community service work within a 12 month period. It is compulsory, strictly enforced and closely supervised.

So far the team have been working in the Town Council cemetery, the Causeway and Chapel Street. The work done so far has been to an extremely good standard and is saving on the Town Council resources, thus ensuring that the offenders involved here in Marlow are putting something back into the community.

MARLOW IS RUNNER-UP IN THE BEST KEPT VILLAGE COMPETITION 2011!

Marlow has been judged runner-up in the Michael Cup for the above competition. Some of the judges comments below:

'a particularly well kept war memorial with spotless stonework and nice planting scheme'

'Gossmore Park is well kept'

Council offices and Liston Hall were nicely presented'

'Overall the judges felt that Marlow showed a high standard in its class. Congratulations to everyone involved for all their hard work in maintaining such a well-kept town.'

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