The community information section is divided into three areas - Amenities (including facilities), Businesses and Groups and Organisations. On this page are details of Hethersett churches, surgeries, library, post office, schools, parish council and contact points for our Member of Parliament.

To access the other community information sections simply click on the links below.

The information on this page is correct up to October 2007. If you have an additions and amendments they can be e-mailed by clicking here.

Hethersett Businesses

Hethersett Groups and Organisations

Hethersett Amenities

Hethersett Churches

St Remigius Parish Church (Church of England)

Norwich Road, Hethersett

Rector: The Rev Di Lammas  Telephone: 01603 810273

Churchwardens : David Neal (811481) and Mrs V. Reddington (811136)

Services: Sunday 8 a.m Holy Communion (1st and 3rd Sundays), Sunday 10.30 a.m Morning Worship(Sunday Celebration on 3rd Sunday in Church Hall), Sunday 6.30 p.m Evening Worship. Monday 9.30 a.m Morning Prayer. Wednesday 10 a.m Holy Communion.

OTHER: Sporty Church Youth for 12 to 16 year olds. A time for young people to get together to enjoy badminton, table tennis, organised games and chat. Tuck available at Little Melton Village Hall on 1st and 3rd Sundays from 6.30 to 8.30 p.m.

Little Acorns -  Praise and play for mothers, fathers, carers, toddlers and babies at the Church Hall in Henstead Road on the 1st and 3rd Wednesdays from 10.30 for approximately 60 minutes.

You can help the parish church's repair and redevelopment fund by buying on-line through www.buyat.co.uk/StRemigius. The church get commission and you get access to hundreds of well known stores on-line.

Web site: click here

Hethersett Methodist Church

Great Melton Road, Hethersett

Minister: The Rev Derek Grimshaw

Telephone: 01603 811999

Services: Sundays 10.00 a.m and 6.30 p.m

Web site: www.hethersettmethodistchurch.org.uk

Sunday Club for young people at 10.00 a.m

Hethersett Baptist Church

Henstead Road, Hethersett

Services: Sundays 10.45 a.m and 6.30 p.m

Bible Study: Mondays 7.30 p.m.

Contact Moderator the Rev D. G. Farrow on 01362 695442

Roman Catholic Church

Worships at Our Lady and St Thomas of Canterbury at 1, Norwich Road, Wymondham

Tel 01953 603104

Services: Sundays 10 a.m and 5.30 p.m.

Hethersett Homes for the Elderly

Hethersett Hall Home for the Elderly, Norwich Road, Hethersett, NR9 3AP. Purpose built unit for dementia and Alzheimer's Disease sufferers.

Tel: 810478

Sheltered Housing at Woodcote, Firs Road. Tel: 811505

Hethersett Library

Queen's Road, Hethersett, NR 9 3DB

Telephone: 01603 810188

Opening Times:  

Monday - 10 a.m to 1 p.m and 2 p.m to 7.30 p.m

Tuesday - Closed

Wednesday - 10 a.m to 1 p.m and 2 p.m to 5 p.m

Thursday - 2 p.m to 7.30 p.m

Friday - 10 a.m to 1 p.m and 2 p.m to 5 p.m

Saturday - 10 a.m to 2 p.m

Sunday - Closed

Features: Free Internet access; DVDs  for hire.

Miscellaneous Information:

Village archivist Bill Reekie is at the library on Mondays from 2.30-5 p.m.

Hethersett Medical

Doctors:

Doctors Beeby, Press, Morris 

Hethersett Surgery, Great Melton Road, Hethersett, NR9 3AB

Surgery Hours: Monday to Friday 9 a.m - 6 p.m

Appointments: 811323

Visits and Emergencies 810250

Prescriptions 811355

Dentists:

Mr Michael Ackerman and Associates

33a Great Melton Road, Hethersett, NR9 3AB

Tel: 810220

Surgery Hours: Monday to Thursday 9-5.30 closed 1-2 p.m; Friday 9-1.

Dental Laboratories: Hethersett Dental Laboratories 86 New Road, Hethersett NR9 3JH

Tel: 812171

Chiropodists

Mrs Sylvia Parfitt 

Tel: 810761 - Home visits only

R. Wales 7 Longview, Hethersett, NR9 3JN

Tel 811899

Homeopath

Melanie Cook, 14 The Crescent, Hethersett, NR9 3HX

Telephone 811174

Hethersett Pharmacy

35A Great Melton Road, Hethersett

Telephone 810906

Hethersett Parish Council

Parish Clerk Ian Weetman is available in the parish council office, upstairs in the Village Hall from 10 to 12 noon Mondays and Thursdays. At other times the office can be contacted on 0103 810915.

Mr Weetman's address is 9, Melton Court, Hethersett, NR9 3HE and the council can be e-mailed by clicking here.

Up to date information on the parish council is available through their website at www.eastspace.net/hethersett

Parish Council chairman Charlotte Land can be contacted on 811361. Below is a list of council members.

Hethersett Youth Parish Council meets monthly at the High School and can be contacted via the parish clerk.

Hethersett Park and Ride

The nearest park and ride to Hethersett is at the Thickthorn Service Area. Buses leave for Norwich city centre regularly throughout the day. The Park and Ride runs from 6.40 a.m until 7.30 p.m on Mondays to Saturdays excepting Thursdays when the last bus leaves the city centre at 8.30 p.m. 

The service runs every day except Sundays, Christmas Day and New Year's Day 

Hethersett Post Office

28, Great Melton Road, Hethersett. NR9 3AB

Postmaster: Mr Phil Emery Tel: 810241

Half day closing Wednesday and Saturday at 1 p.m. Closed other days for lunch between 1 and 2 p.m.

Facilities include stationery, greetings cards, car tax renewals, foreign currency, holiday insurance, payment of bills and personal banking.

Hethersett Schools

Woodside Infants and Nursery School (Ages - 3 to 7: Years Nursery plus 1 to 2)

Firs Road, Hethersett, NR9 3EQ

Head Teacher: Mrs Helen Lamb        Tel 810674

Friends of Woodside - Tel 810674

Hethersett Voluntary Controlled Church of England Junior School (Ages 7-10: Years 3 to 6)

22, Queen's Road, Hethersett, NR9 3DB

Head Teacher: Mr Andy Whittle  Tel 810498.

Web site:

Hethersett High School (Ages 11 to 16 - no sixth form. Years 7 to 11)

Queen's Road, Hethersett, NR9 3DB

Head Teacher Ms Kerry Jordan   Tel 810924

Web site

Friends of Hethersett High School contact Karen Cole on 810924

Hethersett Old Hall School (Independent for girls aged 4 to 18 and boys 4-7).

Norwich Road, Hethersett NR9 3DW

Headmistress: Stephen Crump  Tel 810390

Web site

Hethersett Premises for Hire

The following premises can be hired in the village.

Church Hall, Henstead Road. Contact Mrs J. Foreman 32 Park Drive Tel: 810828

Hethersett Social Club, Queen's Road. Contact Ian Forkes on 01603 811195 during opening hours Available for hire for members. private parties and local groups and organisations. Buffets for private parties can be arranged if required at reasonable rates.

Jubilee Youth Club, Back Lane. For information telephone Carole Morrison on 01603 810174. 

Hethersett High School, Queen's Road. Contact Business Manager Richard Cole on 810924. For details of availability and hire click here.

Hethersett Junior School, Queen's Road (including swimming pool and playing field). Contact the school secretary Jo Culley on 810494

Old Hall School, Norwich Road. (sports hall, barn, swimming pool, tennis courts) Contact School Secretary on 810390

Hethersett Methodist Hall, Great Melton Road. Contact Neville Greenhalgh on 810364.

Hethersett Village Hall, Back Lane. Large hall, committee room, stage, kitchen and bar facilities. Contact Roz Killington on 812660

Hethersett Re-cycling 

There are mini re-cycling centres in the car park of the Memorial Playing Field and in the village hall in Back Lane for glass. In addition householders can pay for a brown bin which is collected fortnightly by South Norfolk District Council and which can contain items of garden waste such as grass clippings.

Spectacles can be re-cycled by being left at Hethersett Surgery. For silver foil recycling contact Maureen Lincoln 54 Lynch Green NR9 3JT Tel 811534. Stamps of any kind in aid of Guide Dogs for the Blind. Contact Pat Denmark 33 New Road. Tel 811860.

Hotels, Public Houses and Clubs

Hethersett Social Club - 38 Queen's Road, Hethersett is open daily to members and guests.

Opening Hours - 7-11 p.m Tuesdays to Thursdays, Noon to 3 p.m and 7p.m to midnight Fridays, 11.30 a.m to midnight Saturdays and noon to 10.30 p.m Sundays.

Telephone: Ian Forkes on 01603 811195 during opening hours.

Hethersett Park Farm Hotel and Leisure Complex.

Telephone 810264

e-mail: enq@parkfarm-hotel.co.uk

website: www.parkfarm-hotel.co.uk

Hethersett King's Head

Telephone 810206

Hethersett Queen's Head -

Telephone 810226

Member of Parliament

Our Member of Parliament is Richard Bacon whose constituency office is at Grasmere, Denmark Street, Diss, IP22, 3LE. Telephone: 01379 642097.

Hethersett Web Site

Hethersett web site at www.hethersett.org.uk is an independent site set-up free of charge to promote the village.

Newspaper Correspondent

Newspaper correspondent for the Norwich Evening News and Wymondham and Attleborough weekly newspaper is Peter Steward, 12 Karen Close, Hethersett NR9 3DG. Tel 01603 811052 or e-mail petersteward@lineone.net.

Other Administration

South Norfolk District Council

South Norfolk House, Swan Lane, Long Stratton, NR 15 2XE Tel 01508 533633

Hethersett District Councillors are Mr Leslie Dale, 46 New Road, Hethersett, NR9 3HH. Tel 813426. e-mail ldale@s-norfolk.gov.uk and Mr David Bills, 3 Beech Court, Norwich Road, Hethersett, NR9 3FE. Tel 813041. e-mail dbills@s-norfolk.gov.uk

Norfolk County Council

County Hall, Martineau Lane, Norwich NR1 2DH

Hethersett's County Councillor is Mrs J. M. Virgo 10 The Ridings, Cringleford, NR4 6JU. Tel 01603 224462

Police

In an emergency dial 999

Non Emergency calls dial 0845 456 4567

Political Parties contacts

Conservative Association - Andrew Hardy, Greyhound Lodge, Henstead Road, NR9 3JH - Tel 01603 810829

Labour Party - John Cowan 01603 759425

Liberal Democrats - Jackie Sutton (811170) and Fred Watkins (811390).