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Manuden Village Community Centre The Manuden Village Community Centre is a stunning new venue at the heart of a beautiful village on the Essex/Hertfordshire border. Completed in April 2014, the centre is available for hire for a wide range of activities such as weddings, parties, meetings, concerts, fundraisers and corporate events. It has meeting and club rooms, a fully equipped kitchen, a bar and changing rooms. The venue also boasts fantastic sporting facilities. There is a flood lit multi-use games area for football, tennis, hockey, netball and other sports, while new football pitches and a cricket ground are also available. In addition, there are separate male and female toilets, a disabled toilet, baby changing facilities and a club room providing a place for teams and spectators to congregate and gave light refreshments. Pelham Structures worked with a steering group in Manuden, which had been trying to secure the sports and community facilities for more than 14 years. Planning permission was secured a number of years ago for the site, but the group failed to secure lottery funding. Villagers then turned to the alternative idea of ‘enabling development’, where a scheme of housing is only permitted
if there is a clear wider benefit to the Sir Alan recognised the commitment community. A development of 14 homes and perseverance of the many people pushed the scheme to realisation. who have worked to make the vision Construction of the facilities on the 19 acre a reality, describing it as: “a significant site has cost more than £1.6M. Football day in the history of Manuden” and pitches are carefully engineered and their an “inspiration to other villages”. construction involved moving 100,000 Backing up this statement, Dr Leslie tonnes of earth and installing drainage. Atkinson, who has chaired the The buildings are designed to have Manuden Parish Council for the past low maintenance costs and will be 12 years, was awarded the British partly run using air sourced heart Empire Medal (BEM) for his efforts to pumps and photovoltaic electricity. push plans through for the project. Pelham Structures Managing Director, Bill Bampton, said: “This is an unparalleled scheme for the area and it’s been a superb opportunity to build something amazing, which at the same time We are pleased to be associated with the Manuden Village Hall has provided local scheme and wish all involved continued success employment. In this case, everyone’s a winner.” Sir Alan Haselhurst Grayson Contractors Limited officially opened 6 The Shires, Shire Hill, Saffron Walden, Essex CB11 3AP the hall in T: 01799 525221 F: 01799 516989 September last E: graysoncontractors@btconnect.com year. During the ceremony
Chester Electrics Ltd is an electrical contracting company based in Ongar, Essex and is ideally placed to react to projects in central, greater London and throughout the home counties.
We carry out maintenance and all types of electrical testing (hard wired installations and portable appliance testing and emergency lighting), electrical refurbishment work and all types of general installation work all across London and the home counties. 30 Mayflower Way, Ongar, Essex CM5 9AZ
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We carry out installation, maintenance and testing for a variety of customers in various industry sectors. These include churches, colleges, housing associations, letting agents, factories and supermarkets to name a few. We offer a comprehensive service for existing and new customers to encompass all that is required for a given task. Chester Electrics Ltd provide a full service for an installation and are able to offer advice on what equipment is suitable for a particular installation. To give our customers peace of mind, we are fully certified by the NIC EIC ensuring that we comply with all necessary legislation.