Friston Parish
Council
Clerk to the Council, Mrs Melanie Thurston, 19 Stanhope Close,
Snape, Suffolk, IP17 1RH Tel: 01728 688849
Email – mel19snape@aol.com
Members of the Council (rotating chair):
Mrs Frances Cardy 01728 687686
Mr Peter Watkiss 01728 688616
Mrs Ann Patterson 01728 688379
Mr Bryan Duncan 01728 688864
Mr Mike Caplin 01728 687625
Mr Peter Pledger 01728 688008
Mr Alan Simpson 01728 688387
Parish Council meetings held six-weekly at 7.30 in Village Hall;
Annual Parish Meeting will be held 28 March 2011.
Meeting dates on noticeboard and in Parish Magazine. Members of
the public and press are welcome to attend all meetings.
Doctors
The Surgery, Lambsale Meadow, Saxmundham
01728 602022
The Surgery, Main Street, Leiston 01728 830526
The Surgery, Church Farm, Aldeburgh 01728 452027
Hospital
Aldeburgh Community Hospital, Park Road,
Aldeburgh 01728 452778
Vets
Fromus House, Street Farm Road, Saxmundham
01728 602599
Unit 1d, Eastlands Ind Est, Leiston 01728 833566
Dentists
Mr Weller, Crown Street, Leiston 01728
830790
Oliver Dental Practice, High Street, Saxmundham 01728 602537 Mr
Brown, 167 High Street, Aldeburgh 01728 452884
Dental Centre, High Street, Leiston 01728 832133
Opticians
Jeffrey & Associates, 16 High Street,
Saxmundham 01728 602830 Marshall & Lilley, 26 High Street,
Leiston 01728 833114
Trains
National Express Station at
Saxmundham.
National Rail Enquiries 08457 484950
Connections to & from London at Ipswich. Some direct
trains.
Buses
Timetable on lamp standard at Friston
crossroads
Flooding from ditches: Suffolk Coastal District Council – open
24 hours 01394 383789
Police: for all emergencies dial 999
Leiston Police Station: Kings Road, Leiston.
Safer Neighbourhood Police Officer PCSO 3070 Thora Taylor 01473
613500
Organisations in Friston:
Friston Bowls Club: Hon Sec: Mr M Harris, Ashleys, Mill
Rd
(ground at Church Farm) 01728 688858
Village Hall Management Cttee Hon Sec: Mrs M Wright, 31
Judith Avenue,
Knodishall. Bookings: Mrs S Bowles, Bowling Green, Low Road
01728 687728
Friston Lunch Club: Roberta Simpson 01728
688387
1st Wednesday each month in Village Hall at 12 noon
(all ages welcome)
Neighbourhood Watch Co-ordinator Mr A Wright,
Orchard Bank, Church Road 01728 689018
Church and Chapel:
St Mary the Virgin Church Rector: Revd Christine Brooks,
Friston Rectory 01728 688972
Churchwardens:
Mr P Fife 01728 687759
Mrs C Morley 01728 687999
PCC Secretary: Mr C. Ive 01728 688106
Service times on Church noticeboard & in monthly Parish
Magazine
Friston Baptist Chapel, Mill Road. Sec: Mr P Austin, 31
The Street, Melton, Woodbridge.
Service times on Chapel noticeboard
Schools, Youth Groups
Coldfair Green Primary School Judith Ave, Knodishall.
Head Mrs. A. Minton 01728 830649
Leiston Middle School Waterloo Avenue, Leiston. Head Mr I
Challis 01728 830886
Leiston High School Seaward Avenue, Leiston. Head Mr I
Flintoff 01728 830570
Playgroups in Knodishall, Leiston & Saxmundham.
Guides & Brownies in Knodishall, Leiston &
Saxmundham.
Scout Groups in Saxmundham, Aldeburgh & Leiston
Leiston Leisure Centre including swimming pool, Redhouse
Lane, Leiston 01728 830364
Other Local Councils & Statutory Bodies
Your Suffolk County Councillor is Mr.Andrew Reid
Your Suffolk Coastal District Councillor is Mr Phillip
Dunnett
Coastal District Council Offices: Melton Hill,
Woodbridge, IP12 1AU 01394 383789
For planning, Building Regs, Environmental Services (inc refuse
collection & rodent control)
Council Tax, Business Rates & Housing Benefits.
Suffolk County Council Offices Endeavour
House, 8 Russell Road, Ipswich 01473 583000
For Highways, Education, Libraries etc. Branch Libraries at
Aldeburgh,
Leiston & Saxmundham.
Housebound Library: 01728 831252
Mobile Library: alternate Fridays at The Old Chequers car
park at approx 11.30am
Area Highways Street Farm Road, Saxmundham (out of hours
01728 403 066) 01728 403000
Sewerage Anglian Water available 24 hours 08457
145145
Water Supply Essex & Suffolk Water 08457 820999
Suffolk Heritage Housing Association for Social
Housing,
48 High Street, Leiston 01728 727555
Registration of Births & Deaths County Bldgs, Street Farm
Road, Saxmundham
(Mon & Wed 1.30-4).
Superintendent Registrar of Births, Deaths & Marriages SCDC
Offices 01394 444331
Job Centre Sizewell Road Leiston 01728 404000
Other useful information
Friston Post Office – in Friston Village Hall, Fridays,
2.30 – 3.45 pm. 01728 688818
24hr answerphone 01728 453405
Postal Collections: Friston crossroads: last collection
Mon-Fri 4.30, Sat 09.30
Milk Dairy Crest, Farthing Road, Ipswich. Delivered Tues,
Thurs & Sat 01473 747272
Foulgers Dairy, Woodbridge. Delivered Mon, Wed, Fri 01394
387327
Newspapers & periodicals delivered daily. KP News, 75
High Street, Leiston 01728 830743
Tradesmen/Van Salesmen call regularly with bread (by
order), fruit, veg and groceries
Refuse Collection collection Mondays.
Two week cycle – one week non-recyclable rubbish (grey),
following week recyclables (blue) and garden waste (brown).
Large items of household rubbish
(eg fridges, mattresses) collected for small fee 01394
444000
Household Waste Site at Lovers Lane, Leiston for garden
refuse, motor oil and all other
recyclable items.
Recycling bottles at Saxmundham, Snape Golden Key,
Leiston, Aldeburgh & Knodishall
Textile banks at Leiston, Saxmundham & Aldeburgh
Car repairs John Balls Motor Engineers 01728 688509
For other businesses see Parish Magazine, which is
delivered
monthly to subscribers: Editor Mrs Ann Patterson, Sandy Acre,
Low Road 01728 688379
Citizens’ Advice Bureau
Colonial House, Leiston (Mon & Fri 10-1.30; Tues & Thurs
10-2.30) 01728 832193
9 Angel Yard Market Place, Saxmundham (Wed 10-2)
WRVS Room 1, County Bldgs, Street Farm Rd, Saxmundham (Mon-Fri
10-3)
Enquiries about meals on wheels service 01728 603327
Dial-a-Ride Service Coastal Accessible Transport Service
for the disabled 01728 830516
Volunteer Centre, Main Street, Leiston. Community Car
Centre
for help with transport to visit doctor, dentist, hospital,
shopping etc 01728 831215
General help in the home 01728 832829
Village noticeboards beside telephone kiosk at
crossroads
for notices of local events (please get signature on poster
from
a Parish Cllr or Clerk). Official Parish Council business is
posted on board
on the side of the Jubilee Shelter.
Village Hall board (authorisation from any member of VH
Management Cttee,
names and addresses on board).
If you’d like this information sheet in large print please
contact the Clerk on 01728
688849