Get in touch with the Little Woodhouse Community Association, founded in 1993 and recently celebrated its 30th anniversary . The members are all enthusiasts for the local area and aim to make it a welcoming place to new residents and visitors.
We celebrated with heritage walks: Little Woodhouse Ways, in September 2023, and on 24 October, a talk by Freda Matthews, the President of the Association: The first ten years of Little Woodhouse Community Association. You can see and download a copy of the walk here.
The LWCA encourages exploration of the rich heritage of the area through guided walks and information leaflets, thanks to the research of our local historian Freda Matthews. In 2011 The group published the Little Woodhouse Neighbourhood Design Statement (click to link) which was adopted as a Supplementary Planning Document, used as guidance in the planning process.
There are also opportunities to engage in activities to improve the area and meet the neighbours, such as community events and gardening on the Rosebank (click to link), helping to clean up graffiti, and even litter picking. LWCA is also a keen sponsor of the Little Woodhouse Neighbourhood Planning Forum which is responsible for developing the Neighbourhood Plan. (Membership of this Planning Forum is free to all who live, work or study in the Little Woodhouse Area.)
Membership of LWCA is open to all who live or work in the Little Woodhouse Area and to those who have an interest in the area. There is an annual membership fee of £5 or £8 for households. Members receive regular email updates on issues likely to be of interest and invitations to the quarterly Community Forum and other local events.
The Little Woodhouse Community Forum meets every quarter (in January, April, July and October) to discuss current issues and concerns with councillors, police, council officers and other organisations. Topics such as waste management, anti social behaviour, local planning applications are discussed. These are public meetings open to all in the community.
Little Woodhouse Community Association has its own website at www.littlewoodhouseonline.com
Little Woodhouse Neighbourhood Plan 