We would like to wish all Martlesham residents, businesses & local groups a very Merry Christmas and festive season! Please note that the Parish Council Office will be closed from the 24th December 2025 through until Monday 5th January 2026.

We would like to extend our thanks to our Volunteers for their continued support and hard work throughout the year. Your dedication has allowed up to continue with “Speed Watch”, “SID Group”, Play Space Inspectors, Notice Board Caretakers and members of our Working Parties/ Groups.

Now that the hard landscaping and earthworks are completed work has started on other features on the site.

Charlie Zakss, Suffolk Wildlife Trust (SWT), ran a session at Woodbridge Library on 22nd October making insect homes from natural materials (e.g. bark and twigs tied together), plus small wooden plaques decorated with drawings of minibeasts, with the Open Space Wellbeing Group.

Martlesham in Bloom organised and liaised with SCL Landscape Management Ltd getting the stakes for the dead hedge and putting them in for us on the morning of 28th October, and transporting native hedge prunings for us to the site.

The young people of Suffolk Sight Juniors arrived with their family and friends. Charlie (SWT) and Sonya (project designer) introduced the session and the Nature for Us All Project. They all then set to work very enthusiastically digging a hole at the end of one section of dead hedge for a stag beetle home and cutting up pieces of bamboo cane for insect homes and a hexagonal solitary bee home. All of the dead hedge material was put in between the posts, logs were put into the hole for the stag beetles and the insect homes made by the Open Space well-being group were incorporated into the dead hedge.

Both sessions were a great success with both groups keen to meet up again doing nature based activities.

We are currently in the process of applying for funding which will enable us to carry out much need work to the Bike Trails. We know first-hand how well used these trails are from our visits to the site. We are also aware of the attempted remodelling that has taken place, by users of the trails, over the last year. We understand that the jumps needs to be made more compact, in order to keep the structure in place, the starting ramp needs improving as to do the jumps and berm.

If you or your children would like to have an input into the remodelling of this facility, please contact the Parish Council Office: enquires@martleshamcouncil.org.uk.

Your input into local facilities is invaluable.