Category: News

Anglian Water tells customers in Castle Bytham, Little Bytham Toft, Witham on the Hill, Carlby, Corby Glen and Grimsthorpe to boil water before use

Anglian Water is advising villagers to boil their tap water and leave it to cool before using it for drinking, cooking, preparing and food and brushing water.

The advice affects villagers in Castle Bytham, Little Bytham, Toft, Witham on the Hill, Carlby, Corby Glen, Grimsthorpe and the surrounding areas.

Read more from the Stamford Mercury website.

Bythams Community Shop and Café goes from ‘strength to strength’ as it looks ahead to third anniversary

A community shop has gone from “strength to strength” since first opening, as it looks ahead to its third anniversary.

The Bythams Community Shop and Café first opened in 2020, and it has served the people of Castle Bytham and Little Bytham ever since the last community shop closed over 10 years ago.

Read more from the Grantham Journal website.

The Spinney at Little Bytham announces £150,000 refurbishment plans as it celebrates 20 years

A woodland play space is celebrating 20 years and a major £150,000 refurbishment is planned.

The Bythams Woodland Trust (BWT), which oversees The Spinney in Little Bytham, is proposing to carry out the refurbishments on play equipment “which really needs to be replaced”, as stated in the plan.

Read more from the Grantham Journal website.

Horse trailer stolen from Castle Bytham and tools stolen from van in South Witham

A horse trailer stolen from a village property has been traced by police.

The trailer was discovered missing from Castle Bytham on Friday last week (October 14).

A few hours later it was tracked down in Fulbeck, north of Grantham, along with another trailer that had been stolen in Leicestershire.

Read more from the Stamford Mercury website.

Castle Bytham Midsummer Festival to return for 2022

A village event that offers live music, real ales, shopping and an abundance of food will return next weekend (June 18 and 19).

Castle Bytham Midsummer Festival starts on the Saturday with the 5km ‘Chase’ race, in which entrants are pursued by a pitchfork-waving farmer.

Read more from the Stamford Mercury website.

Three-week long road closures planned near A1

Three-week long roadworks are set to start on the main route through a Lincolnshire village by the A1 in mid-April. Resurfacing and patching works are planned for two points around the village of Little Bytham, near Stamford.

From Wednesday, 13 April until 14 Thursday, April 2022, the high street from the village hall to the B1176 Station Road junction will be closed. The second phase, on the stretch between Holywell Road and New Estate, will last almost three weeks from Thursday, April 19 until Monday, May 9.

Read more from the Lincolnshire Live website.