Queen’s Jubilee National Beacon Lighting Ceremony

Ferryhill Town Council will be joining other organisations across the Country in a national Beacon Lighting Ceremony to mark Her Majesty the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee.  Residents are invited to attend the ceremony, which will be held in the Town Hall garden at 9.20pm on Thursday, 2nd June 2022.   A programme for the beacon lighting can be…

Outgoing Mayor Presents Cheque’s to Local Charities

Councillor Dave Farry carried out his final presentation on Thursday 26th May 2022 at the Annual Town Meeting. During his year as Mayor of Ferryhill, Councillor Dave Farry raised funds for five local charities, namely, Chance Drama, Ferryhill Town Youth FC, Little Treasures, Mainsforth Cricket Club and The Rifles – Care for Casualties.   Representatives from…

Flying the Pride Flag

Ferryhill Town Council are flying the Pride flag this weekend to coincide with the Durham Pride Event.  Flying the flag and supporting this event will send a clear message that Ferryhill is an open and inclusive community in which people can take pride in.  The Ukraine flag will be flown again after the weekend.

New Mayor for Ferryhill

At the Annual Council Meeting held on Wednesday 18th May, Councillors elected Councillor Carole Atkinson to serve as Mayor of Ferryhill for the municipal year 2022/23.  Councillor John Lamb was elected as Deputy Mayor.  After being elected Councillor Atkinson thanked the outgoing Mayor, Councillor Dave Farry, for his work over the past year. Councillor Atkinson…

Town Council Supports Local Groups

Throughout the last financial year Ferryhill Town Council has provided financial support to local groups that will benefit residents of Ferryhill. Unfortunately, for various reasons such as Covid and periods of purdah due to Council elections, presentations were unable to take place. It was finally possible to arrange the presentations recently and the Mayor of…