Ferryhill Town Council Announces New Round of Members Initiative Fund for 2025-26 In 2022 Ferryhill Town Council launched its Members Initiative Fund offering local community groups the opportunity to apply for funding to develop local projects. The initiative proved hugely successful, having supported 58 projects and 31 community groups since it first opened. Due to…
Ferryhill Town Council Secures Grant Funding to Upgrade Play Facilities at Dean Bank Park Ferryhill Town Council is pleased to announce that a grant of £90,000 has been secured through Tarmac Ltd. Landfill Communities Fund, to enable the play area at Dean Bank Park, which is now 15 years old, to be upgraded. Old equipment…
Ferryhill Commemorates 80th Anniversary of VE Day On Thursday, 8th May 2025 Ferryhill Town Council joined hundreds of organisations around the United Kingdom, Channel Islands, Isle of Man and UK Overseas Territories to take part in a National Beacon Lighting Ceremony in the Town Hall garden, where Councillor Carol Atkinson (outgoing Mayor of Ferryhill) lit…
Co-option of Town Councillors for Ferryhill The Returning Officer did not receive enough nominations for the recently advertised vacancies for the Ferryhill Wards. Ferryhill Town Council are now seeking to co-opt Councillors for the following wards: Co-option Notice Broom Ward April 2025 Co-option Notice Ferryhill Village and Dean Bank Ward April 2025 Co-option Notice Ferryhill…
Ferryhill Town Council to Hold Beacon Lighting Ceremony to Mark VE Day 80 On Thursday 8th May 2025 the nation will come together to remember the millions that paid the ultimate sacrifice, fighting and securing the freedom we all enjoy today. From early morning when the sun rises to evening as night descends, church bells…
Election of Town Councillors Please see below the appropriate election notices for the Ferryhill wards: Ferryhill (Broom) – Notice of Uncontested Election Ferryhill (Ferryhill & Dean Bank) – Notice of Uncontested Election NoUE – Zero Nominations in Quorate (Ferryhill (Ferryhill Station) – Notice of Uncontested Election (Zero Nominations)
Notice of Election Notice of Election of Town Councillors – details below: Notice of Election
Modifications Proposed to Miner’s Lamp Sculpture Following comments received during the Public Consultation phase of the Miner’s Lamp project, initial designs will be modified and final designs released in due course. A big thank you to residents who have taken the time to email in their suggestions and especially ex-miners, we really appreciate your feedback.…
Calling All Community Groups and Residents! Invitation to Ferryhill’s Annual Town Meeting Ferryhill Town Council would like to invite local groups, organisations and residents to attend this year’s Annual Town Meeting, which has been scheduled to take place from 6.00pm onwards on Thursday, 29th May 2025 at The Masonic Hall. As in previous years, the meeting…
Ferryhill Town Council Reveal Designs for Miner’s Lamp Sculpture for Ferryhill Station Following a series of Community and School Workshops, with professional Sculptor, Andrew McKeon (who also designed the Davy Lamp Sculpture at Bowburn), Ferryhill Town Council are pleased to reveal designs for a 4-meter-high Miner’s Lamp Sculpture, to be installed on land known locally…