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COTTON INFORMATION PACK
Web-site: www.cotton-pc.gov.uk
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If you are new to the village, you are very welcome, we and hope you find the following
information useful. Please do not hesitate to contact a Councillor or the Parish Clerk if you need
further information.
PARISH COUNCIL
Chairman
Paul Howlett, Jasmine Farm, Wickham Lane, Cotton
Clerk to the Council
Emma Cribb – 07855 131445
mail: parishclerk@cotton-pc.gov.uk
For dates of meetings and agenda see Parish notice board & Web-site www.cotton-pc.gov.uk
LOCAL GOVERNMENT
Mid-Suffolk District Council
54, Ipswich Street, Stowmarket IP14 1AD
Tel: 0300 123 4000
Services include – Planning, Environmental Health, Housing, Council Tax, Licensing, Waste
Collections, etc.,
Mid-Suffolk District Councillor
Andy Mellen,
20, South View, Westhorpe Road, Wyverstone
Tel: Mobile: 07790 992619 e-mail:
andrew.mellen@midsuffolk.gov.uk
Suffolk County Council
Endeavour House, Russell Road, Ipswich IP1 2BX
Tel: 01473 583000
Services include – Education, Health, Highways etc.,
County Councillor
Andrew Stringer
Broadway House, Broad Road, Cotton. IP144 ND
Tel: 07545423842 e-mail
AndrewStringer@suffolk.gov.uk
Member of Parliament
Adrian Ramsey
House of Commons, London SW1A 0AA Tel:
020 7219 7038
e-mail adrian.ramsey.mp@parliament.uk Web: www.adrianramsey.org.uk
PLACES of WORSHIP
Parish Church of St Andrew, Church Road
Rector – Daniel Cant, The Rectory, Rectory Road, Bacton tel: 01449 781650
Catholic Parish of Our Lady Stowmarket
Fr. David Finegan Tel: 612946
COTTON VILLAGE HALL & PLAYING FIELD
Chairman
Steve Winder,
Hall Bookings tel: 01449 780331
Community Café, third Saturday of the month, see publications for details
ORGANISATIONS & AMENITIES
Carter’s Meadow Community Woodland, Mendlesham Road near Double Corners
If you are interested in becoming involved then please contact the Peter Gibbs on 781308
Good Neighbour Scheme – 07980948641 Secretary
Mike Hall Tel: 782004
Cotton Heating Oil Buying Group
Organiser – Peter Mead Tel: 07845 068679 or Email: petereemead@gmail.com
SERVICE PROVIDERS
Bacton Shop & Post Office
Shop Green, Bacton IP14 4LG
Tel: 781366
Mendlesham Shop and Post Office
42, Old Market Street, Mendlesham IP14 5SA
Old Newton Shop & Post Office
18 Finningham Road, Old Newton, Stowmarket, IP14 4EG
Trowel and Hammer Pub
Mill Road, Cotton. 01449 701201
Milk Deliveries
Suffolk Dairies Ltd.
Tel: 01449 676746
Lamberts Service Station, Shop Green, Bacton Tel: 781260 Mobile: 07850 260634
e-mail: lamberts@unipart-direct.co.uk
For petrol & diesel , car sales and servicing, tyres and batteries
Finbows Yard, Station Road, Bacton, IP14 4NH
Containing a diversity of services and retail businesses.
Including J. Lawes Tel: 01449 781452
Extensive hardware, ironmongery, garden and building supplies including hand tools, power tools,
paints, plumbing supplies, timber, sheds, fencing, electrical fittings etc.,etc.,
LOCAL HEALTH CARE PROVIDERS & OTHER USEFUL CONTACTS
Mendlesham Health Centre
Chapel Road, Mendlesham, IP14 5SQ Tel:01449 767722
e-mail: Receptionists@gp-D83091.nhs.uk
-also at
Bacton Health Centre
Taylors Green, Bacton
Tel: 01449 781777
West Suffolk Hospital
Hardwick Lane, Bury St. Edmunds IP32 2QZ
Tel: 01284 713000
Ipswich Hospital
Heath Road, Ipswich, IP4 5PD
Tel: 01473 712233
Citizens Advice Bureau
1 Milton Road, Stowmarket, IP14 1EZ
Tel: 01449 676060
Suffolk Constabulary
For all police contact (other than 999 calls) tel: 101 or 01284 774100 or 01473 613500,
Neighbourhood Watch
All residents of Cotton are members and there is no annual fee. The Parish Council is the
coordinator via the Clerk
Mobile Library
Visits Cotton every other Friday and stops at the Old Methodist Chapel 15.50 – 16.05 and Cotton
Church 16.10 – 16.30
Bus Services
Bus Service – subject to change but the timetable in on the internet. Look for services 457 and 456
PUBLICATIONS
Cotton, Bacton & Wyverstone Parish Magazine
Delivered monthly at minimal cost
Parish Leaflets delivered as and when
Noticeboard by the Village Hall
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