Was it too dry? Was it too wet?
A review of the 2020 rainfall record for Hilton
Gillian Sheail, our local Rainfall Observer for the Meteorological Office and Environment Agency, measures the daily rainfall in Hilton. 2020 was a year of both dry and wet spells, culminating in the floods of Christmas Eve and she has written an excellent article which would have been in Spectrum if it was being published. Please find a copy HERE
The ongoing measurements for 45 years provide a useful record of the village’s climate. Monthly and annual rainfall totals for the years from 1976 to 2020 are now available on the village digital archive, copy HERE
Hilton Parish Council will be holding meetings for the forseeable future online via Zoom.
The full council meeting was held online via Zoom on Monday 7th December 2020 at 7:30pm
A video recording of this meeting can be found HERE
and HERE
IMPORTANT Coronavirus Information
The Parish Council has already been in discussion with many community groups such as the Town Trust, WI, the Church community and the Hilton Village Hall Committee to provide support and friendship to those in need over the coming weeks/months.
Nicola Webster, Clerk to the Council, would be delighted to hear from anyone who can offer to help in any way. Tel:- 830605 or email -
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I will place information HERE that may be useful for you during the Coronavirus Pandemic. Will be both national information sources, but also for local help and support
Keep coming back as this information is likely to be updated regularly
If you have any helpful information to share with villagers of other local initiatives, please let me know in order to keep the website updated. As many of you know I have a village mailing list that I only use for important information dissemination, if you would like to be added to that list, please let me know.
If you have ANY question please fo not hesitate to contact me
Hilton Community Website Editor
Please click HERE for information that you may find useful for support during the current Covid-19 Pandemic
Keep safe, look after yourselves and your neighbours and be kind.
Raptor Foundation Appeal
Please support your local charities who are all under financial pressure during these uncertain times. CLICK HERE for more info
Stolen/Lost Bike
Found unlocked and hidden in village
Please contact Website editor if you beleive it is yours
*** Womens Institute 2020 Programme ***
The full council meeting was held online via Zoom on Monday 7th Sept 2020 at 7:30pm
A video recording of this meeting can be found HERE
The full council meeting was held online via Zoom on Monday 6th July 2020 at 7:30pm
A video recording of this meeting can be found HERE
Community Gritting Scheme
Cambridgeshire County Council are looking for volunteers to participate in the Community Gritting Scheme. This is a scheme where local volunteers can help to keep their communities moving in freezing weather. Please find further information in the documents below.
Community Gritting Training Pack
Community Gritting Word Form
WHAT'S NEW
Mickey has decided to put together a Dec/Jan edition of Spectrum since it is a two months issue and is relevant through January.
The deadline for publication will be 20th November.
Hilton Village Hall
A pantomime of errors
Hiltons Pantomime
A modern-day Cinderella
We would like to thank everyone who came out and supported the first pantomime in Hilton in living memory for a sell-out run. It seemed like everyone had a great time (including the cast!) and made a great contribution to the upkeep of our village hall, one of our greatest, but often undervalued asset.
A video of the final night's performance can be viewed HERE
The afternoon performance can be viewed HERE
Community Coffee Stop
2020 dates
Our first cafe for the year will be open this Thursday 9 Jan for the usual delicious tea/coffee and cakes. Please note new time of 2pm - 3.30pm. Do pop down and see us and meet your friends for a chat over a cuppa. Date coincides with mobile library visit.
Jan 9; Feb 13; Mar 12; Apr 9; May 14; June 11;
July 9; Aug 13; Sep 10; Oct 8; Nov 12; Dec 10
2pm - 3.30pm.
Fenstanton Bowls Club
If anyone is interested in coming down on our Open Day – free taster session – when we can help them – bowling is a good exercise to help keep our limbs and heart working and we are a small friendly club.
More Useful Village Links
NOTE: Archive Links have now been updated following closure of Google's Picasa Web Album
Hilton Feature on Radio Cambridgeshire Devine County
9th December 2018
Click HERE to hear excerpts
A candid story of Papwoth Hospital from 1988 - 2016 by Stephen Bridge former CEO - More info HERE
Copies are available from
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at £5.50, including 50p donation to Papworth Hospital Charity.
What was Hilton like eighty years ago at the beginning of the second world war? A National Register compiled on 29th September 1939 provides a remarkable insight into every household in Hilton. Evacuees had already arrived, but there was not enough room in the village school. The National Farm Survey, two years later, gives a detailed account of farming in the parish. There is so much which can be found out about Hilton at a critical point in its development.
I have brought all this together in a book so that everyone can share what I have discovered. If you would like a copy (£7 to help cover printing costs), please contact me at 3, Mill Hill End, or phone 07484 650209 |
