Welcome to Upper Broughton
Carol singing
5:30 Thursday 14th December.
Meet on the Village Green, Sheets provided just bring your finest singing voice and help raise money for Dove Cottage & Emmanuel House.
2024 will see the 40th running of the Upper Broughton Art show.
Read Michael Copley's History of the Art Show.
Read the full article on the Art Show Site.
In 1983 Upper Broughton Parish Council decided to purchase the Village Hall from the Church. It was in the most appalling condition and Parish Councillor George Harris agreed to form a Village Hall Committee to come up with ideas for raising money to try and improve the Hall. Chris Reeves suggested an exhibition of work by local artists might be a good fund-raising event. George Harris liked this idea and plans were made for a three day exhibition during the August bank holiday of 1983. Rushcliffe Community Arts Department donated £25 as prize money in the hope of attracting artists. This money was split into three prizes of £8 each with the spare £1 designated to help with expenses. Those were the days!
Tap & Run reopens.
The Tap & Run pub in Upper Broughton is open again, after more than a year since the devastating fire of June 2022.
It's good the see the pub reopen just in time for summer and from what we understand bookings are filling up quickly.
Owned by cricketers Harry Gurney & Stuart Broad. It may well have the strap line the second innings but we can't help thinking The Ashes might have been more apposite…
Art Show 2023
The Upper Broughton Spring Art Show 2023 ran again in May 2023 and initial reviews indicate that it was another huge sucess.
See the Art Show website for further details
This site is looking for a new webmaster…
If there is anyone out there who wants to take on the task let me know. Also the current hosts are looking to shut down their supposrt for these older Plone based sits so all three Upper Broughton sites may well go offline soon. The UBPC has been debating the matter and new proposals are in for review but… SC
Upper Broughton Magazine online edition.
Not only do you get the wonderful Upper Broughton Magazine delivered to your home if you are a resident but you can also access the Pdf online version of the magazine here from the web site and impress your friends in far-flung places with the news and joys of living in Upper Broughton too.
Village Hall Notice board & Railings
The new notice board and railings have been installed in front of the Village Hall in Upper Broughton following an accident last year. Even though the works took longer than expected the results are a great improvement and complete the repairs. The adjacent houses have also been restored following the accident in which a cattle truck lost control on the A606.
New play equipment on Cross Green — Update
The 2022 Upper Broughton Art Show The 2022 exhibition was another huge success. The new format and change of date to May has been very well received. Many thanks to all who helped make this event so successful. For further details see the UB Art Show site
Village Hall Update
The Upper Broughton Village Hall is now open and available for bookings See More
Upper Broughton Tennis Club (UBYSC)
Spring Tennis… it's nothing like Monkey Tennis.
The Upper Broughton Tennis Club or UBYSC (Upper Broughton Youth & Social Club) has been in constant use since the early 1950's. Now in the 2020's the playing surface, lighting, club house and organisation have kept pace with modern expectations.
Any day of the week, any time of the year and now well into the evenings with the assistance of flood lighting there is seemingly always a game being played. A coaching session being run, singles, doubles, tournaments, desperate lobs being hoist, grudge matches to be settled, serves that were definitely IN, calls that were so clearly OUT.
The club is a great facility to have in such a small community and should be supported by all of us.
The Upper Broughton LTA page
A history of the Upper Broughton Tennis Club
Extra content
Sometimes things come in that need a place and should be seen.
• Comment on the Roads in Upper Broughton
The Upper Broughton Neighbourhood Plan
• Online at Rushcliffe Borough Council
What is Neighbourhood Planning? - The official line…
You can read the Upper Broughton Magazine online (links to external G-Drive pages)
