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High Lighthouse to be illuminated for Harwich RNLI’s open day
Harwich Town Council will be illuminating the iconic Harwich High Lighthouse to celebrate Harwich RNLI’s open day on Saturday 1st August. Working in conjunction with Tendring District Council (TDC) and the Harwich Society, Harwich Town Council has installed lighting equipment…
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PRESS RELEASE: Events to celebrate 30 years of Home-Start Harwich supported by Harwich Town Council
Harwich Town Council is a long standing supporter of the wonderful work done by Home-Start Harwich within the local community and greatly appreciates all that it has done to support families living on the Harwich Peninsula. Home-Start Harwich is celebrating…
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PRESS RELEASE: Harwich High Lighthouse to be illuminated for NHS Day
Harwich Town Council will be illuminating the iconic High Lighthouse to celebrate NHS Day on Sunday 5th July. Working in conjunction with Tendring District Council (TDC) and the Harwich Society, Harwich Town Council has installed lighting equipment to illuminate the…
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PRESS RELEASE: Harwich Town Council supports Friends of Cox’s Pond
Harwich Town Council is aware of how pleased the local community is by the remarkable efforts of the ‘Friends of Cox’s Pond’ who are a group of local volunteers who have transformed this important feature in recent months. The group…
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PRESS RELEASE: Harwich High lighthouse will be lit up for ‘Armed Forces Day’
Harwich Town Council is very pleased by the very positive reaction to its decision to illuminate the Harwich High Lighthouse on occasions important to the local community. Having installed the lighting equipment and working in conjunction with Tendring District Council…
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Tarchon Interconnector Project Non-Statutory Consultation
Non-statutory consultation for the Tarchon Interconnector Project opens on Friday 3rd July 2026 and will run for six weeks until Thursday 13th August 2026. Harwich drop-in event Friday 3rd July 2026, 14:00 – 18:00 at The Waterfront, Lower Marine Parade,…
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PRESS RELEASE: Harwich High Lighthouse to be illuminated to celebrate ‘Pride month’
Harwich Town Council has purchased lighting equipment to allow the illumination of Harwich High Lighthouse and, working in conjunction with Tendring District Council and the Harwich Society, the lighthouse can now be lit up to celebrate and commemorate specific occasions.…
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Mayor Making Minutes 21st May 2026
APPROVED Mayor Making Minutes 21 May 2026
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Harwich High Lighthouse to be illuminated for World Cancer Day
Harwich Town Council has recently installed lighting equipment in order to enable the Harwich High Lighthouse to be illuminated on specific occasions. This is being done under a license from Tendring District Council that allows up to twelve illuminations each…
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ECC HIGHWAYS – PRESS RELEASE Landowners encouraged to cut vegetation ahead of bird nesting season
ECC HIGHWAYS - PRESS RELEASE Landowners encouraged to cut vegetation ahead of bird nesting season Unkept trees, hedges, and ditches can quickly become a safety hazard if not maintained. Landowners are being reminded that trees, hedges, ditches and other vegetation…
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Holocaust Memorial Day commemorated in Harwich
In a commemoration arranged by Harwich Town Council in conjunction with the Harwich Kindertransport Memorial and Learning Trust, Harwich commemorated Holocaust Memorial Day on Tuesday, 27th January, the date being the day in 1945 that the extermination camp at Auschwitz…
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Harwich to Commemorate Holocaust Memorial Day
Since the unveiling of the ‘Safe Haven’ memorial to the Kindertransport in September 2022, Harwich Town Council, in conjunction with the Harwich Kindertransport Memorial and Learning Trust, has used the location on Harwich Quay for a commemoration of Holocaust Memorial…
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Advance notice: Trial holes at Parkeston Bridge, Parkeston Road, Harwich, CO12 4HE
Essex Highways Advance notice: Trial holes at Parkeston Bridge, Parkeston Road, Harwich, CO12 4HE (PDF) Works are due to begin 08:00 on Monday 27 October 2025 and anticipated to take approximately one week to complete. Further information https://one.network/?GB144972321
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Photo Gallery – Lighthouse Memory Walk 2025
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HARWICH GUILDHALL TO OPEN FOR NATIONAL HERITAGE WEEKEND
Through the work of its honorary archivists Harwich Town Council supports National heritage Weekend and, as a result, the Harwich Guildhall will be open to the public free of charge on Saturday 13th September between 2PM and 4PM. The Guildhall…
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Harwich Town Council makes Memory Walk an annual event
Harwich Town Council is a ‘Dementia Friendly' Organisation with all its members and staff having undergone dementia awareness training. The Council runs events for those living with dementia along with their families and last year organised a memory walk from…