Hethersett Amenities
The community information section is divided into three areas - Amenities (including facilities), Businesses and Groups and Organisations. On this page are details of Hethersett churches, surgeries, library, post office, schools, parish council and contact points for our Member of Parliament and District and County Councillors. If you notice any changes or mistakes or have any additions please contact us by clicking here.
(updated 30th September, 2018)
Hethersett Churches
St Remigius Parish Church (Church of England) - Norwich Road.
Rector and Vicar: Rev Derek McClean, The Rectory, 27 Norwich Road, Hethersett NR9 3EU. Telephone 01603 946656 or e-mail here.
Associate Priests: The Rev Christopher Mallett; 2 Bailey Close, Hethersett NR9 3EU. Tel 01603 811010:
READERS: Duncan Pigg BEM and Mollie Herron: READER EMERITUS: Harold Kerslake
Churchwardens : Kate Wood 28 Cock Street, Wymondham, NR18 0BX (01953 602051)
Secretary: Mrs Brenda Scoley, 3 Grenville Close, Hethersett, NR9 3AG 01603 813281
Treasurer: Neil Sturgeon, [email protected]
Church Hall Booking Secretary: David Neal 10 Grove Road, Hethersett, Tel 01603 811481.
Services: Sunday 8 a.m Holy Communion (1st and 3rd Sundays), Sunday 10.30 a.m Morning Worship(Sunday Celebration on 3rd Sunday in Church Hall), Sunday 6.30 p.m Evening Worship. Monday 9.30 a.m Morning Prayer. Wednesday 10 a.m Holy Communion.
Web site: click here
Hethersett Methodist Church - Great Melton Road, Hethersett
Minister: The Rev Matthew Olanrewaju
Telephone: 01603 504722
Services: Sundays 10.00 a.m and 6.30 p.m
Web site: www.hethersettmethodist.org.uk
Sunday Club for young people at 10.00 a.m
Hethersett Reformed Baptist Church - Henstead Road, Hethersett
Services: Sundays 10.45 a.m and 6.30 p.m
Tuesdays - Focus on the Word at 7.30 p.m
Alternate Thursdays - Women's Fellowship at 2.45 p.m
Contact: Mike Simmons 01508 550052 or e-mail [email protected]
Web site - www.hethersettbaptistchurch.com
Rev Farrow's web site - www.theforceoftruth.com
Roman Catholic Church
Worships at Our Lady and St Thomas of Canterbury at 1, Norwich Road, Wymondham
Tel 01953 603104
Services: Sundays 10 a.m and 5.30 p.m.
Web Site - http://www.wymondhamrcchurch.org.uk/
Hethersett Homes for the Elderly
Hethersett Hall
Hethersett Hall Care Home is part of the Barchester Healthcarte group and is situated on Norwich Road, Hethersett, NR9 3AP. Purpose built unit for dementia and Alzheimer's Disease sufferers.
Tel: 01603 810478
Woodcote Sheltered Housing Complex
Woodcote is part of the Broadland Housing Association Group and is situated in Firs Road, Hethersett.
Tel: 01603 811505
Scheme manager Stephen Baxter can be contacted on the above number or via e-mail at: [email protected]
Hethersett Library
Queen's Road, Hethersett, NR 9 3DB
Telephone: 01603 810188
Features: Free Internet access; DVDs for hire and regular events.
Opening Hours:
The library is staffed on the following days and hours:
Monday: 1.30-7 pm
Tuesday: Closed
Wednesday: 11 am - 7 pm
Thursday: 1.30-7 pm
Friday: 1.30-7 pm
Saturday: 11 am-4 pm
Sunday: Closed
Open Library Users who have had their library cards activated for open access will be able to gain entry to the building from 8 am until 7 pm every weekday and from 8 am until 4 pm on Saturdays and from 10 am until 4 pm on Sundays. During Open Library Hours when the building isn’t staffed residents can return and borrow books, use computers but won’t be able to borrow CDs or DVDs.
Hethersett Medical
Hethersett Surgery
Doctors: Dr Nicky Morris, Dr Meena Murugappan (Dr Muru), Dr Holly Abbot, Dr Beth Hall-Thompson, Dr Bhavesh Dhorajwala (Dr Bav), Dr Chrystelle Asseman and Dr Will Ince.
Hethersett Surgery, Great Melton Road, Hethersett, NR9 3AB
Surgery Hours: Monday to Friday 8.30 a.m - 6.30 p.m (excludes Bank Holidays)
Appointments: 01603 977 477 between 08:30 and 18:00 (Monday to Friday).
When the surgery is closed, patients should call the NHS 111 service. This is provided by the East of England Ambulance Service NHS Trust, which also provides the GP Out-of-Hours Service. Calls to the NHS 111 service are free from both landlines and mobiles. In an emergency call 999.
Web site http://www.hethersettsurgery.co.uk/
Hethersett Dentists:
Mr Michael Ackerman and Mr Paul Baisley
33a Great Melton Road, Hethersett, NR9 3AB
Tel: 01603 810220
Surgery Hours: Monday to Thursday 8.30 am-5.30 pm (closed 1-2 pm); Friday 9 am-5 pm (closed 1-2 pm). Closed Saturday and Sunday.
Dental Laboratories: Hethersett Dental Laboratories 86 New Road, Hethersett NR9 3JH
Tel: 812171
Homeopath
Melanie Cook, 14 The Crescent, Hethersett, NR9 3HX
Telephone 811174
Hethersett Pharmacy (Boots)
35A Great Melton Road, Hethersett
Telephone 810906
Rowan House Health and Well Being Centre
Provides a whole host of therapies and treatments.
Rowan House, 28 Queens Road, Hethersett, NR9 3DB
Phone: 01603 813999
Website - http://www.rowanhousecentre.co.uk/
Hethersett Parish Council
Parish Clerk Annette Palmer is available in the parish council office, upstairs in the Village Hall from 10 to 12 noon Mondays and Thursdays. At other times the office can be contacted on 01603 810915.
The council can be e-mailed by clicking here.
Up to date information on the parish council is available through their website at www.eastspace.net/hethersett
For more information on the parish council click here.
Hethersett Park and Ride
The nearest park and ride to Hethersett is at the Thickthorn Service Area. Buses leave for Norwich city centre regularly throughout the day. The Park and Ride runs from 6.40 a.m until 7.30 p.m on Mondays to Saturdays excepting Thursdays when the last bus leaves the city centre at 8.30 p.m. There is also a Sunday service.
The service is closed on Christmas Day and New Year's Day.
Hethersett Post Office
28, Great Melton Road, Hethersett. NR9 3AB
Tel: 810241
Facilities include stationery, greetings cards, car tax renewals, foreign currency, holiday insurance, payment of bills and personal banking.
Open: 9 am to 5.30 pm Mondays to Friday:
Hethersett MacMillan Cancer Support Charity Shop
4, Great Melton Road
Hethersett
NR9 3AB
Telephone 01603 814018
Open - 9.30 a.m to 4 p.m Monday to Friday
9.30 a.m to 1 p.m Saturday and 9 a.m to 12.30 p.m on Satirdays. Closed on Sundays.
Hethersett Schools
Woodside Infants and Nursery School (Ages - 3 to 7: Years Nursery plus 1 to 2)
Firs Road, Hethersett, NR9 3EQ
Head Teacher: Mrs Angela Jermy Tel 810674
Friends of Woodside - Tel 810674
Hethersett Voluntary Controlled Church of England Junior School (Ages 7-10: Years 3 to 6)
22, Queen's Road, Hethersett, NR9 3DB
Head Teacher: Mr Matthew Parslow-Williams Tel 810498.
Web site:
Hethersett Academy (Ages 11 to 16 - no sixth form. Years 7 to 11)
Queen's Road, Hethersett, NR9 3DB
Principal - Mr Gareth Stevens Tel 810924
Web site
Friends of Hethersett High School contact Karen Cole on 810924
Hethersett Old Hall School (Independent for girls aged 4 to 18 and boys 4-7).
Norwich Road, Hethersett NR9 3DW
Headmistress: Stephen Crump Tel 810390
Web site.
Hethersett Premises for Hire
The following premises can be hired in the village.
Church Hall, Henstead Road. Contact Mrs J. Foreman 32 Park Drive Tel: 810828.
Hethersett Social Club, Queen's Road. Contact Sue Forkes on 01603 811195 during opening hours Available for hire for members. private parties and local groups and organisations. Buffets for private parties can be arranged if required at reasonable rates. Web site - https://www.hethersettsocialclub.co.uk/
The social club is open:- Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Thursdays from 7- 11 pm, and Fridays from 5 pm to 11.30 pm and Saturdays from midday to midnight. Sunday opening hours are midday to 6 pm.
Jubilee Youth Club, Back Lane. For Bookings contact Angela Eden on 812500.
Hethersett Academy, Queen's Road. Contact Business Manager Richard Cole on 810924. For details of availability and hire click here.
Hethersett Junior School, Queen's Road (including swimming pool and playing field). Contact the school secretary Jo Culley on 810494.
Old Hall School, Norwich Road. (sports hall, barn, swimming pool, tennis courts) Contact School Secretary on 810390
Hethersett Methodist Hall, Great Melton Road. Contact Neville Greenhalgh on 810364.
Hethersett Village Hall, Back Lane. Large hall, committee room, stage, kitchen and bar facilities. Bookings can be taken on 07935 163 888. Secretary Fred Watkins can be contacted on 811390. The village hall can also be e-mailed by clicking here.
Hethersett Re-cycling
There is a mini re-cycling centre in the car park at the village hall in Back Lane for glass. In addition householders can pay for a brown bin which is collected fortnightly by South Norfolk District Council and which can contain items of garden waste such as grass clippings.
Spectacles can be re-cycled by being left at Hethersett Surgery.
Hotels, Public Houses and Clubs
Hethersett Social Club - See details above
Hethersett Park Farm Hotel and Leisure Complex.
Telephone 01603 810264
e-mail: [email protected]
website: www.parkfarm-hotel.co.uk
Hethersett King's Head
Telephone 01603 810206
Hethersett Queen's Head -
Telephone 01603 810226
Member of Parliament
Our Member of Parliament is Richard Bacon whose constituency office is at Grasmere, Denmark Street, Diss, IP22, 3LE. Telephone: 01379 642097.
Other Administration:
South Norfolk District Council:
South Norfolk House, Swan Lane, Long Stratton, NR 15 2XE Tel 01508 533633
Hethersett District Councillors are Mr Leslie Dale, 46 New Road, Hethersett, NR9 3HH. Tel 813426. e-mail [email protected] and Mr David Bills, 3 Beech Court, Norwich Road, Hethersett, NR9 3FE. Tel 813041. e-mail [email protected]
Norfolk County Council
County Hall, Martineau Lane, Norwich NR1 2DH
Hethersett's County Councillor is Mr David Bills (contact details above).
Police
In an emergency dial 999
Non Emergency calls dial 0845 456 4567
(updated 30th September, 2018)
Hethersett Churches
St Remigius Parish Church (Church of England) - Norwich Road.
Rector and Vicar: Rev Derek McClean, The Rectory, 27 Norwich Road, Hethersett NR9 3EU. Telephone 01603 946656 or e-mail here.
Associate Priests: The Rev Christopher Mallett; 2 Bailey Close, Hethersett NR9 3EU. Tel 01603 811010:
READERS: Duncan Pigg BEM and Mollie Herron: READER EMERITUS: Harold Kerslake
Churchwardens : Kate Wood 28 Cock Street, Wymondham, NR18 0BX (01953 602051)
Secretary: Mrs Brenda Scoley, 3 Grenville Close, Hethersett, NR9 3AG 01603 813281
Treasurer: Neil Sturgeon, [email protected]
Church Hall Booking Secretary: David Neal 10 Grove Road, Hethersett, Tel 01603 811481.
Services: Sunday 8 a.m Holy Communion (1st and 3rd Sundays), Sunday 10.30 a.m Morning Worship(Sunday Celebration on 3rd Sunday in Church Hall), Sunday 6.30 p.m Evening Worship. Monday 9.30 a.m Morning Prayer. Wednesday 10 a.m Holy Communion.
Web site: click here
Hethersett Methodist Church - Great Melton Road, Hethersett
Minister: The Rev Matthew Olanrewaju
Telephone: 01603 504722
Services: Sundays 10.00 a.m and 6.30 p.m
Web site: www.hethersettmethodist.org.uk
Sunday Club for young people at 10.00 a.m
Hethersett Reformed Baptist Church - Henstead Road, Hethersett
Services: Sundays 10.45 a.m and 6.30 p.m
Tuesdays - Focus on the Word at 7.30 p.m
Alternate Thursdays - Women's Fellowship at 2.45 p.m
Contact: Mike Simmons 01508 550052 or e-mail [email protected]
Web site - www.hethersettbaptistchurch.com
Rev Farrow's web site - www.theforceoftruth.com
Roman Catholic Church
Worships at Our Lady and St Thomas of Canterbury at 1, Norwich Road, Wymondham
Tel 01953 603104
Services: Sundays 10 a.m and 5.30 p.m.
Web Site - http://www.wymondhamrcchurch.org.uk/
Hethersett Homes for the Elderly
Hethersett Hall
Hethersett Hall Care Home is part of the Barchester Healthcarte group and is situated on Norwich Road, Hethersett, NR9 3AP. Purpose built unit for dementia and Alzheimer's Disease sufferers.
Tel: 01603 810478
Woodcote Sheltered Housing Complex
Woodcote is part of the Broadland Housing Association Group and is situated in Firs Road, Hethersett.
Tel: 01603 811505
Scheme manager Stephen Baxter can be contacted on the above number or via e-mail at: [email protected]
Hethersett Library
Queen's Road, Hethersett, NR 9 3DB
Telephone: 01603 810188
Features: Free Internet access; DVDs for hire and regular events.
Opening Hours:
The library is staffed on the following days and hours:
Monday: 1.30-7 pm
Tuesday: Closed
Wednesday: 11 am - 7 pm
Thursday: 1.30-7 pm
Friday: 1.30-7 pm
Saturday: 11 am-4 pm
Sunday: Closed
Open Library Users who have had their library cards activated for open access will be able to gain entry to the building from 8 am until 7 pm every weekday and from 8 am until 4 pm on Saturdays and from 10 am until 4 pm on Sundays. During Open Library Hours when the building isn’t staffed residents can return and borrow books, use computers but won’t be able to borrow CDs or DVDs.
Hethersett Medical
Hethersett Surgery
Doctors: Dr Nicky Morris, Dr Meena Murugappan (Dr Muru), Dr Holly Abbot, Dr Beth Hall-Thompson, Dr Bhavesh Dhorajwala (Dr Bav), Dr Chrystelle Asseman and Dr Will Ince.
Hethersett Surgery, Great Melton Road, Hethersett, NR9 3AB
Surgery Hours: Monday to Friday 8.30 a.m - 6.30 p.m (excludes Bank Holidays)
Appointments: 01603 977 477 between 08:30 and 18:00 (Monday to Friday).
When the surgery is closed, patients should call the NHS 111 service. This is provided by the East of England Ambulance Service NHS Trust, which also provides the GP Out-of-Hours Service. Calls to the NHS 111 service are free from both landlines and mobiles. In an emergency call 999.
Web site http://www.hethersettsurgery.co.uk/
Hethersett Dentists:
Mr Michael Ackerman and Mr Paul Baisley
33a Great Melton Road, Hethersett, NR9 3AB
Tel: 01603 810220
Surgery Hours: Monday to Thursday 8.30 am-5.30 pm (closed 1-2 pm); Friday 9 am-5 pm (closed 1-2 pm). Closed Saturday and Sunday.
Dental Laboratories: Hethersett Dental Laboratories 86 New Road, Hethersett NR9 3JH
Tel: 812171
Homeopath
Melanie Cook, 14 The Crescent, Hethersett, NR9 3HX
Telephone 811174
Hethersett Pharmacy (Boots)
35A Great Melton Road, Hethersett
Telephone 810906
Rowan House Health and Well Being Centre
Provides a whole host of therapies and treatments.
Rowan House, 28 Queens Road, Hethersett, NR9 3DB
Phone: 01603 813999
Website - http://www.rowanhousecentre.co.uk/
Hethersett Parish Council
Parish Clerk Annette Palmer is available in the parish council office, upstairs in the Village Hall from 10 to 12 noon Mondays and Thursdays. At other times the office can be contacted on 01603 810915.
The council can be e-mailed by clicking here.
Up to date information on the parish council is available through their website at www.eastspace.net/hethersett
For more information on the parish council click here.
Hethersett Park and Ride
The nearest park and ride to Hethersett is at the Thickthorn Service Area. Buses leave for Norwich city centre regularly throughout the day. The Park and Ride runs from 6.40 a.m until 7.30 p.m on Mondays to Saturdays excepting Thursdays when the last bus leaves the city centre at 8.30 p.m. There is also a Sunday service.
The service is closed on Christmas Day and New Year's Day.
Hethersett Post Office
28, Great Melton Road, Hethersett. NR9 3AB
Tel: 810241
Facilities include stationery, greetings cards, car tax renewals, foreign currency, holiday insurance, payment of bills and personal banking.
Open: 9 am to 5.30 pm Mondays to Friday:
Hethersett MacMillan Cancer Support Charity Shop
4, Great Melton Road
Hethersett
NR9 3AB
Telephone 01603 814018
Open - 9.30 a.m to 4 p.m Monday to Friday
9.30 a.m to 1 p.m Saturday and 9 a.m to 12.30 p.m on Satirdays. Closed on Sundays.
Hethersett Schools
Woodside Infants and Nursery School (Ages - 3 to 7: Years Nursery plus 1 to 2)
Firs Road, Hethersett, NR9 3EQ
Head Teacher: Mrs Angela Jermy Tel 810674
Friends of Woodside - Tel 810674
Hethersett Voluntary Controlled Church of England Junior School (Ages 7-10: Years 3 to 6)
22, Queen's Road, Hethersett, NR9 3DB
Head Teacher: Mr Matthew Parslow-Williams Tel 810498.
Web site:
Hethersett Academy (Ages 11 to 16 - no sixth form. Years 7 to 11)
Queen's Road, Hethersett, NR9 3DB
Principal - Mr Gareth Stevens Tel 810924
Web site
Friends of Hethersett High School contact Karen Cole on 810924
Hethersett Old Hall School (Independent for girls aged 4 to 18 and boys 4-7).
Norwich Road, Hethersett NR9 3DW
Headmistress: Stephen Crump Tel 810390
Web site.
Hethersett Premises for Hire
The following premises can be hired in the village.
Church Hall, Henstead Road. Contact Mrs J. Foreman 32 Park Drive Tel: 810828.
Hethersett Social Club, Queen's Road. Contact Sue Forkes on 01603 811195 during opening hours Available for hire for members. private parties and local groups and organisations. Buffets for private parties can be arranged if required at reasonable rates. Web site - https://www.hethersettsocialclub.co.uk/
The social club is open:- Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Thursdays from 7- 11 pm, and Fridays from 5 pm to 11.30 pm and Saturdays from midday to midnight. Sunday opening hours are midday to 6 pm.
Jubilee Youth Club, Back Lane. For Bookings contact Angela Eden on 812500.
Hethersett Academy, Queen's Road. Contact Business Manager Richard Cole on 810924. For details of availability and hire click here.
Hethersett Junior School, Queen's Road (including swimming pool and playing field). Contact the school secretary Jo Culley on 810494.
Old Hall School, Norwich Road. (sports hall, barn, swimming pool, tennis courts) Contact School Secretary on 810390
Hethersett Methodist Hall, Great Melton Road. Contact Neville Greenhalgh on 810364.
Hethersett Village Hall, Back Lane. Large hall, committee room, stage, kitchen and bar facilities. Bookings can be taken on 07935 163 888. Secretary Fred Watkins can be contacted on 811390. The village hall can also be e-mailed by clicking here.
Hethersett Re-cycling
There is a mini re-cycling centre in the car park at the village hall in Back Lane for glass. In addition householders can pay for a brown bin which is collected fortnightly by South Norfolk District Council and which can contain items of garden waste such as grass clippings.
Spectacles can be re-cycled by being left at Hethersett Surgery.
Hotels, Public Houses and Clubs
Hethersett Social Club - See details above
Hethersett Park Farm Hotel and Leisure Complex.
Telephone 01603 810264
e-mail: [email protected]
website: www.parkfarm-hotel.co.uk
Hethersett King's Head
Telephone 01603 810206
Hethersett Queen's Head -
Telephone 01603 810226
Member of Parliament
Our Member of Parliament is Richard Bacon whose constituency office is at Grasmere, Denmark Street, Diss, IP22, 3LE. Telephone: 01379 642097.
Other Administration:
South Norfolk District Council:
South Norfolk House, Swan Lane, Long Stratton, NR 15 2XE Tel 01508 533633
Hethersett District Councillors are Mr Leslie Dale, 46 New Road, Hethersett, NR9 3HH. Tel 813426. e-mail [email protected] and Mr David Bills, 3 Beech Court, Norwich Road, Hethersett, NR9 3FE. Tel 813041. e-mail [email protected]
Norfolk County Council
County Hall, Martineau Lane, Norwich NR1 2DH
Hethersett's County Councillor is Mr David Bills (contact details above).
Police
In an emergency dial 999
Non Emergency calls dial 0845 456 4567