Category: Community

After a year of making a meaningful difference to local causes, Market Harborough Building Society has announced that its monthly community prize draw will return for another year – bringing with it a further £12,000 in charitable donations.

Kibworth Community Library celebrates its tenth anniversary this month, a milestone that speaks to the determination, generosity, and community spirit that have kept it alive.

The recently formed local Leicestershire Right to Roam (R2R) have been busy recently campaigning for greater access for those wishing to walk or swim in and with nature.

I always enjoy picking up the Kibworth & District Chronicle when visiting Kibworth Court Care Home.

The start of May is a good time to reflect on how spring 2026 is progressing.

Tickets for this year's Blaston Show are now available to purchase online at www.blastonshow.co.uk, with visitors able to save 15% by booking at the special early bird rate until 15 June.

In preparation for our 50th birthday celebration - which is now less than two years away in April 2028 - we would like to acknowledge everyone who has been involved in this publication, including management, compiling, lay up, checking, proofreading and subsequent distribution during the last 48 years.

A small group of us were shown round an allotment in Stevens Street, Market Harborough during the 'Great Big Green Week for Harborough and the surrounding districts'.

The annual summer concert will be held on Saturday 13 June at 7:30pm in the Robert Monk village hall in Foxton.

My proposal for a Kibworth Festival 2027 - a village of culture and fun was met with a mixed reception.

We are 10 years old!

On Sunday 26 April, 10-4pm, ‘Westbrooke House’ Market Harborough, LE16 8AX. A six-acre garden featuring mature limes, walled flower garden and kitchen garden, a wildlife pond, woodland paths, a wildflower area and a magnificent collection of over 10,000 tulips. 

Spring has definitely sprung here in Smeeton Westerby. Our ‘Bridge 67’ held their wonderful ‘Farm Open Day’on Saturday 21 March. Over 1000 people visited to learn about all of the hard work that goes into rearing such fit and healthy cattle, sheep and pigs in order to put great quality food onto the table. 

Dates for this summer’s Welcome Kitchen events

Residents on the Cuckoo Drive development recently received a letter outlining a proposed  building plan for Manor Oaks Homes on Warwick Road, bordering the railway line, opposite Churchill Road / Kibworth Meadows. This would cover approximately 81 acres of green fertile land with a possible access from Wistow Road or Warwick Road. This would be a mixed scheme of approximately 550 dwellings and a space for a primary school.