Brill celebrates and commemorates … VE80 on May 8th 2025. Photo by Victoria Timms.
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Brill parish Council & community website
The Parish Council exists to serve the people of Brill civil parish.
Our aim is to work with the community to make Brill a safe, sustainable, harmonious, and productive place for residents, workers, visitors, and future generations. We resolve to do this through listening, research and careful deliberation, and with compassion and fairness.
Finding your way around this website
The Welcome page (this page) contains news and items of current interest; scroll on down!
To find out more about the community and environment of Brill, click on the drop-down menus above the picture - or use the Search box below.
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This website
Website content & images copyright Brill Parish Council, 2025. Although a reflection of the majority opinion at the time of writing, opinions expressed do not necessarily represent those of individual councillors, then or now, or of future councils as a whole.
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Brill happenings
Click to read the latest news from Brill Parish Council
Click to read all about the project and the role of the Wildlife & Community Ranger
Click to email Marcia, the organiser
The Brill Society are looking for local people to help make this a truly memorable occasion for the whole community. If you feel you can contribute ideas, time - or donations - to kick-start events, please contact Maggie Robins, The Brill Society Secretary.
The society also needs help opening Brill Windmill to the public during the Summer - and turning the sails on the last Sunday of each month. If you have a free hour or so on Sunday afternoons (Easter to the end of September) please consider joining their loyal team of volunteers. Training given - and all ages welcome, particularly young people participating in The Duke of Edinburgh Award scheme. Please contact Maggie, as above.
Parish Council Business
Read the minutes for the May meeting of Brill Parish Council. Our next meeting will be Tuesday June 17th 2025. The agenda will be published shortly. Members of the public are very welcome to attend; time is set aside at the start of the meeting for you to comment, if you wish to do so.
The Annual Governance Statement, Accounting Statements and Annual Internal Audit Report for 2024/2025 are all available on this website. These documents were approved and signed at the May 2025 meeting of Brill Parish Council. Please address any concerns or questions to the Clerk in person during office hours, by email or use the ‘send a message’ link at the foot of this page.
A polite reminder!
As the days lengthen, the sun shines and we’re drawn outdoors to our gardens … a polite - but very firm - reminder: PLEASE DO NOT DUMP GARDEN WASTE ON THE COMMON OR THE WALKS! This is (a) unsightly, and (b) risks spreading garden plant species (and diseases) to the common.
There are two excellent alternatives:
Compost at home LOTS of information on the Buckinghamshire Recycles website - plus money off equipment for Bucks residents to get you started.
Bucks Council garden waste collection Fortnightly collection from your front door for a reasonable fee - plus the satisfaction of knowing that your garden waste is turned into quality peat-free compost sold at Household Recycling Centres.
Image credit: Village 2024. Copyright Camilla Greenwell, Theo Clinkard for Bucks Culture
Village Photography Project
A message from Buckinghamshire Culture:
Thank you for taking part in the Village Project 2024 - and thank you to our local partners in this project, Brill Parish Council and The Brill Society.
The large-scale Brill Village image has been presented to Brill Parish Council. It will be on display temporarily in the church and will later have a permanent home in the village. We have also launched a beautiful publication called Village, featuring the three large images (which open up), a selection of close-up portraits and the stories written by our resident writers from all three participating villages (Brill, Fairford Leys and Burnham).
There is more information about the project on the Bucks Culture website, including a link to download Letters to Brill, a delightfully illustrated digital book written by Brill School pupils.
Participants will have already received instructions for downloading the images. If you have not received this information, please email Lallie Davis (Director of Bucks Culture) for details.
The Brill Society have copies of the project book Village, available for £10. Email Andy to arrange payment and collection. Village is otherwise available (at £12) using this link.
Hartwell’s Barn & Saunder’s field : Important Update
Unfortunately, we have failed to secure the funding required to purchase Hartwell's Barn and Saunder’s Field. Despite best efforts, Brill Society's trustee did not purchase the site to lease to the Parish Council and The Brill Society whilst we raised the full purchase amount. As we understand it, there was disagreement between himself and the vendor over an overage clause on the land plus some issue over vehicular easement over Brill Common to access the barn and field.
We are grateful to all who helped and supported this project alongside us. Special mention must be made to The Brill Society and the other members of the fundraising group; Brill Environment Group and the FAT Daddies. We are also very grateful to those of you who kindly donated money towards this project. Thank you!
Donors should now have received an email from the Chair of Brill Society regarding the return of your donations. Please email The Brill Society if you have not received this communication. PLEASE DO NOT MAKE ANY FURTHER DONATIONS.
If you need further clarification on this topic, please email Bobs Damerell, Brill Parish Council Clerk.
EV Charging Points in Brill
Two electric vehicle charge points will be installed in the car park behind Brill Memorial Hall during the summer. This is part of a wider Buckinghamshire Council project. Just two spaces will be reserved initially for electric cars but, since each point can charge two cars, two more spaces could be reserved in the future when electric vehicles become more common.
We all know that the Memorial Hall car park is badly in need of repair. The current Parish Council has set aside some funding to support the renovation but nothing can be done at the moment as the surveyors have not yet decided where to run the cables.
New to Brill?
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beyond Brill
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If you receive a phone call and you think someone is trying to trick you into handing over money or personal details: STOP, HANG UP & CALL 159.
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