Beverley Town Council is asking for residents to suggest names for new streets in the town.
When new housing developments are built, each street needs a name. The bank of potential street names for the Parish of Beverley, which is managed by East Riding of Yorkshire Council, currently contains only one suggestion – Thomas Davie, who was the long-serving Medical Superintendent of the former Broadgate Mental Hospital from 1927 to 1954.
Three-times Olympic gold medal winning cyclist Ed Clancy OBE is getting ready to ride in the Beverley Grand Prix presented by Wren Kitchens on Friday 26 July.
A former winner of the Beverley race, Ed said he has fond memories of the competition and is glad it has returned to the town for 2024.
A plaque dedicated to Beverley Victorian industrialist William Crosskill was unveiled on the front wall of 71 Walkergate, now the Grosvenor Club, by the Beverley Civic Society and the Georgian Society for East Yorkshire.
It was in this house that William Crosskill lived from 1853 to 1886.
Following the success of our Summer Treasure Hunt, we have launched a new one for the festive season, which runs until Saturday 15 January 2022.
Pop into the Beverley SCOPE shop on Butcher Row, where for a one-off donation of just £1 you will be given a question sheet for the Mayor of Beverley’s Winter Treasure Hunt.
The Beverley Christmas Lights Appeal Group is holding its last-ever fundraising event in Saturday Market on Saturday, 11 December – a tombola on their charity stall.
The tombola will be the final event after more than 15 years as a collective of fund-raising including retailers and citizens. The group has organised a variety of events which have raised over £50,000 to light up Beverley at Christmas.
Genuine Gents on Beverley’s Butcher Row is marking its first full year of trading with increased business, more skilled staff and stellar five-star reviews.
“We have always believed we would be able to weather the Covid storm and come out successfully on the other side,” said salon owner Ozgur Dogan, who works alongside trained barbers Brian Nosa and his brother Juan, who recently joined the business.
Beverley Town Council had big plans to commemorate this special 75th anniversary of VE Day along with many other organisations, groups and churches within the town. Due to the present pandemic of Coronavirus, all these activities had to be cancelled.
However, this does not stop them from commemorating and celebrating this special occasion in our own homes following the government regulations ‘Stay at Home – Protect the NHS – Save Lives’.
Staff at a Beverley care company are celebrating after a glowing report from the Care Quality Commission.
Helping Hands, which provides at-home care for customers across Hull and East Yorkshire, was rated good in all areas after a CQC inspection in December.
Humberside Police are appealing for help following a theft from a shop in Beverley. They have released CCTV images of people they would like to speak with.
Staff at the Beverley Branch of Helping Hands are getting ready to host their very first networking coffee morning.
Jennie Falconer and the care team will be holding a ‘Coffee and Connect’ event. This will take place on Thursday 18 April. It will be for local businesses, community groups and individuals from Beverley and beyond.
The East Riding will welcome some of the world’s top cyclists, including Olympic silver medallist and UCI Road World Championship winner Mark Cavendish, on Thursday, 3 May when Beverley hosts the start of both the men’s and women’s Tour de Yorkshire.
Thousands of spectators are expected to line the race route in the East Riding as the peloton races through the area, taking in a number of towns and villages including Tour de Yorkshire debutants Howden and Hornsea.
Beverley’s Tourist Information Centre is to relocate to the Treasure House as it closes its doors on Butcher Row for the final time this Saturday.
East Riding of Yorkshire Council say the decision has been made to help secure the long term future service in the town, a move that has been welcomed by Cllr Denis Healy.
