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Following the Hirst Division County Council Election held on Thursday 1st October, Ashington Town Council is pleased to share the official result, with Melanie Fox duly elected as County Councillor for Hirst.

Ashington Town Council has a busy October half term lined up for families.

Ashington Town Council is pleased to announce that the third round of its Small Grants Fund will open for applications on Wednesday 7 October 2026.

We’re giving some of the seats around Bothal an upgrade, thanks to funding from County Councillor Scott Amery through his Northumberland County Council Members Local Improvement Scheme (MLIS).

Ashington Town Council’s Civic Head, Cllr Caroline Ball, was delighted to attend the Harvest Thanksgiving Service at Trinity Church (Methodist / United Reformed) on Sunday 20th September.

The Full Council meeting on Tuesday 8th September 2026 at 6.00pm in the Council Chamber, Town Hall, 65 Station Road, Ashington.

Ashington’s first-ever junior parkrun will burst into life on Sunday 4th October at Hirst Welfare Centre — and every child, family and cheerleader in the town is invited.

Ashington Town Council has approved £2,760 from their youth budget to help Wansbeck Community Links establish a daily base within Ashington YMCA, supporting some of the town’s most vulnerable young people.

We want to take this opportunity to commend two brilliant local teams. Our fabulous library service, and the amazing NCC customer services staff who currently work from the ground floor of the Town Hall on Station Road. Ashington has always been fortunate to have a face-to-face NCC customer services presence in the town, delivering great advice and support to residents.

Ashington’s Civic Head, Cllr Caroline Ball was delighted to open the Garden Vegetable Society’s Annual Exhibition on Saturday 29th August at North Seaton Community Centre, “The Hut”.

The show was wonderfully well supported, with a fantastic display of entries across the vegetable, flower, arts and crafts, and culinary classes — and some brilliant contributions from younger growers in the junior class too. The star of the show was undoubtedly an exceptionally impressive prize-winning leek, though a rather splendid pumpkin gave it a run for its money as the centrepiece of the guess-the-weight competition.

With a free bouncy castle, face painting, a table top sale and refreshments on offer, there was plenty for the whole family to enjoy.

Congratulations to all the prize winners, and to everyone who entered — the quality of the entries was a real credit to the growers, bakers and makers of our community. A huge thank you to the Garden Vegetable Society and their volunteers for putting on such a welcoming event.