Welcome to Hyde900

Hyde900 is a community project in Winchester, Hampshire, to celebrate the 900th anniversary of the founding of Hyde Abbey. For more details see the "What is Hyde900?" page.

Wantage to Winchester Bike Ride 2012

Riders on Wantage to Winchester 2011Wantage to Winchester Bike Ride – enter now

Come and join us on July 15th 2012 for the fifth(!) Hyde900 Wantage to Winchester Bike Ride.  Starting in Wantage town square at 10am, the route takes us 50 miles on country lanes over the scenic Marlborough Downs, across the Thames River valley, through the idyllic Bourne Valley and on to the historic city of Winchester. We’re planning a big welcome for you at the finish, with all the cakes you can eat. The ride is non-competitive. We provide directions, signs and marshals to keep you on track. We can arrange transport from Winchester to Wantage, either before the start in the morning – but note that space is limited on the bus, so if you need transport, enter early.

If you’re wondering why we decided to do a cycle ride between Wantage and Winchester, this page explains the link.

50 miles not enough?

For experienced cyclists only, we can provide route directions for an early morning ride from Winchester to Wantage, for a total round trip of over 100 miles. The early-morning route will not be supported or signposted.

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Pollution Prevention Project

 

The Hyde900 environment officer, Lawrence Talks, has been working tirelessly over a number of years to produce a ground breaking project to warn people about the pollution of the water courses.  This has now come to fruition and the design of the plaques is being finalised.  The plaques will be placed near to drains in the district.
The purpose of the drain markers is to reduce pollution in the Nuns’ Stream by making people aware that certain road drains drain directly into the stream.  If polluting matter is poured down the drain it may kill fish and other wildlife. Over the last 10 years there have been at least 10 pollution incidents in the Nuns’ Stream caused, for example, by builders washing out cement mixers. This pilot scheme will be one of the first of its kind in the country.
We would welcome suggestions about the wording to appear on the plaques. (The attached photograph is an American example). The Environment Agency has suggested something like  ‘DON’T POLLUTE’  ‘DRAINS TO RIVER’.
If you have any ideas please forward them onto Steve Marper, who will be co-ordinating responses his email is:  steve.marper@hotmail.com
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Guided by Surprise Launch

The Hyde Writers, who meet alternate Monday nights in the Hyde Tavern, launched their anthology on Saturday 29th October at the Oxfam Bookshop on Parchment Street.

Writers whose work is featured in the anthology include poets Stephen Boyce, Brian Evans-Jones, Richard Stillman and Hugh Greasley. There are also contributions from Jon Courteney Grimwood, Jake Wallis Simons, David Owen, Paul Davies, Hanna Nina Jameson, Steve Scholey and Tim Stevenson.

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