Cowbit village is a small and tight-knit community, having a population of around 1220 people. Cowbit has its own local school, shop and garage and is perfectly placed in a rural setting, being only 2 miles from Spalding and 16 miles from Peterborough.

Please use this site to gain information on local news, events, local businesses, clubs and societies in Cowbit village, and if you would like to promote your own local charity, business or event, please do contact us, so that we can help you make it a success.

Finally, we invite you to look at our photo gallery which gives you a flavour of our truly remarkable village, both past and present. If you have photos you would like to contribute to the site, please contact us.

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Cowbit Village Website - LAST UPDATE 5th Mar 2014

Ye Olde Dun Cow

Ye Olde Dun Cow

As may would have seen on the Cowbit Village facebook group page that the Ye Olde Dun Cow has now been demolished by Market Homes. Many residents have expressed that they are not very happy with the building being pulled down and closing the path alongside the pub without notice or warning.

More photos are in the Village Photo Gallery

YE OLDE DUN COW CAMPAIGN STATEMENT - 5th March 2014

Ye Olde Dun Cow is still registered on the Assets of Community Value Register under the Localism Act 2011. Any development must first include a public house in the village, as stated by the SHDC Planning Department and Committee. The planned Brewer’s Fayre does not fulfil this requirement and the new planned Premier Inn will only increase the viability of a public house in Cowbit by an increased footfall in the area. The hope of Market Homes is to divide the residents of Cowbit and their argument will no doubt be “What Pub? There is no Asset”. Whilst demolishing Ye Olde Dun Cow, and the 500 years of history it held, Market Homes are also legally contesting the registering of Ye Olde Dun Cow as an Asset of Community Value. Market Homes do not want a pub there and they have no interest of putting a pub in the village. It is also important to note that there was no public Structural Engineers Report to say that the building was not structurally sound. On the contrary there was a report from a Structural Engineer in November 2012 stating that the building could be made safe pending development plans. This is, in the Campaign’s opinion, just an effort by Market Homes to make the site into a building site to make people believe that the fight is over. It is not.

THE CAMPAIGN TO SAVE YE OLDE DUN COW

As you all know, The Campaign has been working tirelessly, on behalf of Cowbit Village Residents and Friends, to save Ye Olde Dun Cow from development into housing. We now need your support, by way of donations, to raise a start-up fund of £500, which will enable us to attract additional funding to step up our efforts to re-instate the pub as a social hub for the village. The Campaign is currently funded by the Campaign Members. Any additional financial help, no matter how big or small, would be thankfully received. Please contact us for further details on duncowcampaign@gmail.com.

Amount Raised So Far £300. Thank you

Superfast broadband is coming

Onlincolnshire is working on bring Superfast Broadband to Lincolnshire. The first part of phase one including an upgrade to the Moulton Chapel exchange that serves Cowbit is live already (there is fibre optic cable from Moulton Chapel exchange back to the Spalding exchange). Western Power have also installed a cabinet in Cowbit from which connections to your home are taken. Onlincolnshire have not given a “go live” date other then phase one would be complete by spring 2014.

Once your home line is upgraded you will be able to order a new broadband package from any Internet Service Provider (IPS). The upgrades are not 'automatic'. It works the same way as gas and electricity, you choose the Internet Service Provider with the best price and package for your needs, even though the data will always come down the same BT network.

We will publish the ‘go live’ date here on the Cowbit village website as soon as we are notified of it by Onlincolnshire.

Cab is all but complete, just needs back up Batteries fitting. Urged for this to be a priority job for BT

Val Day

Cowbit Bingo

Val Day, who has run the village bingo for the past ten years, stood down at the end of 2013. The village hall committee presented Val with a crystal vase with the words “it’s a wrap”which is a bingo term for the end of the evening. The committee would like to thank Val for all her hard work running the bingo.

The village hall committee are still looking for a permanent successor to Val, in the meantime Darren Harper (380774) and Jonathan Matthews are filling in (380683) if you are interested in supporting the bingo please get in touch.

For times and prices click here