Mike Deathridge of Kinver Roary said: “The toposcope won’t be restored overnight but, as it generates so much interest among visitors to Kinver Edge, we believe we should do all we can, no matter how long it takes, to return it to its original most attractive condition.”  More…

Kinver Rotary meet on Mondays at The Fox,   and will be hosting a ghost story on 27th February.   The evening meal and meeting is 7-30 for 8-00pm.     Enjoy a two course meal and coffee for just £10.50. Visiting Rotarians and Guests are always welcome.

Planned events for March are “Silk Painter” on the 5th March and “Greenwich College” on the 12th March

Click here for more information about The Rotary, and to join.

The 18th century Dovecote at Hyde Farm is Grade II listed, and has been recently preserved with new windows.

It has a hexagonal shape with a tiled roof, with an opening for doves at the top of the roof.

Walk1 – Kinver Village Trail

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Walk4Life Village Trail  

Local Walk4Life walks

The group are working towards achieving a Green Flag Award® for their efforts from Keep Britain Tidy.      The main area of work so far,  has been at the Brockleys Walk Open Space where they are trying to stop the intrusion of the invasive plant, Himalayan Balsam.   They also hope to add benches and an information board for visitors to the area.

If you are interested in helping the group, then please contact them via the links which can be found here

The Friends of Kinver Open spaces are working on clearing up the Sterrymere area alongside the KCA and re-establish the Strerrymere Lake.

The Sterrymere drains water from the Sheepwalks area to the Stour, but dried up in the 1950′s  due to the lowering of the water table by the Kinver Pumping Station.  It has since become an eyesore due to the dumping of litter, and  has been overgrown with Himalayan Balsam.  It is planned to rewater the Sterrymere to reform the lake, which can then be re-stocked with fish.

The New Kinver Players celebrated their 25th season last year, having performed over 60 different one-act, two-act and three-act plays since 1983. 

Their next production is The Rivals by Richard Brinsley Sheridan, from 8th February to 11th February 2012 at the KCA.    Curtains up at 1930pm. Tickets are available at £7 or £5 concessionary

They would love you to join them in any capacity, on stage, back stage, or just enjoy the show!

The Kinver Scout Camp is located on The Compa at Kinver Edge, and consists of 23 acres of woodland with glades and open areas forming 37 individual camping sites and cabins.  Check their site for camping and log cabin availability

A large number of activities are also available on-site for all ages.   Skilled Instructors are available for all activities to ensure safety and to help participants fully enjoy the activity.  The camp also offers a number of adult training courses for leaders in general, and activity Instructors. ²

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Kinver Rotary meet on Mondays at The Fox. The evening meal and meeting is 7-30 for 8-00pm.     Enjoy a two course meal and coffee for just £10.50. Visiting Rotarians and Guests are always welcome.

Click here for more information about The Rotary, and to join.

We welcome reader Anthalus to KinverOnline. Anthalus has kindly volunteered to bring us a monthly report of the nightly Sky above Kinver.  This month there are some excellent opportunities to see a variety of the planets which share our solar system, and maybe if you are really lucky,   the Northen Lights.

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Jupiter and it's Moons (Click for Wikimedia Commons Licence)

Moon to the South currently Waxing so there should be some great views over the next week or two.
If you look a little to the right and down from the moon there is a really bright star which is actually Jupiter, I get some nice views with a simple set of 8x Birdwatching Binoculars (be patient you need to hold them very steady for the best view try resting them on a fence), at the moment 3 moons should be visable in bino’s. The fourth seems very close to jupiter at present but should be visable through a basic scope, my Dad’s spotter scope for birding is surprisingly good.

Draw a diagonal line between the Moon and Jupiter them follow that line further down and right to another very bright object, this time Venus, it is so bright is can be shown to be the subject of many UFO reports!

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Rising to the east at about this time is Mars, its reddish colour can be seen with even the naked eye, best observed when it is higher in the sky to cut down atmospheric interference, surface detail can be viewed but will need a modest scope of around 4″ in aperture.

For those hardy enough to brave the cold Saturn rises at around midnight over to the east following a similar path to Mars, viewable to the naked eye it is tilted to us at the moment providing spectacular views of the rings for those with a fairly power scope handy!

Saturn Picture from Wikepedia Commons. Click for detail