Mobile car wash in St Hilary

Hi guys,I don’t know if many of you know me but I’ve been working behind the bar in The Bush and living above it for the past year.

I’ve decided to dedicate my free time to a little start up venture, valeting cars. I’m offering this as a mobile valeting service and to the St Hilary community only at the moment. This is good news for you, as you won’t have to move an inch to make your car look brand new again. Would love you all to go and check out my page TBW Valet and hope to be hearing from some of you soon.

Oliver Tornabene-Wright
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Free website hosting

Andrew Knight and his family moved to The Garn a few months ago.

Through his IT business he is able to offer free website hosting for villagers.

If you would like to know more please phone Andrew on 07525 044100 or email This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

Weigh To Go: Every Wednesday, 3pm to 5pm

Weigh To Go is a mobile refill shop providing a range of organic foodstuffs and eco friendly products including oils, vinegars, pulses, spices, grains, flours, nuts, cereals, shampoo and household cleaning products
Plus you can have a coffee and a chat!
www.weightogorefill.co.uk 

Their mobile shop will be in the village every Wednesday from 3pm to 5pm outside Little Hall Cottage

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Children and other homo sapiens in the village

Royal Wedding Celebrations 2011

Over the last few years there has been an influx of new villagers often with young families - here are the current (May 2022) number of villagers:

• 55 children and young adults (excluding looked after grandchildren and other honarary members of the village)
• 184 adults (excluding the Manor House)
• 239 villagers in total
• 91 households

FRALF Car Cleaning

Fred and Alfie - making your car smile and gleam

£8 per car

Call or message 07719 019940

Autoglym cleaning products provided - all that is needed is access to water and a hosepipe 

Marquee and event awning available for hire

The village marquee and event awning are both available to hire by villagers for use within the village – and hopefully a PA system very soon
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Trees in the village and the Vale

Here is some really useful, interesting and important information about trees in the vicinity of St Hilary which was posted recently on Facebook by Ewart Schofield of ESA Treecare.

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Map of the village with house names

Click on this link for a pdf file of a map of the location of houses in the village - useful if you need to provide directions to family, friends or delivery van drivers. There are two pages: the first is of houses in the centre of the village, the second is of outlying houses.

Click here to see the two maps on this page

Booking the hall

Situated conveniently in the centre of the picturesque medieval village, the hall is an ideal venue for hobby groups, exercise activities, children’s birthday parties, community events and meetings for up to 50 people. Reasonable rates and discounts for regular users.

Click here for more information and booking details.

Help for landlines going digital

If you have a landline, you will be migrating to a digital service sooner or later – some in the village already have. This means that you will plug your phone into your broadband router instead of your phone socket on the wall. BT call this Digital Voice.

The concept is simple – just replace the router, if you have been sent one, and plug the phone line into it on the day that your service provider tells you that the service is being migrated.  Providers promise to help you through the process every step of the way, so you should get lots of notification about it.

However, we have recently provided help to a villager which suggests it might not be that straightforward. The villager’s phone had stopped working and the villager said that they did not recall getting any information about the migration date but had received a new router out of the blue.

Most migrations will be easy. But if you are technologically differently abled, have a problem, or know a villager who would like help contact Terry Dennis or Chris Jones and we will do what we can.

PS it is not in the BT instructions, but when the landline is migrated to digital, the area code needs to be added for local calls, like mobiles.

Reliable services and trades

Here are details of tradespeople and professional services recommended by villagers (note: we do not endorse any of the services, this is just a listing service - but we only accept details submitted by villagers). 

Another source of information is the St Hilary Facebook page (St Hilary Chit Chat) where we suggest you post a general enquiry about what you are looking for: www.facebook.com/groups/sthilary.  And there is also a village WhatsApp group - email This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.  for details.

List of services and tradespeople

Useful websites including recycling

Click on the links below to access external web sites providing information about recycling dates, bus timetables, walks and council services.

• Thursday recycling (enter post code CF71 7DP)
• X2 timetable (Cardiff/Bridgend via Cardiff bay)
• Cowbridge Guide
• Cowbridge Nub News
• Llanfair Community Council
• Vale of Glamorgan Borough Council Services

Accommodation

There are two bed and breakfasts in the centre of the village: Church Cottage and The Stables.

There are also many bed and breakfasts around the Vale.  Click here to see accommodation details on the Cowbridge website.

The nearest hotel is The Bear in Cowbridge.

Details of the two B&Bs in the village

The Bush Inn

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Cowbridge pubs, restaurants & cafes

Restaurants, pubs, bars, takeaways, cafes

See the listings

Eat, drink, sleep

This section contains details of where to stay and eateries in & around the village

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Saturday morning farmers market

IT support

If you need IT support, there are IT professionals in the village who can help.  In the first instance email This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. and we'll put you in touch.

Llanfair Community Council

Click on the link for the Llanfair Community Council website where you can find dates and minutes of meetings.

In particular, here's the link to information about the Council and here is the link to the boundaries.

Household items and furniture wanted

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Magazine swap in the telephone box

Home Library Service

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Physio Therapies Inspire

Based on Stalling Down, Physio Therapies Inspire will find you a tailored physiotherapy solution for managing complex musculoskeletal pain

www.physiotherapiesinspire.co.uk 
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07721 605560

St Hilary on social media

WhatsApp: St Hilary Support Group (contact 
Caroline 07967 976 076 or Liz 07747 688 219)
Facebook: for current activity: St Hilary Community
Web: (www.sthilary.org.uk) for standing information
Email: (This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.) for general communication and news updates

Thinking of moving to the village?

Within the village there are thriving groups that meet regularly and hold activities and social events: church, choir, WI, village hall, whist, St Hilary Forum, yoga, pilates, walking, hedgerow cut and clear, etc.  And, of course, there's the Bush Inn.

See the first two menu links above for details - "What's going on" and "Get involved".

This page provides information about services outside the village.

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Village milk deliveries

Following the announcement of Will Hanks retiring from his milk round, Tanglwyst Dairy near Bridgend have said if there was sufficient demand they would consider delivering to St Hilary/Cowbridge, but not at present

Email This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. if you would like to register your interest – and please pass on to others in the Cowbridge area

Fresh fish every other Wednesday

Dave the Fish is parked by the church lychgate around 4pm every other Wednesday - 07757 794 231

Eggs on your doorstep

Local delivery of local potatoes

Deliveries every Friday and collection is available from Llantrithyd
Contact Tomos Adams on 07702 183546

St Hilary Forum

Members of the Forum and lots and lots of other villagers are involved in activities that support the village: ad-hoc projects, telephone box, litter picking children’s activities, communication, cut and clear and events.

Click here for more details