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 Welcome to the website for Keswick and Intwood Parish Council.

This website provides 24 hour access to the minutes of the Council, the dates of forthcoming meetings and the Agenda for each meeting as it is published.

Over the coming weeks the site will be developed to include:

  • Information about the Council: including councillors, responsibilities, freedom of information policy, and development of the Parish Plan

  • Financial information: incuding information about the latest approved budget 

  • News items of interest to electors

  • Contact information.  

  If you have any comments in the meantime please contact the Parish Clerk, Phillip Brooks on telephone number 01603 250639. 

 

Keswick and Intwood 

The rural Parish of Keswick and Intwood came into existence in Saxon times and on 23 October 1598 were united ecclesiastically under a Deed of Consolidation. Situated some three miles south of Norwich city centre they extend to 552 hectares (1,364 acres) and in 2001 had a population of 431, split as 200 males and 231 females in 248 households with 360 having electoral voting rights. Keswick accounts for 93% of the population of which 67% reside at Keswick New Hall which comprises 186 residences, many tenanted, as is the Hall itself being occupied by some nine small office type businesses.  Intwood has only thirteen households with no amenities or utilities apart from electricity and telephone lines.  Each part of the Parish has a church and Keswick has a small Reading Room. The Parishes are unique compared to many Norfolk villages as they do not have any public amenities such as shops, post office or public house.  The Parish manages adequately due in the main to its close proximity to the city of Norwich and amenities in the neighbouring Parishes. Keswick and Intwood is: 

  • within a mile of the A47, Norwich’s Southern by-pass affording excellent East to west links and a similar distance from the two main roads leading south from Norwich, namely the A140 to Ipswich and the A11 to Thetford and London

  • close to two Park and ride facilities one on the boundary of each village with traditional bus services passing through the parish

  • near to shopping facilities – on the eastern boundary there is a large supermarket open 7 days a week for 24 hours (apart from Sunday) and nearby there is another supermarket, estate agents, home furnishing and other typical high street outlets

  • doctors and school facilities are also available nearby.

 Despite the modest size of the Parish, the Parish Council is becoming increasingly active dealing with issues arising and stimulating parishioner involvement.  During the past year or so the Council has: 

  • prepared and published a Parish Plan

  • arranged the erection of a bus shelter on the Mulbarton Road (largely financed by South Norfolk Council

  • implemented a bus service to Keswick New Hall

  • assisted in refurbishing the Reading Room (with the aid of a National Lottery Grant and grant from the late Geoffrey Watling’s Trust)

  • improved (and is continuing to improve) its communication with parishioners

  • supported the Clerk in achieving his Certificate in Local Council Administration (CiLCA) Qualification.

 Work currently in progress includes: 

  • working with South Norfolk Council Highways Department to improve traffic safety within the Parish; and to develop a better traffic flow arrangement at the junction of the A140 and Mulbarton Road

  • establishing closer and more productive working arrangements with Purple Property – the company that manage and administer the Keswick Hall site

  • creating a regular forum for parishioners to meet and talk to the Police Community Support Officer (PCSO)

  • creating an emergency plan for the Parish.

 

The Parish Council for the villages of Keswick and Intwood.