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Stratford District Climate Fund: Seven Groups Share £46,606
Three village halls, a social club and Alcester Town Council are among seven groups sharing £46,606 for heat pumps, solar and flood work. £68,917 is left.
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Alcester
Alcester Weather: 7-Day Forecast and Today's Hourly Outlook
Alcester weather today: drizzle, 9°C by day and 5°C overnight, with a 91% chance of rain and winds up to 10 mph. Seven-day forecast, updated every morning.
Christmas
Coughton Court Christmas: Meet Father Christmas From £25
Coughton Court Christmas 2026: Father Christmas visits from £25 a child, house and lit gardens £12.50, an £8 Evening with Santa, and the new booking rules.
Flooding
River Alne Wetlands to Cut Henley and Alcester Flood Risk
Work starts this month to reconnect the River Alne with its floodplain upstream of Henley-in-Arden and Alcester, funded by Carlsberg Britvic for ten years.
Schools
Alcester Academy Ofsted: 1 Exceptional, 5 Strong
Its first report card since 2022 rates personal development exceptional and the other five areas strong. GCSE pass rate 68.5%, against 45.4% nationally.
Alcester
Alcester Plan Adds 8 Green Spaces: Comments Close 23 Oct
Alcester's revised neighbourhood plan protects eight more green spaces, 19 in all, and sets a 10% biodiversity floor. Comments close 5pm on Friday 23 October.
Alcester
Three Tuns Alcester Withdrawn From Thursday's Auction
Bond Wolfe has pulled the burnt-out Alcester pub from its 10 September sale, days after the council was asked to buy it. No decision has been published.
Alcester
Three Tuns Alcester: Council Asked to Buy Burnt-Out Pub
Cabinet meets on 7 September to decide whether to bid for the fire-damaged Three Tuns, which Bond Wolfe auctions on 10 September with a £50,000 guide price.
Town centre
Empty Shops in Stratford, Alcester and Southam Face Auctions
Cabinet decides on Monday 7 September whether to consult on powers to auction the lease of any shop empty for a year. Kineton has the worst vacancy rate, 20%.