Useful information about the local area
Community Centres
Zebon Community Centre is an ideal venue for groups, parties and meetings, with play areas for small and older children plus a range of football pitches.
Hareshill Community Centre was opened in December 2024 and offers a large hall, with access to small children’s play area, a meeting room and kitchen.
Play and exercise equipment for all ages can be found on Lea Green at the far end of the Netherhouse Moor estate.
Defibrillators
The parish council has installed defibrillators at the following locations:
- Inside Spar shop Zebon Copse
- Outside Zebon Community Centre
- Outside Crookham Village Social Club
Check instructions on the outside of the cabinet, which may include making an emergency telephone call to get an entry code.
These defibrillators are designed for use by people without any prior training and will only activate on a patient if the unit detects heart rhythms that justify defibrillation.
To see a defibrillator in action for real at Bondi Beach, watch this movie, another from Yorkshire and this one from UK TV.
If you ever see any damage to any of these units, please inform the CVPC clerk immediately.
Church Crookham Parish Council covers Church Crookham except for Zebon Copse.
Ewshot Parish Council covers Ewshot including Redfields Garden Centre down to the A287.
Fleet Town Council covers central Fleet.
Hart District Council
Covers all of the above areas and, among many other functions, manages refuse collection, planning and pollution and noise complaints for the district.
To see details of Hart planning applications, use the search facility from HERE.
Household Waste
Details of household waste collections and associated guidance are on the Hart web site.
The two nearest household waste recycling centres are in Farnborough and Hartley Wintney. You can find details of opening times etc plus webcams showing the queue via the Veolia web site.
Highways
Local roads are managed by Hampshire County Council Highways.
Street lights are managed under PFI contract by SSE, to whom faults should be reported on line.
Live traffic, road closures, diversions road and street works are available online.
Report highway and related issues to HCC.
Grounds Maintenance
Crookham Village Parish Council maintains land at Zebon Centre, The Crescent and Lea Green open space.
Grounds maintenance for other council-owned areas is managed by Hart District Council.
Flooding
Flooding issues are split between many authorities. Guidance is available from Hart District Council and Hampshire County Council. Sewer flooding or overflowing balancing ponds and the like should be reported to Thames Water, who also offer flooding advice. For up-to-date information, see the Environment Agency Live Flood Warnings and the Crondall Road water level monitoring page.
Water Bills
If you have problems paying your water bill or need special help in making contact, visit this page at South East Water.
Rushmoor Healthy Living offers exercise classes suited to older people for groups or via Zoom
MHA Communities Hart & Rushmoor offers assistance and opportunities for social activities to older people.
Stagecoach runs the No 10 service from Crookham Park via the Wyvern, Coxheath Road and Fleet to Farnborough and the No 7 service from Phoenix Green to Aldershot via Fleet.
Reading Buses run a No 7 service from Fleet Station to Reading which is coordinated with the Stagecoach No 7 service with through tickets available.
Fleet Connect is an accessible door-door bus service for residents of Crookham Village Parish who find it difficult to use normal bus services.
Crondall and Ewshot Link is a taxishare service offering a pre-booked service to Fleet on Fridays only leaving Crookham Village at 0950 and returning at 1200. Users must pre-register with HCC. See linked page for details.
The Hampshire Public Transport Guide gives details of public transport across Hampshire.
Reading Buses Flightline may interest those wishing to get to Heathrow Terminal 5.
My Journey Hampshire offers a travel planning service.
Up to date travel information for Hampshire is available from Traveline South West.
Trains from Fleet and Winchfield stations are run by South Western Railway.
Care and Support
Information on care and support advice and facilities is available through the Connect to Support Hampshire web site.
Use the Here for Hart Directory to find information about local activities, groups and services, whether you want to improve your health and wellbeing, socialise more, get active, learn something new, find a place to meet or to look for some support.
Here for Hart Bulletins shine a light on community initiatives and services that support local people.
The Family Information and Services Hub web site offers information about what is going on in your area, details on how to access services, organisations and activities in Hampshire, and the advice and support that’s available.
Fleet and District Voluntary Care Scheme (Communicare) offers hospital and health transport via 01252 613121.
Mental Health Support
Counselling Directory is a confidential service that encourages those in need of mental health support to seek help and to connect individuals with qualified counsellors in the UK. The site contains information on the common reasons people turn to counselling, as well as articles, news, and events. To ensure the professionalism of the website, all counsellors have qualifications and insurance
cover or proof of membership with a professional body.
Drug Addiction Support
Bereavement Support
Butterflies is a Hampshire-0based bereavement support charity (No 1181599) which does not charge for their services.
Contact: 0238 1550066, 07889 009393, 07544 773338
info@butterfliesbereavement.co.uk
www.butterfliesbereavement.co.uk
Hampshire Safeguarding Children Partnership
Youth Provision in Hart
Incident Reporting
If you encounter an incident that merits a report to the police, but is below the threshold for a 999 call, you can use one of these links to report on line, or phone 101.
Hart & Rushmoor Police Reporting Guide
Hants & IOW Police onLine Reporting
Report a crime | Hampshire Constabulary
Report antisocial behaviour | Hampshire Constabulary
Report Fly Tipping on line.
Terrorism
You can now use iREPORTit (Apple) or ReportIt (Android) apps to make anonymous reports of anything you suspect of promoting terrorism, especially on the web.
Local Police
The urban areas of the parish are within the Fleet policing area,
Neighbourhood Watch
Fleet and District Neighbourhood Watch details are HERE.
Crime Prevention
Hampshire Police Crime Prevention Advice.
See also Hampshire Crime Alerts.
Restorative Justice
Anyone who has been harmed by crime or conflict should read this leaflet.
Community Safety
Hampshire Rights of Way
The Hampshire Defintive Map shows public footpaths. Click on a footpath to see details. Then click again on the link in that panel to the Definitive Map to see a very detailed 10k map.
A local area map whowing rights of way in the parish and west towards Odiham is HERE.
BOAT = Byway open to all traffic
BW = Bridle way.
FP = Footpath only.
Zebon Copse
The Zebon Copse woodland is managed by Hampshire County Council Rangers based at Yateley. Volunteer work parties are normally held on the second Sunday of each month. Meet at 10am at Londlandes and normally finish by 1pm although it is not essential to stay for the full time. All welcome. Tools and refreshments are provided, but please wear suitable clothing and footwear. Contact Northern Sites or on 01252 870425.
There is an active residents association on Zebon Copse estate. See zcra.org.uk.
MOD Land Off Bourley Road
Any issues with MOD land off Bourley Road, including the state of dog/litter bins, can be emailed to nsc@landmarc.mod.uk or 0800 022 3334.
Respect the Countryside Code
The countryside code has been updated. Please ensure that you are familiar with the current advice.
Dogmersfield, Winchfield and Crookham Village Horticultural Society
Visit the DW&CV Horticultural Society web site at www.dwcvhortsoc.org
Farnborough Airfield
Advice on matters related to flying from Farnborough airfield is available from the Farnborough Airfield Consultative Committee.
Fire Risk
In dry weather there is an increased risk of wild fires in the countryside. The Met Office Fire Severity Risk map shows places where the risk is significant.
Please be very careful not to risk starting a fire.
