Your Parish Council
The Parish Council meets on the third Wednesday of each month at 7pm in Bellingham Town Hall. Meetings will either be in the main hall or the community room (accessible from Manchester Square) depending on hall bookings.
Members of the public are welcome to attend Parish Council meetings and may, with the permission of the Chair, make a short statement. If an important issue requires a decision by Parish Councillors, a request should be put in writing, or emailed, to the Clerk at least 7 days prior to the meeting.
Check the Meeting Dates for details.
Agendas and Minutes
Select this year or Past for historical documents.
Draft minutes of meetings are published as soon as possible after each meeting and are formally approved at the following months meeting.
Parish Council Members
Area of Responsibility - Strategy / Website & Social Media / Indoor Market / Asset Maintenance & Repairs
Northumberland Association of Local Councils (NALC) Committee Member for North Tyne & Redesdale Parishes
Originally from Bellingham, Martin returned to the area in early 2018 after spending 25 years living in Newcastle and Darlington.
He has worked at Virgin Media O2 (previously BT and O2) since 1999 in various sales, marketing and project delivery & support roles.
Martin is a keen advocate of the environment & green technology and is passionate about making Bellingham the best it can be for residents, visitors and local businesses.
Edwin, a former business owner and managing director, is now retired. He has been a member of the Parish Council for 23 years, holding the role of Vice-Chair for 8 years.
Other roles in the community have included being a School Govenor for 20 years, a member of the Belllingham Town Hall Committee for 23 years and chairman for 8 years and Chairman of the Community Orchard.
He enjoys the countryside, the environment and gardening.
Ken was born in Bellingham and has lived here all of his life.
He worked for JG Batey and was a retained fire fighter in the village for 12 years before joining the North East Ambulance service and training as a paramedic.
Ken is now retired but still works part-time for a private Ambulance company.
Anthony moved to the area in 2018. He lives with his partner and two children and works for Northumbria Police based in the Newcastle area.
Tim has lived in Bellingham since 2017. He works for Forestry England in Kielder forest as a Forest Crafts Person and has a degree in Countryside Management.
In his spare time Tim enjoys kayaking.
Brian moved to Bellingham in 1974 with wife Maureen, and their four sons attended the local schools. He is a multi-award winning journalist who worked on the Hexham Courant for 43 years, primarily as deputy editor.
Although now retired, he still writes the Bellingham Notes column in the Courant under the anagrammatic pseudonym Birtley Nail, as well as the Hextol column.
He has been involved in many village organisations over the years, including stints as secretary of the Bellingham Angling Club, North Tyne and Redewater Twisty Roads Preservation Society and the Town Hall Committee (of which he is currently vice chairman and booking clerk), as well as serving on PTAs, the children's party committee, May Fair committee and many more.
Brian is very keen on local history having written two books about the impact of the two world wars on the local area.
Parish Councillors Declarations of Interest can be found HERE.
Parish Support
Our support team work hard to keep our village looking great.
County Councillor for Bellingham
Cllr John Riddle
Blakelaw, Bellingham, NE48 2EF.
E: John.Riddle@northumberland.gov.uk
T: 07779 983506
W: Page on Northumberland CC Website
MP for Tynedale & Ponteland
Guy Opperman MP
Suite 2, St Matthews House, Hexham, NE46 3PU.
T: 01434 239205
