Your Parish Council = The closest tier of government to you. The voice of local people.
Upcoming Meetings
Tuesday 12 May 2026
Starting with Annual Parish Meetings* at 6pm
To be immediately followed by the Annual Meeting of the Parish Council and then the scheduled May meeting.
All at Yarpole Parish Hall.
*Annual Parish Meetings are held for residents of Lucton Parish and Croft & Yarpole Parish.
All residents are invited to these meetings of the Electorate.
The Press and Public are also invited to attend the Annual and Scheduled Parish Council meetings.
Agendas will be posted on notice boards and this website.
Minutes will be posted within one month of the previous meeting.
Yarpole Group Parish Council is made up of 10 Councillors representing the villages of Yarpole & Lucton, the hamlet of Bircher and the communities who live in Bicton, Croft and on Bircher Common.
The Parish Clerk is Maggie Brown 07398 222 310.
Current Councillors are:
Lucton, Harold Holder and Geoff Trotter.
Croft & Yarpole, John Cadwallader, Sam Colledge, Diane Hill, Rose Jenkins, Lynne O’Sullivan and Adam Scott (Chairman). Two vacancies.
The Parish Council liaises regularly with Herefordshire Council and works closely with the Bircher Ward Councillor Dan Hurcomb, who was elected on 4 May 2023.
If you have any concerns relating to the parish, or wish to have an item added to the next agenda, please contact the clerk or any Parish Councillor.
Parish Council meetings are normally held on the first Tuesday of every month, except August and January, starting at 7.00pm in the Parish Hall. Members of the public are encouraged to attend and have the opportunity to speak on any agenda items at the start of the meeting. Agendas for each meeting are published on parish noticeboards and this website 3 working days before the meeting.
Meeting dates for 2025/26 are: 3 June, 1 July, August (none), 2 September, 7 October, 4 November, 2 December, January (none), 3 February 2026, 3 March 2026, 7 April 2026, 5 May 2026.
Upon taking office, each parish councillor signs a declaration of acceptance of office, agreeing to observe the current code of conduct, and completes a register of interests. Please click on the link to access Registers of Interest.
Parish Footpaths: Maps showing Public Rights of way in Croft and Yarpole and Public Rights of Way in Lucton.