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Cilcain is one of the finest places to live in North East Wales. Many families move home within Cilcain, but few leave the village! Find out about the wide range of village activities. If you organise a village activity, or offer a trade or service, let me know so that you can be included.
NEWS
Oil boiler ban moved back 9 years.
Yesterday (20.9.23) Rishi Sunak announced significant changes to the government’s energy and green policies.
Off-grid homes using heating oil: the ban on oil boilers has been pushed back from 2026 to 2035.
It is good to see the government give families in off-grid homes more time to decide how and when to upgrade the way you heat your homes.
We had an estimate of £20,000 to replace our system with a heat pump (which will cost 25% more to run), and put an “American Fridge” outside our back door, so this is good news! Phil.
CILCAIN SHOP
Mobile Post Office service
From 31st July 2023
Wednesday morning from 09:15 am to 10:15 am & Friday afternoon from 12:30 pm to 14:00 pm at Cilcain Village Hall car park. We offer a full range of national & international postal services for Royal Mail & Parcelforce
- Open to the public from 08:00 to 13:00, seven days a week.
- A Steward will direct people to maintain 2m separation with lines marked out on the floor as they queue.
- When customers reach the head of the queue they are invited into the shop one at a time and should maintain 2m separation from our staff.
- When they have completed their purchase customers are asked to leave via the normal village hall door.
- Customers who have pre-paid papers can pick these up from the Village Hall from 8:00 to 13:00.
- We can do regular orders, or one-off orders for delivery
- Orders for delivery can be invoiced to pay via the internet using our card services provider’s website (Square Up), or we can accept cash exchange via envelopes
- For orders on the day, please call 741354 before 10:00. After 10:00, orders can be placed for following days
- We are happy to hear from volunteers, but due to the need to maintain safe separation we cannot train new volunteers to use the till at this time. However, Stewards for ‘crowd control’ and deliverers are welcome to come forward.
Open again!
Cilcain Community Cafe Saturday afternoons 12.3.22 2-5pm
Coming soon : Fabulous autumn colour on the Cilcain walks
The Cilcain Walks
At a time when we are all being advised to keep fit and loose a few pounds, the Cilcain walks provide an ideal opportunity to get to know our beautiful area and get fit at the same time.
The Cilcain walks can be downloaded to your phone in pdf. form, or better download the Outdoor Active app. and access them from there.
For free walkers’ car parks, use postcode CH7 5PA
Click on the day for more detail
Time to fill your tank?
With Brent around $92 today heating oil prices are up again.
75p/litre (20.9.2023, price + 5% vat)
If you are interested in comparative heating cost, maybe considering a heat pump, look here.
Regrettably, with frequent price changes
comparison prices may not be up to date
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Oil prices
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Including typical boiler efficiency
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Mains Gas Standard (plus 29p/day s.c.)
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8p/kwh (June 2023)
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Kerosene @ 75p Litre +vat
(1 litre = about 9kw/ h. net)
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9p/KWh (inc vat )
(June 2023)
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Bulk LPG
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12p/KWh
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Seasoned Wood 19.32p Kg
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9.4 p/KWh
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Pellets
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9.4 p/KWh
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Air Source Heat Pump
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11.5 p/KWh
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Smokeless Coal (£570 / tonne)
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7.8 p/Kwh
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Electricity (plus 53p/day standing charge)
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30 p/Kwh (June 2023)
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Real Ales - Log Fires
Home made Meals and Snacks
Wednesay -Thursday 2.00pm - 8.00pm
Fridays - Saturdays 12.00 8.00pm
Sundays 12.00 - 3.00pm in our cosy Lounge and Bar
Phone 01352 740142 and place your booking.
Lisa & Simon
thewhitehorsecilcain@outlook.com
The Cilcain Oil Syndicate order is now done for 2023
We bought 17,000 litres of oil at 68.6p/litre.
I had hoped to get nearer 50p this summer, but OPEC had different ideas.
If you could pay a lump sum, say £15,000 to cover your heating bill for life, would you do it?
Curious? It’s worked for me as long as I have been using oil. It’s totally legal and very simple, though not entirely without risk. You may get all your money back after a number of years, possibly more. Have a chat if you are interested. Phil.
How was it for you?
After all the government hand outs I think our heating last winter (2022-23) cost us less than the year before! We used £890 worth of oil without any reduction of comfort. Hopefully it will be lower this coming winter.