Please do join your local branch of the British Beekeepers Association. They
are very helpful if you are going to keep Bees. They are an excellent source of information.
Their website is:
Here are some Local Association Contacts which i hope you find useful. The BBKA website has the latest list.
AVON
Bath & District
Blagdon, Clevedon & Disrict
Bristol & District
Keynsham
Weston super Mare
Jane Goodwin, Chatleigh House, 6 Warminster Road, Limley Stoke, Bath, BA2 7GD01225 723292
BERKSHIRE
Slough, Windsor and Maidenhead
Wokingham
Reading
South Chilterns Mr Martin Moore 19 Armour Hill, Tilehurst Reading, Berkshire, RG31 6JP0118 9677386
0772 9620286
BOURNEMOUTH & DORSET SOUTH
no sub-divisionsAndrew Curry, 40 Lacy Drive, Wimborne, Dorset, BH21 1DG 01202 840993
BUCKINGHAMSHIRE
Chalfonts Beekeepers' Society
High Wycombe & District
North Bucks
Mid Bucks
Mrs Beulah Cullen, 26 Sweetcroft Lane, Hillingdon, Uxbridge Middlesex, UB10 9LD01895 234704
CAMBRIDGESHIRE
no sub-divisionsMrs Judith Evans MBE, 7 The Furlongs, Needingworth, St Ives, Cambs. PE27 4TX01480 461203
CHESHIRE
North Cheshire
South Cheshire
Stockport
WirralM F Haynes, 98 Gatley Road, Gatley, Stockport, SK8 4AB0161 491 2382
CHESTERFIELD & DISTRICT
no sub-divisionsRobin Bagnall, 21 Ramper Avenue, Clowne S43 4UD01246 570545
CORNWALL
Bodmin
Callington
Carrick
Launceston
Liskeard
Roseland
WadebridgeMrs Julia Cooper, Whistow Farm, Lanlivery, BODMIN, PL30 5DE01208 872865
CORNWALL WEST
no sub-divisionsBernie Doeser, Caerlaverock, Tresowes Hill, Ashton, Helston, Cornwall, TR13 9TB01736 763876
CUMBRIA
Carlisle
Cockermouth
Keswick
Penrith
WhitehavenS C Barnes, 8 Albemarle Street, Cockermouth, CA13 0BG
01900 824872
DERBYSHIRE
no sub-divisionsM Cross, Harlestone, Beggarswell Wood, Ambergate, Derbyshire, DE56 2HF01773 852772
DEVON
East Devon
Exeter
Holsworthy
Newton Abbott
North Devon
Plymouth
Okehampton
Tavistock
Tiverton
Torbay
TotnesMr Andrew Kyle, 62 Bicton Street, Exmouth, EX8 2RU 01395 263509
DORSET
Blandford & Sturminster Newton
Dorchester & Weymouth
East Dorset
Shaftesbury & Gillingham
Sherborne
West Dorset Ruth Homer, 5 Malters Cottages, Litton Cheney, Dorchester, Dorset, DT2 9AE
01308 482 483
DOVER & DISTRICT
no sub-divisionsMrs M Harrowell, 4 Harton Cottages, Ashley, Dover, CT15 5HS01304 821208
DURHAM
Cleveland Bala Nair 39, Windsor Drive, Catchgate, Stanley, Co: Durham, DH9 8SR01207 236 839
07737 011 258
ESSEX
Braintree
Chelmsford
Colchester
DH & Maldon
Epping Forest
Harlow
Romford
Saffron Walden
SouthendMs Pat Allen, 8 Frank's Cottages, St Mary's Lane, Upminster, Essex RM14 3NU01708 220897
GLOUCESTERSHIRE
Cheltenham & Gloucester
Forest of Dean
Newent
North Cotswold
South East Gloucestershire
South Gloucestershire
Stroud
Marie Toman, Oak Cottage, Stoulgrove Lane, Woodcroft, Mon, NP16 7QE
01291 620345
GWENT
no sub-divisionsMrs Janet Bromley, Ty Hir, Monmouth Road, Raglan, Usk, Monmouthshire, NP15 2ET.01291 690331
HAMPSHIRE
Andover
Avon Valley
Basingstoke & District
Fareham & District
Fleet & District
Meon Valley
Meridian
New Forest & District
Petersfield & District
Portsmouth & District
Romsey & District
Southampton & District
Winchester & District Mrs Pippa Barker, Brookdean, Hillbrow, Liss, Hampshire, GU33 7PT01730 895368
HARROGATE & RIPON
no sub-divisionsPeter Ross, The Wheelhouse, The Green, Old Scriven, Knaresborough, North Yorkshire, HG5 9EA01423 866565
HEREFORDSHIRE
no sub-divisions
Mrs Wendy Cummins, Brook Cottage, Whitbourne, Worcs, WR6 5RT01886 821485
HERTFORDSHIRE
Bishops Stortford
North Hertfordshire
St Albans
South East Hertfordshire
Welwyn
Barnet
Mr Luke Adams, 53 Park Street Lane, Park Street, St.Albans, AL2 2JA
HUNTINGDONSHIRE
no sub-divisionsMr Nick Steiger, 1 Main Street, Upton, Huntingdon, Cambridgeshire, PE28 5YB01480 891935
ISLE OF MAN
no sub-divisionsJanet Thompson, Cott ny Greiney, The Smelt, Beach Road, Port St Mary, Isle of Man, IM9 5NF 01624 835510
ISLE OF WIGHT
no sub-divisionsMrs Mary Case, Limerstone Farm, Limerstone, Newport, Isle of Wight, PO30 4AB01983 740223
GCase90337 @ aol.com.
KENDAL & SOUTH WESTMORLAND
no sub-divisionsMr Peter Llewellyn, 1 Greenside House, Hincaster, Milnthorpe, LA7 7NA015395 62369
KENT
Ashford
Bromley
Canterbury
Dartford
Gravesend
Mid Kent
Orpington
Sevenoaks
Sidcup
Weald
Westerham
Whitstable
Mr John Hendrie, KBKA General Secretary, 26 Coldharbour Lane, Hildenborough, TN11 9JT01732 833894
LANCASHIRE & NORTH WEST
Blackburn
Blackpool
Lancaster
Liverpool
Ormskirk
Preston
Southport
Mr Martin Smith, 137 Blaguegate Lane, Skelmersdale, Lancs, WN8 8TX(05601) 484388
LANCASTER
no sub-divisionsDerek Wright, Bridge Barn, Tatham, Lancaster, LA2 8NL01524 222577
LINCOLNSHIRE
Boston
Grantham
Grimsby
Horncastle
Lincoln
Louth
Market Rasen
North Lincolnshire
Sleaford
WragbyMrs Celia Smith, Brookfield, Moortown Road, Nettleton, Lincs. LN7 6HX01472 851165
LONDON
no sub-divisions
Nikki Vane, 601 Alaska, 61 Grange Road, London, SE1 3BBMembership enquiries only
07909 964986
Helpline number for swarms and bee problems 07922 147379
LUDLOW & DISTRICT
no sub-divisionsA M Vanderbrook, The old Forge, Baveney Wood, Cleobury Mortimer, Nr Kidderminster, Worcs, DY14 8LD
01299 841 379
MANCHESTER & DISTRICT
Manchester & District
Oldham
Mrs M Bohme, 54 Dunster Drive, Flixton, Manchester, M31 3WR0161 747 7292
MEDWAY
no sub-divisionsMs Angela Watson, 201a City Way, Rochester, Kent, ME1 2TL01634 841556
MIDDLESEX
Ealing
Enfield
Harrow
North London
Pinner & Ruislip
Mrs J Telfer, Midwood House, Elm Park Road, Pinner, HA5 3LH020 8868 3494
NEWBURY & DISTRICT BEEKEEPERS' ASSOCIATIONVirginia Arnott, 43 hendred Way, Abingdon Oxon, OX14 2AW01235 524 729 or
07952 063 734
NEWCASTLE & DISTRICT
no sub-divisionsMrs Suzanne Taylor, 1 Mackley Close, Harton Grange, South Shields, Tyne and Wear, NE34 0LJ0191 4541850
NORFOLK
no sub-divisionsJean Aldous, Ferndown, Swardeston Lane, Lower East Carleton, Norwich NR14 8LF01508 578863
NORFOLK WEST AND KING'S LYNN
no sub-divisions
Mrs Lorraine Gibson 17 Ffolkes Drive, Gaywood, King's Lynn, Norfolk, PE30 3BX 01553 674051
NORTHAMPTONSHIRE
no sub-divisionsMrs Ruth Stewart, 17 Leys Avenue, Rothwell, Kettering, Northants, NN14 6JF01536 507293
NORTHERN IRELAND
Institute of Northern Ireland Beekeepers
Caroline Thomson, 105 Cidercourt Road, Crumlin, BT29 4RX02894 453655
NORTHUMBERLAND
Alnwick
Hexham
Rev Ben Hopkinson.
NOTTINGHAMSHIRE
Mansfield
Newark
NottinghamMaurice Jordan, 29 Crown Park Avenue, Sutton on Trent, Nr. Newark01636 821613
OXFORDSHIRE
no sub-divisionsMr Mark Lynch, 71 Millwood End, Long Hanborough, Oxford, OX29 8BP01993 883266
PETERBOROUGH & DISTRICT
no sub-divisions
P G Newton, 65 Queen Street, Yaxley, Peterborough, PE7 7JE01733 243349
RUTLAND BEE KEEPERS ASSOCIATION
no sub-divisionsRoger Partis, 5 Link Rd Anstey, Leicester, LE7 7BY0116 236 2899
SEDBERGH & DISTRICT BEEKEEPERS' ASSOCIATION
(Cumbria and Yorkshire Dales)Jane Callus-Whitton Harren House, Woodman Lane, Cowan Bridge, Carnforth, LA6 2HT015242 72004
SHROPSHIRE
Oswestry Anne Tuckley, 5 Merridale Crescent, Wellington, Telford & Wrekin Council, Shropshire, TF1 3BW01952 405631
SHROPSHIRE NORTH
no sub-divisionsSimon Irvin, Links House, Ellerton Road, Hinstock, Markey Drayton, Shropshire, TF9 2NJ01952 550358
SOMERSET
Burnham
Central
Exmoor
Frome
Mendip
Somerton
South East Division
South West Division
Taunton
Wedmore
YeovilMrs S Perkins, Tengore House, Tengore Lane, Langport, Somerset, TA10 9JL01458 250095
STAFFORDSHIRE NORTH
North Staffordshire
Leek
Nick Mawby, Glenwood, Wood Road, Longsdon, Stoke-0n-Trent, ST9 9QB
01538 387506
STAFFORDSHIRE SOUTH
no sub-divisionsMr Steve Halford, 46 Lincoln Hill Telford TF8 7QA01952 432031
STRATFORD UPON AVON & DISTRICT
no sub-divisionsMike Osborne, Oak Lodge, King's Lane, Snitterfield, Stratford-upon-Avon, CV37 0RB01789 731745
SUFFOLK
Ipswich & East Suffolk
Leiston & District
Stowmarket
West Suffolk
Waveney Group
Mr Ian McQueen, 643 Foxhall Road, Ipswich, Suffolk, IP3 8NE01473 420187
No E-Mail
SURREY
Croydon
Epsom
Farnham
Guildford
Kingston
Reigate
Weybridge
Wimbledon Mrs Sandra Rickwood, 19 Kenwood Drive, Walton-on-Thames, Surrey, KT12 5AU01932 244326
SUSSEX
Brighton & Lewes
Central Sussex
Eastbourne
East Grinstead
Hastings & Rother
High Weald Mrs Moyra Davidson, Gainsborough Cottage, Stunts Green, Hertsmonceux, East Sussex, BN27 4PN01323 831 650
SUSSEX WEST
Chichester
Wisborough Green
Worthing
Mr John Glover, Fletchings Hollow, Vicarage Hill, Loxwood, West Sussex, RH14 0RJ 01403 751 899
THANET
no sub-divisionsMrs R Pearce, Summerfield Cottage, Summerfield, Woodesborough, Nr. Sandwich, Kent, CT13 0EW01304 614789
TWICKENHAM & THAMES VALLEY, WITH MOLE APIARY
no sub-divisionsMrs Sarah Crofton, 11 Wellesley Avenue, London, W6 0UP
0208 2228216
VALE AND DOWNLAND BEEKEEPERS ASSOCIATIONMr Michael Taylor, Belfield Paddock, Dog Lane, Childrey, Wantage, Oxon OX12 9UW01235 751646
WARWICKSHIRE
Birmingham
Coventry
Nuneaton & Atherstone
Rugby
Shipston-on-Stour
Solihull & District
Sutton Coldfield & North Birmingham
Warwick & Leamington Carolyn Mann, 4 Woodbine Street, Leamington Spa, Warwickshire, CV32 5BG01926 831672
WILTSHIRE
Kennet (Calne)
Melksham
Salisbury
Swindon
West Wiltshire
Ruth Woodhouse, Sandridge Tower, Bromham, Chippenham, SN15 2JN01225 705382
WORCESTERSHIRE
Evesham
Great Witley
Hagley & Stourbridge
Kidderminster
Malvern & Upton
North East Worcestershire
Worcester
Mr Chris Broad, Upper Gambolds Farm, Upper Gambolds Lane, Stoke Prior, B60 2DF01527 872448
WYE VALLEY
no sub-divisionsMs Suzanne Wenczek, Hopleys, Bearwood, Leominster, HR6 9EQ01544 388302
YORKSHIRE
Barkston Ash
Barnsley
Beverley
Cottingham
Doncaster
Easingwold
Halifax
Huddersfield
Idle & Bradford
Leeds
Norton & Malton
Northallerton
Richmond
Ryedale
Rotherham
Scarborough
Sheffield
Wakefield
Wharfedale
Whitby
York
