The Parish
Jobsworth Lighthouse
The Jobsworth Lighthouse is our parish's proudest landmark. Originally built in the early 1800s, it was repurposed during World War 2 to be an essential lookout point for any Luftwaffe attempting to attack the strategically vital Lutterfield Airfield.
For more information on the current state of the lighthouse please take a look at the Lighthouse Restoration Project page on this website.
Jobsworth Parish Hall
The home of the Jobsworth Parish Council, located just off Coastal Road, the Parish Hall is a large space where the Council gather once a month to discuss and debate local issues.
A little known fact about the Parish Hall is that an extension was built in the late 90s to house the renowned Radio Jobsworth DJs.
The Parish Hall itself is available for hire on a first-come first-serve basis. Recently we've started hosting a weekly Over 50s Salsa Dancing Club and next week we'll be hosting the annual Luttersfield vs Jobsworth Debate Night. Please contact Chairman Harding for booking enquiries.
Jobsworth Community Library
The community library, an unassuming example of cubist architecture, contains an overflowing fount of knowledge and enrichment just waiting for you to dig in.
The ideal location means that while you edify yourself with a limited edition World War Jobsworth you can see the very coast that the luftwaffe flew over - that is provided you crane your neck around the south corner of the building. If history doesn't catch your fancy, the librarian has collated a collection of esteemed local authors: from Jobsworth Flora and Fauna by Helen Plant, to the 14th instalment of Leonard Leadpencil's epic werewolf romance series “Alpha Pack”.
The library also offers an array of other services beyond the world of literature! Rent a computer for just £1 an hour, peruse our visitor information leaflets or use our printing services to get your favourite websites printed out for offline reading.
If you need any additional help, feel free to talk to our librarian Roger Hodgeman, a lovely fellow who'll be more than happy to help you out, provided that you don't have any outstanding late fees. Roger Hodgeman will be especially happy to recount any stories about his only true love in life, Jobsworth's history, but make sure you have a spare couple of hours.
The Mantle
The Mantle Eco-Village is a community of local climate progressives and business leaders who have decided to unplug from the grid and become entirely self sufficient.
Using only their own wits and modest financial assets, these innovators have setup their own electrical system, water recycling system, and even a small shop selling the essentials they need to make sure that they are living as independently as possible.
The Mantle trustees have extended their well wishes to any website visitors and want to remind everyone about the "Mantle Market". A local market on the last Sunday of each calendar month where everyone in Jobsworth is welcome to peruse the display of locally produced organic goods from 9am until 1pm. At which time the gates to The Mantle will shut and only reopen for permanent residents with the correct paperwork.
The Tabernacle Evangelical Congregational Church
The Tabernacle (which is named after an older, but equally Holy, dwelling place of God in Exodus) is the evangelical beating heart of Jobsworth. God speaks through the minister, Mark Forrest, who delivers insightful and lengthy gospel-led sermons every Sunday at 11am, with an additional evening service at 6pm.
Reverend Forrest found the Lord in 1974 when on a rainy Tuesday he tripped over, and came face to face with a littered copy of Match of the Day stuck to the pavement in front of him, all words blurred by the rain except the words “Jesus saves”. Struck by these words in an emotionally (and physically) low moment, Mark couldn't shake the Lord's calling. After a stint at Bible College, Reverend to our little village of Jobsworth to carry out His work here.
The Church Elders preach on the high street to bring back to the fold any of God's sheep that have strayed from His flock. The Tabernacle holds youth groups in the evening to keep your children away from temptation and nourish them in the ways of God. We also have a women's group, who focus on women's work, such as the women's bible study and the women's prayer group, or even the women's craft afternoon.
See you on Sunday!
Fairfield Allotments
It's not only residents of The Mantle that have an interest in the environment! The green-fingered members of our village have put their own talents to use to create the lively Fairfield allotments.
Even without the latest in Japanese crafted secateurs or carefully formulated soil, they've managed to create a space that's quite green, and certainly a wildlife refuge, especially if you like slugs near your vegetables. The allotments host a particular array of vegetables, ranging from courgette to cucumber. Without any set standards for the lots, you can enact your own vision, regardless of outside opinion.
An especially redeeming feature of this little Eden is that the allotments are converted from what was previously a golf course! As you may well know, golf courses are intensely un-ecological, and harmful to your local habitats. If you want a spoilt walk, feel free to visit the enduring ecological nightmare Luttersfield Golf Course & Spa, but here in Jobsworth we care about the local environment and take pride in our access to fresh produce such as what you can find in the Mantle food market with its array of artisanal and organic produce.
If you do want an allotment space of your own, please petition Cllr Sydney Paving, who will be happy to try and set you up with your own lot!
Holpot Primary School
From 3:15pm on Holpot road, just past the Tabernacle church, you can join the host of mums waiting to pick up their precious children at the Holpot Primary School gates. If you were to cross the threshold of these auspicious gates, inside you'll find the future of Jobsworth diligently studying everything the future generation need such as their two times tables and all the wives of King Henry VIII.
Our school boasts hordes of successful alumni: Neal Stainless, owner and steel magnate of Neal's Steel, infamous chef Jamie Oliver, and even future politicians such as our parish council's very own Chairman Derek Harding. We've even had several Oxbridge applicants, some of which went on to attend respectable universities.
Our new Headmistress Yvette Evart, despite not being a Christian, has brought her nurturing and warm presence into the school and with the help of our esteemed faculty, achieved a GOOD Ofsted rating.
In our faculty there are several distinguished members of staff; Alan Houseman (PhD) and aspiring author, heads our English department with authority and experience. Former Jobsworth cricket captain Guy Yool heads the department of physical education with the same vigour that delivered him a runner's up trophy in the 1992 Heartinglye county cricket tournament.