We are delighted to announce the dates for our forthcoming trips to Marquette-lez-Lille and Fredersdorf- Vogelsdorf in 2025. The trip to Marquette-lez-Lille will take place from Thursday 10th April - Sunday 13th April 2025. The trip to Fredersdorf- Vogelsdorf will take place from Thursday 29th May until Sunday 1st or Monday 2nd June 2025. Further details […]
Sleaford & District Twinning Association Visit to Fredersdorf - Vogelsdorf – July 2024 On Thursday 25 July 2024, a small group of 8 Association members flew to Berlin via Stansted airport for our annual trip to Fredersdorf – Vogelsdorf (F-V). It was notable that the group also contained 3 students studying German at Sleaford’s St […]
Sleaford Twinning dates 2024
Sleaford - 9th -12th May, Fredersdorf-Vogelsdorf -25th -28th July, Marquette-Lez-Lille 24th -27th Oct. If you would like to attend any of our twinning visits, please contact us. Further details, including travel costs to follow. We still actively seek hosts for our guests from our twin towns, so if you can assist with accommodation, we would be grateful. The association facilitated a […]
Twinning Visit to Fredersdorf-Vogelsdorf 2023
From one of our fellow-travellers – This was my first:Visit to Berlin and the former East GermanyFlight on RyanairDeparture from Stansted Airport! And it all went smoothly …. I stayed with Margit, a lovely lady who lives alone in an apartment in Straussberg, a few kilometres from Fredersdorf-Vogelsdorf. We had beautiful views of the River […]
Summer Hosting In Sleaford
Sleaford once again hosted our good friends from Marquette-Lez-Lille and Fredersdorf-Vogelsdorf over the weekend of the 24th-27th August. The first group to arrive were the Germans, having flown in from Berlin.The French coach arrived late afternoon, with both groups on time. After a quick welcome and reunion in the Town Hall, the guests then went […]
Twinning Oak tree planting at William Alvey School
On Thursday 16th June 2022 there was a ceremonial planting of oak trees at the William Alvey School in Sleaford. The oaks celebrate the twenty and ten years of Twinning with Marquette-Lez-Lille in France and Fredersdorf-Vogelsdorf in Germany. Jan Mathieson Chair of the Sleaford Twinning Association spoke about the strong and continuing links. Teachers Stephen […]
Visit to Fredersdorf-Vogelsdorf 7-10 July 2022
This year's twinning visit to Fredersdorf-Vogelsdorf will take place from Thursday 7th- Sunday 10th July 2022. There is a limit of 25 visitors from Sleaford and 25 from Marquette. Travel options are still to be decided, but will likely be coach or minibus to Luton airport. The cost will be £180 per person, with the return […]