Save the Pear Tree Pub Hildersham Petition: Signature List Feed http://gopetition.com/signatures/save-the-pear-tree-pub-hildersham.html Online petition signatures en-us Fri, 17 Apr 2026 01:23 UTC GoPetition RSS Feed Generator Copyright 2026 GoPetition Mr Harry Bowyer [Signature #530] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/18045871?utm_medium=rss I miss a pint in The Pear Tree after a days hard , or easy fly fishing.

]]> Mon, 20 Oct 2014 07:10:16 UTC 18045871 Neville Nicholson [Signature #529] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/17934681?utm_medium=rss The flouting of the will of Parliament by this planning ruse is a disgrace and should be immediately reversed.
Local drinkers are now forced to drive to other pubs which encourages drivers to drink and increases the production of carbon dioxide and other pollutants from short journeys in cold cars, especially diesels.

]]> Mon, 22 Sep 2014 06:48:10 UTC 17934681 Dr Seth Kennard [Signature #528] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/17373276?utm_medium=rss Mon, 26 May 2014 06:21:34 UTC 17373276 Mr Gary Darvell [Signature #527] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/17240351?utm_medium=rss Thu, 1 May 2014 12:03:03 UTC 17240351 K Shearn [Signature #526] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/17178200?utm_medium=rss Mon, 14 Apr 2014 02:10:39 UTC 17178200 Mrs J Morton [Signature #525] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/17130085?utm_medium=rss Tue, 1 Apr 2014 09:10:15 UTC 17130085 Ms Amanda McAvoy [Signature #524] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/17128359?utm_medium=rss Mon, 31 Mar 2014 05:24:33 UTC 17128359 Miss Anonymous [Signature #523] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/17128349?utm_medium=rss Mon, 31 Mar 2014 05:22:19 UTC 17128349 Ms Anonymous [Signature #522] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/17128346?utm_medium=rss Mon, 31 Mar 2014 05:20:57 UTC 17128346 Ms Madeline King [Signature #521] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/17128344?utm_medium=rss Mon, 31 Mar 2014 05:19:31 UTC 17128344 Ms Mathilde de Bretteville [Signature #520] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/17128337?utm_medium=rss it's the best pub ever and i really want to be able to eat delicious english food during my visit to hildersham

]]> Mon, 31 Mar 2014 05:16:27 UTC 17128337 F Mitchell [Signature #519] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/17127446?utm_medium=rss Mon, 31 Mar 2014 11:22:49 UTC 17127446 Mr Andrew Smyth [Signature #518] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/17123776?utm_medium=rss Appreciate pubs can develop but for over 40 years The Pear Tree Inn has been at the centre of the community sitting comfortably alongside the church as a listening ear for all
A change of use is a detrimental change to Hildersham itself
You still have a chance to restore the happy equilibrium of Hildersham

]]> Sun, 30 Mar 2014 06:51:51 UTC 17123776 Dr Russell Thomas [Signature #517] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/16822396?utm_medium=rss Wrong people running the pub, but that mustn't mean the pub can be closed. It is essential to the village. It is a viable business as a pub, if run by competent management.

]]> Sun, 16 Feb 2014 06:40:51 UTC 16822396 Dr Ute Schroeter [Signature #516] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/16822389?utm_medium=rss Wrong people running the pub, but that mustn't mean the pub can be closed. It is essential to the village. It is a viable business as a pub, if run by competent management.

]]> Sun, 16 Feb 2014 06:39:17 UTC 16822389 Miss A Binney [Signature #515] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/16749599?utm_medium=rss Fri, 7 Feb 2014 10:45:45 UTC 16749599 Mr Tim Burford [Signature #514] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/16741269?utm_medium=rss Thu, 6 Feb 2014 03:06:17 UTC 16741269 Mr Marcus Ennis [Signature #513] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/16741003?utm_medium=rss Thu, 6 Feb 2014 02:10:55 UTC 16741003 Dr Sharon Goddard [Signature #512] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/16657320?utm_medium=rss Sun, 19 Jan 2014 03:12:07 UTC 16657320 Mrs Jean Mannion [Signature #511] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/16656056?utm_medium=rss The village needs a pub not a furniture shop

]]> Sun, 19 Jan 2014 08:02:53 UTC 16656056 MrS Elizabeth Pepperell [Signature #510] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/16635035?utm_medium=rss The only village pub and one of character

]]> Thu, 16 Jan 2014 03:53:38 UTC 16635035 Mr Andrew Pepperell [Signature #509] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/16635014?utm_medium=rss A great village pub - a great loss to the community

]]> Thu, 16 Jan 2014 03:51:09 UTC 16635014 Mr Robin Meikle [Signature #508] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/16625915?utm_medium=rss Wed, 15 Jan 2014 03:11:26 UTC 16625915 Mrs Merryl Bowen [Signature #507] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/16623530?utm_medium=rss We love the pub as a pub and have supported it over last few years - would do so again. We miss it sadly . We do understand it is hard to make ends meet in the pub trade at present time but some small local pubs are doing well eg one at West Wratting which is similar.

]]> Tue, 14 Jan 2014 03:55:34 UTC 16623530 Mr Geoff Bowen [Signature #506] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/16623514?utm_medium=rss The pear tree has been a pub for over 200 years.
Whilst I have every sympathy with the current owners, they simply did not have the experience, skill or resources to run the pub properly as a long term business. I don't see why local residents should lose The Pear Tree because of this. I wish the current owners well, but please don't let them take the life away from this pub and this very precious asset to the community!

]]> Tue, 14 Jan 2014 03:50:12 UTC 16623514 mr martin housden [Signature #505] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/16622479?utm_medium=rss have had the pear tree listed as a community asset. possibly too late but worth looking at

]]> Tue, 14 Jan 2014 11:24:50 UTC 16622479 Ms Jean Sinclair [Signature #504] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/16605076?utm_medium=rss Until very recently, I was a ranger at Wandlebury Country Park, and runner with West Anglia Orienteering Club on Thursday nights from various pubs - we ran, then had a meal and a pint or two of beer or cider. Can't do that from a German furniture shop.

]]> Sat, 11 Jan 2014 10:40:08 UTC 16605076 mr Gordon Green [Signature #503] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/16597233?utm_medium=rss We must keep our Pubs for social intergration

]]> Fri, 10 Jan 2014 03:43:37 UTC 16597233 Tori Lucas [Signature #502] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/16586785?utm_medium=rss It would be heartbreaking for the locals to lose this lovely pub. My suspicion is that the long term plan by the current owners is to convert the pub into a family home. Such a shame for the people locally who rely on this pub for socialising.

]]> Thu, 9 Jan 2014 02:46:54 UTC 16586785 Mrs. Ursula Elliott [Signature #501] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/16580155?utm_medium=rss Wed, 8 Jan 2014 04:27:11 UTC 16580155 Mr Anonymous [Signature #500] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/16571606?utm_medium=rss Wed, 8 Jan 2014 05:26:43 UTC 16571606 Ms Anonymous [Signature #499] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/16571596?utm_medium=rss Wed, 8 Jan 2014 05:26:14 UTC 16571596 Mr Anonymous [Signature #498] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/16571574?utm_medium=rss Wed, 8 Jan 2014 05:25:06 UTC 16571574 Mr Anonymous [Signature #497] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/16571550?utm_medium=rss Wed, 8 Jan 2014 05:23:48 UTC 16571550 Mr Anonymous [Signature #496] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/16571546?utm_medium=rss Wed, 8 Jan 2014 05:22:57 UTC 16571546 Ms Celina Henn [Signature #495] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/16558195?utm_medium=rss Tue, 7 Jan 2014 08:07:45 UTC 16558195 Mrs Myra Henn [Signature #494] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/16558156?utm_medium=rss Tue, 7 Jan 2014 08:06:34 UTC 16558156 Mr Christopher Henn [Signature #493] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/16558117?utm_medium=rss Tue, 7 Jan 2014 08:05:32 UTC 16558117 Dr Robert Simpson [Signature #492] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/16552265?utm_medium=rss Tue, 7 Jan 2014 12:55:47 UTC 16552265 Miss Fiona Wellman [Signature #491] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/16551409?utm_medium=rss Tue, 7 Jan 2014 10:34:11 UTC 16551409 Mr Simon Davies [Signature #490] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/16548902?utm_medium=rss Tue, 7 Jan 2014 08:17:35 UTC 16548902 Mrs M Winyard [Signature #489] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/16547869?utm_medium=rss Tue, 7 Jan 2014 07:35:36 UTC 16547869 Mr D Balmer [Signature #488] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/16547859?utm_medium=rss Tue, 7 Jan 2014 07:35:10 UTC 16547859 Miss B Winyard [Signature #487] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/16547846?utm_medium=rss Tue, 7 Jan 2014 07:34:35 UTC 16547846 Ms Anonymous [Signature #486] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/16545971?utm_medium=rss I have very much enjoyed drinking in this pub on my visits to Hildersham and I know what an important hub it is to local residents.

]]> Tue, 7 Jan 2014 06:00:05 UTC 16545971 Mr Simon Ellis [Signature #485] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/16544070?utm_medium=rss Tue, 7 Jan 2014 03:53:15 UTC 16544070 Ms Stella Dacheva [Signature #484] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/16543399?utm_medium=rss I really like English pubs and it's crucial for the village to have one.

]]> Tue, 7 Jan 2014 03:11:08 UTC 16543399 Emma Dixon [Signature #483] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/16536658?utm_medium=rss The public house is a much needed community asset. Please don't let another local pub die!

]]> Mon, 6 Jan 2014 02:26:22 UTC 16536658 Mrs Claire Visser [Signature #482] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/16536166?utm_medium=rss Mon, 6 Jan 2014 01:17:08 UTC 16536166 Mrs Sarah Mercer [Signature #481] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/16536041?utm_medium=rss Mon, 6 Jan 2014 12:57:59 UTC 16536041 Mr David Calder [Signature #480] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/16535816?utm_medium=rss It would be a tremendous shame for Hildersham to lose its only pub, not only because it is such a key part of the village and its history but also because it serves excellent food and beer which I have enjoyed on multiple occasions.

Replacing a profitable pub with a German furniture retailer is a cynical ploy given that the latter appears designed to fail.

]]> Mon, 6 Jan 2014 12:25:15 UTC 16535816 Mrs Rebecca Casey [Signature #479] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/16535734?utm_medium=rss One of the best pubs around... dont close it!!!

]]> Mon, 6 Jan 2014 12:10:22 UTC 16535734 Mr Ben O'Loughlin [Signature #478] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/16535503?utm_medium=rss Mon, 6 Jan 2014 11:33:29 UTC 16535503 Mr Robert Hilburn [Signature #477] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/16535419?utm_medium=rss this is clearly an important local amenity and should be saved for the benefit of the local community and visitors to the area.

]]> Mon, 6 Jan 2014 11:20:23 UTC 16535419 Mr Tim Mercer [Signature #476] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/16535343?utm_medium=rss Mon, 6 Jan 2014 11:06:57 UTC 16535343 Mr Darren Mercer [Signature #475] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/16535333?utm_medium=rss Mon, 6 Jan 2014 11:05:48 UTC 16535333 Mrs Beverley Mercer [Signature #474] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/16535266?utm_medium=rss Mon, 6 Jan 2014 10:53:55 UTC 16535266 Mr Martin King [Signature #473] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/16535178?utm_medium=rss Save Our Local, we not use it greatly but in this day & age it is the pub I would class as my friendly local

]]> Mon, 6 Jan 2014 10:42:30 UTC 16535178 Mr Alistair Clegg [Signature #472] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/16534974?utm_medium=rss As a village pub manager, I have come to realise how heavily local residents depend on their pub for social interaction, and for relaxation during a drink or a meal. Hildersham must avoid being amongst the many villages whose only pub has been allowed to close, causing great subsequent regret.

]]> Mon, 6 Jan 2014 10:16:12 UTC 16534974 Mrs Beryl Mercer [Signature #471] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/16534967?utm_medium=rss Mon, 6 Jan 2014 10:15:22 UTC 16534967 Mr David Mercer [Signature #470] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/16534959?utm_medium=rss Mon, 6 Jan 2014 10:14:41 UTC 16534959 Dr Brian Hazleman [Signature #469] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/16534806?utm_medium=rss I often went into the pear Tree when walking
from Linton as do many other walkers as the
Roman Road is nearby.The public house is the
focal point of the village and the only commercial property in the village and has until
the new landlords took over run as a viable
business.

]]> Mon, 6 Jan 2014 09:54:40 UTC 16534806 Mr Roger Weeks [Signature #468] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/16534668?utm_medium=rss Mon, 6 Jan 2014 09:32:29 UTC 16534668 Mr Scott Matthews [Signature #467] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/16532171?utm_medium=rss Hi - we have been to the Pear Tree pub on numerous occassions over the last 5 years whislt visiting our friends in the village and found it to be a warm and hospitable place as well as a great meeting place for friends and family. I hear that there is a move to close the pub down which would be a great shame as this pub embodies what is great about the English country side.

]]> Mon, 6 Jan 2014 04:18:21 UTC 16532171 Dr. Brian Clegg [Signature #466] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/16531673?utm_medium=rss Knowing Hildersham village, I am aware what a major setback closure of this amenity would be,and the residents of this community should not be denied the chance to act together to keep The Pear Tree open.

]]> Mon, 6 Jan 2014 02:45:25 UTC 16531673 Mrs Catherine Calder [Signature #465] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/16531611?utm_medium=rss I have been going to the Pear Tree for many years both with my parents who live in the village and with friends who have come out with us from Cambridge or London. It is a crucial part of village life and it would be greatly missed by the locals and many others. It cannot be right that something which is at the heart of a community can be arbitrarily replaced without even a proper planning application - surely this kind of situation is exactly why we have planning legislation and procedures? I appreciate that the owners need to make a living but it seems unlikely that a start-up business of a lone furniture shop in a small village is going to be successful. If they don't want to continue running the pub which they took on as a thriving business then surely they can sell it to someone who does; there is no need to decimate a village.
Catherine Calder

]]> Mon, 6 Jan 2014 02:35:06 UTC 16531611 Mr John Hunter [Signature #464] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/16531536?utm_medium=rss Dear Sir or Madam.
I grew up in Cambridge and have visited the pub on many occasions over the past 20 years. I know it's closure would be a great loss to the local community. Far too many pubs like this have been lost over recent years and given this one clearly has a profitable trading history, surely it's change of usage should be stopped.
Best regards

]]> Mon, 6 Jan 2014 02:17:59 UTC 16531536 Dr Michael Hardy [Signature #463] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/16531389?utm_medium=rss I frequently go to the Pear Tree Pub, Hildersham with Professor John Hunter and his wife Maureen, who live nearby, when I visit them. We have been great friends for decades, since we were undergraduates at Caius College, Cambridge. Not only do we have jolly times and a good laugh there, but sometimes discuss medical matters, especially Gastroenterology ,in particular Crohn's Disease, on which he is a world authority .It would be a very great shame, and against the wishes of most of the local residents if this superb pub were to close down.

]]> Mon, 6 Jan 2014 01:52:05 UTC 16531389 Prof Philip Hardie [Signature #462] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/16531357?utm_medium=rss It flies in the face of common sense to destroy a central village amenity to make way for a furniture shop that will bring very little benefit to the residents of the village.

]]> Mon, 6 Jan 2014 01:46:57 UTC 16531357 Lisa Henn [Signature #461] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/16528944?utm_medium=rss Sun, 5 Jan 2014 07:45:08 UTC 16528944 Mr Andrew Turner [Signature #460] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/16527339?utm_medium=rss Sun, 5 Jan 2014 03:35:46 UTC 16527339 Mr Jack Gray [Signature #459] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/16527332?utm_medium=rss Sun, 5 Jan 2014 03:34:27 UTC 16527332 Miss Isabella Calder [Signature #458] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/16527050?utm_medium=rss I have many happy childhood memories of lunches in the Pear Tree with my Grandparents and I want to keep going. When my family drives into Hildersham seeing the Pear Tree is regarded as being "properly into Hildersham". I have been during nearly all of my extremely frequent visits and in the past few months when it has been closed at the end of visits many of my family have been heard saying "but we haven't been to the Pear Tree yet, why are we going?"
The Pear Tree has been a huge part of my childhood and I can't imagine Hildersham without it.
I understand that it is a business and it needs to make a profit. But are the owners seriously suggesting that a German furniture shop is going to make more of a profit?
I completely support the campaign and would be devastated if the Pear Tree closed. Please save our pub.

]]> Sun, 5 Jan 2014 02:53:39 UTC 16527050 Mrs Lisa Story Vigar [Signature #457] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/16526966?utm_medium=rss I'm not a local, but a visitor to the area. I can only say how much the Pear Tree enriches the village and provides some heart and soul - and a physical place to meet - for those visiting.

We've visited many villages without such a community hub but have rarely stopped to get out of the car. Can you have a village without a local pub?

]]> Sun, 5 Jan 2014 02:43:40 UTC 16526966 James Calder [Signature #456] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/16526965?utm_medium=rss I think that we should save the pear tree inn because it always gives serves me such nice food and I would really miss it when I go to hildersham.

]]> Sun, 5 Jan 2014 02:43:37 UTC 16526965 Hilary Goodwin [Signature #455] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/16526615?utm_medium=rss Sun, 5 Jan 2014 01:49:49 UTC 16526615 Mrs Dawn Brown [Signature #454] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/16526568?utm_medium=rss Sun, 5 Jan 2014 01:43:41 UTC 16526568 Dr Peter Brown [Signature #453] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/16526542?utm_medium=rss Sun, 5 Jan 2014 01:40:24 UTC 16526542 Mr David Adlam [Signature #452] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/16526454?utm_medium=rss We have just moved from Hildersham after some 25 years.
The Pear Tree was central to the village and community life .Closure will severely damage the village and surrounding community.

]]> Sun, 5 Jan 2014 01:21:21 UTC 16526454 Mrs Ruth Hazleman [Signature #451] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/16526340?utm_medium=rss The Pear Tree has proved a very welcome stop for refreshments many a time on various circular walks that I have done over the 40 years I have been in the area. It is very close to the Roman road & is in such a pretty village to detour to. I cant think how we will manage our group without it.

]]> Sun, 5 Jan 2014 12:56:14 UTC 16526340 Mrs Margaret Edwards [Signature #450] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/16526025?utm_medium=rss Sun, 5 Jan 2014 11:53:23 UTC 16526025 MR Kenneth Edwards [Signature #449] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/16526009?utm_medium=rss Sun, 5 Jan 2014 11:50:47 UTC 16526009 Mr Tom Harrison [Signature #448] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/16525796?utm_medium=rss Sun, 5 Jan 2014 11:05:36 UTC 16525796 Dr Stephen Crook [Signature #447] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/16525765?utm_medium=rss Sun, 5 Jan 2014 10:58:28 UTC 16525765 Mrs Patricia Crook [Signature #446] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/16525750?utm_medium=rss Sun, 5 Jan 2014 10:55:29 UTC 16525750 Ms Angela Auer [Signature #445] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/16525637?utm_medium=rss Sun, 5 Jan 2014 10:30:28 UTC 16525637 Mrs Jacqueline Freeman [Signature #444] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/16525259?utm_medium=rss Seems such a terrible shame to take this successful amenity from this village and replace it with a furniture shop. With so many furniture shops in Cambridge and Saffron Walden I would question who would use it. The streets in the village are narrow therefore parking would be difficult. Also who will shop there when elsewhere they can get lunch had a drink whether alcoholic or otherwise.chr

]]> Sun, 5 Jan 2014 09:13:42 UTC 16525259 Miss Anonymous [Signature #443] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/16525250?utm_medium=rss Sun, 5 Jan 2014 09:11:58 UTC 16525250 Jenni Burt [Signature #442] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/16525147?utm_medium=rss Sun, 5 Jan 2014 08:46:40 UTC 16525147 Ms Susan Griffith [Signature #441] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/16525065?utm_medium=rss Was appalled to find the pub closed on a walk along the Roman Road today. A furniture shop might be a useful resource for some people but no village should be able to lose its pub so lightly.

]]> Sun, 5 Jan 2014 08:22:37 UTC 16525065 Mrs Rosalinde Gray [Signature #440] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/16524965?utm_medium=rss Sun, 5 Jan 2014 07:59:52 UTC 16524965 ms annette wells [Signature #439] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/16524574?utm_medium=rss Sun, 5 Jan 2014 06:27:29 UTC 16524574 mr stephen wells [Signature #438] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/16524565?utm_medium=rss Sun, 5 Jan 2014 06:25:42 UTC 16524565 mrs mary wells [Signature #437] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/16524558?utm_medium=rss Sun, 5 Jan 2014 06:23:58 UTC 16524558 Mr Thomas Tagg [Signature #436] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/16521928?utm_medium=rss Sat, 4 Jan 2014 07:47:49 UTC 16521928 Ms Eileen Wagner [Signature #435] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/16521645?utm_medium=rss Sat, 4 Jan 2014 06:43:22 UTC 16521645 Mr Simon Stokes [Signature #434] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/16519731?utm_medium=rss Sat, 4 Jan 2014 12:40:21 UTC 16519731 Mr Gareth Brookman [Signature #433] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/16519657?utm_medium=rss There is a market for a pub in Hildersham if managed properly. GB

]]> Sat, 4 Jan 2014 12:27:45 UTC 16519657 Mrs Bernadine Richert [Signature #432] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/16519335?utm_medium=rss Sat, 4 Jan 2014 11:21:22 UTC 16519335 Mr Paul Gray [Signature #431] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/16519061?utm_medium=rss Please do not allow the only pub in the village to become a shop.

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