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Jan23Sun20224:00 pm Evening Prayer @ St Mary's ChurchEvening Prayer @ St Mary's ChurchJan 23 @ 4:00 pm – 5:30 pmThere will be an evening prayer service on Sunday 23rd January at 4pm at St Mary’s. Everyone is welcome. In line with Government regulations for Track and Trace purposes please let Revd David Haylett know if you plan to attend, … Continue reading →Feb6Sun20229:30 am Holy Communion @ St Mary's ChurchHoly Communion @ St Mary's ChurchFeb 6 @ 9:30 am – 11:00 amThere will be a service of Holy Communion on Sunday 6th February at 9:30am at St Mary’s. Everyone is welcome. In line with Government regulations for Track and Trace purposes please let Revd David Haylett know if you plan to … Continue reading →Feb10Thu20227:30 pm Parish Council Meeting @ Village HallParish Council Meeting @ Village HallFeb 10 @ 7:30 pm – 9:30 pmThe Parish Council will hold its monthly meeting at 7:30pm on Thursday 10th February 2022, venue to be confirmed.Feb13Sun20229:30 am Holy Communion @ St Mary's ChurchHoly Communion @ St Mary's ChurchFeb 13 @ 9:30 am – 11:00 amThere will be a service of Holy Communion on Sunday 13th February at 9:30am at St Mary’s. Everyone is welcome. In line with Government regulations for Track and Trace purposes please let Revd David Haylett know if you plan to … Continue reading →
Tag Archives: footpath
Footpath Improvements
Our village footpath warden, David Corney, has sent through the photographs below showing recent improvements to the footpaths around the village. The photograph on the left shows the reburbished footbridge over Moor Ditch on the footpath to Appleford. That on … Continue reading
Footpath Plan Thwarted
A plan for a new footpath linking Long Wittenham and Clifton Hampden has been frustrated. The idea came from Tom Bowtell, a former chairman of the Parish Council. It would have used footpaths to the weir at the end of … Continue reading
No Appeal Over Northfield Lane
There will be no appeal by the Parish Council to a decision by Oxfordshire County Council to refuse permission for a change in status of Northfield Lane from a footpath to a bridleway. At the September meeting of the Parish … Continue reading
County Rejects Bridleway Status
In a process which has taken seven years, Oxfordshire County Council has rejected an application from the Parish Council to change the status of a footpath in the village into a bridleway. In June 2013 the Parish Council applied to … Continue reading
New Search for Cycling Routes and Paths
Fresh momentum has been injected into the search for new footpaths and cycling routes between Long Wittenham and Clifton Hampden. A team of parish councillors and residents has been revived after seven years. Previous efforts were thwarted by landowners and … Continue reading
Cycleway and Footpath Maintenance
With greater use expected to be made of cycleways and footpaths when the lock-down is eased, here is some timely news on the Oxfordshire County Council website: https://news.oxfordshire.gov.uk/cycleways-and-footpaths-to-be-cleared-and-repaired-as-council-anticipates-demand-surge/
Footpath and Drainage Improvements
Work has finished on restoring a section of public footpath between the western end of Fieldside and Saxons Heath. Some of the path had narrowed because of encroachment from the adjacent field but now the full width of the path … Continue reading
New Permissive Path for West Field
A new “permissive path” is to be established on West Field, an area popular with walkers. Footpaths around the field have been used by residents for years but legally they are restricted to the bridleway running from the end of … Continue reading
New Footbridge on West Field
Residents who are accustomed to taking a regular constitutional around the environs of the village may have notice that a new footbridge has been built over the ditch on West Field. It is on the footpath that runs from Saxon’s … Continue reading
Long Wittenham To Clifton Hampden Footpath
There’s renewed interest in establishing a circular path footpath linking Long Wittenham and Clifton Hampden using part of the Thames Path. The former chairman of Long Wittenham Parish Council Tom Bowtell first promoted the idea three years ago but it … Continue reading