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Parish Council Meetings – Thursday 9th May

The Parish Council will hold it’s annual meeting in the Village Hall at 7:30pm on Thursday 9th May.  This will be followed at 7:45pm by the usual monthly meeting. All residents are invited to attend.  Download the agendas here.

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Long Wittenham Goes Green

Long Wittenham’s new district councillor is Green Party activist Sam Casey-Rerhaye from Culham.  In yesterday’s district council elections Mrs Casey-Rerhaye, who chairs Culham Parish Council, beat Conservative candidate Fiona Ardern from Toot Baldon with a comfortable majority.  She cantered home … Continue reading

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House of Wessex Newsletter

Read all the latest news, and details of courses and upcoming events for the House of Wessex project at the Sylva Wood Centre in its latest newsletter here.  

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Church Open Morning

The Parochial Church Council (PCC) of St Mary Long Wittenham with St Peter Little Wittenham invite residents to an ‘open morning’ next Saturday 4th May 2019 between 10am and 1pm at St Mary’s Church to celebrate the opening of the … Continue reading

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North East Didcot Newsletter

Read the latest about the North East Didcot housing development from the North East Didcot Partnership, the team behind the project. Download their newsletter here.  For more information, visit their website: http://www.northeastdidcot.com/

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Bus Service Starts

The new once weekly bus service from Wallingford to Didcot operated by Going Forward Buses in Goring began yesterday.  Five passengers from the village joined the fourteen seater minibus.  Two people had joined the bus at Shillingford Hill Homes Park, … Continue reading

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Waste And Recycling Collections

Residents are reminded that because of the Easter break, waste and recycling collections will change this week. Green, food and garden waste bin collections will be a day later than usual on Friday. More information on waste collections after the … Continue reading

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Sewage Floods Properties Again

Twice within a week this month Long Wittenham resident Peter Surridge has come home to find his garden flooded with sewage.  And this is not the first time that Mr Surridge, who lives in Lay’s Courtyard towards the eastern end … Continue reading

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Long Wittenham Past

Another in our occasional series showing images and items of interest from Long Wittenham’s past. This time, an article from the Oxford Mail dated 3rd October 1958 reporting on a parish council meeting, which suggest that, despite there being far … Continue reading

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Local Elections Jobs

South Oxfordshire and Vale of White Horse District Councils have asked the Parish Council to inform residents that there are a range of roles available for those eighteen-plus years of age at the local elections on Thursday 2nd May and … Continue reading

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