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Playground Safeguarded

Posted on May 7, 2019 by Admin

Acklings playground has been granted Asset of Community Value (ACV) status by South Oxfordshire District Council.  The Parish Council nominated the playground which has been used by residents for many years. The land is owned by St John’s College to … Continue reading →

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Pirates In Church

Posted on May 6, 2019 by Admin

St Mary’s church resounded to the strains of Gilbert and Sullivan last Saturday evening as Opera Anywhere performed one of the most popular works in the canon of English comic opera, The Pirates of Penzance or The Slave of Duty.  … Continue reading →

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Parish Council Meetings – Thursday 9th May

Posted on May 4, 2019 by Admin

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

Posted on May 3, 2019 by Admin

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

Posted on May 1, 2019 by Admin

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

Posted on April 30, 2019 by Admin

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

Posted on April 27, 2019 by Admin

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

Posted on April 25, 2019 by Admin

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

Posted on April 23, 2019 by Admin

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

Posted on April 22, 2019 by Admin

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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