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Playground Safeguarded
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
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.
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
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
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
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
Litter Pick Report
A stalwart team of residents, armed with bags, gloves and litter-picker sticks spent more than two hours last Saturday morning collecting rubbish which littered many parts of the village. Plastic bottles, paper, and cardboard were the biggest offenders. The team … Continue reading
New Bus Service
A new bus service will soon be arriving in the village. Going Forward Buses is introducing a Wallingford to Didcot service calling at Long Wittenham on Wednesdays starting on 24th April. The return journey from Broadway in Didcot will be … Continue reading
Kler Appeal Update
Nearly one hundred and fifty residents have objected to the Kler Group’s plan to re-align parts of Didcot Road to facilitate the entrance to their housing development on the corner of Didcot Road and Fieldside. A petition signed by one … Continue reading
Village Meeting Report
More than thirty people attended the meeting in the village hall last evening to hear a progress report on the Community Hub from Chris Brotherton, director of Thomas Homes, the parish council’s chosen developer. Mr Brotherton presented a plan of … Continue reading