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Long Wittenham War Dead Honoured
Last Saturday, Remembrance Day, a gathering of Long Wittenham residents remembered soldiers from the village killed in the First World War. More than thirty people assembled around the memorial outside the village school to pay their respects to the dead … Continue reading
Clifton Hampden Road Junction Works
Oxfordshire County Council now expects work at the junction of the A415 Abingdon Road and B4015 Oxford Road in Clifton Hampden to upgrade the signals mode of operation from the existing Vehicle Actuated system to MOVA (Microprocessor Optimised Vehicle Actuation) … Continue reading
Oxfordshire GP Services Consultation
Local GP practices have been working with Oxfordshire Clinical Commissioning Group (CCG) and patient representatives on plans for the future of GP and primary care services in Oxfordshire. GP practices have joined others in Oxfordshire to talk about how they … Continue reading
Spectacular Bonfire Night
Congratulations and thanks to Emma Newman and her enthusiastic band of volunteers for a highly successful Village Bonfire Night last Saturday evening. The event was held on Ward’s Field and attracted a huge crowd to see the massive bonfire and … Continue reading
A415/B4015 Junction Clifton Hampden – Heads Up
Oxfordshire County Council is in the process of assessing key signal controlled junctions in Oxfordshire with a view to upgrading the mode of operation from the existing Vehicle Actuated system to MOVA (Microprocessor Optimised Vehicle Actuation). The junction of the … Continue reading
Didcot Garden Town – Get Involved
The Didcot Garden Town team is asking residents, businesses and community group leaders to join and become actively involved in shaping the whole garden town area. The exciting opportunity comes out of the garden town delivery plan’s unique governance structure … Continue reading
Don’t Bin Your Batteries
Residents in South Oxfordshire are being urged by the District Council not to put batteries or other items which could cause a fire in their waste or recycling wheelie bin. Recently two small fires started in rubbish while it was … Continue reading
New Parliamentary Constituency Proposals
The Boundary Commission has published proposals to reduce the number of MPs in Parliament. If the proposals go ahead voters in Long and Little Wittenham could be casting their ballot in a new parliamentary constituency at the next general election … Continue reading
Apple Day Success
Thanks to a bumper harvest of apples, Village Apple Day last Saturday was a great success, producing a huge number of bottles of delicious juice. It was a wonderful if somewhat windy day, and lots of villagers turned up with … Continue reading
SODC Local Plan Policies Map
Further to the publication of the latest version of the Local Plan on 12th October, South Oxfordshire District Council (SODC) has now published a stand-alone Local Plan Policies Map. The Local Plan Policies Map shows the locations of housing and … Continue reading