The Parish Council has been advised by the Network Management team at Oxfordshire County Council (OCC) that there will be a temporary road closure of the road to Clifton Hampden.
The closure, to facilitate water connection works, will operate overnight from 8pm Tuesday 3rd to 6am Wednesday 4th October. See the Traffic Regulation Notice below. Continue reading
The Friends of St Mary’s will be hosting a Pop-up Autumn Lunch at St Mary’s Church on Saturday 7th October starting at 1pm.
The lunch will be prepared by cookery experts from the village and there will be a donations bar and live music.
Tickets are £12 for adults and £6 for children (under 14) and are available from Dom Continue reading
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The Parish Council will hold its monthly meeting in the Village Hall at 7:30pm on Thursday 14th September.
All residents are invited to attend. Download the agenda here.
The pop-up café at Pendon Museum will be open again on Wednesday 13th September from 9:30am to 12noon.
This is a free drop-in event, with just a small charge for drinks and cake to cover the costs. All donations from the cakes go to support a local group, so please go along and support it if you can. Continue reading
The Parish Council has been advised by South Oxfordshire District Council (SODC) of a new planning application within the village.
The application, at 52 Saxons Heath, Long Wittenham, is for the demolition of existing conservatory and a single storey rear extension.
The details may be viewed on the SODC website: Continue reading
The village Pre-School will be running another of its popular Quiz Nights at the village hall on Friday 29th September starting at 7:30pm.
Tickets are £3 per person. Bring a team, or join one on the night.
Book a place at treasurer@longwittenhampreschool.co.uk. Continue reading
After a hiatus of four years, residents will be pleased to hear that there will be a Village Apple Day this year.
Organised by Wittenham Warriors and hosted by the Sylva Wood Centre, it will take place on Sunday 15th October.
See the flyer below for details. Continue reading
Residents are reminded that recycling and waste collections will be a day later this week, owing to the bank holiday.
There is more information on the South Oxfordshire District Council (SODC) website:
The charity Medicalert has asked the Parish Council to promote a new initiative that can make a difference to people living with dementia and Alzheimer’s.
The MedicAlert Foundation, in partnership with Thames Valley Police, has launched a dementia safeguarding programme, Safe and Found.
In the UK, there are 944,000 people currently living with dementia, and, distressingly, six Continue reading
