Residents are reminded that waste and recycling collections will change over the festive period.
Brown bin collections (garden waste) will be suspended while crews concentrate on collecting the extra waste from Christmas.
Information on the changes is on the South Oxfordshire District Council (SODC) website:
https://www.southoxon.gov.uk/christmaswaste/ Continue reading
Get the latest news and information in the December edition of the Pendon Museum Newsletter.
More information on the Pendon website: www.pendonmuseum.com
The Parish Council has been advised by Oxfordshire County Council and Sustrans that the cyclepath/bridleway from the west end of the High Street to Moor Ditch will be closed from week commencing 10th January to allow Sustrans to resurface and widen the path.
Sustrans presented its plan for the path in October in the Village Hall.
The work is expected to take four weeks. For more information contact Luke Dawson of Sustrans at luke.dawson@sustrans.org.uk or call 07922 875015. Continue reading
Read the Winter edition of the Citizens Advice Oxfordshire South and Vale quarterly newsletter.
It provides an insight into the squeeze on household income and an update on the Household Support Fund.
Help is available this Winter for people who may struggle to pay for heating, food or other essentials, thanks to a new voucher scheme that has launched in South Oxfordshire.
The new, targeted programme set up by South Oxfordshire District Council will help people with their food, energy and water bills and other household essentials.
The funding to pay for the scheme is part of a £3.4 million package of support allocated to Continue reading
Residents who are not already subscribers to Oxfordshire County Council’s digital newsletter “Your Oxfordshire” may like to download the latest edition.
The village’s 20mph speed limit was officially inaugurated on 10th December by Tim Bearder, the county council’s cabinet member for highways management, the village’s county councillor Pete Sudbury, chairman of the parish council Gordon Rogers and parish councillors Steve Brown and Ron Carter.
Mr Bearder said he was delighted that Long Wittenham had become one of the first areas in the county to adopt a new speed reduction scheme. He said: “It is an ambitious project Continue reading
A reminder that the village primary school will be holding a Christmas Market in the school grounds tomorrow (Saturday 11th December) between 11am and 3pm.
There will be amazing raffle prizes, wonderful food from Too Perfection, Christmas stalls, Christmas games, Mrs Claus, a Helta Skelta from Ynot Treat Yourself, and hot chocolate and mulled wine. Lots of Christmassy fun for everyone.
Admission is £1 which includes entry in a prize draw. Continue reading
The Parish Council has been advised by Oxfordshire County Council that the 20mph speed limit throughout the village will come into force on 10th December.
Residents will have noticed that 20mph signs are already in place.
The formal notice is below. The full legal Traffic Regulation Order can be downloaded here. Continue reading
The Oxfordshire Local Enterprise Partnership (OxLEP) has ask the Parish Council to inform residents that it has funding available to support all small and medium enterprises (SMEs) in Oxfordshire.
The support can start out as simply as a one to one chat with a business advisor on a specific issue, and develop into ongoing engagement, support and grants to develop and deliver plans for innovation and growth. Continue reading
