Bonfire Night Entry Wristbands Now On Sale

Entry wristbands are now available from Long Wittenham School office and Clifton Hampden Post Office for the 11th annual Village Bonfire Night on Saturday 2nd November from 6pm on Wards Field.  Prices are £6 for adults, £3 for children (U4s free) and £16 for a family bundle (2 adults, 2 children).

As ever, this promises to be a really magical evening including a bar, barbecue, mulled wine, sweet treats, glow stuff, and, of course, an amazing firework display.

Download the flyer here.

And don’t forget the Guy Fawkes Competition, sponsored by The Plough Inn.  Details here.

This event is brought to you by Long Wittenham Parish Council proudly supported by Wittenham Warriors.

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Painting and Life Drawing Classes

Residents with an artistic bent may be interested to hear that art classes will be starting soon on Wednesday mornings at Clifton Hampden Village Hall.

Run by Charisse Gardiner, who has been teaching painting, drawing and life drawing since 1998, the classes are suitable for all levels of ability and experience, and cover all the basic elements of painting and life drawing, including tone, composition and colour. Continue reading

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Parish Council Meeting – Thursday 10th October

The Parish Council will hold it’s monthly meeting in the Village Hall at 7:30pm on Thursday 10th October.

All residents are invited to attend.  Download the agenda here.

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Boost for Bells Appeal

More money has been raised to boost the appeal for the restoration of the church bells at St Mary’s church, including £1,000 from an anonymous donor.

The Wittenham Warriors Safari Supper in the middle of September raised £1,200 and the recent “Bingo for Bells” event in the village hall raised £287.  The anonymous donation of £1,000 came through the Just Giving website.

So far almost £30,000 has been pledged or promised towards the restoration of the six Continue reading

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Pendon Museum News

Get the latest on opening days, events and workshops at Pendon Museum in its newsletter.

More information on the Pendon website: www.pendonmuseum.com

 

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Parish Council Dates 2020

The Parish Council has set the dates for its meetings and the Annual Parish Assembly for next year.

All meetings will take place at 7:30pm in the Village Hall.

Thursday 9th January
Thursday 13th February
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SODC Local Plan Update

South Oxfordshire District Council (SODC) is due to decide the next step for the district’s Local Plan at the council’s next round of meetings following discussions with the government and partner organisations.

At the Council meeting in July this year, councillors voted to spend some time to find effective and suitable ways to ensure the plan takes into consideration feedback from local residents, who have raised concerns about the emerging Local Plan’s approach to providing land for housing in the district. Continue reading

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Electric Blanket Checking Events

South Oxfordshire District Council and Oxfordshire Trading Standards are offering a series of free Electric Blanket Checking events this October.

If you use an electric blanket or you know someone who uses one, please encourage them to get it checked before using it this winter.  Those attending are invited to take a friend for free refreshments and information about keeping safe and well. Continue reading

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Connecting Oxford Proposals

Oxfordshire County Council and Oxford City Council have announced plans to tackle congestion on all major routes into Oxford and improve public transport connections into and across some parts of the city, particularly the city’s eastern arc (the area outside the city centre that links parts of north Oxford, Marston, Headington and Cowley).

The two councils want to make a real improvement to journey times for commuters and quality of life for residents, including improved air quality, by reducing the number of cars Continue reading

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Run the Clumps – Orienteering

Next Sunday (29th September) is National Get Outside Day, organised by the Ordnance Survey, and what better way could there be to join in with the spirit of the day than to go orienteering on Wittenham Clumps.

The Thames Valley Orienteering Club will be running its next race at the Clumps.  Four great course have been devised which will take you around the famous Castle Hill and Round Hill. Continue reading

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