The Parish Council will hold its monthly meeting in the Village Hall at 7:30pm on Thursday 16th January.
All residents are invited to attend. Download the agenda here.
Parish Council Meeting – Thursday 16th January
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Village Litter Pick – Saturday 8th March
This year’s Spring Litter Pick will be earlier than in previous years, on Saturday 8th March between 10am and noon.
Come along to the Village Hall where you will be provided with Hi-Viz jackets, gloves, rubbish bags and a litter picking tool.
You choose an area of the village that you would like to “litter pick”. The rubbish is Continue reading
Pendon Museum Pop-up Café
The pop-up café at Pendon Museum will be open again on Wednesday 8th January from 10am to 12:30pm.
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
Christmas Tree Recycling
As in previous years, South Oxfordshire District Council (SODC) has arranged for Christmas trees to be collected from the grass verge next to the entrance to Bodkin’s Recreation Ground.
Leave trees there by Friday 17th January – they will be collected on Saturday 18th January.
Please do not leave trees inside the gate as they will not be collected. See the flyer below. Continue reading
Tub2Pub Collection
Tub2Pub is Greene King’s plastics recycling campaign to raise money for Macmillan Cancer Support.
The aim is to collect clean, empty, plastic cracker, chocolate and biscuit containers (tubs) so they can then be sold onto companies who shred them and use them to make things like play equipment rather than buying new Continue reading
Christmas Waste and Recycling Collections
As usual, waste and recycling collections change over the festive period.
Brown bin collections (garden waste) are suspended while crews concentrate on collecting the extra waste from Christmas.
For details of the changes, see below. There is more information on the South Oxfordshire Continue reading
Defibrillator Training Course
The Parish Council is aware there are now several defibrillator machines installed in the village, but the previous training session was about ten years ago.
This two hour course will explain how to use a defibrillator and also provide advice on emergency first aid until a professional arrives.
It will take place at Long Wittenham Village Hall on Wednesday 22nd January 2025 at Continue reading
Parish Council Meeting – Thursday 19th December
The Parish Council will hold its monthly meeting in the Village Hall at 7:30pm on Thursday 19th December.
All residents are invited to attend. Download the agenda here.
Thames Road Bridge Project Approved
Residents will be interested to know that, according to the BBC, the HIF1 (Housing Infrastructure Fund) project has been given the go-ahead by the Government.
This follows a planning enquiry earlier this year after Oxfordshire County Council’s planning committee rejected the planning application. Continue reading