Bonfire Night Reminder

Don’t forget to buy your tickets for the 10th Annual Bonfire Night which will place next Saturday 3rd November on Ward’s Field, starting at 6pm.  Early bird tickets will only remain available until Friday 2nd November.  After that there will only be a limited supply on the gate, so hurry, get yours before it’s too late!

Ticket prices: adults: £6, children: £3, family of 4 (2 adults, 2 children): £16, U4s: free. Continue reading

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Long Wittenham Past

Another in our occasional series showing images and items of interest from Long Wittenham’s past.

This time, some fascinating aerial photographs of the village taken in 1959.  Click on the thumbnails to view or download high resolution versions. Continue reading

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North East Didcot Housing Development Update

The North East Didcot housing development will be bigger than originally planned.  Land owners Reading University says its developers want to add at least another 120 homes on an area previously earmarked as ‘retained farmland’.

A planning application is expected to be lodged with South Oxfordshire District Council Continue reading

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Clifton Hampden Quarry Update

Oxfordshire County Council transport officials are not happy with Hills Quarry Products’ latest plans to mitigate lorry movements out of the proposed quarry site off Abingdon Road.

Transport Control Officer Geoffrey Arnold says he’s not been persuaded by the proposals and has lodged an objection stating that the traffic impact of the Continue reading

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Extra Garden Waste Collection

Residents who are signed up for brown bin collections can put out twice as much garden waste during the week commencing 22nd October.

South Oxfordshire District Council (SODC) is giving those who are part of the paid-for service the opportunity to put out the equivalent of one extra bin’s worth of garden waste (around three large bin bags). Continue reading

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Oxford to Cambridge Expressway

Many residents will have seen the recent announcement by the government of the preferred corridor for the Oxford to Cambridge Expressway, which aims to provide a high-quality road link to better connect Oxford, Milton Keynes and Cambridge.

For information about the preferred corridor, how it was chosen, the next steps and the Continue reading

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Oxfordshire Matters

Download the latest edition of Oxfordshire Matters, the county council’s monthly newsletter here.

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Apple Day Postscript

Thank you to everyone who came along and supported the third Village Apple Day last Saturday, 13th October.

Unfortunately there was not such an abundant apple harvest in the village as in previous years.  This was probably due to lack of rain earlier in year; apples came early for some and not at all for others.  Despite this, a total of 362kg Continue reading

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Bonfire Night Tickets Now On Sale

Early Bird Tickets are now available from Long Wittenham School and Clifton Hampden Post Office for the 10th Anniversary Village Bonfire Night on Saturday 3rd November from 6pm on Wards Field.  Tickets are £6 for adults, £3 for children (U4s free) and £16 for a family bundle (2 adults, 2 children).

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Housing Allocation Survey

South Oxfordshire and Vale of White Horse District Councils are looking to update their housing allocation policy and have launched a six-week public consultation on the proposed changes.

The councils’ housing allocation policy needs reviewing to reflect the districts’ housing needs since the current policy was introduced five years ago.  There have Continue reading

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