South Oxfordshire District Council (SODC) has advised that waste collections are starting an hour earlier this week at 6am rather than the usual 7am due to the very hot weather.
SODC are doing this so that the bin crews can avoid being out when it gets too hot later in the afternoon. Please put your bins out the night before if possible, or Continue reading
After five years heading Long Wittenham’s annual bonfire night organisation, two key players have decided to step down. Now the search for replacements is underway for next year’s event which will be the eleventh.
Emma Newman and Sarah Bowden are relinquishing their posts. Mrs Newman said that after much thought she had decided that this year would be her last in Continue reading
Residents may have noticed that building works are taking place at St Mary’s Church. The PCC is building a timber-framed extension out from the north door which will house a disabled accessible toilet and baby-changing unit.
PMS Oxford won the tender to build the extension and Harald Drewe will make the timber frame. There will be no disruption to services at the church. Continue reading
A piece of Anglo-Saxon heritage will be recreated in a field in Long Wittenham. The headquarters of the Sylva Foundation has received a significant grant from the Heritage Lottery Foundation for the House of Wessex project.
The site of a large house or hall was discovered by an aerial archaeological survey in 1976. Continue reading
Two men from Long Wittenham are preparing for one of the biggest cycling challenges in the UK: Lands End to John O’Groats in aid of charity.
Keith Tucker who works for BMW at Cowley and former car worker, now retired, Steve Cook will be undertaking the 1,000 plus miles challenge in Continue reading
Residents are reminded that the deadline for comments on Kler Group’s planning application which proposes re-aligning the Didcot Road to accommodate a revised access to their housing development at the corner of Didcot Road and Fieldside is Wednesday 18th July.
You can view the plans and comment on them here: Continue reading
Road users will be well aware of the disastrous effect that the freezing conditions of last Winter had on the condition of Oxfordshire’s road network.
In response, Oxfordshire County Council is planning to substantially increase the budget for highways maintenance. Funds for this will be borrowed as it is Continue reading
The parish council has been advised that there has been an incident in the area involving a suspicious door-to-door jewellery buyer.
The police have issued the following guidance: Continue reading
Walkers and cyclists will be interested to hear that this year’s Oxfordshire Historic Churches Trust Ride + Stride will take place on Saturday 8th September.
Over the last fifty-four years, Oxfordshire Historic Churches Trust has given several million pounds in grants to churches and chapels of all Christian Continue reading
The Parish Council will hold its regular monthly meeting this coming Thursday evening (12th July) at 7:30pm in the Village Hall.
Download the agenda here.
