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.
Another in our occasional series showing images and items of interest from Long Wittenham’s past.
This time, two photographs of Carmela Cottage, next to the primary school. The first taken recently and the other taken when it was the village co-operative store, which it was until 1975. Continue reading
The next meeting of the Long Wittenham Good Neighbours Group is on Thursday 5th July at 2:30pm in the Village Hall.
Steve Brown has arranged for Judy Gibbons to talk on Life at Island Farm Donkey Sanctuary which is sure to be an interesting insight into a very local charity. Continue reading
