Long Wittenham Good Neighbours Group (GNG) celebrated its fourth birthday in early May with a special tea at the Dorchester Abbey tea rooms followed by a tour of the museum and abbey.
Steve Marsh, one of the group’s long-serving supporters who volunteers at the abbey, arranged the birthday celebration and the tea room laid on cream scones and homemade cakes.
The group, which is sponsored by the parish council, meets on the first Thursday of each Continue reading
New warning signs urging cyclist to be aware of horses along the Long Wittenham to Didcot cyclepath are to be erected by the parish council. They will be sited at the entrance to the path at Acklings in the west end of the village and at the junction with the Appleford Road.
The cyclepath, which is part of the National Cycle Network, is widely used by cyclists, walkers and horse riders for recreation and access to Didcot for the Continue reading
The Parish Council held its annual meeting on 10th May where Gordon Rogers was re-elected chairman and Martin Elliff was returned as vice-chairman.
Peter Rose continues to lead for the council on the revision of the Neighbourhood Development Plan (NDP) while Steve Brown looks after plans for the development of the Community Hub. Sally Duff liaises with village organisations and is investigating a scheme to revitalize The Pound, a small piece of land off the High Street. Continue reading
Don’t miss the second WoodWords literary evening to be held at Sylva Wood Centre on Thursday 24th May between 6.30pm and 9.30pm.
Five authors will tell the stories behind their latest books – splinters and all:
Around the World in 80 Trees – Jonathan Drori, a former documentary film maker and executive producer at the BBC. Continue reading
Come along to the Treasure Hunt in aid of Beagle Welfare on 20th May at The Athletics Club, Bodkins Field, OX14 4QW from 10:30am.
The Treasure Hunt is a walkies of about 3 miles, with clues to solve along the way The team with the most correct answers in the fastest time wins a £50 voucher of their choice. Every team will receive a goody bag at the finish and there will be a prize for the best team name, so get your thinking caps (or should that be pirate hats) on! Continue reading
The Bishop of Dorchester, the Rt. Revd. Colin Fletcher, will be leading a service of Holy Communion to celebrate Ascension Day on the top of Wittenham Clumps on Thursday 10th May starting at 7.30pm.
Meet at St Peter’s Little Wittenham at 7pm to walk up the hill with the Bishop or park in the car park on the Wallingford side of the Clumps and walk the gentler slope to the top from there. Continue reading
The Parish Council will hold it’s annual meeting in the Village Hall at 7:30pm on Thursday 10th May. This will be followed at 7:45pm by the usual monthly meeting.
All residents are invited to attend. Download the agendas here.
South Oxfordshire District Council (SODC) is reminding householders of the usual changes to their waste collections during the week following May Bank Holiday Monday.
There will be no waste collections on Bank Holiday Monday 7th May. Everyone’s bins will then be emptied one day later than usual for the rest of that week. In South Oxfordshire, this is a green bin, brown bin and food waste bin collection week.
See SODC’s Bank Holiday collections webpage for further information.
Rogation (from the Latin ‘rogare’ ‘to ask’) Sunday is the traditional day for agricultural communities to ask God to bless crops that are being sown and to bless us with a good harvest later in the year.
You are all invited to join the congregation at St Mary’s Church on Sunday 6th May at 9:15am for a simple breakfast and then at 9:30am visiting representative parts of the village – a workshop, a garden, the community orchard, a meadow and finally the school – with readings, prayers and hymns. Continue reading
South Oxfordshire District Council has published its latest figures showing that it can now demonstrate a five-year housing land supply.
This is important because if a local planning authority cannot show that it has a five-year housing land supply, its policies with regards to residential development are regarded as out-of-date. Where this happens, the National Planning Policy Framework (NPPF) sets out a ‘presumption in favour of sustainable development’. Continue reading
