All are invited to join The Wittenham Singers celebrating May Morning at 7am next Sunday 1st May with poems and songs to welcome Summer at The Manor Estate, Little Wittenham.
More details here.
Would you like to find out about plans to improve the visitor facilities at the Earth Trust Centre? An informal exhibition will be held in The Fison Barn at the centre from Wednesday 1st to Wednesday 8th June 2016. All are welcome.
If you are unable to attend, the exhibition boards will also displayed on the Earth Trust website nearer the time.
More information here.
Join the village on the weekend of 11th and 12th June 2016, in marking the special occasion of Her Majesty The Queen’s 90th Birthday by decorating your front garden in Red, White and Blue.
Tubs, hanging baskets, flower beds etc. can all be festooned. For added fun, why not make a wreath for your front door, drape your house in bunting and make a Scarecrow Queen complete with crown?
Download the official flyer here.
Villagers Back Anti-Quarry Fight
Almost 100 people packed into Clifton Hampden village hall (April 20) to hear why a huge sand and gravel quarry should not be developed on Green Belt land near the village.
The anti-quarry group Bachport – Burcot and Clifton Hampden for the Protection of the River Thames – outlined its case to the public as pressure grows on Oxfordshire County Council to reject the application by Hills Quarry Products.
Join The Earth Trust on top of the Wittenham Clumps at 8:15pm tonight to light a celebratory beacon to mark the Queen’s 90th Birthday!
More details on The Earth Trust website.
A reminder that the road from Long Wittenham to Clifton Hampden is to be closed for up to three nights between Thursday 21st and Monday 25th April 2016 to enable BT to carry out overhead cabling works.
The road closures will start at 9pm in the evening and last through to 6am the next morning.
Access will be maintained for emergency service vehicles and those residents within the closure area, subject to the progress of the works.
Rogation 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 us for 10am at St Mary’s Church and then, weather permitting, around a small area of the village before returning to Church for the conclusion of our service and a hot drink.
We would recommend that you wear appropriate footwear for walking on Fieldside.
For more information contact liz.yuille@mail.com.
A reminder that the Parish Council has its monthly meeting this coming Thursday evening (21st April) at 7:30pm in the Village Hall.
View the agenda here.
Bachport are holding a Public Meeting this Wednesday (20 April) at 7 pm in Clifton Hampden Village Hall about the recent submission of planning application for a quarry and concrete processing plant. All welcome.
More details on the Bachport Website.
You can view the application at http://myeplanning2.oxfordshire.gov.uk using the reference MW.0039/16.
Long Wittenham School Hall 12th April 2016
59 attendees
A meeting was held at the end of February to discuss draft proposals for the Neighbourhood Plan. Since this meeting, various residents had made representations to Steering Group members making the following points:
