Pendon Museum will be holding a Summer Crafts Family Festival day on Saturday 16th August from 11am until normal museum closing time of 4pm.
This will be a family friendly day of culture with craft workshops (rag rug, weaving & wool, herbalism & folklore), Wildlife talks and nature walks, Pendon Passport trail and more. Continue reading
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The Parish Council has installed two picnic tables at the new Acklings playground. One of the tables is wheelchair and pushchair accessible.
The grass mounds have also been sown with grass seed so it should be possible to open the mounds as soon as the seed has taken.
Thanks to Jim Brown, Steve Brown and Claire Michellis for their contributions to this Continue reading
Some residents will have noticed that the swings at Bodkins Playground have been taken down.
The swing set is very old and the timbers that support the swings have been rotting for some time. A few years ago, the Parish Council had metal supports installed to keep them safe.
However, following the last RoSPA safety inspection in July, the inspector advised that the Continue reading
Join the Wittenham Singers for an afternoon of songs and readings for Summer on Sunday 17th August from 4pm in Bryan and Angela Humphris’ lovely riverside garden – Cruckfield, High Street, Long Wittenham.
Everyone is welcome. Bring refreshments and a chair, if you are able.
There will be a donations box for Long Wittenham School. Continue reading
Oxfordshire County Council is again offering its annual free electric blanket testing for residents during September and October.
The electric blanket tests are normally very popular, with places limited, so they must be booked in advance to be guaranteed.
Appointments can be booked by visiting electric blanket testing, calling 01865 519800 Continue reading
Oxford City Council has asked the Parish Council to let residents know that there is now a dedicated website for its proposal for simplifying local government in Oxfordshire.
Oxford City Council has put forward outline proposals that would see Oxfordshire’s six councils abolished and replaced with three new councils: Continue reading
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The Parish Council (PC) understands that some residents would like to see the two chicanes on the High Street removed.
The PC has discussed this with Oxfordshire County Council (OCC) Highways Team to see if it is possible and, if so, what the options could be. If we were to proceed with the removal of the chicanes, OCC would require us to replace them with full width humps. OCC has also advised that the PC would Continue reading
