The Parish Council has been in negotiation with Headington School about the use of the new boathouse for village residents.
Agreement has been reached on times when the landing stage would be available. In addition, residents could use the site to store canoes etc. There would be no access to the boathouse itself. It is proposed that the best way forward to achieve this would be to form a Long Wittenham River Club. Continue reading
Oxfordshire County Council (OCC) proposes to designate certain streets (or parts of streets) within the county as Traffic-Sensitive.
A Traffic-Sensitive Street is a street where roadworks have the potential to cause significant delays and disruption to road users. It is a designation that allows streets to be identified as requiring Works Promoters to give greater advanced warning of proposed works, or activities as they are Continue reading
Earth Trust has three special themed Little Acorn events planned for the summer holidays, all set in beautiful gardens, connecting with nature through Summer time craft activities and a spot of gardening.
Go along and harvest vegetables from the kitchen garden and enjoy mud kitchen and water play areas. There will be crafts, as well as all the usual outdoor activities to explore Continue reading
Mark Warren and Catherine Harrison write …
On 11th June, Penguins class (years 5/6) at Long Wittenham CE School recently made history as the first primary school class to tour Diamond Light Source, the UK’s national synchrotron facility and then made history all over again by being the first primary school to tour the Satellite Applications Catapult which supports the UK space industry. Continue reading
It has been suggested that, once upon a time, there was a Neighbourhood Watch group in the village.
Are you aware of such a group? If so, do you know who were members, how it was organised and if it still exists?
If you have any information, please leave a comment here, or contact the Parish Clerk at clerk@longwittenham.com.
Residents who are not already subscribers to South Oxfordshire District Council’s digital newsletter “South News” may like to download the latest edition here.
The Parish Council will hold its monthly meeting in the Village Hall at 7:30pm on Thursday 20th June.
All residents are invited to attend. Download the agenda here.
Residents who are not already subscribers to Oxfordshire County Council’s digital newsletter “Your Oxfordshire” may like to download the latest edition.
Get all the news and information in the latest edition of the Pendon Museum Newsletter.
More information on the Pendon website: www.pendonmuseum.com
Would you like to volunteer to be Long Wittenham’s Parish Path Warden (PPW)? This may also suit two people working together.
The main purpose of a PPW is to walk the footpaths in the parish, on a fairly regular basis, and report any serious problems to the Oxfordshire County Council Countryside Access Team.
For less serious issues, such as overgrown vegetation, part of the role as PPW will include Continue reading
