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Dec8Sun20249:30 am Holy Communion @ St Mary's ChurchHoly Communion @ St Mary's ChurchDec 8 @ 9:30 am – 11:00 amThere will be a service of Holy Communion on Sunday 8th December at 9:30am at St Mary’s. Everyone is welcome.Dec11Wed202410:00 am Pop-up Café @ Pendon MuseumPop-up Café @ Pendon MuseumDec 11 @ 10:00 am – 12:30 pmThe pop-up café at Pendon Museum will be open again on Wednesday 11th December from 10am to 12:30pm. This is a free drop-in event, with just a small charge for drinks and cake to cover the costs. All donations from … Continue reading →Dec15Sun20249:30 am Holy Communion @ St Mary's ChurchHoly Communion @ St Mary's ChurchDec 15 @ 9:30 am – 11:00 amThere will be a service of Holy Communion on Sunday 15th December at 9:30am at St Mary’s. Everyone is welcome.Dec19Thu20247:30 pm Parish Council Meeting @ Village HallParish Council Meeting @ Village HallDec 19 @ 7:30 pm – 9:30 pmThe Parish Council will hold its monthly meeting in the Village Hall at 7:30pm on Thursday 19th December. All residents are invited to attend.
Tag Archives: Community Speedwatch
Rogue Speeders
Several residents have recently been in touch with the village Community Speedwatch team, raising concerns about vehicles travelling at dangerous speeds, considerably faster than the 20mph limit, along some of the streets away from the main road through the village. … Continue reading
Community Speedwatch Update
The village Community Speedwatch team has now been in place for one year. In that time it has checked the speed of over 5,500 vehicles, and recorded 147 drivers speeding. The team also reports details of likely illegal HGVs to … Continue reading
Lorry Driver Prosecuted
A resident has proved the value of reporting an overweight vehicle coming through the village. Following a report and witness statement by the resident, Oxfordshire County Council (OCC) prosecuted the lorry driver involved who pleaded guilty to the offence. He … Continue reading
The Community Speedwatch Team is Recruiting
The Village Community Speedwatch Team are always on the look out to recruit new members and they are appealing to residents’ sense of community spirit to join them to help make the village roads safer. With a bigger “pool’ of … Continue reading
Community Speedwatch Update
Parish Councillors David Corney and Sally Duff, co-ordinators of the village Community Speedwatch team, write … Since the village speedwatch group started in February, 15 roadside sessions have been held and over 2,500 vehicles checked. Of those, 81 people were … Continue reading
Community Speedwatch Update
Statistics collected by Community Speedwatch UK show how sustained Speedwatch activity contributes to a change in driver behaviour when applied consistently, resulting in lower average speeds, and thus contributing to the lowering of the number of killed and seriously injured … Continue reading
Community Speedwatch
The Long Wittenham Community Speedwatch Group is almost up and running. Parish Councillor David Corney has recruited six residents and they have received training from Thames Valley Police (TVP). A further two volunteers are soon to undergo training. The group … Continue reading
Volunteers Wanted
In addition to the traffic speed check which is scheduled to take place in the near future, following the reduction of the village speed limit from 30 to 20mph, the Parish Council is also reviving a Community Speedwatch group, who … Continue reading
Community Speedwatch
With the longer days and better weather, the village’s Community Speedwatch team hopes to be out in the village with the Community Speedwatch equipment over the coming few weeks. The data that is collected, on vehicle speeds in general, will … Continue reading
Community Speedwatch
The Community Speedwatch campaign to curb speeding through the village has been agreed and the first appearance of the system is expected early in the New Year. Eight villagers have volunteered to help operate the system. Five of them, with … Continue reading