Cut price bus travel is returning to Oxfordshire next month, in time for the festive period – and passengers can take advantage of the offer for even longer this year. Single bus fares will be capped at £1 every Sunday in December in Oxfordshire – an improvement on last year’s offer, which only included the […]
A guide to council services over the Christmas and New Year period when the council offices are closed to the public… Abbey House – Reception will close at Abbey House from 4pm on Tuesday 24 December 2024 and will reopen on Thursday 2 January 2025 at 8.30am. Waste collections – all you need to know about waste […]
OCC is closing the B4009 between Kingston Blount and Crowell on 3 December for carriageway patching works. The road will be closed between 0730 and 1630hrs. See attachment below.
“Come and support The South Oxfordshire Christmas Fair on Tuesday 19th November, at the Oxfordshire Golf Club, in raising funds for Sobell House Hospice and Watlington and District Nursing Home. Nearly 60 independent small businesses, many local, will be inspiring you to do your Christmas shopping, meet up with friends for coffee and buy a […]
The parish Autumn Litter Pick is booked for the weekend of 2nd and 3rd of November. We will meet at 10am in Cherry Tree car park to pick up in Kingston Blount, and at 10am on Sunday 3rd November in the layby opposite the Lambert Arms to pick up in Aston Rowant. All – over 16 […]
Halloween is almost upon us and not everyone feels comfortable with ‘trick or treaters’ at the front door. Thames Valley Police has produced a printable document to politely inform ‘visitors’ that they’re a little less than welcome. See here.
As part of the application process for reception entry to infant and primary school, OCC is advertising the need for parents and carers of children born between 1 September 2020 and 31 August 2021 to apply for a school place. Those parents or carers with questions should visit the primary application web page which has […]
As part of a big drive to rethink waste, residents are encouraged to check out the range of repair cafés, libraries of things, community larders, clothes swaps and other great reuse initiatives happening in their local area. With reduce and reuse top of the agenda, last weekend, representatives from South Oxfordshire and Vale of White […]
Have your say: Councils propose updates to boost street trading and cut plastic waste South Oxfordshire and Vale of White Horse District Councils are reviewing their joint Street Trading Policy for the first time in over a decade and they want your input! Street trading has thrived in recent years and, with the current policy […]
Residents who are subscribed to the district council brown bin garden waste service in South Oxfordshire or the Vale of White Horse can have extra garden waste collected for free, on their normal collection day only, between 28 October and 8 November. You can put out a maximum of up to four additional sacks of garden […]