Walk off those Christmas and New Year excesses
New Year Circular Parish Walk on Sunday 8 January starting at 10.00 promptly from Kingston Blount Village Hall – 6.75 miles We will use the New Permissive Path to Crowell and after that the Ridgeway to reach Woodway Farm. Then Aston Rowant village, Church Lane, Fiveways and the Olde London Weye, before crossing fields to […]
Residents who pay for the garden waste service can put out Christmas trees for collection for composting with their brown bins. However all residents can drop off real Christmas trees at various locations. See here for more detail.
Rambling programme to March ’23
Below is the first quarter’s programme of walks organised by Thame and Wheatley Ramblers. Feel free to join them…
Costs of parish council elections
The attachment below details what the parish will pay for elections in 2023 whether contested or not.
2023 precept
The December parish council meeting is where the precept and budget for the coming financial year is discussed and agreed. The councillors recognised that the cost of living has increased substantially over the past six months and so agreed not to increase the precept (the charge levied by the council to allow it to operate) […]
Mark LordChristmas services in Aston Rowant church
Below are details of December’s services to be held in the church in Aston Rowant. 18th December at 1500hrs – Nine Lessons and Carols. 24th December at 1600hrs – Crib Service, a short service for children. 25th December at 1000hrs – Christmas Communion Service, all welcome.
Aston Arms to reopen
The Aston Arms – held in Aston Rowant church – is to reopen New Year’s Eve from 1800hrs until 0100hrs on New Year’s Day. See the attachment below for more information. In summary, inexpensive drinks, friends and neighbours, and no need to drive…
Council services over Christmas
A guide on SODC’s services over the festive period when offices are closed to the public: Abbey House – reception at Abbey House will close from 4pm (phone lines at 4.30pm) on Friday 23 December and will reopen on Tuesday 3 January. Waste collections – for all you need to know about waste collections over […]
FTTP – other providers
Some may have seen vans in the parish from broadband firms other than Openreach – Trooli, Airband and Gigaclear for example. Please be careful before signing up with them; if you’ve validated a government Gigabit voucher then you are obligated to use an Openreach linked supplier – a full list is here – within two months […]