Uffington Parish Council
SALT BINS. Uffington currently has one salt bin in the car park near the shop and another on order to be installed at Sower Hill Farm where ice often forms on the road in winter. These bins have been paid for by the Parish Council and are filled once annually by Oxfordshire County Council BUT the contents have to be spread by residents.
If anyone feels that the village would benefit from any additional salt bins please let the Clerk (clerk@uffington.net) know where you would like to put them by Friday 8th September. Bearing in mind that the cost of each bin is £250 only a very limited number would be affordable. Any suggestions will be considered at the Parish Council meeting on 14 September to which all are welcome and may speak at the Public Forum at 7pm.
Local news and events
Kingston Lisle dog show. 3.00 pm on Sunday 3 September, at KL Village Hall. More information attached: https://mcusercontent.com/c90a1a7b6d1f693a28c947f92/files/000b1599-d197-f785-875f-43cbd75c7aa3/KL_Dog_show_2023.01.pdf
Uffington Wed Walk - 6th September. For September's walk we will meet initially at Thomas Hughes Memorial Hall in Uffington SN7 7RE at 9:20 for car sharing and a 9:30 start heading to Ashbury. Starting point for the walk is the Rose and Crown pub in Ashbury SN6 8NA. From here we go past the church, uphill and across the Ridgeway to the top of Hailey Wood, returning via Odstone Barn and the beautiful Winslow Bank with its sweeping bank of beech trees. 4.6 miles.
Please let me know if you prefer to go directly to the Ashbury starting point. (So we do not leave without you.) There are plenty of spaces for parking around the village, please park considerately. If you would like to lunch at the pub after the walk, please let me know and I will contact the pub to advise of numbers. If you are coming to the pub there is a reasonable sized car park there. The weather is looking good, light breeze and sunny and 20 degrees
Save the Date – 4 October: Please make a note of the October walk on Wed 4th. There will be a short ceremony at the start of the walk to mark the installation of the new kissing gates on footpath 4 towards the railway and Moor Mill Farm. This is the 7th footpath in Uffington that has had stiles replaced with gates thus enabling easy access for everyone to footpaths.
Uffington Wed Walk Committee, Verity, Pamela, Joe and Hilary
Wednesday 6 September. Friends of Tom Brown's School Museum. TREASURES OF OXFORDSHIRE, by Edward Caswell, in the Thomas Hughes Memorial Hall from 1945-2100.
As Oxfordshire's Finds Liaison Officer Edward Caswell will be presenting highlights of the county's archaeological finds, including exciting treasure cases, breaking news and local stories about Uffington and its surrounding parishes held in the ever-expanding Portable Antiquities Scheme database, currently holding 1.5 million finds.
Tickets are £3 for TBSM Friends, £5 for non-Friends. Tickets available at the door from 1915.
Oxfordshire Historic Churches Trust. Juliet Moss is cycling on Saturday Sept 9th for the Oxfordshire Historic Churches Trust and half the money raised will go to St Mary's Uffington church clock appeal. She will not be able to start until 2.00pm, so is aiming to sign in at about 12 churches. If you would like to sponsor her, please could you email her at: julietmoss@hotmail.co.uk Please specify either a set amount or so much per church.
Advance notice – Sunday October 15th. There will be an Organ Recital in St Mary's Church by Joe Barber, (organ scholar from Oxford) on Sunday October 15th at 6pm followed by drinks and refreshments. Retiring collection for St Mary's.
Yogalates. Yogalates is a mixture of Yoga, Tai Chi and Pilates inspired exercises. - Wednesday 6pm Thomas Hughes Memorial Hall.
- Fridays 1pm Thomas Hughes Memorial Hall.
- Saturdays 9am Stanford Village Hall.
Booking is required, call or message Carolyn on 07825 414609.
UBW MINIBUS ASSOCIATION - NOTICE OF ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING
The meeting will be in the small hall of the Thomas Hughes Memorial Hall Uffington at 7.30 p.m. on Tuesday 17th October 2023. The committee is very much hoping that villagers who share an interest in the community minibus will come to the meeting to hear where the association stands at present and, more importantly, to help shape it's future.
From the Vale
Have your say on our landscapes and what's changing them. A new study has launched to better understand, protect and enhance the unique landscapes across South Oxfordshire and Vale of White Horse and you're invited to have your say.
South Oxfordshire and Vale of White Horse District Councils are preparing a new Landscape Character Assessment and are calling for residents, businesses and visitors to share what they love about local landscapes and what they think is changing them. The study is being carried out by environmental consultancy Land Use Consultants (LUC) on behalf of the two councils.
Through a new interactive map, the public can add comments on different landscapes and places they value. This feedback will help LUC understand the local landscapes and what should be done to maintain them.
The Landscape Character Assessment will help ensure that future change respects and enhances local character and distinctiveness. The ultimate aim is to inform the councils' work towards the Joint Local Plan, shape future policies and help guide planning application decisions for the districts.
The Consultation Hub is open for comments until 29 September 2023, which users can leave anonymously. To find out more and have your say, visit the new Landscape Character Consultation Hub.
(Editor's note: Whilst the aim is a good one, the Consultation Hub appears to have been designed by computer professionals, for themselves. To those less expert, it seems very complicated and hard to use.)
From the Police
TVP Open Day – one day to go! It is one day until Thames Valley Police (TVP) will open its doors to the public for the force Open Day.
The event will take place between 10am and 4pm on Saturday 2 September and will be hosted at our training centre in Sulhamstead, near Reading RG7 4DX. Over 40 exhibitors including roads policing, major crime, forensics and contact management are attending to showcase their work to the public. There will be lots of activities and entertainment for all ages including; displays from specialist teams, a bouncy castle, live music, penalty shoot out and much, much more!
More information can be found here - Thames Valley Police Open Day 2023 | Thames Valley Police
Trading Standards Scams Warnings for August. See attached: https://mcusercontent.com/c90a1a7b6d1f693a28c947f92/files/741e3809-7faa-50bf-3c6b-284ff03a5b22/Scams_for_August.pdf
From the Churches of Uffington Benefice
Please find attached the Weekly Sheet for Sunday, 3rd September: https://mcusercontent.com/c90a1a7b6d1f693a28c947f92/files/a15b83f7-5e34-ddba-0f75-639cf23b9a77/wsh_2023_09_03.pdf
For all information, please see: https://www.uffingtonbenefice.com/
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