UFFINGTON PARISH COUNCIL
Village Shop and Post Office. Unfortunately, the sale of the shop and post office has fallen through. This means that Rose and Dave will be continuing to own and run the shop until further notice and will be seeking a new owner with immediate effect.
Courier Cover Photos. With different colour covers now being used for each edition of the Courier, we are always on the lookout for suitable cover photos. By 'suitable' we like to have local photos in upright (portrait) format. Photos should be of good quality (high resolution) and we can scan any printed photos if necessary.
With Spring on the way, it's time to get snapping (or sorting through earlier photos on phones, cameras or in shoe boxes). We are interested in potential cover photos for the 2025 summer, autumn and winter editions. To encourage submissions, we are offering a prize of £20 for any photo selected for use (any photos used will have the owner acknowledged in the magazine unless they do not wish to be mentioned). Photos for the Spring edition should be submitted to the editor Giles Dawson courier@uffington.net by 16 March 2025.
Planning applications. The district council has received a planning application, reference P25/V0153/HH, for development work at the following location: Vale Cottage High Street Uffington Faringdon. The application is for: Installation of freestanding electric vehicle charger to driveway of listed cottage. You can see details of the application on our website by clicking this link
WHAT'S ON - IN & AROUND UFFINGTON
Uffington Market and Café – Sunday 2 February from 10.00 am to 12.30 pm. Please support the new style Uffington Market on Sunday 2 February, which has 23 stalls attending; poster attached:
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Uffington Wed Walk - 5th February - Faringdon circular walk. The First of our Weds Walks for 2025 will be a 5 mile circular walk from Faringdon, heading east out of Faringdon over Folly Hill towards Wadley Manor, returning via Stanford Place, as per map, attached: https://mcusercontent.com/c90a1a7b6d1f693a28c947f92/files/254fab59-b4d0-ef24-cb1a-f9153358a0c4/Uffington_Wednesday_Walk.pdf
Meeting initially at Uffington Village Hall car park at 9:20 for car sharing and a 9:30 start. The meeting place in Faringdon will be the junction of London Street and Stanford Road at 9:45. Road side parking available along both roads. Weather looks very promising, route chosen for relatively good ground but obviously not possible to stay completely dry underfoot right now. Look forward to catching up with everyone. The Walking Committee - currently Verity, Dave and Pamela. Verity Cavanagh - veritycavanagh@gmail.com 07975861790
White Horse Gardening Club – Thursday 6 February at 7.30 pm, in the THMH. Anne Swithinbank, of Gardeners Question Time fame, on 'Replant, Propagate, Plant and Prune – See: https://mcusercontent.com/c90a1a7b6d1f693a28c947f92/images/894cc91c-6d90-d49c-46a7-775e8d71a0c7.png
UFFINGTON BAULKING AND WOOLSTONE MINIBUS ASSOCIATION. Annual General Meeting - Friday 7th February 2025 at 7.30 - The Thomas Hughes Memorial Hall Uffington. All are welcome to attend the meeting, whether current users of the minibus or not, to hear about the recent progress of the Association and what it is able to do for the community. There will be an open forum.
FROM THE VALE
The January edition of Vale News for 2024. See: The January edition of Vale News for 2024
(Those using the brown bin garden waste collection service should note the article on forthcoming Garden Waste changes).
The county council must make its position on devolution geography clear. Cllr Bethia Thomas, the Leader of the Vale of White Horse District Council has written to Cllr Liz Leffman, the Leader of Oxfordshire County Council, urging her to move swiftly to explain her council's position on a preferred geography for a Mayoral Strategic Authority. You can see details on our website by clicking this link
Shock at Network Rail's disappointing announcement. Local residents and businesses will have reacted with shock at Network Rail's admission that the Botley Road will be closed for another year and a half, that's according to the Leader of Vale of White Horse District Council. You can see details on our website by clicking this link
COUNTY NEWS
Road closures. 9 to 15 February - Woolstone, Woolstone Road. This is a 24 hour closure for installation and maintenance of fibre cables. The effect of the Order is to temporarily prohibit any vehicle proceeding in that part of Woolstone Road running from the B4507 junction northwards to the junction with The Lane. The alternative route for traffic is via B4507, B4000, Station Road, B4000, Longcot Road, Claypit Lane, Woolstone Road or Marsh Way and vice versa.
FROM THE CHURCHES OF UFFINGTON BENEFICE
Please find attached the Weekly Sheet for Sunday 2 February: https://mcusercontent.com/c90a1a7b6d1f693a28c947f92/files/160a8df7-c16c-2941-91ac-79beb5fd1913/wsh_2025_02_02.pdf
For all information, please see: https://www.uffingtonbenefice.com/
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