More improvements to recycling service

West Oxfordshire District Council have announced that householders can now use thin plastic bags and carrier bags to line the waste food caddies that they put out for collection every week. This rubbish is now taken to the Anaerobic Digester at Cassington for recycling, where …

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All aboard for Minehead!

The Cotswold Line Promotion Group has arranged an excursion to Minehead on 23rd September for its members and other passengers of the Great Western Railway. The special train will stop at Charlbury on its way from Oxford to Worcester at approximately 8 a.m. and then …

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Heavy traffic congestion likely

You may have noticed the many traffic signs to the Wilderness Festival and Countryfile Live in our area, and possibly noted that both events are taking place this weekend. As large numbers of people will be attending both events, heavy traffic congestion is very likely. …

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Harvest begins in Chadlington

  In an effort to beat the forecast storms and wet weather over the next few days, farmers in Chadlington have begun to bring in this year’s grain harvest. Combine harvesters were busy in the darkness late at night and then continued during the day …

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X8 Chipping Norton to Kingham Station withdrawn

Pulhams Coaches has announced that they will be ending this bus route from 21st July due to low patronage. They continued to operate the route since the end of the subsidy last year but now say they cannot operate the service on a commercial basis. …

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New recycling service set to launch

There will be a new recycling service in West Oxfordshire. From October, all households will use a wheelie bin for recycling, except for glass which will be collected from their existing black box. The recycling service will become fortnightly, alternating with household rubbish and residents will …

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Annual Parish Meeting draft Minutes

  DRAFT Minutes of the Annual Parish Council Meeting of Chadlington Parish Council held at the Memorial Hall, Chadlington on Monday 08 May 2017 at 7.30pm.(Start 8.15pm, Finish 10.17pm)   Present Councillors Howard Rowley (Chair), Brian Hamblin, Monty Phillips, Liz Woolcock & Gill Hill (Clerk).  …

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Glorious Bagpipes sound out over Chadlington

Anyone outside in Chadlington on Saturday would have been surprised to hear bagpipes being played somewhere nearby. The Editor put out a request for information about the source on the Chadlington Community Notice Board Facebook page and received the following amazing story from a local …

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