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The latest issue of the Woodcote Correspondent is available to download here.

Selected photographs on this website courtesy of Alan Copeland.

Welcome

The village of Woodcote, winner of the Oxfordshire Best Village Competition 2008, lies between Reading and Oxford in an ‘Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty’ surrounded by the scenic countryside of the Chilterns, with extensive beech woodlands, undulating fields and numerous footpaths and bridleways.

More about Woodcote Village.

Parish and Neighbourhood Plans

The SODC Core Strategy means that Woodcote will have to accept more houses between now and 2027. With a Neighbourhood Plan the village can specify what sort of houses and where they go.

The recent application for Hilltop Field underlines the attractiveness of Woodcote to developers. At a time when there will be a presumption in favour of new development an adopted Neighbourhood Plan not only builds on the Parish Plan it considerably strengthens our ability to guide development in Woodcote in a way that reflects the priorities and needs expressed by the community.

Learn more about the Neighbourhood Plan.

Read about the Parish Plan.

School Crossing Patrol Officer Vacancy

Woodcote Primary School is inviting applications for the post of School Crossing Patrol officer, £6.63 per hour with £5.00 per month laundry allowance. Approx working hours are: 8.15-9.00 am and 3.00-3.45pm every day of the school term.
Closing date for applications - 30th June 2012.

Download more details.

Proposed Closure of Woodcote Library

Following the current Government public spending cuts many services are being cut, certain libraries are being proposed for closure by the Oxfordshire County Council,
Woodcote Library is one on the list!

If you would like to register your comments and objections to the closure of Woodcote Library please email futurelibraries@oxfordshire.gov.uk or write to:

Caroline Taylor	or	Councillor Mrs Judith Heathcoat
County Librarian		Oxfordshire County Council
Community Services		County Hall
Holton		New Road
Oxon		Oxford
OX33 1QQ		OX1 1ND

More details of the local campaign (OWL) to save the library can be found here.

Council Notices

Parish Council Vacancies
There is currently a vacancy for a Parish Councillor. Anyone who is interested should contact the Parish Clerk for details.

Parish Council Meetings - Public Welcome
Members of the public and press are welcome to attend Parish Council meetings which are held in the Function Room at the Village Hall.

Forthcoming meetings will be on -

Wed 06 Jun 2012

Wed 20 Jun 2012

Wed 04 Jul 2012

A full list of meeting dates is available here and minutes from previous meetings are available here.

Make Your Views Known

Broadband and Mobile Coverage
OxOnline is a project run by Oxfordshire County Council to bring broadband Internet and improved mobile phone coverage to rural parts of Oxfordshire. If you would like more information about the project or would like to make your views known visit www.oxfordshire.gov.uk/broadband.

Events - full calendar here.

Thu 17 May 2012 to Sat 19 May 2012

Diamond Jubilee Revue 2012

As part of the forthcoming Jubilee celebrations, Woodcote Amateur Dramatic Society present: Diamond Jubilee Revue 2012. Woodcote Village Hall 7:30 pm. £6.00 per person (includes nibbles). There will be a drinks bar.

More details.

Fri 22 Jun 2012 - 8.00am to 1.00pm

Windmill Sale

A nearly new sale in aid of local causes. Woodcote Village Hall.

More details.

Fri 06 Jul 2012 - 7.00pm

Langtree School PTA Quiz Night

In the Main Hall. Doors open at 7pm, quiz start 7.30pm. Tickets are £10 per person and will include a Ploughman's Supper. Other refreshments, including wine and local beers, will be available throughout the evening. There will also be a Raffle with many delightful prizes! All profits will be donated to Langtree School.
Please support this PTA fundraiser and get your friends and family together to make up teams of up to 8 people. For further information or to book tickets, please contact Jacqui on 01491 875984 or email at grayspring4@btinternet.com.

Sat 21 Jul 2012 - 10.00am to 11.30am

Swap Shop

In Woodcote Village Hall. Anyone may bring and swap but if you have nothing to swap come along anyway and take whatever you find to be useful to you.

More details.

Fri 14 Sep 2012 - 8.00am to 1.00pm

Windmill Sale

A nearly new sale in aid of local causes. Woodcote Village Hall.

More details.

Fri 07 Dec 2012 - 8.00am to 1.00pm

Windmill Sale

A nearly new sale in aid of local causes. Woodcote Village Hall.

More details.

Full event calendar here.

More about Woodcote Village

At 500 feet (160 metres) above sea level, there are glorious far-reaching views from several parts of the village.

Originally a small community based on farming and the countryside, Woodcote is a thriving village with a good range of local amenities including a Post Office, mini-market, nursery/garden centre, popular New World bistro restaurant, two public houses, modern health centre (recently enlarged and upgraded) and excellent education facilities with two toddler playgroups, primary and secondary schools - the secondary school is rated in the OFSTED report of March 2009 as ‘providing an outstanding quality of education’ - and an excellent library.

Also, the Oratory School (the UK's only All Boys' Independent Catholic Senior Boarding and Day School), stands in extensive park-like grounds to the east of the main village. The Preparatory School for the Oratory is situated nearby at Crays Pond.

Near the centre of the village is the Parish Church, rebuilt in 1846 in a Norman style on the site of the original Norman structure; there are traces of original walling still surviving.

Activities appealing to young and old are based in the Village Hall and nearby Community Centre and are well publicised in the monthly village newspaper, the Woodcote Correspondent, circulated to all local residents.

Woodcote has good road communications with easy access for Reading, Henley, Oxford and the M40 and M4 networks.  For rail commuters there are mainline stations locally at Pangbourne and Goring on Thames, as well as Reading, all providing fast services up to London (Paddington).

Are you new to the village ?
A free ‘Welcome Pack’ compiled by Barbara Penniall on behalf of St Leonards Church is available to all newcomers to Woodcote. The pack, which is funded by Windmill Sales, contains a wide selection of useful information and is available from the library and the health centre. More details.

This website is funded by Woodcote Parish Council. If you would like to contribute or update any part of the site please contact the webmaster - web@woodcote-online.co.uk.

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