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Welcome to Woodcote
The latest issue of the Woodcote Correspondent is available to download here.
Selected photographs on this website courtesy of Alan Copeland.
Facilities & Services
Age Concern
Age Concern can help with information and advice on a wide range of subjects relating to older people.
Allotments
Allotment plots, located adjacent to the Recreation Ground, may be rented by residents of Woodcote Parish for a modest annual payment.
Chiropodist
Mrs L A Clark, MSSch MBch Registered with Health Professional Council. Qualified private chiropodist. Visiting Practice - 01491 680642 (Mobile 07973 208243). Both numbers have a message service.
Citizens Advice Bureau
This is a national organisation which provides free, independent, impartial and confidential advice by fully trained CAB staff. For local services see -
Community Centre
The facility provides an attractive venue and meeting place for individuals, groups and businesses. The Community Centre is run by a committee of volunteers for the benefit of the village.
Community Library
Reading Road, Woodcote. 01491 682323.
Countryside Access Guide
Copies of the Oxfordshire Countryside Access Guide published by Oxfordshire County Council are available from the Woodcote Parish Clerk's office or as an electronic version by contacting countryside@oxfordshire.gov.uk . The guide answers questions such as ‘What is countryside access?’, ‘Who can do what?’, ‘What can I do about...?’ and has many useful sections on improving local access and managing access land.
Dental Surgery
Byways Dental Practice, Checkendon. Normal surgery hours are: Monday - Thursday 8.00am - 7.00pm and Fridays 8.00am - 2.00pm. However, early and late appointments can be arranged to suit you. Contact us on 01491 680412 or info@bywaysdental.co.uk or visit our website - www.bywaysdental.co.uk.
Dentist - NHS
Your local NHS dentist is closer than you think. If you would like to find out where you can receive quality NHS dental care or you are in need of emergency treatment now, call our helpline today on 08000 113 824 or visit www.oxfordshirepct.nhs.uk/dental.
Doctors Surgery
Visit the Goring and Woodcote Medical Practice website for more details.
Energy Saving Advice
Does the thought of your next heating bill leave you cold? A free phone helpline has been set up to advise residents in Oxfordshire how to cut their energy bills.
Facilities for Disabled People
Including swimming, car parking and deliveries.
Goring Heath Scout and Guide Group Hut
Goring Heath Scout and Guide Group has a hut and field, both of which may be hired if not being used by members of the group. For more details see our website - www.ghsgg.org.uk/site.htm.
Police
Our local Police Officer is based at Sonning Common.
Public Transport
Three companies provide bus services connecting Woodcote to Oxford, Reading, Henley
and surrounding villages -
Reading Buses - 142 service Checkendon to Reading
via Woodcote and Pangbourne. Timetables and more details -
www.reading-buses.co.uk.
Thames Travel - X40 service Oxford to Reading via Woodcote. Timetables and more details -
www.thames-travel.co.uk.
Whites Coaches - 145 service Woodcote to Henley. Timetables and more details -
www.whitescoaches.com.
General information about public transport in Oxfordshire -
www.oxfordshire.gov.uk.
Recreation Ground and Folly Field
These are public open spaces owned by the Parish Council. There is a Village Green Committee run by volunteers who administer these recreational spaces on behalf of the Parish Council.
Swap Shop
Swap Shops are a regular event held 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.
The next Swap Shop will be on:
Saturday 3rd December 2011, from 10.00 a.m. until 11.30 a.m. at Woodcote Village Hall.
Veterinary Surgeries
Local veterinary surgeries.
Village Hall
Woodcote Village Hall is for hire and provides a versatile and well-maintained centre for Woodcote and neighbouring communities. With a full premises licence we can cater for a wide range of functions involving the sale or supply of alcohol, or the performance of music.
Waste Disposal and Recycling
How to dispose of and recycle your waste in Woodcote.
Woodcote Community Coffee Shop
Situated in the Community Centre by the Library, the Coffee Shop provides a venue to meet friends, have a chat and sample the delicious home-made goodies to eat in comfortable surroundings, or to take away. Every Saturday 10.00 am to 12.30 pm
Woodcote Correspondent
The village's monthly magazine, The Woodcote Correspondent is edited, produced and distributed by volunteers from the village. It is an A4 sized publication, running to 32 pages in most months. Each issue includes colour photographs of people and events which have taken place in Woodcote, or nearby.
Woodcote Volunteers
Woodcote Volunteers is a ‘Good Neighbour’ Scheme offering help for the elderly, disabled etc and for those without transport who cannot use public transport.
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.