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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.
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.
Neighbourhood Plan Consultation Event
Saturday 10th March 2012 - 10am-12pm
We will be having the first public consultation event in the Pavilion room at the Village Hall.
There will be stands providing information, and asking questions about:
South Oxfordshire Core Strategy
Site Identification
Site Selection Criteria
Housing Mix
Housing Design.
As well as tea, coffee and the opportunity to chat with any of the Steering Committee.
The Goal of this event it to gather your thoughts on the direction of our Neighbourhood Plan. The Plan gives us the chance to shape our village for the next 15 years.
YOUR VOICE COUNTS.
More about the Neighbourhood Plan.
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.
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 15 Feb 2012
Wed 07 Mar 2012
Wed 21 Mar 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.
Fri 09 Mar 2012 - 8.00am to 1.00pm
Windmill Sale
A nearly new sale in aid of local causes. Woodcote Village Hall.
Sat 10 Mar 2012 - 10.00am to Noon
Neighbourhood Plan Consultation Event
We will be having the first public consultation event in the Pavilion room at the Village Hall.
Fri 22 Jun 2012 - 8.00am to 1.00pm
Windmill Sale
A nearly new sale in aid of local causes. Woodcote Village Hall.
Fri 14 Sep 2012 - 8.00am to 1.00pm
Windmill Sale
A nearly new sale in aid of local causes. Woodcote Village Hall.
Fri 07 Dec 2012 - 8.00am to 1.00pm
Windmill Sale
A nearly new sale in aid of local causes. Woodcote Village Hall.
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.
Village Hall
Chilterns Countryside
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