- Home
- News
- Diary
- Groups
- Amenities
- Parish Council
- Parish Plan
- Directory
- Businesses & Services
- Education & Advice
- Advice on government services (Direct.gov)
- Advice for Working Families
- Childcare (Oxfordshire CC)
- Citizens Advice Oxfordshire - Faringdon Outreach
- Education & Learning (Direct.Gov)
- Education & Learning (Oxfordshire CC)
- Going to university?
- Libraries (inc. eBooks, Audiobooks and Home Library services)
- Local Schools & Colleges
- Local State Schools (Department for Education)
- NSPCC Help & Advice for Parents
- Ofsted Reports for local schools within 5 miles
- School Closures
- Starting School (Oxfordshire CC)
- Term Dates for Oxfordshire Schools (Oxfordshire CC)
- Fitness and Leisure
- Footpaths - Maps
- Government - Local & National
- Health
- Newsletter Archive
- Online Safety Advice - for parents & children
- Other local community websites
- Property for Sale and Rent
- Refuse & Recycling
- Security & Policing
- Things to do locally - from the BBC
- Transport
- Buses - from Wantage to Abingdon & Oxford
- Buses - serving Sparsholt & Westcot
- Coaches (Oxford Tube)
- Fix My Transport
- Live Roadworks Map
- Local Taxis
- Oxfordshire Comet transport service
- Oxfordshire LiftShare
- Road Traffic Accident Map - crashmap.co.uk
- Route Planner (RAC)
- Traffic & Road Reports within 50 miles (Live)
- Trains (FirstGreatWestern.co.uk)
- Transport for London (TfL)
- Useful Links
- Wantage Counselling Service
- Wantage Independent Advice Centre
- Young Adults Advice
- Weather
- Galleries
- About & Contact
Diary
- Men's Curry Club at the Blowing Stone - Wednesday, 19th January at 7:30pm
- LOCAL: Parish Council Meeting - Wednesday, 19th January at 7.30pm
- White Horse Gardening Club - Thursday, 20th January
- LOCAL: B4507 - Multiple closures January through March 2022
- Mindfulness for Stress - Monday evenings online, starts 24th January
- Caring for The White Horse - 3,000 years of a British icon - Mon, 24th Jan at 6.30pm
- LOCAL: Childrey & Sparsholt WI - Burns Night Supper at The Star - Tues, 25th Jan
- Film at Didcot Film Club: Limbo - Weds, 26th January at 7.30pm
- Burns Night Supper, Childrey - Friday 28th January
- Mindfulness for Health - Saturday mornings online, starts 29th January
- Crochet workshop for improvers - Saturday, 29th January, 1.30-5.30pm
- Folk Duo NineBarrow, Childrey - Saturday, 29th January at 7pm
- Monthly Craft Night - First Tuesday of the month (1/2), 7-9.30pm
- Yoga by Candlelight - Launch Event, Letcombe Regis - Friday, 4th February, 7-9pm
- Repair Cafe at The Mix - First Saturday each month (5/2), 10am-1pm
- Quiz Night at The Blowing Stone - Second Wednesdays (next 9/2)
- Cafe Scientifique - Climate Change & the Maths of Methane - 2nd Weds (9/2) 7.30pm
- Pub Quiz at The Greyhound – Sunday, 13th February at 8pm
- Valentine's Dinner at The Greyhound, Letcombe - Monday, 14th February from 6pm
- Rich Hall’s Hoedown Deluxe - Saturday, 19th February, 2022 at 8pm
- LOCAL: Book Club 'The Thursday Murder Club' Richard Osman - Mon, 21/2, 7.30pm
News (most recent first)
- Covid19 - From 17th January 2022, self-isolation rules have changed.
- Need a replacement bin? Additional bins? Or a brown, garden waste bin?
- Smaller communities could have a greater say on housing developments
- Parish Council Finance & Planning Meeting DRAFT Minutes - Mon, 20th Dec 2021
- Parish Council DRAFT Minutes - Wednesday, 3rd November 2021
- Where to get help & support for mental health, suicide, self-harm & wellbeing
- Celebrating the 2021 achievements of Sustainable Wantage - inc video
- Cllr Dr.Paul Barrow - Report for Parishes - January 2022
- Four of the biggest Highway Code changes - January 2022
- Signpost & Church services - January 2022
- Burglary Witness Appeal - Mellors Garage, East Challow - 28/12
- Councils face another cut in government funding
- Statement from Cllr Emily Smith, Leader of the Vale of White Horse District Council
- Support for those affected by domestic abuse
- Going away over Christmas?
- Current Covid rules in our area - as at 23rd December 2021
- Christmas Parcel delivery scam texts - watch out
- Sparsholt carol singing raises £126 - Thank you
- David Johnston MP - December 2021
- Where to get rapid lateral flow coronavirus (COVID-19) tests - 14/12/21
Notices
- Where to get help & support for mental health, suicide, self-harm & wellbeing
- BBC NHS Tracker: How is the NHS coping in our area?
- COVID-19 cases dashboard - infections & deaths data for Vale of White Horse
- COVID-19 - symptoms or not, get tested regularly - be certain, FOC
- For Sale - Fixed-gear road bike
- Childrey & Sparsholt newsletter on hold until a new editor can be found - interested?
- Please keep your dogs on leads around farm animals
- Concerned about a neighbour or need to ask for help?
- It's a crime not to clear up after your dog if it fouls a footpath, verge or public space
- Bonfires - please be safe & considerate
- Have a notice? Something to sell or give away?
Planning Applications (current/open only)
- Planning Information
- P21/V3467/HH - Sparsholt House, Sparsholt - changes to existing applications
- P21/V3243/FUL - Land to north of 5 West Street, Sparsholt - Change of use
- P21/V2824/FUL - Westcot House, Westcot - alteration, conversion & change of use
- P21/V2825/FUL - Westcot House, Westcot - alteration, conversion & change of use
- P21/V1868/LDE - 3 West Street, Sparsholt - Construction of a concrete pad