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Diary
- Christmas Markets in Wantage - Sundays 28th November, 12th & 18th December
- LOCAL: Celebrate Revd Leonora’s time as our Rector - Sunday, 28th Nov at 4pm
- LOCAL: Westcot Green Christmas tree lights and drinks - Tues, 30th Nov, 5-6.30pm
- LOCAL: Childrey & Sparsholt WI Events - next on Tuesday, 30th November
- Ladies Pizza & Prosecco Night at the Blowing Stone - Wednesday, 1st Dec at 7.30pm
- LOCAL: Parish Council Finance Meeting - Wednesday, 1st December at 7.30pm
- White Horse Gardening Club - Thursday, 2nd December + 2022 Programme
- Wantage Dickensian Evening - Friday, 3rd December
- Wine Tasting: Wines for Christmas - Friday, 3rd December at 7.30pm
- Repair Cafe at The Mix - First Saturday each month (4/12), 10am-1pm
- Art & Craft Christmas Fayre - Saturday, 4th December, 10am-5pm
- Free town parking in run up to Christmas - details
- Uffington Farmers Market - Sunday, 5th Dec, 10am - 12.30pm
- Monthly Craft Night - First Tuesday of the month (7/12), 7-9.30pm
- Quiz Night at The Blowing Stone - Second Wednesdays (next 8/12)
- Childrey Christmas Festival Weekend - 10th to 12th December
- Knit a shawl workshop - Saturday, 11th December, 1.30-5.30pm
- The Snowman - Wantage Band Concert - Sat 11th & Sun 12th Dec, 2pm & 4pm
- Make your own fabric Christmas crackers - Friday, 17th December, 7.30-9.30pm
- Christmas & Carol Services - December 2021
- LOCAL: Sparsholt & Westcot Christmas Social Quiz Night - Sat, 18th Dec at 7pm
- Concert - Kanda Bongo Man - Wednesday, 22nd December
- LOCAL: Sparsholt and Westcot Christmas Day Carol Service - 10am
- Bank holiday waste collections 2021/22
- LOCAL: Book Club 'The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll & Mr Hyde' - Mon, 10/1, 7.30pm
News (most recent first)
- Could you be a foster carer and change a child’s story?
- DEFRA grant for farmers in Areas of Outstanding Natural Beauty
- Wantage & Grove Campaign Group December 2021, inc Wantage planning
- Signpost & Church services - December 2021
- Vaccinated & 40 or over? You can now book your COVID-19 booster vaccine
- The best way to keep hackers out of your online accounts
- Christmas 2021 Posting Dates
- Britchcombe Farm update – November 2021
- Thank you - Westcot, Sparsholt & Childrey - £431 raised for MacMillan
- Apply for infant or primary school places for children born 9/2017 to 8/2018
- The Star, Sparsholt will be closed from PM on Sunday 14th to PM on Friday 19th Nov
- Parish Council Planning Meeting Minutes - Monday, 4th Oct 2021
- Parish Council Minutes - Wednesday, 8th September 2021
- Wantage & Grove Campaign Group October 2021, inc Wantage planning
- Wildwood Kitchen Cinema - listings for November & December
- Thames Valley Police's October 2021 rural crime update is now available
- Vale garden waste service returning to fortnightly collections from 25th October 2021
- Friends of the Ridgeway - Autumn Newsletter 2021
- When should you self-isolate?
- Cllr Dr.Paul Barrow - Report for Parishes - October 2021
Notices
- Lambourn Christmas Tree Farm - 27th Nov to 19th Dec
- Childrey & Sparsholt newsletter on hold until a new editor can be found - interested?
- Please keep your dogs on leads around farm animals
- When should you self-isolate?
- Are you eligible for a FREE NHS flu vaccine?
- Free St John Ambulance iPhone & Android app - first aid advice at your fingertips
- COVID-19 - symptoms or not, get tested regularly - be certain, FOC
- COVID-19 cases dashboard - infections & deaths data for Vale of White Horse
- 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/V3025/LB - Rectory House, Sparsholt - Demolition & replacement of porch
- 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