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Safari Supper Friday 20th June 2025

The Friends of St. Mary Magdalene Church in Wardington invite you to join them on Friday 20th June 2025 for this very popular event, designed to provide an opportunity for villagers old and new to meet and socialise whilst raising funds to maintain our beautiful church. You can join in by: Offering to host 4 or more people (plus hosts = 6) for supper, main course only with wine. Providing a pudding for ‘After Dinner’ held at the Memorial Hall. Simply purchasing a ticket to attend the evening’s activities. The evening will begin with a drinks reception in the churchyard where you will have the chance to meet your hosts and fellow guests. The programme for the evening is as

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Concert this evening, Saint Mary Magdalene Church, Wardington

Tickets on the door - £15 CONCERT SATURDAY 24TH MAY Saint Mary Magdalene Church, Wardington in aid of church funds A delightful summer concert of anthems and songs by Taverner, Parsons and others including Tallis “If ye love me” sung by the Williamscot Voices previously Cambridge Voices choir members Doors open 5.30 for wine and soft drinks Concert commences 6.00 Tickets £15 from nigelbankes23@gmail.com or available at the door Programme Henry VI prayer Parsons O clap your hands Tallis If ye love me Tomkins When David heard Tallis Lamentations Cornysh Ah Robin Tallis O salutaris Interval  Tavener Mother of God Rheinberger Abendleid Lotti Crucifixus VW The Turtle Dove Palestrina Osculateur me Walton Set me as a seal Stanford Beati quorum

Notice of temporary road closure: T15539 A361 Banbury Road Through Wardington, Wardington May 28th -31st

Notice of Road closure: T15539 A361 Banbury Road Through Wardington, Wardington Temporary Traffic Regulation Notice – S14 Road Traffic Regulation Act 1984 Temporary Road Closure and “No Waiting” restriction at Banbury Road Through Wardington, Wardington   In the interests of public safety, it will be necessary for Oxfordshire County Council to close the road and impose a ‘No Waiting’ restriction as detailed above to facilitate carriageway surface sealing works. A temporary Notice is being made to implement the temporary closure and will operate from 28/5/2025. The anticipated completion date is 31/5/2025. A Temporary Traffic Regulation Notice is being made to implement the temporary closure and restriction and will operate on the days shown above. T15539 Banbury Road Through Wardington Wardington

Notice of road closure and traffic lights A361, Chipping Warden June 2025

Notice of road closure and traffic lights A361, Chipping Warden June 2025 Message from EKFB working on behalf of HS2   Please find attached a notice regarding some traffic lights on the A361 outside the EKFB compound on three weekends from 31 May 2025. Following on from the weekend closure on the A361 last weekend (17&18 May) we require a similar closure in June - between the roundabout - to complete the roundabout repairs, we will combine this with some activities for the utility diversion required for the realignment of the A361.  This will take place from 8pm Friday 13 June to 6am Monday 16 June 2025. Please find further details in the attached Notice of road closure and traffic

Streetsafe Reporting System

The Parish Council has recently been made aware of Streetsafe - a police reporting system which may be of interest to parishioners. Please note the Parish Council has no direct involvement in this system so reports will not be forwarded to the PC. All information below is provded by Streetsafe. https://www.police.uk/pu/notices/streetsafe/street-safe/ StreetSafe is a service that allows you to report safety concerns in public places without giving us your name (anonymously). This includes issues like poorly lit streets, abandoned buildings, or vandalism, as well as instances where you feel unsafe due to someone following or verbally abusing you. Please note: StreetSafe is not for reporting crimes. If you witness a crime please report it to us online. If you're unsure whether something

Notice of weekend road closure, A361 Chipping Warden 16-19 May 2025

Notice of weekend road closure, A361 Chipping Warden 16-19 May 2025 Message from EKFB working on behalf of HS2 On the weekend of 16 to 19 May, we will be closing a short section of the A361 between the roundabout on the bypass near Chipping Warden village.  The closure will be in place 24 hours a day from 8pm Friday evening to 6am Monday morning. Please note this closure only requires a local diversion, following the old A361 through Chipping Warden. During this time, we will be working with our utility partners to relocated cables from under the road. We will also be carrying out part of the remedial works to the larger roundabout. Further works on the roundabout are

Fairport Convention’s Cropredy Festival 7th – 9th August 2025

Williamscot_fairport@outlook.com You may have heard that this year the capacity for the festival has been reduced to 6,500 and therefore the number for villager passes available has reduced in line with this. I am pleased to confirm that Fairport tickets are now available to Wardington residents, 2 per household, on a first come first served basis. Application for tickets opens at 9am on Saturday 26th April.... See details below. PLEASE BE AWARE THAT I WILL NOT BE ABLE TO ACCEPT APPLICATIONS FOR TICKETS BEFORE THE TIME AND DATE ABOVE! Three day entrance permits will be £25 per adult and again this year under 18 year-olds will have free admission. Please note that although children between the ages of 12 and

Wardington Garden Club – AGM Tuesday 25th March at 7.30pm

Why not join the Wardington Garden Club AGM tomorrow evening, Tuesday 25th March in the Memorial Hall? Our speaker will be Emma Thick from Thenford Aboretum, well-know galanthophile, who will be talking all about snowdrops. If you would like to join or find out more, please contact Malcolm Patterson theoldgranary5@gmail.com or Ginny Steven ginny@asteven.com Please bring £2 for the raffle where you can win some great prizes. Membership £10 per year which entitles you to 10% off at Farnborough Garden Centre. No gardening knowledge required - just enthusiasm!

Village Litter Pick

VILLAGE LITTER PICK SATURDAY 5TH APRIL 2025 @ 11am Litter picking kit will be provided - collect it from Barn Farm Plants at 11am. All are welcome; if you can spare some time that morning then please join us to give the village a spring clean. Any questions please contact Wardington Parish Council: wardingtonparishcouncil@hotmail.co.uk 07419 126 206