The Hare & Hounds will formally open its doors at 4pm on Wednesday 25th August 2021. Tim, Gus and the team will be pouring a free drink for the whole village to celebrate! There will be free finger food at the opening and for the first few days, with the kitchen opening for dining in September. Tim can't wait to welcome you all and raise a glass to the end of lockdown and the permanent re-opening of your village pub!
With regret the reopening of the Hare & Hounds is postponed due to Tim, your new landlord, contracting Covid. He is very disappointed with this turn of events, however is hoping that he will soon recover and be able to open in the very near future. Watch this space for updates!
There is a flurry of activity and concern about the submission of a further planning application by Euro Garages for the area between Wardington and the M40 - https://planningregister.cherwell.gov.uk/Planning/Display/21/02467/F Having got permission for the monstrous warehouse, they are having a second go for a motorway services station, four story office building, two fast food outlets and a 240 bed hotel. Their first application was opposed and withdrawn some 3 years ago. The reasons were: Unnecessary: Services already exist less than 15 miles to the north and south Access: Increasingly congested motorway junction and unsuitable access via the A361 Pollution: The air between the motorway junction and Banbury is already one of the most polluted areas in Oxfordshire Type of Employment:
Notice of Relief Road closures at Chipping Warden. Fusion working on behalf of HS2 have notified us that the Relief Road at Chipping Warden will be closed over 4 consecutive weekends from 20th August to 13th September 2021. Full details can be found using the link below. Notice of Relief Road closure Chipping Warden Wardington Parish Council
Meet Tim Steel, the new landlord of the the Hare & Hounds, who is a restaurateur from the West End in London with award winning sites in Mayfair and Covent Garden. He lives just a few miles from the village and will be hands-on making sure that the pub serves the needs of Wardington and its surroundings. Gus, a very experienced Kiwi publican who has had many senior positions at London pubs, will help run the site alongside Tim. He has also relocated up here and lives just south of Brackley. There will be fantastic traditional pub food, with ingredients sourced from local suppliers. Tim and Gus look forward to welcoming you on the 17th of August with a free
HS2 - Chipping Warden Relief Road opening Fusion working on behalf of HS2 have advised us that the Chipping Warden Relief Road will be opening from Friday 18th June 2021. Full details are in the link below: Chipping Warden AWN 211 Road opening Wardington Parish Council
HS2 - Notice of works at Trafford Bridge, Edgcote Fusion working on behalf of HS2 have issued an Advance Works Notice (AWN) of works at Trafford Bridge, Edgcote. The works will start at the end of June 2021 and continue until March 2022. This will include full road closures of the Welsh Road at times. Full details of works are available in the link below. Notice of works Trafford Bridge Edgcote (FINAL) Wardington Parish Council
The family of the late Lord and Lady Wardington has gifted the ownership of the Cricket Ground to the Trustees* of Wardington Memorial Hall with immediate effect. In practice all the village community facilities, the Memorial Hall, the Cricket Ground and the Children’s Playground, will now have common ownership. However each of the current or future user organisations will continue to manage their activities independently. Some fifty years ago Lord Wardington made an unwritten agreement whereby Wardington Cricket Club may have continued use of the Cricket Ground so long as cricket continued to be played there. A condition included in the transfer effectively continues that agreement in perpetuity by stating that the owners of the Cricket Ground may not permit
ST MARY MAGDALENE CHURCH THE CHURCH TENOR BELL WILL BE TOLLED WITH 99 STRIKES DURING THE 30 MINUTES PRIOR TO THE DUKE OF EDINBURGH'S FUNERAL SERVICE AT 3.00pm ON SATURDAY
The Rt Revd Dr Steven Croft, Bishop of Oxford, writes: "The prayers of the whole Diocese of Oxford are with Her Majesty the Queen and the Royal Family today and in the coming days as we mourn the death of Prince Philip, the Duke of Edinburgh. "We give thanks for Prince Philip’s long and extraordinary life, his faithful service to Queen and country, his support especially for young people, his humour, honesty and integrity and strong Christian faith and especially his steadfast support to the Queen over the long years of their marriage. "Philip has been at the centre of our national life for so many decades offering a model of strength and stability. He will be greatly missed. May