Welcome to the website for the village of Long Wittenham, Oxfordshire, England. Within these pages you will find information on the village, the Parish Council and its activities, a directory of local businesses and services, information on clubs and groups, and lots of other things too.
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The Parish Council will hold its monthly meeting in the Village Hall at 7:30pm on Thursday 15th October.
All residents are invited to attend. Download the agenda here.
Steve Brown writes …
I noticed earlier this Summer that our Pound was looking very unloved and overgrown.
We used to organise small working parties to help keep it looking tidy. Asking around, the old group seems to have disbanded so I decided to have a go myself. Continue reading
The Parish Council has been advised that the appointed Planning Inspectors will hold Part 3 hearing sessions for the South Oxfordshire and Vale of White Horse Joint Local Plan commencing at 9.30am on Tuesday 17th November 2026 at Bee House, 140 Eastern Avenue, Park Drive, Milton, Abingdon, OX14 4SB.
Part 3 Guidance Notes have been prepared by the Inspectors. These contain information Continue reading
The Village Fireworks Night Team writes …
As part of this year’s Long Wittenham Fireworks Night on Saturday 7th November, we’re running a Build a Guy Fawkes Competition and would love to see some creative entries from the village.
How to enter: Continue reading
The Public Inquiry into the appeal for planning application P24/S2764/O for the development of 200 new homes and other facilities on land at the top of Lady Grove will take place next week.
This appeal will be heard at a public inquiry to be held at The Great Hall, Cholsey, Wallingford, OX10 9GW starting on Tuesday 13th October 2026 at 10am, and will last for two days. (This is the former Fairmile hospital Continue reading
Oxfordshire County Council (OCC) periodically produces a dedicated newsletter for the Didcot and Surrounding areas major infrastructure scheme (HIF1).
Read the October 2026 edition.
The Parish Council (PC) now has it’s own website.
It contains all the information that used to reside here on the village website: what the PC does, PC meeting dates, information about the parish councillors, information about our county and district councillors and parish council documents including agendas, minutes and finance documents. Continue reading
Thanks to everyone who turned out for the Village Litter Pick last Saturday (3rd October) morning to help keep our village looking tidy.
Many bags of rubbish were collected from all parts of the village (see below) and six fly tipping sites on the Little Wittenham Road and the road to Clifton Hampden were reported to South Oxfordshire District Council. Continue reading
Residents who are not already subscribers to South Oxfordshire District Council’s digital newsletter “South News” may like to download the latest edition.
Janet Haylett, on behalf of the Parochial Church Council (PCC), writes …
Tree work at Ward’s Field will begin next week, 5th October, to remove the dead and potentially dangerous trees along the western edge of Ward’s Field. Continue reading
