A FIREFIGHTER has urged residents to sweep their chimneys ahead of cold winter nights, after crews hosed down a smouldering stack. A chimney caught fire in Milton-under-Wychwood near Chipping Norton at 11pm last night, but was put out after a crew clambered up ladders to dampen down the flames.
Wychwood Circle begin their new season with a visit from not one but two illustrious Oxfordshire authors at Milton Village Hall on Sunday October 2nd at 7pm.
From Charlbury Morris dancers to ferret racing, bee keeping and basket making – join us on Sunday 4th September for a fun and fascinating day celebrating rural life at the 17th annual Wychwood Forest Fair.
On Saturday 17th September, Wychwood Folk Club hosts Mark Harrison with support by Farmer John at The Swan Inn, Ascott-under-Wychwood. Tickets £6 in advance or £8 on the door, and doors open at 7.30pm.
The Cotswolds Living Landscape Festival created by the Cotswolds Conservation Board is new outdoor festival taking place on Sunday 18th September 2016 to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the Cotswolds Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty.
On Saturday 3rd September, Johnny Coppin & Mike Silver, with support by Kim Lowings & The Greenwood, play the Wychwood Folk Club at Tiddy Hall in Ascott-under-Wychwood. Tickets £12 in advance, £14 on the door and doors open at 7.30pm. You haven’t heard a duo until you’ve heard this one!
From the Oxford Mail: A peaceful village was woken in the early hours of Saturday morning during a dramatic and “frightening” attempt to steal a cash machine. Shortly after 12.30am, a dark coloured Isuzu Trooper was driven to the front of the Co-op on Shipton Road in Milton-under-Wychwood.
The village’s annual flower and produce show will be taking place on Saturday 27th August in the Milton-under-Wychwood Village Hall.
The Sharba appeal against the refusal of outline planning permission for 62 housing units on farmland at the western edge of the village has been allowed. This means the development will go ahead. To read the full Inspectors report, please click here.
Every year the Cotswold Line Promotion Group charters an excursion train to take passengers from stations on the line between Oxford and Worcester for a day out at a special destination.
On Saturday 23rd July, from 11am – 4pm, an Exhibition and Craft sale will take place in the Paddocks, Milton-under-Wychwood.
Next meeting of the Milton-under-Wychwood Parish Council: Wednesday 20th July 2016 at 7.30pm in the Village Hall
