Sat 3 Jan-Mon 12 Jan: St Marys Services January 2026
Please find details of this months services. All Welcome.
What’s on
january_2026.pdfMon 5 Jan: Gentle Pilates
A group class tailored for those who are new to Pilates, who want to work at a steady pace or who suffer from pain or injury. It is suitable for those with health conditions, such as osteoporosis or arthritis.
Mon 5 Jan-Mon 12 Jan: YOGA - Restorative style
New Year, restored New You !
Mondays 6.30-7.45pm & Thursdays 11.45am- 1pm
Restorative yoga is a gentle style, focusing inwards to restore and rejuvenate organs and body systems. Learn how to teach your body to function naturally again by releasing deeply rooted tension and improving subtle energy flow
Nikki Jackson has been a yoga therapist and yoga teacher for 35 years. She is the principal of a yoga therapy training school, training yoga teachers and health professionals to become professional yoga therapists both in NHS and privately
All welcome, especially if suffering from chronic health issues
To book contact: nikki@yogafocus.co.uk
Wed 7 Jan-Fri 9 Jan: Temporary Road Closure and Suspension of one way restriction at Charlbury, Market Street
A request has been received from Network Plus Services Ltd for a temporary road closure and suspension of the one way restriction to apply to a length of Market Street whilst essential new water supply connection works are carried out.
A temporary Notice is being made by Oxfordshire County Council to implement the temporary restriction and will operate from 7 January 2026 up to and including 9 January 2026, 24 hours per day.
Please note that Notices for urgent works can last up to 5 consecutive days only.
A copy of the drawing showing the extent of the closure and also the alternative routes for traffic is attached.
Wed 7 Jan-Fri 16 Jan: Holiday Club- Save the date
Save the date! Tuesday 4th August- Friday 7th August
Thu 8 Jan: Permissive Path Closures – Thursday 8 January 2026
A brief notice for anyone planning to use local permissive paths: several routes will be closed for the day on Thursday 8 January 2026 as part of routine practice to ensure they retain their permissive status.
The closures include:
• Paths through Nine Acres Recreation Ground
• The route from the Cemetery extension to the bottom of Pound Hill (part of a Gateway Walk)
• Paths through Wigwell (closed by the Wychwood Forest Trust)
• The permissive path between Hundley Way and Banbury Hill Farm (and the Old Shed)
Residents with gates opening onto Oxpens Allotments, Nine Acres Recreation Ground and Wigwell are also reminded that these do not constitute a Right of Way.
Thank you for your understanding. All routes will reopen as normal the following morning.
Thu 8 Jan: Walking Netball Charlbury Community Centre Jan 8th 3-4pm
Walking Netball starts again on Thursday 8th January and runs weekly thereafter . The session runs from 3-4 and many of us stay for a coffee afterwards. You can pay on the day, the cost is £4 per session. The session is run by our coach Gill and we welcome everyone regardless of age, fitness or experience
Thu 8 Jan: Core Focus Pilates
A group class for those who are physically fit and/or have practised Pilates before and wish to be introduced to some more challenging progressions. The focus is on increasing core strength, stamina and more complex patterns of movement. Prepare to work your abdominals!
Thu 8 Jan: Charlbury Society talk - Julie Ingram
Net Zero: Food, Farming and Land Use
Professor of innovation for sustainable agriculture at the Countryside and Community Research Institute, University of Gloucester, Julie specialises in soil management, digital agriculture and biomass crops in the context of net zero. In this talk she will address what the transition to net zero means for farming and land use in our landscape.
This talk will be held on Zoom, starting at 7.30pm. Free for members, £3 for guests. Links will be sent to members in advance of the talk. Please contact memsec.charlsoc@gmail.com for more information.
Sat 10 Jan: SESI Detergent Refills at Styan Veg Stall outside Community Centre
SESI household detergent refills Drop off your clean empty bottles (with your name & contact number) in the Charlbury Green Hub container at the Styan vegetable stall.The refills will be ready for collection the following Wednesday from my house in Crawborough. Payment by cash or bank transfer.
After a two week break over Christmas (27th) and New Year (3rd) Styan are returning on Saturday 10th January 2026. During this break, empty containers for SESI refills can be left at my shed in Crawborough and will be ready for collection from the following Wednesday.
Charlbury Green Hub has been running this local refill service for environmentally-safe detergents since 2018. Use your own bottles for refill or buy a new filled SESI bottle for easy refilling. We are now stocking BOTH the professional grade citric acid blue toilet cleaner AND the regular Lotus and Sea Salt perfumed and uncoloured toilet cleaner.
Email sesi@charlburygreenhub.org.uk if you want to buy a new bottle for subsequent refilling.
Refill price per litre (from July 2025)
£2.70/litre Washing-up liquid (unfragranced) (New 500ml bottle £1.85)
£2.80/litre Washing-up liquid (spiced ginger) (New 500ml bottle £1.90)
£3.40/litre Non-bio laundry liquid (unfragranced) (New 1 litre bottle £3.90)
£4.80/litre Biological laundry liquid (fragranced) (New 1 litre bottle £5.30)
£2.40/litre Fabric conditioner (cologne) (New 1 litre bottle £2.90)
£5.60/litre Delicate & hand laundry liquid (unfragranced) (New 500ml bottle £3.85)
£2.80/litre All purpose cleaner (lavender & rosemary) (New 500ml bottle £1.90)
£1.80/litre Spirit vinegar for cleaning (New 1 litre bottle £2.30)
£2.10/litre Window and glass cleaner (sea grass) (New 500ml spray bottle £1.80)
£2.60/litre Toilet cleaner (fragranced) (New 1 litre bottle £3.10)
£3.00/litre Citric acid blue toilet cleaner (fragranced) (New 1 litre bottle £3.50)
£5.40/litre Hard water rinse aid for dishwashers (New 500ml bottle 3.20)
£5.00/litre Hand soap (Fig) (New 500ml pump dispenser £3.25)
£5.00/litre Hand soap (English Rose) (New 500ml pump dispenser £3.25)
Sat 10 Jan: Silk Screen Printing Workshop at The Shed, Saturday 10th of January
Screen Printing Workshop - The Shed, Nine Acres Lane, Charlbury. OX73
Saturday the 10th of January 2026
10 - 4pm £96 - I have 3 spaces left currently.
You will learn how to design and make a paper cut stencil that you will have the opportunity to print on to not only tea towels but also fabric tote bags and paper .
No previous experience is necessary - equally if you have some previous experience please do come along and develop your skills!
You don't need to be amazing at drawing to do this workshop - there will be opportunity to work with some existing designs before progressing on to making a two or even three colour print - I provide booklets of design ideas throughout the day if you need some inspiration.
In the morning you will be making some screen prints on paper using existing designs to cut as stencils. We will then move on to making a more detailed print in two colour print that you'll print your own tea towel or fabric tote bag.
In the afternoon, once you have built up a bit of confidence, we will then start moving on to 2 and 3 colour prints. I will help you develop your own ideas for a print – source materials to develop your design will be provided but feel free to bring your own images to work from.
We will be using water based acrylic printing ink as well as craft knives to cut the stencils. There will be a number of silk screens with different colours to work on through the day.
Wearing old clothes is advisable or bring an apron. We will have a short break for lunch of around about 30 mins – please bring a packed lunch with you. Tea and coffee and biscuits will be provided.
About me : I am based over in Charlbury and am an artist and silk screen printer, a lot of my work is within the music industry. Clients have included The Lumineers, Wilderness Festival, Rob
MacFarlane , Johnny Flynn and even Simon Armitage among others.
There are plenty of places to stay in Charlbury and the surrounding area if you’d like to make a weekend of it and start in the Cotswolds! This workshop is suitable for ages of around 12 years old and upwards. Please note that the price will add VAT at checkout. Please email hello@jonmackay.org if you have any questions or would like to know more.
jonmackay.bigcartel.com/product/introduction-to-silk-screen-printing-saturday-10th-of-january-2026
Sun 11 Jan: 1500 hrs: SCHUMANN AND SHOSTAKOVICH; Refugee-benefit Concert
Two totally singular musicians will be giving the next in the current series of CRAG recitals in the Memorial Hall on January 11th at 1500 hrs. KATIE WILKINSON, a former member of both the Balanescu and Brindisi String Quartets is a fabulous Viola player and a really wonderful performer. She will be accompanied on the piano by MARIOS ARGIROS, himself an accomplished musician on several instruments, as well as being a world-renowned senior intermediate level 3 IYENGAR yoga teacher! They will play a fascinating hour-long programme of sonatas by Robert Schumann and Dmitri Shostakovich. CRAG’s ubiquitous complimentary homemade cake and tea will be served after the concert. All proceeds to refugee relief.
https://www.charlburyrefugee.org.uk/events/violaandpiano2026/
Wed 14 Jan: The Four Wordsmen of The Apostrophe at Charlbury Arts
Poems and Their Stories
Where do poems come from? Why dumb waiters? Why secret Santas? Why Woodstock wild bees? Why catching eels?
Tonight the Wordsmen will read from their work and lift the bonnet on their processes and how their poems evolve.
Charlbury Memorial Hall 7.30
Bring your own drinks
All welcome. Non members £5 on the door
Thu 15 Jan: MindBody Mechanics Workshop - January edition
Join me, a nervous system specialist, and well renowned bodyworker Rebecca Matilde at our next live event to identify and release stored stress and tension in the body to feel more at ease and activate vitality and health.
Our workshop will use a combination of sound therapy, Gua sha with Starseed Natural products and tension release yoga to unlock your body’s true potential for healing, restoration and recalibration.
*Herbal Tea and goody bags included.
Date: 15 January 2026
Time: 7.30 - 9.30pm
Place: Friends Meeting House, Market Street, Charlbury, OX7 3PH
Email: info@laurenbond.co.uk for bookings and enquiries or purchase tickets via payment link. 🔗 https://pay.sumup.com/b2c/Q61CQH5L
Thu 15 Jan: Workshop on Home Composting with Tim Mitchell
On 15th January, at the Memorial Hall, the Garden Society has organised a workshop on home composting, lead by Tim Mitchell from Asthall Manor Kitchen Garden.
Note: This workshop has been postponed from the 20th Nov 2025 for reasons beyond our control.
This will be a chance to improve your home composting skills or simply learn the basics of different composting systems.
We'll be getting out hands dirty and playing a game or two to aid the fun and learning.
Good, home-based or community-based composting is one of the key but often missing links to achieving the growing of healthy, nutritious food. It’s also a great way to make best use of organic waste materials, recycling valuable nutrients while absorbing carbon and minimising our impact on council waste systems and the environment alike.
“Feed the soil, not the plant” has gone from being a maxim of Organic food growing to a keystone of all progressive agricultural practice. Feeding the soil begins with making great compost!
Sometimes our plants need a helping hand, so you will also learn how to make effective and wildlife-friendly plant-based fertilisers, for free!
Event free to members, £3 for non-members.
This event will also be an opportunity for members to renew their subscription for 2026, and for new members to join us!
You can also do this online in advance of the talk, all the details can be found on our Membership page here: http://www.charlburygardensociety.org.uk/membership/
Sat 17 Jan: CRAG Bring and Buy Sale
Come and nab a bargain at the Charlbury Refugee Action Group's Bring and Buy Sale. Stay for coffee and a slice of delicious cake in the cosy surroundings of the Friends' Meeting House. Goods can be dropped off from 6pm on Friday 16th Jan or from 9.30am on Saturday 17th. Selling starts at 10am. Please contact Laura Macey on 01608 811175 for further details.
Sat 17 Jan: Craft & Cuppa
Bring along your craft, enjoy a chat and laugh, coffee/tea and biscuits, socialise and make new friends. Share ideas and inspiration and swap hints, tips and skills. Everyone welcome. (Not just WI members). The third Saturday morning of each month 10.30-12.30 at Charlbury Bowls Club. Free parking. £3.50 per session to cover costs. Any enquiries please make contact on charlburywi@oxfordshirewi.co.uk.
Sat 17 Jan: Kris Dollimore @ The Shed
Kris is no stranger to Charlbury, having played countless times at The Rose & Crown to a growing crowd of fans. If you’ve seen him, you’ll be delighted to hear of his return to the town, if you haven’t, you’re in for a real treat!
Kris has an impressive CV, having played in The Godfathers, The Damned, Adam and the Ants and is currently the lead guitarist in Del Amitri. When he’s not busy touring with the latter, he performs his solo, acoustic and instrumental Folky Blues with inspirations from John Lee Hooker to John Fahey.
This show is not to be missed
Tickets: https://wegottickets.com/event/680677
Sat 17 Jan: Secure Paper Shredding, One Village, Forest Road, Charlbury
Reduce the risk of identity theft. Bring confidential paper waste for secure shredding Saturday morning between 10.30-11am to the One Village warehouse on the trading estate just over the railway bridge on Forest Road (OX7 3HH). Cost is £5 per bag with 50% going towards local causes. Please phone Christine Elliott on 811057 for more information. Grateful thanks to One Village for letting us use their premises.
Heavy duty polypropylene sacks able to hold 20kg of paper are available FREE from The Cornerstone at The Corner House Mon-Sat 10am-1pm.
No need to remove staples, paperclips or plastic spines, but please DO NOT include plastic sleeves, folders or CDs.
Certificate of destruction provided if required. The paper gets reprocessed into paper products within just a few weeks.
Shredding by Datashredders Ltd
Organised every July and January by Charlbury Green Hub. Since 2009, when this event was first arranged in Charlbury, over 8,000kg of paper have been shredded for recycling and over £2,000 has been raised for Charlbury charities.
Sun 18 Jan: Charlbury Royal British Legion celebrates 100 years
A service to celebrate our centenary will be held in St Mary’s Church at noon with light refreshment afterwards. All welcome to join us
Mon 19 Jan: HISTORY OF ART- Fairford Church
Juliet returns on Monday 19th January to start a short course on aspects of English Art and Architecture. The first session is on our nearby masterpiece, Fairford Church - its origins and remarkable stained glass.
Other sessions will explore English painting including the Pre-Raphaelites and Turner and Constable to coincide with a major exhibition at Tate Britain.
Mondays from 3.00 - 4.00, Charlbury Community Centre, £10 on the door.
Tue 20 Jan: A Year of Nature Recovery
A Year of Nature Recovery
Friends Meeting House
7.30 - 9.00 pm
This will be a jam packed session as Anne Miller will review the many achievements during our Year of Nature Recovery in 2025 and all the plans going forward.
This is a Charlbury Wildlife Society meeting, but everyone is welcome. Free to members (membership £12.50 annually) and those under 18. A contribution of £5 is invited from anyone else to help fund CWS wildlife initiatives.
Wed 21 Jan: Charlbury WI January meeting - Flogit
In a change to our printed programme due to a cancellation, our January speaker, Peter Ashburner, will be giving a talk on auctioneering and collectables sharing stories of his experiences of over 40 years in his field which includes appearances on TV. New members and visitors very welcome (ladies only please). 7.30pm at the Memorial Hall. Any enquiries please make contact on charlburywi@oxfordshirewi.co.uk.
Sat 24 Jan: Great Bear Radio, Flamingo & Sebastian Reynolds @ The Shed
A great night of local music at the newly refurbished venue
Great Bear Radio
Oxfordshire based 4-piece. Debut band EP released late 2024. Nightshift magazine describes elegantly sombre quixotic existential interstellar rock referencing Nick Drake forming a band and Jenniferever with synths yawning and stretching like the frozen northern hemisphere just before spring.
Flamingo
Flamingo is the solo project of Italian-born, Charlbury-based Lavinia Siardi, also singer for the Oxford emo band Spring Major. Joined by Joe Saxton on drums, Flamingo will bring a set where longing, melancholia and hope merge into the dreamy atmospheres of their set, exploring tunes from their album Komorebi and new songs still in the making.
Sebastian Reynolds
A startling combination of dense, electronic atmospherics, driving bass and heavy beats that blend influences from trip hop, psychedelic rock and acid techno, with Asian Gamelan style soundscapes thrown into the mix. Musical inspirations include The Eraser by Thom Yorke, artists such as Four Tet and Susumu Yokota in their combining of Asian instruments and electronics and the haunting, alien spaciousness recalling film composers such as Vangelis and Jóhann Jóhannsson.
Doors 7:30
Tickets here: https://wegottickets.com/event/685692
Sun 25 Jan: Cello Recital with Robert Max and Zoë Solomon in aid of AT The Bus, 3.00pm
We are delighted to welcome internationally renowned cellist Robert Max, and Zoë Solomon on piano, who will give an hour long recital of works by Debussy, Schumann and Grieg. Robert was cellist of the Barbican Piano Trio for 35 years and principal cellist with the London Chamber Orchestra. He conducts the Oxford Symphony Orchestra. Zoë has performed as soloist, chamber musician and accompanist in Europe and the USA and made live recordings for radio stations including BBC Radio 3 and Classic FM.
AT The Bus is a charity that offers school-based Art as Therapy to support children and young people's education, health and wellbeing in Oxfordshire. The concert will be followed by complimentary tea and cake. Doors open 2.30pm
Please book directly via
Sat 31 Jan: JAZZ AT THE SHED
SATURDAY 31st JANUARY
NO EVIL SPOKEN
An evening of 60s and 70s jazz
Doors 7pm Music 7.30pm
£5 only (cash on the door) BYO drinks ALL PROFITS TO THE SHED
No Evil Spoken is a hard bop quartet that rehearses regularly at the Shed.
Fine musicianship and a classic repertoire (Coltrane, Shorter etc) in what is the perfect jazz venue.
Sat 31 Jan: Please join us for a Ceilidh!
On Saturday 31st January 2026, the Charlbury School Association (CSA) is delighted to present Oxford’s talented local ceilidh band, 'Guerrilla Ceilidh'. Please join us at Charlbury Primary School for a fantastic evening of music, laughter, and fun.
Thu 5 Feb: Charlbury Society talk - Tim Bryan
Brunel, GWR and the Cotswold Line with Tim Bryan, Director of The Brunel Institute
Brunel, one of the greatest figures of the Industrial Revolution, is known as one of the most ingenious and prolific figures in engineering history. In this talk Tim will share the story of how this greatest railway innovator changed our British landscape forever.
This talk will be held on Zoom, starting at 7.30pm. Links will be sent to members in advance of the talk which is free for members, £3 for guests. Please contact memsec.charlsoc@gmail.com for more information.
Sat 7 Feb: A Mid-Winter Night's Quiz
Come warm your hearts and minds at St. Mary's Church at 7pm on Saturday 7th February.
Quizmaster extraordinaire, Patrick Derham, will keep your team guessing while we provide you with snacks, nibbles, and cash bar.
Teams will be 6 people each with tickets going for £15/person.
Proceeds will support St. Mary's and its local initiatives.
Sat 7 Feb: Introduction to Silk Screen Printing at The Shed, Charlbuy with Jon Mackay
Screen Printing Workshop - The Shed, Nine Acres Lane, Charlbury. OX73
Saturday the 7th of February 2026
10 - 4pm £96
You will learn how to design and make a paper cut stencil that you will have the opportunity to print on to not only tea towels but also fabric tote bags and paper .
No previous experience is necessary - equally if you have some previous experience please do come along and develop your skills!
You don't need to be amazing at drawing to do this workshop - there will be opportunity to work with some existing designs before progressing on to making a two or even three colour print - I provide booklets of design ideas throughout the day if you need some inspiration.
In the morning you will be making some screen prints on paper using existing designs to cut as stencils. We will then move on to making a more detailed print in two colour print that you'll print your own tea towel or fabric tote bag.
In the afternoon, once you have built up a bit of confidence, we will then start moving on to 2 and 3 colour prints. I will help you develop your own ideas for a print – source materials to develop your design will be provided but feel free to bring your own images to work from.
We will be using water based acrylic printing ink as well as craft knives to cut the stencils. There will be a number of silk screens with different colours to work on through the day.
Wearing old clothes is advisable or bring an apron. We will have a short break for lunch of around about 30 mins – please bring a packed lunch with you. Tea and coffee and biscuits will be provided.
About me : I am based over in Charlbury and am an artist and silk screen printer, a lot of my work is within the music industry. Clients have included The Lumineers, Wilderness Festival, Rob
MacFarlane , Johnny Flynn and even Simon Armitage among others.
There are plenty of places to stay in Charlbury and the surrounding area if you’d like to make a weekend of it and start in the Cotswolds! This workshop is suitable for ages of around 12 years old and upwards. Please note that the price will add VAT at checkout. Please email hello@jonmackay.org if you have any questions or would like to know more.
Wed 11 Feb: Charlbury Arts
John Bennett will talk about the way we see art taking inspiration from Gombrich's seminal work Art and Illusion
In Art and Illusion, Gombrich argues for the importance of "schemata" in analysing works of art: he claims that artists can only learn to represent the external world by learning from previous artists, so representation is always done using stereotyped figures and methods.
Memorial Hall 7.30
All welcome, non members £5 on the door.
Sat 14 Feb: St Teresa's presents - St Valentine's Day Lunch just before Carnival
It'd cost hundreds to jet off to Rio for lunch. Why not stay here and celebrate at the Memorial Hall from 1 to 3. And contribute to the work of Aid to the Church in Need?
Tue 17 Feb: Masters of Water and Air - Dragonflies
Brian Walker from the British Dragonfly Society will talk about the dragonflies seen in Oxfordshire and how to identify them. He'll also tell us a bit about other species which, with climate change, are moving into these islands.
Venue: Charlbury Friends Meeting House
Time: 19.30-21.00 hrs
Everyone is welcome. Free to members (membership £12.50 annually) and those under 18. A contribution of £5 is invited from anyone else to help fund CWS wildlife initiatives. Charlburywildlifesociety@gmail.com
Wed 18 Feb-Fri 20 Feb: Temporary Road Closure at Hundley Way, Charlbury
A request has been received from Thames Water for a temporary road closure to apply to a length of Hundley Way whilst essential fire hydrant works are carried out.
A temporary Notice is being made by Oxfordshire County Council to implement the temporary restriction and will operate from 18 February 2026 up to and including 20 February 2026, 24 hours per day.
Please note that Notices for urgent works can last up to 5 consecutive days only.
A copy of the drawing showing the extent of the closure and also the alternative routes for traffic is attached.
Further information regarding the works may be obtained by contacting Thames Water helpline on 0800 316 98
Wed 18 Feb: Charlbury WI February meeting - 1940s Girl Guides
WW2 historians Brett and Karen Wiles will be giving a talk and presentation about the second largest all-female volunteering force ever - the 750,000 Girl Guides who were volunteered for war work displaying amazing responsibility and resourcefulness. We will learn about their motivation, their uniform, special training and the part they played in evacuation, emergency cooking, hospital work, and even undercover work. New members and visitors very welcome (ladies only please). 7.30pm at the Memorial Hall. Any enquiries please make contact on charlburywi@oxfordshirewi.co.uk.
Sat 21 Feb: Craft & Cuppa
Bring along your craft, enjoy a chat and laugh, coffee/tea and biscuits, socialise and make new friends. Share ideas and inspiration and swap hints, tips and skills. Everyone welcome. (Not just WI members). The third Saturday morning of each month 10.30-12.30 at Charlbury Bowls Club. Free parking. £3.50 per session to cover costs. Any enquiries please make contact on charlburywi@oxfordshirewi.co.uk.
Mon 2 Mar-Wed 11 Mar: Temporary Road Closure – at Charlbury, Sheep Street
A request has been received from Cappagh for a temporary road closure to apply to a section of Sheep Street, whilst essential sewer repair works are carried out.
A Temporary Traffic Regulation Order (TTRO) is being made to implement the temporary closure and will operate from 2 March 2026.
The estimated completion of the works is 20 March 2026, 08:00 to 17:00 each day.
Thu 5 Mar: Charlbury Society talk - Gill Perkins
Charlbury welcomes bumblebees with Gill Perkins, CEO, Bumblebee Conservation Trust
Bumblebees are an important and cherished component of our biodiversity. Whilst several species are threatened with national extinction in the UK, the Bumblebee Conservation Trust aims to ensure that populations of these species have a long-term future. In this talk Gill will discuss many of the ways that, together, we can help bumblebees thrive.
This talk will be held in the Memorial Hall. Refreshments from 7.15pm, talk at 7.30pm. Free for members, £3 for guests.
Wed 11 Mar: Charlbury Arts - Constable Then and Now
Jody O'Reilly will explore the paintings of John Constable, finding the original locations of his landscapes and showing how it has changed over the years since he painted it.
She will juxtapose the original painting with photographs of their current location.
2026 marks the 250th anniversary of the birth of John Constable.
Charlbury Memorial Hall 7.30
All welcome, non members £5 on the door.
Sat 21 Mar: Craft & Cuppa
Bring along your craft, enjoy a chat and laugh, coffee/tea and biscuits, socialise and make new friends. Share ideas and inspiration and swap hints, tips and skills. Everyone welcome. (Not just WI members). The third Saturday morning of each month 10.30-12.30 at Charlbury Bowls Club. Free parking. £3.50 per session to cover costs. Any enquiries please make contact on charlburywi@oxfordshirewi.co.uk.
Tue 24 Mar: Butterflies !
Tuesday 24 March
19.30-21.00 hrs
Friends Meeting House
Charlbury Wildlife Society invites you to
Roger Newman, Butterflies
Butterflies were back in 2025 after a very poor 2024, but we need to know more about the patterns of occurrence over years to understand the health of different species. Roger works with Butterfly Conservation and the Wychwood Forest Trust, facilitating teams of citizen scientists who are key in collecting data.
Everyone is welcome.
Free to members (membership £12.50 annually) and those under 18. A contribution of £5 is invited from anyone else to help fund CWS wildlife initiatives. Charlburywildlifesociety@gmail.com
Thu 2 Apr: Charlbury Society talk - Marjorie Glasgow
The Oxfordshire Lieutenancy with Marjorie Glasgow, Lord-Lieutenant of Oxfordshire
As His Majesty The King's representative in Oxfordshire, Marjorie Glasgow leads a team of 40 Deputy Lieutenants to connect across the county and support HM The King’s primary interests of Community, Climate, Culture, and the Commonwealth. Join Marjorie, along with some of her Deputy Lieutenants, for this informative talk on the varied ways they work to broaden community connections across Oxfordshire.
This talk will be in the Memorial Hall. Refreshments from 7.15pm, talk at 7.30. Free for members, £3 for guests.
Wed 8 Apr: Ann Lowe- Textile Art
Ann Lowe will share her passion for textiles and show some of the wonderful textile art she has made.
During a forty plus year career in the NHS, textiles, in many guises, played an important part in Ann's life as a hobby and stress reducer.
A skilled stitcher, both by hand and machine free motion, Ann has developed a special enjoyment in designing her own pieces. These range from useable craft objects to wall hangings, both large and small and include a variety of fabrics and threads, many of which are dyed and printed by her. Creating textural surfaces plays an important role in her work.
Charlbury Memorial Hall 7.30
All welcome, non members £5 on the door
Sat 11 Apr-Sun 12 Apr: Charlbury Arts Spring Show
An exhibition of painting, sculpture, printmaking, textile art and photography by Art Society members.
The artwork will be complemented by a wonderful display of spring flowers on Saturday from the Charlbury Garden Society.
Our featured artist is Jane Crane with her colourful atmospheric landscapes and her stone carving.
There will also be a special exhibition of work by Charlbury Youth Club artists inspired by the collection in Charlbury Museum.
Charlbury Memorial Hall
Free entry
Tue 21 Apr: Bioacoustics and Biodiversity
Tuesday 21 April 2026 19.30-21.00 hrs
David Green, Head of Innovation, Blenheim
Friends Meeting House, Charlbury
David will talk about how, collaborating with Oxford Brookes University, they monitor and understand biodiversity across the estate from the air to deep within the soil, using bioacoustics – digital sensors and remote technology to gather data. Initially focusing on bird and bat recordings they now study the hidden acoustic world of soil, exploring the soundscape of the soil environment and its relationship to ecological processes of soil life - as indicators of soil health and ecosystem dynamics.
This is a Charlbury Wildlife Society meeting, but everyone is welcome. Free to members (membership £12.50 annually) and those under 18. A contribution of £5 is invited from anyone else to help fund CWS wild life initiatives. Charlburywildlifesociety@gmail.com
Thu 7 May: Charlbury Society talk - Marie-Louise Kerr
Oxfordshire on Canvas with Marie-Louise Kerr, local historian and museum curator
The landscape and cityscape of Oxfordshire have inspired artists for centuries. This talk will explore a selection of artwork connected to our local area - from oil paintings and pencil sketches to sculpture and stained glass - by a range of artists.
Join us in the Memorial Hall for refreshments from 7.15pm. The talk will begin at 7.30. Free for members, £3 for guests.
Wed 13 May: An Evening with Sally Wainwright
Sally Wainwright is an English television writer, producer, and director. She is known for her dramas, which are often set in her native West Yorkshire, and feature "strong female characters".
Sally has been praised for the quality of her dialogue. She began her career as a scriptwriter on the long-running radio serial drama The Archers, and worked on the television soap operas Emmerdale and Coronation Street in the 1990s. Her first original drama, At Home with the Braithwaites, aired between 2000 and 2003
She found success with Unforgiven, for which she won the Royal Television Society's Writer of the Year Award. Her work since includes Scott & Bailey, Last Tango in Halifax , Happy Valley Gentleman Jack and Riot Women.
Last Tango in Halifax won the British Academy Television Award for Best Drama Series in 2013, and Happy Valley won the same award in both 2015 and 2017
Memorial Hall 7.30
All welcome, non members £5 on the door
Sat 27 Jun: Charlbury Beer Festival
The 2026 Charlbury Beer Festival will take place on Saturday 27 June at Charlbury Cricket Club, from noon till late. There will be around 60 real ales, a variety of craft beers, a range of ciders and perries, wine, gin, and Pimm’s; a great selection of food (including vegan options); tea, cake and soft drinks; live music throughout; the Culture Club tent with its varied programme of performances and talks; children’s entertainment and activities; and high-octane sport with the World Aunt Sally Singles Championships.
All money raised by the Beer Festival is given out to community projects, both in the Charlbury area and overseas. We have now taken our total of funds raised for good causes to around £330,000. There have been donations to over fifty local organisations, ranging from Charlbury Primary School and the town’s Pre-School, to local sports clubs, Charlbury’s Day Centre and Community Centre, and overseas projects in Africa, India, South America and elsewhere.
We must thank those generous sponsors who finance the beers and the entertainment tents, and of course, the beers themselves, plus the many hours that committee members and other volunteers put in. Cheers all round!
Charlbury Cricket Club provides a glorious setting, just across the road from Charlbury Station. There are excellent all-day (including late night) bus and train services to and from Charlbury to Oxford, Chipping Norton, Reading, Witney, Worcester and London, so you don’t even need to drive if you want to have a drink. To keep up to date with the festival, please visit our website and follow our social media pages (Facebook, Instagram, Twitter).
Sun 28 Jun: Stonesfield Open Gardens 2026 (click for more)
Wed 9 Sep: When I grow up I'm going to be Adrian Lancini
When I grow up I'm going to be Adrian Lancini - A life of creative pathways.
Charlbury Arts is delighted to welcome Adrian to talk about his life of creativity and comedy.
Adrian is a graphic designer and web builder and he is also a comedian, a poet, a writer, a musician and a failed carrot farmer.
Tonight he will give a humorous talk about his life in graphic design, how working less led him to explore other creative pathways and how they can playfully combine to keep life fulfilling and interesting.
Charlbury Memorial Hall 7.30
All welcome, non members £5 on the door
Wed 9 Dec: Charlbury Arts Desert Island Art
Desert Island Art is back for its eighth year with five more castaways sharing the three pieces of art they would take to their desert island.
Memorial Hall 7.30
Non-members £5 on the door
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