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Thank you to The Bell, Charlbury and our Volunteers

I just want to say the most enormous thank you to Nathan and his team at The Bell, Charlbury. The Charlbury Community Centre hold a Pimms Stall at the Charlbury Beer Festival every year to raise funds for our charity that serves our whole community so well. We were overwhelmed by their generosity and the enthusiasm the team at The Bell had for helping us - they donated absolutely everything and their staff chopped 22 boxes of fruit too! Because of this, we raised just under £4,000.00 in just a few hours. We sold out! Also, a massive thank you to the team of Volunteers who manned the Pimms Stall in that blistering heat - they kept smiling and serving until the last drop!

We are so very fortunate to have the Daylesford family here in Charlbury, and a wonderful team of Volunteers. As Trustee for the Thomas Gifford Trust who run the Community Centre, may I extend heartfelt thanks to all those involved from myself and the Board of Trustees.

Kim Harrison · Thu 9 Jul, 09:43 · Link

News from the Neolithic

Seasonal strawhenge at Walcot

Rob Stepney · Wed 8 Jul, 20:22 · Link

Latest planning applications to West Oxfordshire District Council

The following planning applications have recently been lodged. Click on the address to see full details at the WODC website.

• Lees Rest Woodstock Road Charlbury
  Discharge of conditions 12 (drainage scheme), 13 (Archaeological Written Scheme of Investigation), and 15 (contamination) of planning permission 23/02893/FUL
  WODC reference: 26/01573/CND · Validated - -
• Took House Sheep Street Charlbury
  Internal and external alterations to include reconfiguration of the entrance hall and kitchen, widening of the opening between the kitchen and dining room, and installation of new internal partitions, doors, and bespoke joinery. Replacement of flooring with addition of electric underfloor heating, and replacement of the glazing within the rear extension with sliding glazed doors
  WODC reference: 26/01520/LBC · Validated - -

Mon 6 Jul, 06:15 · Link

Latest planning applications to West Oxfordshire District Council

The following planning applications have recently been lodged. Click on the address to see full details at the WODC website.

• 8 Lees Heights Charlbury
  Garage conversion, single story rear kitchen extension, garden office structure and alterations to fencing.
  WODC reference: 26/01449/HHD · Validated - -
• Wood Barn 9 Shilson Lane Charlbury
  Erection of a single storey extension to replace projecting bay window, and replacement of 5no. stained timber windows and 2no. stained timber French doors with new painted timber joinery
  WODC reference: 26/01441/HHD · Validated - -
• 15 Nineacres Lane Charlbury
  Removal of garage and rear single storey extension. Construction of a rear single storey extension.
  WODC reference: 26/01427/HHD · Validated - -

Mon 29 Jun, 06:15 · Link

CBF Culture programme announced

We are pleased to announce the Culture programme at the Charlbury Beer Festival on Saturday 27 June. As usual there will be a free family-friendly printmaking workshop from midday, led by local artist Anthony Lloyd, followed by a series of talks and discussions. Youth ambassador Bryanna Bone will introduce a series of TED talks by members of the Charlbury Youth Club (2.15) – Sally Sheppard, founder and director of Wyrdren Games, and lecturer in Game Design, Art, and Animation at the University of West London, will talk about ‘Working in games: industry, education, and the future of play’ (3.00) – Professor Michael Wooldridge FRS, Ashall Professor of the Foundations of Artificial Intelligence in the Department of Computer Science at the University of Oxford, will talk about the future of AI (3.45) – semi-retired globetrotters Martin Brown and Leigh McGinty on ‘Travellers’ tales: teaching Afghans in Peshawar and staging Oliver Twist in Phnom Penh’ (4.30) – and Tim Crisp of Sustainable Charlbury and Southill Solar will be in discussion with David Green, Head of Innovation at Blenheim … Please come and have your say about the future of green initiatives (5.15). Finally the Charlbury Ukulele Group will be on from 6.00 – everyone is welcome to come and join in!

Edward Fenton · Tue 23 Jun, 20:05 · Link

RAIL TRAVEL DISRUPTION THIS WEEK

If you are planning to travel by train this week, please read the item from Great Western which has been posted on the Forum and referring to disruption caused by extreme heat and also Rail Replacement Buses between Hanborough and Oxford on Sunday.

Brian Murray · Tue 23 Jun, 11:37 · Link

Roy Flynn

Roy Flynn, who ran the Bull in the 1990s and 2000s, has died.

Before running the Bull he was a close friend of Jimi Hendrix; managed the prog rock band Yes; and ran a Soho club from which he banned Keith Moon three times. There are more details of his life in a lively Wikipedia entry and a 2010 interview with the Oxford Mail.

Mon 22 Jun, 17:27 · Link

Ladies Football

Do you want to get back into football or are you looking to join a new ladies football team?

We are starting our new journey in the Thames Valley Counties Women's Football League next season and are looking to add a couple of players to our current squad.

If you are interested, please contact either Shelley or Raegan. Our telephone numbers are on the poster.

Shelley Parsons · Sun 21 Jun, 11:31 · Link

Rushy Bank planning application approved

The latest planning application to build houses at Rushy Bank on Forest Road has been approved by West Oxfordshire District Council’s planning committee. There were 4 votes for, 3 against, and 3 abstentions.

Richard Fairhurst · Mon 15 Jun, 15:43 · Link

Latest planning applications to West Oxfordshire District Council

The following planning applications have recently been lodged. Click on the address to see full details at the WODC website.

• 17 Sturt Road Charlbury
  Conversion of loft with addition of rear dormers and front velux windows, and associated works
  WODC reference: 26/01390/HHD - Wed 10 Jun 2026 - Under consideration
• 55 Nine Acres Close Charlbury
  T1 lawson cypress To be removed, as likely split & close to property & highway. T2 cherry To be removed - completley dead
  WODC reference: 26/01383/TCA - Mon 01 Jun 2026 - Under consideration
• Appletrees Thames Street Charlbury
  Variation of conditions 2 and 3 of planning permission 25/02630/HHD to allow the use of black timber cladding on elevations and zinc roof in place of Cotswold stone and slate roof.
  WODC reference: 26/01152/S73 - Mon 08 Jun 2026 - Under consideration

Mon 15 Jun, 06:15 · Link