Impact of Covid-19

April Parish Council Meeting CANCELLED Due to Covid 19 there will be no April Parish Council Meeting. At the moment we are also unable to plan the Annual Parish Meeting. Gatherings of more than 2 people from different households are not allowed. On this basis the...

S3 Bus service reduced from 23 March

Revised timetables in operation from Monday 23 March 2020 Following government guidelines advising against unnecessary travel and social contact, temporary timetable are being introduced across our services. The timetables have been carefully created to ensure that...

Library CLOSED from 21 March until further notice

Friends of Stonesfield Library (FoSL) have been informed that all libraries in West Oxfordshire will close from 1pm on Saturday 21st March until further notice. All loans will be extended during this period and people will not incur and fines or charges. The following...

West Oxfordshire support for business

West Oxfordshire District Council will be supporting businesses throughout the district in response to the unprecedented economic impact of the coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak. See following link for more details...

Villager Bus services suspended from 22 March

It is with a very heavy heart that I must tell you that we have decided that all Villager Bus services will be suspended from Monday 22nd March. We have not wanted to do this, for the sake of our isolated passengers who depend on our services, but the government...

Successful Stonesfield Spring Clean

Thank you to everyone who supported the Stonesfield Spring Clean (litter pick) on Sunday 8th March. It was another fantastic turnout with approx. 50 volunteers tackling the village streets/roads, with a further 14 Stonesfield Scout Group Beavers (and their...

Community Speed Watch restarts its work

At the end of 2019 SAFER took delivery of a Morelock ‘Speed Indicating Device’ (SID) for use by the SAFER Community Speed Watch team. Now all the team have been trained in the monitoring and recording of traffic speeds in line with Thames Valley Police guidelines....

White Horse Folk Night continue

March 4th saw the third White Horse Folk Night of 2020. As well as Judith & Nick Hooper there were a large number of musicians, singers and poets, some familiar and some new. The audience enjoyed a wide range of music and song, as well as White Horse hospitality....

South Oxfordshire to discuss local plan

South Oxfordshire District Council is holding a special cabinet meeting to discuss leaving the area’s local plan at examination after the housing secretary issued a holding direction preventing its withdrawal. Because of the holding direction, the council cannot take...

Celebration of Slate 500th issue

On Saturday 29th February a large number of Stonefield residents turned up at St James’ Centre for the celebration of the 500th issue of The Stonesfield Slate. Richard Morris had arrange a display of the Slate’s archive which included every issue since the Slate...

OCC start sign repair programme

In 2019 SAFER surveyed all the road traffic signs in Stonesfield and provided OCC with a list of those needing repair. Laughton Hill Sign 2019 SAFER have continued to follow up this with OCC and are pleased that OCC have now started the promised programme of repair /...

New signage in Stonesfield

A new road traffic sign appear on Laughton Hill last week. Following comments made by residents in the Stonesfield survey in 2018, SAFER have been working with Oxfordshire County Council (OOC) to improve road safety in the village. Last year, having cleaned existing...

Temporary Road Closure Combe – Stonesfield Feb 2020

Notice T7462 Combe, Stonesfield RoadDownload Temporary Road Closure at Combe, Stonesfield Road TM PlanDownload Temporary Traffic Regulation Notice – S14 Road Traffic Regulation Act 1984 In the interests of public safety it will be necessary for Oxfordshire County...

Bladon trying to save local pub

Bladon Community Pub is a group of people trying to save the pub in Bladon village. The White House has been at the heart of the Bladon community since the 17th Century and is the last remaining pub and community facility in the village. It’s also the pub where...