Dinosaurs Are Forever: 10 Aug – 1 Nov

Dinosaurs Are Forever From 10 August to 1 November 2026, Blenheim Palace will host Dinosaurs Are Forever, a major new exhibition by artist Jay Jay Burridge, created in partnership with the Museum of Natural History, University of Oxford. At the heart of the exhibition...

Local Councils reorganisation

The government has today (16 July) announced that Oxfordshire and West Berkshire’s seven existing councils will be replaced by three unitary councils from 1 April 2028 as part of its plans for local government reorganisation (LGR). The new councils will be: Greater...

Read to the Beat: 4 July – 6 Sept

The Summer Reading Challenge runs 4 July to 6 September 2026 in all Oxfordshire Libraries, with a special event at Stonesfield Library on Wednesday 5 August between 10-11am. This year’s challenge encourages children to explore the creative power of reading and...

Pictures @ The Pub: 22 July – 6 Sept

The Photography Show: 22 July – 6 September At The White Horse, our latest exhibition showcases photographic work by Diane Bates and Skye Drew. Featuring a diverse range of their favourite images, subjects include wildlife, landscapes, floral close-ups, local...

Pushing the Boundary: 18 July – 15 Aug

West Ox Arts Gallery  presents Pushing the Boundaries, a group exhibition bringing together seven WOA artists whose work explores materials, processes and ideas beyond traditional artistic categories. Featuring photography, ceramics, resin pours, textiles,...

Manor Field: 2 July

The WODC Planning Committee made a site visit to the Manor Field on Thursday 2 July. The visit lasted about one hour. The committee viewed the site from the Combe Road before entering the field via the Manor Drive. Around 50 people gathered to see the visit, thank you...

Stonesfield in July

For more information contact the event organisers or see latest issue of The Slate https://stonesfield.online/category/slate/

A year of Stonesfield moths

JUNE 2025 and 2026: June has several large and colourful moths, a real help for a complete amateur. Elephant Hawk. These moths are a great start, settled in the egg box inside the trap. Elephant hawk moth, JULY  2025:  26 species seen 84...

Stonesfield’s moths

Moths have been recorded from the 1 acre meadow off Brook lane and in the surrounding gardens as far as the bottom of the Churchfields allotments. The trap I have on loan is a battery 6W actinic heath trap. In June and August 2025 Peter Cuss from UTM kindly came with...