Bagg’s Bottom: Integrated blackthorn management

Jun 29, 2025 | Community Action news

Bagg’s Bottom, part of the Stonesfield Common, Bottoms and Banks SSSI in West Oxfordshire, is a rare chalk grassland ecosystem. With its complex topography, spring-fed slopes, ancient pollards, and upright brome-dominated grassland, it represents a landscape shaped by...

A new butterfly species for Stonesfield

Jun 29, 2025 | Community Action news

The Brown Hairstreak butterfly (Thecla betulae) has not been observed in our parish so far this century. Late in the evening on 16 May 2025, several larvae of this species were observed and photographed along Bagg’s Bottom, detected using an ultra violet light on the...

Sally Wainwright radio interview

May 30, 2025 | Stonesfield news

Listen to Stonesfield’s Sally Wainwright interview broadcast on Friday 30 May at 8pm on WRFM. To hear the episode, click this link. Or for the trailer click the link below. HVrev01_1200x630.mp4

Temporary Road Closure, Fawler : 24 – 26 July

May 22, 2025 | Stonesfield news

Temporary Traffic Regulation Notice – S14 Road Traffic Regulation Act 1984 Temporary Road Closure and “No Waiting” restriction at Fawler, Main Street In the interests of public safety, it will be necessary for Oxfordshire County Council to close the road and impose a...

May update from Police and Crime Commissioner

May 14, 2025 | Stonesfield news

At the start of this month, the Chief Constable and I presented awards to community groups across Thames Valley as part of our Community Fund at an event in Milton Keynes. As well as being an opportunity to provide over £200,000 of cash taken from criminals to...

White Horse Community Pub – May update

May 12, 2025 | Stonesfield news

AGM Reminder A reminder that the Annual General Meeting of the Stonesfield Community Pub Ltd will be held at 5pm at Stonesfield Village Hall on Sunday 18 May. Please do send any questions in advance to me at steve@backthewhitehorse.com for consideration. Knowing the...