Saturday, 06 September 2025

‘Highwayman’ blesses snowdrops

ABOUT 100 people visited St Botolph’s Church in Swyncombe to see a display of snowdrops. The churchyard is filled with flowering bulbs ...

 

Snowdrop tea

SNOWDROP teas will take place at St Botolph’s Church in Swyncombe this weekend. The event will take place tomorrow (Saturday) and ...

 

MP steps in after villages report missed bin collections

SEVERAL villages have been affected by missed bin collections over the summer. Residents in Stonor and Russell’s Water had bin ...

 

Chef awarded £150,000 to help expand bean business

A CHEF who started a gourmet bean company during the coronavirus pandemic has been awarded £150,000 to help grow her business. Amelia ...

 

Tourists come from Holland to see snwodrops

A GROUP of Dutch tourists travelled from the Netherlands to see the Swyncombe snowdrops. A coach party of 30 arrived at St Botolph’s ...

 

Dutch visitors

A COACHLOAD of visitors travelled from the Netherlands to see the snowdrops and aconites at St Botolph’s Church in Swyncombe. The ...

 

Utterly brilliant

THE rector of Watlington became overexcited when blessing the snowdrops at St Botolph’s Church in Swyncombe on Sunday. Rev Daniel ...

 

Snowdrop teas

SNOWDROP teas will take place at St Botolph’s Church in Swyncombe from 2pm to 4pm on the weekends of February 3 and 4, 10 and 11 and ...

 

Thieves break into walkers’ vehicles

FOUR cars were broken into in Swyncombe while the owners were out walking in the countryside. Thieves smashed the windows of the ...

 

Snowdrops raise record amount

THE snowdrop teas weekends at Swyncombe church raised a record £12,000 this year. About 3,000 people visited St Botolph’s over three ...

 

Church teas

SNOWDROP teas will take place at St Botolph’s Church in Swyncombe next month. On the weekends of February 4 and 5, 11 and 12 and 18 ...

 

Glass house opposed by conservationists for light spill

PLANS to replace a Sixties bungalow in Cookley Green with a four-bedroom house and garage have been opposed by the Chilterns ...

 

15 bags of rubbish collected in two hours

A GROUP of volunteers cleared rubbish at Park Corner, near Nettlebed, on Saturday. The 11 litter pickers filled more than 15 bin bags ...

 

Villagers enjoy summer solstice barbecue at cricket club

ABOUT 120 people attended a fundraiser for Swyncombe Cricket Club. They gathered in a marquee on the field near the pavilion in ...

 

Hundreds flock to final snowdrop teas at village church thanks to sunshine

ABOUT £7,400 was raised by two snowdrop tea weekends at Swyncombe church. The annual February event at St Botolph’s returned after ...

 

Snowdrop displays prove popular despite heavy rain

THE snowdrops in Swyncombe churchyard were blessed in a special ceremony on Sunday. About 60 people attended the event at St Botolph’s ...

 

Snowdrop teas dates

THIS year’s annual snowdrop teas at St Botolph’s Church in Swyncombe will begin on the weekend of February 12 and 13. There will be ...

 

Villagers plant new hedgerow to celebrate Queen’s platinum jubilee

A NEW hedgerow has been planted in Swyncombe to mark the Queen’s platinum jubilee this year. A total of 550 saplings, including ...

 

Croquet party

BENSON Trefoil Guild is to host a croquet tea party at Swyncombe Cricket Clubnext Thursday to celebrate Anglia Region’s 50th ...

 

Book boost for church

A BOOK of residents’ lockdown stories and photographs will be sold in aid of St Botolph’s Church in Swyncombe. The initiative was ...

 

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