Thursday, 09 October 2025
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Cleaning campaign
A GROUP formed to clear up rubbish and carry out gardening work around Whitchurch will undertake its first project tomorrow (Saturday)....
Tree request
WARGRAVE Pre-school wants to plant a yew tree in the village to mark National Tree Week. It says the tree would “portray an excellent ...
Walk day
A FIVE-MILE walk through woodland around Whitchurch will leave from the maze off Hardwick Road at 10.30am on Sunday. It is being ...
Mellow fruits of autumn
DESCENDING by the bridleway to the right beyond Shiplake church, listen for the ring-necked parakeets in the beech trees, exclaiming ...
New adventure playground for Stonor Park
A NEW woodland adventure playground has opened in the grounds of Stonor Park. The Wonder Woods at Stonor is adjacent to the estate’s ...
Have a walk and then enjoy a pint!
A PUB has compiled a walk aimed at ramblers. The eight-mile walk begins at the Flowing Spring in Playhatch and goes up the hill to ...
Warming autumn
LAST month may have beee the warmest September for at least 40 years with a mean minimum temperature of 12.2C and a maximum of 21.3C ...
Litter pick day
THE next Benson and Preston Crowmarsh litter pick will take place next Saturday (October 15). Volunteers should meet at the parish ...
Insects and deer fighting
SUDDENLY a myriad of red admirals, Vanessa atalanta, dancing in the sun by the path on Remenham Hill, as I’d anthropomorphically, and ...
Hurrah for work of those footpath wardens
IT’S blackberry time again and also time to look in the hedgerows for the damsons which will be ripe after a frost, for the holly you ...
Pollution data delay
MORE information about air quality in Watlington is still awaited by parish councillors. Parish council chairman Ian Hill asked for ...
Help keep waterways clean plea
RESIDENTS of Watlington are being urged to help improve the quality of water in Chalgrove Brook. Emily Godfrey, project officer at the ...
More News:
Donations reach £19,000
A CROWDFUNDER launched last week to save a theatre in Sonning has raised almost £19,000. The Mill at Sonning launched the fundraiser in a bid to secure a £125,000 cash injection ... [more]
Rider injured
A WOMAN from Sonning Common fractured her spine and ribs after colliding with motorbikes on a bridleway where she was riding her horse. The woman was riding on the bridleway ... [more]
Charity walk
A WALK to raise money for the Alzheimer’s Society will take place at Millennium Field in Sonning Common on Tuesday at 10am. It has been organised by Abbeycrest Nursing Home, with ... [more]
Untidy plots
SIX warning notices for unkempt plots were served during recent inspections of the Sonning Common allotments in Horsepond Road, Gallowstree Common. The parish council, which owns ... [more]
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