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UK’s first smart playground opens in Henley
28/07/14
THE first Smart Playground in the UK has been officially opened in Henley. The toddler playground in Mill Meadows has been re-vamped into a one-of-a-kind play area which combines play equipment with smartphone technology. The £130,000 facility, ...
Toilet refurbishment
03/02/14
THE refurbishment of the public toilets at Leichlingen Pavilion in Mill Meadows could be finished by the end of April. The town council has received estimates from four bidders and will choose one at a meeting on February 18. The work, which ...
Care home marks 10th anniversary with extension
13/10/14
RESIDENTS and staff at a Watlington care home held a double celebration as they marked the opening of a new £240,000 extension and the home’s 10th anniversary. Watlington and District Nursing Home is run by Sanctuary Care and opened its ...
Skate park plans approved
25/06/14
PLANS to build a skate park in Henley were approved this evening (Wednesday). Members of South Oxfordshire District Councils planning committee backed the £250,000 project with 10 votes in favour and one abstention. A number of ...
Council spend more than a penny on toilets
20/06/14
REFURBISHED public toilets will re-open in Henley today (Friday) four weeks later than planned and probably over budget. Henley Town Council set aside £100,000 for the makeover of the toilets at Leichlingen Pavilion in Mill ...
Refurbished toilets re-open but new playground delayed
30/06/14
REFURBISHED public toilets in Henley ran out of loo rolls within 24 hours of re-opening. Contractors finished work at the toilets in Leichlingen Pavilion in Mill Meadows at lunchtime on Friday and they were available to use ...
Call to cut station parking rates
THE Henley Branch Users’ group hopes to reduce the cost of parking at the town railway station. The idea is one of eight objectives which the group is looking at to try to improve rail services in Henley. It is hoped ...
Over-60s club could move due to crumbling building
21/07/14
Henley’s 60+ club could be moved to new premises over concerns about the state of the current building. More than £13,000 has been earmarked in the town council budget to pay for repairs to the building in Greys ...
1.5 tonnes of rubbish dumped in car park
11/08/14
FLY-TIPPERS have been condemned after dumping piles of rubbish in a Henley car park. A total of 1.5 tonnes of household and commercial waste was left by the recycling bins in the King’s Road car park on Monday. ...
Maze tidy-up
18/08/14
VOLUNTEERS are wanted to help tidy up Whitchurch’s village maze on Saturday, September 6 from 10am. Tools will be provided.
Meadows awarded Green Flag
04/08/14
MILL and Marsh Meadows in Henley have been presented with a Green Flag. The town council, which owns and manages the riverside beauty spots, first applied for the award last year but narrowly missed out. Now ...
Funding for Henley skate park stalled
15/05/14
PLANS for a £250,000 skate park in Henley have suffered a setback. The team behind the project had hoped to apply for a £100,000 capital grant from South Oxfordshire District Council this year. But the ...
Village set to lose post office and shop
06/05/14
A VILLAGE could lose its post office with plans to convert it into a house. Bal Budesha, who runs the village store and post office in Checkendon, has applied to South Oxfordshire District Council for ...
Library staff deal
A PARTNERSHIP agreement over the future staffing of Watlington Library will be discussed at a meeting next week. The Friends of Watlington Library group is negotiating with Oxfordshire County Council ...
New toilets
THE £100,000 refurbishment of the public toilets at the Leichlingen Pavilion in Henley is “progressing well”. A town council report says the work to replace the existing toilets, which are more than ...
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