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Changes to the Festival schedule

We are very sorry that, because of government restrictions,  some events have been changed, postponed or cancelled. The Poetry Evening Thursday 24th June will now be held in the Village Hall Garden. If the weather is poor, it will be held online – please check here on the day of the event Children’s Parade Saturday 26th …

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Oxlip Theatre Company meets Wytham Woods!

For the first time since the Company started rehearsing for Midsummer Night’s Dream last year, cast members were able to visit Wytham last week, to check out their performance venue for midsummer weekend. Rehearsals are now taking place almost every day, while the technical side is being sorted out, including a light and sound rig …

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John Blandy – 5 Trees in Wytham Woods

June 14 – 27 2021 5 Trees in Wytham WoodsThe BarnSt John’s CollegeOxford OX1 3JP Since 2016, Blandy has been an Artist inResidence in Wytham Woods. His studies of aBeech, Hornbeam, Ash and two Oaks through theseasons will be exhibited at The Barn on St Giles. Download Poster

2021 Festival Treasure Hunt

Your mission is to identify the twenty numbered locations of these images of entrances and gateways, all of which are accessible on foot via public rights of way or common land in Wolvercote and Wytham. Please observe the current lockdown rules as you explore. A map can be found here on which you can mark the …

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Wolvercote Community Market

Wolvercote Community Market operates every Sunday between 10am and 12 noon in the car park of the White Hart in Wolvercote. The ethos of the market, run by volunteers, is to create a space focusing on local produce and sustainability, open to everyone – a community social hub. We’ve managed to keep going safely throughout the …

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Midsummer Festival is GO!

Saturday 19th – 27th June  2021 We are pleased to report that this year’s festival will be going ahead, and although some of our events may be in slightly different forms and venues to comply with government Covid-19 regulations, we are doing our best to ensure that there will be plenty on offer for all …

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Wolvercote & Wytham Midsummer Festival Colour Trail

We are planning to turn Wolvercote, Wytham, Five Mile Drive, Linkside, Lakeside and Cutteslowe into a Blaze of Colour. We invite all residents and organisations to join the Colour Trail using our front gardens, hedges, fences, balconies, windows and boats for the duration of the Festival 18-27 June 2021. Decorate with flowers, craft and all …

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WHS – Children’s Seed Planting

Bring the children to the Village Hall on Saturdays through April to plant seeds. Bring an empty egg box and take home 2 sunflowers, 2 Nasturtiums, 2 beans. This event is free and is happening from 11 to noon each Saturday in April Wolvercote Horticultural Society.

Local Trees – 2022 Calendar Project

During the recent periods of lockdown and restricted travel, many of us have been getting better acquainted with our local landscapes, and some marvellous photographs have been produced. Drawing on this fund of creativity and talent, the Wolvercote Tree Group invite you to submit your favourite photographs of local trees focusing on those in the …

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Keep Wolvercote Tidy

Every March, Oxford City Council organises Oxclean and supply all the necessary materials to hold a major litter pick. And every year the Wolvercote Tree Group and the Commoners join forces to give the village a good going over. This, for reasons we all know about, they will not be holding the event. However, as …

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