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- [News](https://wolvercote.org/news/) - Latest posts from our contributors
- [Festival 2025 - Thank you!](https://wolvercote.org/2025/07/03/festival-2025-thank-you/) - Thanks to all the organisers, helpers, performers, audiences and spectators who took part in this year's festival. We were blessed with great weather, although sadly it was too hot for the Dog Show. Here are some links to remind you of what took place. Pictures by Nick Malden, Paul Bullivant and Rob Judges Poems from
- [Festival Music Night - Fri 27th June](https://wolvercote.org/2025/06/09/festival-music-night-fri-27th-june/) - This promises to be a great show! Tickets are £10 online at Ticketsource, call 07769 670159 or on Sundays, 10-12pm from the White Hart Community Market from 1st June. Licensed bar. Click here for tickets (booking fee applies) Parking is very limited, so please arrive by public transport, bike or on foot.
- [2025 Festival Details (20th-29th June)](https://wolvercote.org/2025/05/19/2025-festival-details-20th-29th-june/) - Exciting news—the 2025 Wolvercote & Wytham Festival is just around the corner! Discover the full lineup of incredible events by clicking the link. Printed programmes will be available in pubs, shops, churches, and other public spaces ahead of the May bank holiday. It will also be printed in the June edition of the Flying Goose.
- [Poetry & Music Evening - Poems Needed!](https://wolvercote.org/2025/04/23/poetry-music-evening-poems-needed/) - Wolvercote and Wytham Midsummer Festival is on 20–29 June 2025. This year, the Festival theme is ‘On the Wild Side’—any interpretation you choose! We are looking for local poets to contribute one or two poems and join us for a convivial evening of readings, music, and wine in a lovely setting. The Poetry & Music Evening will be held on Monday, 23rd June.
- [2025 Festival Treasure Hunt](https://wolvercote.org/2025/04/14/2025-festival-treasure-hunt/) - Your adventure, “On the Wildside,” is all about discovering the twelve numbered locations and their wildlife features hidden within the images. The best part? Every location can be reached on foot, using public paths or common land around Wolvercote and Wytham. To help you get started, download the map here and use it to mark
- [WNF Open Meeting and AGM on 20th November](https://wolvercote.org/2024/11/18/wnf-open-meeting-and-agm-on-20th-november/) - Come and hear the latest and have your say on the work of the Forum, CIL money, Oxford North, other local developments and more at our Open Meeting and AGM. Refreshments will be provided by Wolvercote W.I. 7.45pm on 20 November, at Cutteslowe Community Centre, Wren Road, Oxford OX2 7SX Please consider joining our Steering
- [Wolvercote & Wytham Midsummer Festival AGM](https://wolvercote.org/2024/10/17/wolvercote-wytham-midsummer-festival-agm/) - Tuesday 22nd October 7.30pm at the Baptist Church Hall We are seeking enthusiastic volunteers to help plan and run the Festival next year. You don’t have to sit on the committee although we are seeking a new Treasurer.Please come along to the AGM with your ideas and hear how we have distributed this year’s funds
- [Apple Day](https://wolvercote.org/2024/09/17/apple-day/)
- [Midsummer Festival 2024 - In Pictures and Poems](https://wolvercote.org/2024/07/13/midsummer-festival-2024-in-images-and-poems/) - Thank you for supporting this year's Midsummer Festival. Please find some images and poems from the festival on the following links. If you have enjoyed the festival you can still make a donation for local causes here. Festival Pictures - Nick Malden Fun Fest Pop-up photo studio - Paul Bullivant Poetry Evening poems Music Night
- [Music Night - Friday 28th June](https://wolvercote.org/2024/06/24/music-night-friday-28th-june/)
- [The Festival Begins!](https://wolvercote.org/2024/06/21/the-festival-begins/) - The Wolvercote & Wytham Midsummer Festival starts today with a History Talk at the Baptist Church Hall at 7.30 on Friday 21st June. ‘Fair Rosamund - Myth and Reality'. Refreshments will be served in the Hall from 6.30pm featuring the “Fair Rosamund” cocktail. Donations welcome. Full details of all the events can be found here
- [2024 Festival Treasure Hunt](https://wolvercote.org/2024/05/18/2024-festival-treasure-hunt/) - Your mission in the 2024 Festival Treasure Hunt is to identify the ten numbered locations of these images 'Now and Then', all of which are accessible on foot via public rights of way or common land in Wolvercote and Wytham. A map can be found here on which you can mark the numbers of the images
- [Easter Egg Hunt at Wolvercote Lakes](https://wolvercote.org/2024/03/27/easter-egg-hunt-at-wolvercote-lakes/) - Oxford Preservation Trust
- [Calling all poets!](https://wolvercote.org/2024/03/18/calling-all-poets/) - Poetry & Music Evening Wolvercote and Wytham Midsummer Festivalis on 21–30 June 2024. This year the Festival theme is ‘Now and Then’, comparing and contrasting our lives and environment over the years. We are looking for local poets to contribute one or two poems and join us for a convivial evening of readings, music, and wine in a lovely
- [The Mill - your new community building - is open for business](https://wolvercote.org/2023/10/26/the-mill-your-new-community-building-is-open-for-business/) - On Friday 20th October, after months of delay, the lawyers at Cala Homes finally transferred ownership of the building to Wolvercote.Come and look around The Mill – we’re holding an Open Event on Sunday, the 29th, from 11 to 3 pm. Bring a cake to share and we’ll have coffee, tea and squash on offer.www.thewolvercotemill.org
- [Your new community building ](https://wolvercote.org/2023/09/07/your-new-community-building/) - Good news for the people of Wolvercote. We will soon have a brand new building belonging to our local community! As part of the planning agreement for the old paper mill, CALA Homes were obliged to provide Wolvercote with a ‘community facility’. So, they will soon hand over their former sales office - a bright, two-storey building
- [The Festival Bench has Landed!](https://wolvercote.org/2023/08/01/the-festival-bench-has-landed/) - Celebrating 20 years of the Festival in Wolvercote and Wytham. See the first 2003 programme. The Wolvercote and Wytham Midsummer Festival Anniversary Bench has been a long time in the planning, designing, implementing and installing, but here it is unveiled by one of our dearest village treasures, Sheila Pargeter*, one of the Festival's founders 20
- [Fun on the Green - Running Order](https://wolvercote.org/2023/06/16/fun-on-the-green-running-order/) - Here is the running order for Fun on the Green 17th June 2023
- [Festival Flag Treasure Trail](https://wolvercote.org/2023/06/11/festival-flag-treasure-trail/) - Pick up your passport and see how many flags you can spot with the Flag Trail. Passports will also be available in the Village Hall during Fun on the Green on 17th June from 12 noon to 5 pm. Small prizes for completed passports will be given during the Parade Workshop on Saturday 24th June
- [Festival Raffle - Great Prizes!](https://wolvercote.org/2023/06/04/festival-raffle-great-prizes/) - Tickets are now available for the Festival Raffle. They are on sale at the Community Market at the White Hart, Wolvercote and in the pub from 4th June. They will also be available at some of the festival events. The draw is in the Village Hall at the Music Night interval on Friday 23rd June.
- [2023 Festival Treasure Hunt](https://wolvercote.org/2023/05/28/2023-festival-treasure-hunt/) - Your mission is to identify the eighteen numbered locations of these images 'Round Wovercote', all of which are accessible on foot via public rights of way or common land in Wolvercote and Wytham. A map can be found here on which you can mark the numbers of the images in the location you have chosen. All the
- [2023 Festival Programme](https://wolvercote.org/2023/05/24/2023-festival-programme/) - The 2023 Wolvercote and Wytham Midsummer Festival programme is now available in local shops, pubs and churches. These paper copies are intended for those who cannot download from the website. The full programme with additional links is also available on the Festival Page You can download the programme here If anything changes, we will update
- [Oxfordshire Artweeks](https://wolvercote.org/2023/05/07/oxfordshire-artweeks/) - Oxfordshire's largest visual arts festival takes place in May 2023. Full guide here (Pages 100-103 for sites in Wolvercote and Wytham). Website here. South Oxfordshire 6th – 14th May North Oxfordshire13th – 21st May Oxford City May 20th- 29th [29th Bank Holiday Monday] including Wolvercote Follow us on @OxonArtweeks. See fresh art on Instagram.com/oxfordshireartweeks, follow
- [Can you help?](https://wolvercote.org/2023/03/06/can-you-help/) - The theme of this year's festival (16th - 25th June) is 'Round the World', celebrating the international aspects of our community and connections. We welcome ideas and offers of help, especially for the Fun on the Green event on Saturday 17th June. If you can spare an hour or so to be on the rota
- [New Look Flying Goose](https://wolvercote.org/2023/02/06/new-look-flying-goose/) - Exciting news! Over the last few months, Team FG has been busy behind the scenes and we’re excited to share with you some of the changes we’ll be implementing starting from the next issue! A new layout, printed in full colour, will be the first thing you’ll notice. We’ve harmonised some of the sections to
- [The WI Quiz is back!](https://wolvercote.org/2023/01/31/the-wi-quiz-is-back/) - Wed, 22 February, 19:30 – 21:30 Where: Wolvercote Village Hall, 1 Wolvercote Grn, Oxford OX2 8AB, UK (map) Description Organised by Wolvercote WI. WEDNESDAY 22nd FEBRUARY 2023At 7.30pm in the Village Hall.Teams of up to 4 members. The entry fee is £12 for each team. Prize for the winning team. Come and win the Barbara Gray
- [Christmas Yuletide Fayre](https://wolvercote.org/2022/12/15/christmas-yuletide-fayre/) - Our Yuletide Fayre is here! Join in the Christmas cheer with live music, children's activities, Mary the Christmas Fairy, and all your favourite food and craft stalls! Syrian Sisters Damascus Rose Kitchen, The Mark Atherton Band, Lara Fairy Love, Little Record Store, Sin azucar organic chocolate, Mariella Bliss - Blissful Italian food, Silesian Food, Tribe
- [Wytham Firework Display 19th November](https://wolvercote.org/2022/10/16/wytham-firework-display-19th-november/) - Hello, lovely people of Wolvercote & Wytham! I just wanted to let you know that tickets to Wytham’s Fireworks Display are now available on our website! The Display will take place on Saturday 19 November. Gates open at 5:30pm for a 6:30pm show. We’ll have hot food, a live band, hot and cold drinks (licensed
- [Festival AGM - Thursday 13th October](https://wolvercote.org/2022/10/05/festival-agm-thursday-13th-october/) - Agenda Minutes of the 2021 Festival AGM
- [Music at St Peter's Sat 12th Nov](https://wolvercote.org/2022/10/04/music-at-st-peters-sat-12th-nov/) - Wolvercote Musicians Play for the Benefit of Sobell HouseSaturday 12th November at St Peter’s Church, Wolvercote, 7.30 pmClick here for tickets from Eventbrite or Bill Clarke 01865 510209 Last year Wolvercote Musicians gave a benefit concert for Sobell House in memory of Catherine Clarke. It was the first time for the village to get together
- [Trip to Bristol Cathedral 29th October 2022](https://wolvercote.org/2022/09/21/trip-to-bristol-cathedral-29th-october-2022/) - Bill Clarke is starting up his cathedral trips with a visit to Bristol Cathedral on 29th October. Bristol is a good city to start my Cathedral trips again. Some of you may know Bristol better than I do with its Museums, (www.bristolmuseums.org.uk), Clifton Suspension Bridge and docks with SS Great Britain (www.ssgreatbritain.org). Once we are
- [Tickets still available for A Midsummer Nights Dream](https://wolvercote.org/2022/08/27/tickets-still-available-for-a-midsummer-nights-dream/) - Tickets available here Some tickets are still available for the Oxlip Theatre performance of Midsummer Night's Dream in Wytham Woods on the 3rd and 4th of September. Here is a taster of what to expect...
- [Community Orchard Closed](https://wolvercote.org/2022/08/24/community-orchard-closed/) - We are sorry to report that some of the community orchard trees have recently been stripped. With this year's drought significantly reducing overall yields, we have decided to protect the remaining crop for Apple Day by locking the gate to the general public with immediate effect. We're sorry for the inconvenience. Tree Group members may
- [A Midsummer Night's Dream](https://wolvercote.org/2022/07/24/a-midsummer-nights-dream/) - After rave reviews following last year’s show during the Wolvercote and Wytham Summer Festival, the Oxlip Theatre Company, an ensemble of 17-21 year olds, returns to the magical and mysterious Wytham Woods in early September 2022 to deliver their latest interpretation of Shakespeare’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream under the guidance of Oxford-based director and film
- [Festival Guided Walks](https://wolvercote.org/2022/06/16/festival-guided-walks/) - Make your own Footprints by taking part in these free walks and talks lead by some eminent guides. Please note that Thursdays Singing Way walk followed by tea and tour at Christchurch Cathedral must be pre-booked with Bill Clarke on 01865 510109
- [BIG Festival Raffle](https://wolvercote.org/2022/05/29/big-festival-raffle/) - We have some amazing prizes to be won with our festival raffle. Tickets are £1 each and are available from the White Hart, Wolvercote and at the Community Market from 29th May. The raffle will be drawn in the order below on Friday 24th June in the interval of Music Night. Prize winners will be
- [2022 Festival Treasure Hunt](https://wolvercote.org/2022/05/29/2022-festival-treasure-hunt/) - Your mission is to identify the eighteen numbered locations of these images of inscriptions and memorials, all of which are accessible on foot via public rights of way or common land in Wolvercote and Wytham. A map can be found here on which you can mark the numbers of the images in the location you have chosen.
- [Festival Fanciful Footprints Trail](https://wolvercote.org/2022/05/06/festival-fanciful-footprints-trail/) - JOIN OUR FOOTPRINT TRAIL This year the Wolvercote and Wytham Midsummer Festival will be running another village trail of house displays to be discovered during the festival week and we would love you all to join in. The theme this year is Footprints and we invite you to decorate your front window, garden or gate
- [Festival Pop-up Choir 2022](https://wolvercote.org/2022/05/01/festival-pop-up-choir-2022/) - We are looking forward to starting rehearsals with Kate Binnie and Jacqui Ibbotson for the Pop Up Choir on Mondays in the Baptist Church Hall in Lower Wolvercote 7.30 - 9.00 pm starting on 9th May, with a view to performing at the Wolvercote and Wytham Midsummer Festival at All Saints Church, Wytham on Tuesday 21st
- [A Call for Festival Poets](https://wolvercote.org/2022/04/08/a-call-for-festival-poets/) - We are thinking forward to the summer and the 2022 Wolvercote and Wytham Midsummer Festival, to be held 18--25 June, with the Festival theme being Footprints. One of the popular Festival events is the Poetry & Music Evening. We are looking for local poets. Would you like to contribute one or two poems and join us for a convivial evening of readings,
- [Wolvercote Tree Group Notice of AGM](https://wolvercote.org/2022/02/11/wolvercote-tree-group-notice-of-agm/) - Wolvercote Tree Group Notice of AGM Thurs 24 February 2022 The Wolvercote Tree Group Committee is calling an AGM for Thursday 24 February – scroll down to read the formal notice and agenda. To ensure the meeting is quorate, your attendance would be much appreciated. The main business will be to receive and approve the
- [Midsummer Festival 2022](https://wolvercote.org/2022/02/01/midsummer-festival-2022/) - Dates for the diary! This year's Midsummer Festival will be from 17th to 26th June. The theme this year is 'Footprints'. Planning is now in full swing with a welcome return to 'Fun on the Green' on Saturday 18th June. Keep the dates free!
- [2022 Tree Group Calendar on sale](https://wolvercote.org/2021/11/15/2022-tree-group-calendar-on-sale/) - Look no further for your perfect Christmas gift with this Wolvercote Tree Group 2022 Calendar. Pictures and poems by local people for only £5.50. Available from the Sunday Market at the White Hart (10am-12noon) or by email from wolvercotetreegroup@gmail.com
- [Number 6 Bus Returns](https://wolvercote.org/2021/11/11/number-6-bus-returns/) - From November 7th 2021 the No. 6 bus resumes service from Wolvercote to the city centre and back. This replaces the 35 service which experienced delays recently, so we are hoping for a better service. The 35 now runs from the centre to Abingdon as it did before. The timetable can be found here and
- [Wolvercote Musicians Concert 13th November](https://wolvercote.org/2021/10/17/wolvercote-musicians-concert-13th-november/) - CLICK HERE for tickets or call Bill Clarke 01865 510109 There is socially distanced seating is available in the North aisle on a first come first served basis
- [Wytham Woods Temporary Closure Dates](https://wolvercote.org/2021/11/02/wytham-woods-temporary-closure-dates/) - View newsletter online Wytham Woods Important Update Temporary closure dates The Wytham Woods Team would like to inform all permit holders of three upcoming weekends when the Woods will be closed to all visitors: Friday 5 November 2021 - Monday 8 November 2021 inclusive Friday 14 January 2022 - Monday 17 January 2022 inclusive Friday
- [Wolvercote & Wytham Festival AGM - 4th November](https://wolvercote.org/2021/10/27/wolvercote-wytham-festival-agm-4th-november/)
- [Orchard Recipe Book](https://wolvercote.org/2021/10/22/orchard-recipe-book/) - Just in time for Christmas! The creation of the recipe book is a collaboration of local people to celebrate the produce of The Wolvercote Community Orchard. There are recipes for apples, pears, quinces, medlars, rhubarb, elderflower, plums and gooseberries. It costs £5 and can be bought from The Wolvercote Farmer’s Market or by contacting one
- [Apple Day - Sunday 10th October](https://wolvercote.org/2021/09/27/apple-day-sunday-10th-october/)
- [WHS Autumn Show 26th September](https://wolvercote.org/2021/09/19/whs-autumn-show-26th-september/) - The Autumn Show (Sunday 26th September, 2pm at the Village Hall) is our biggest show of the year and includes classes for fruit, vegetables, flowers, preserves, cookery, & photography as well as arts and crafts, so it is possible for everyone to get involved. ClassesShow RegulationsEntry Form It would be great to have as many
- [Changes to the Festival schedule](https://wolvercote.org/2021/06/21/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
- [Oxlip Theatre Company meets Wytham Woods!](https://wolvercote.org/2021/06/02/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
- [John Blandy - 5 Trees in Wytham Woods](https://wolvercote.org/2021/05/23/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](https://wolvercote.org/2021/05/21/2021-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
- [Wolvercote & Wytham Midsummer Festival Colour Trail](https://wolvercote.org/2021/04/09/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
- [Wolvercote Community Market](https://wolvercote.org/2021/04/23/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
- [2020 Festival Lockdown Treasure Hunt](https://wolvercote.org/2020/06/14/festival-lockdown-treasure-hunt/) - Your mission (should you choose to accept it) is to identify the sixteen numbered locations of these images of bridges and causeways, 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
- [Midsummer Festival is GO!](https://wolvercote.org/2021/04/10/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
- [WHS - Children's Seed Planting](https://wolvercote.org/2021/03/29/whs-childrens-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](https://wolvercote.org/2021/02/06/tree-of-the-month-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
- [Keep Wolvercote Tidy](https://wolvercote.org/2021/02/02/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
- [Wolvercote & Wytham Midsummer Festival AGM 2021](https://wolvercote.org/2021/01/01/wolvercote-wytham-midsummer-festival-agm-2021/) - WOLVERCOTE AND WYTHAM MIDSUMMER FESTIVAL Annual General Meeting Thursday 14th January 2021 At 7.30pm via zoom. Open to all residents of Wolvercote and Wytham At this meeting: We will be looking back at the festival 2020 virtual events; Looking forward to festival 2021 with hope for a real celebration; Deciding a theme this new year
- [Virtual Autumn Show](https://wolvercote.org/2020/09/20/fwd-virtual-autumn-show/) - The virtual Autumn show is available to access from this afternoon and will remain on the WHS website so as many of you as possible will be able to take the time to look at the exhibits. Huge thanks to Anne Charles for loading all the images on the web pages. Thank you to all
- [Something fishy is happening](https://wolvercote.org/2020/06/25/something-fishy-is-happening/) - Sadly St Peter's isn't able to hold two of our most social events this year – the Church Fete and our Patronal Lunch. But that doesn’t stop us finding a way to celebrate St Peter. And since Peter was a fisherman, a “fishy” theme seems appropriate. We're going to make an art installation inside the
- [Pixey Mead Walk](https://wolvercote.org/2020/06/25/pixey-mead-walk/) - Thanks to Dr Alison McDonald for completing a virtual walk planned for this years midsummer festival. Pixey Mead is a very special flood meadow and this film by Emily Malden shows why. Use the settings on the video (bottom right) to play in the highest resolution your broadband can manage.
- [Festival Lockdown Music Night](https://wolvercote.org/2020/06/18/festival-lockdown-music-night/) - Broadcast on Saturday 20st June 2020. Click below to view again.
- [WHS Virtual Summer Show 2020](https://wolvercote.org/2020/06/16/whs-virtual-summer-show-2020/) - 21st June 2020 This year’s Summer Show is going to be a virtual display of exhibits available online. No judging* (*except for Class 22! – This is a new children’s class sponsored by Carl at The Post Box.)No prizes – Just a wonderful visual miscellany of the produce of the society’s members and friends everyone can enjoy looking at!
- [The Goose has Landed!](https://wolvercote.org/2020/06/04/flying-goose-issue-56/) - The Goose has landed! The June issue of St Peter’s quarterly magazine – The Flying Goose – is now available on St Peter’s website (www.stpeterswolvercote.org) or by cutting and pasting this link http://www.stpeterswolvercote.org/wp-content/uploads/Flying-Goose-issue-56-web-version.pdf into your browser. Sadly, due to COVID-19 restrictions, it hasn’t been possible to deliver printed copies around the area. We hope to
- [Oxfordshire Artweeks 2 - 25 May](https://wolvercote.org/2020/05/03/oxfordshire-artweeks-2-25-may/) - May is the time for Oxfordshire Artweeks - so many artists and craft workers have been working hard for this but now cannot have any visitors. They still need your support so do visit the online tours and see their amazing work in this new socially distant way. Visit https://www.artweeks.org/ to find your favourite, medium
- [Wolvercote Morris May Morning Dance](https://wolvercote.org/2020/05/01/wolvercote-morris-may-morning-dance/) - Wolvercote Morris have put together a socially distanced interpretation of a dance called Chasing Chickens for your amusement! Happy May Day!
- [Poets Corner at Wolvercote.org](https://wolvercote.org/2020/04/27/poets-corner-at-wolvercote-org/) - As the Wolvercote Festival Poetry Evening has had to be postponed we have created a Poetry Corner on the Wolvercote and Wytham website. We invite you to send in poems you have written that you feel will strike a chord with others (happy or sad) in this strange time. You can send in an accompanying
- [May Morning with Horns of Plenty](https://wolvercote.org/2020/04/15/may-morning-with-horns-of-plenty/)
- [Wolvercote and Wytham Friendly Line](https://wolvercote.org/2020/04/07/wolvercote-and-wytham-friendly-line/) - With a huge thank you to all that have volunteered, our Wolvercote and Wytham Friendly Line is now open!It will be open 7 days a week, from 10am to 4pm.Anyone who's feeling a little low and can do with a bit of company with a friendly volunteer, is free to call us!Please share away our
- [OXCLEAN Litter pick Saturday 29th Feb](https://wolvercote.org/2020/02/27/oxclean-litter-pick-saturday-29th-march/) - The rain may be raining and snow may be snowing but it’s still time for the Spring Wolvercote Litter Pick Saturday 29th February Meeting Points & Times 10am – 12noon UPPER WOLVERCOTE Opposite the Village Hall LOWER WOLVERCOTE Bathing Place Car Park See you there Organised by: The Wolvercote Commoners and The Wolvercote Tree Group
- [Midsummer Festival Cancelled](https://wolvercote.org/2020/03/19/midsummer-festival-cancelled-2/) - (Sent by the Festival Committee Chair) Dear Friends, Thank you to all who were able to attend last night and those who couldn't. The consensus of those around the table was that in view of Covid-19 threats, it makes sense to cancel this years festival. When the festival is designed to bring people together, it
- [Orchard Closed 16th March for Disability Access](https://wolvercote.org/2020/03/15/orchard-closed-16th-march-for-disability-access/) - We can at last inform you that work on the new access and reinforced path through the orchard will be starting next Monday 16th March. During this time the orchard will be closed and after the work is completed we will have to keep it closed until the new grass has grown through the pathway
- [New WHS 2020 Programme](https://wolvercote.org/2020/02/24/new-whs-2020-programme/) - The new Wolvercote Horticultural Society programme of events, show classes and associated information has now been updated on their page: https://wolvercote.org/wolvercote-horticultural-society/ Why not think about what you can enter on the summer show? You don't have to be a member to enter.
- [Tree Group AGM Tuesday 25th Feb](https://wolvercote.org/2020/02/13/tree-group-agm-tuesday-25th-feb/)
- [A34 Lane Closure 27th Jan](https://wolvercote.org/2020/01/16/a34-lane-closure-27th-jan/) - Please see the attached regarding a lengthy lane closure on the A34 Northbound and to the Wytham turn slip road.
- [White Hart Market News](https://wolvercote.org/2020/01/09/white-hart-market-news/) - Dear All, A reminder that the Sunday Market starts again this Sunday (12th Jan) in the tender care of the new 'Friends of the Market' group. So you can again feast on Polish sourdough and wonderful cakes, and organic veg, there will be local charcuterie, jams, chutneys and (new!) Crudge's amazing goat cheese, and knitted
- [Commoners' Carol Concert Monday 16th Dec](https://wolvercote.org/2019/12/10/commoners-carol-concert-monday-16th-dec/) - (You are receiving this email because as you are on the Wolvercote Commoners’ Mailing List. If at any time you wish to be removed please reply to this email with ‘Unsubscribe’ as the subject)
- [Christmas Market at the White Hart Sunday 8th December](https://wolvercote.org/2019/12/04/christmas-market-at-the-white-hart/) - Special Christmas Market at the White Hart, with seasonal foods, gifts, cards, and crafts, plus the usual Sunday Market breads,cakes, organic vegetables and eggs, and other local foods and products. Continental breads and cakes, organic eggs from Wytham, organic vegetables and other local produce and crafts. Cooked breakfasts, teas, and coffees. Meet friends and chat! Apple
- [Oxford North complex approved by city council](https://wolvercote.org/2019/11/28/oxford-north-complex-approved-by-city-council/) - So the planning consent is given. Click the link for the BBC news https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-oxfordshire-50586828?SThisFB&fbclid=IwAR1i-qHd7Lf4vflyLqJ33byH1Naz2Rs3vf1xB5Jqk-bGtU2AR0JwW9PAAso
- [Plant Trees in Wolvercote 23rd Nov](https://wolvercote.org/2019/11/17/plant-trees-in-wolvercote-23rd-nov/) - Volunteers are needed to plant 500 tree whips on Saturday 23rd November in Nixey's Field. Please note you must register with Richard Tennant-Eyles to be given instructions. (Click his name to email) Richard is coordinating the day and will advise on timings, meeting points, equipment, suitable clothing and footwear. Children under 16 years are welcome
- [Tree Group at the Eco Fair 23rd Nov](https://wolvercote.org/2019/11/17/tree-group-at-the-eco-fair-23rd-nov/)
- [Wytham Fireworks Postponed](https://wolvercote.org/2019/11/10/wytham-fireworks-postponed/) - The Village hall committee have asked me to let you know that due to the heavy rain today the fireworks have been postponed until next Saturday 16th November. The playing field is a quagmire and they are worried about the cars. Angie
- [Commoners' Newsletter November 2019](https://wolvercote.org/2019/11/05/commoners-newsletter-november-2019/)
- [Fireworks at the Plough 5th November](https://wolvercote.org/2019/10/30/fireworks-at-the-plough-5th-november/) - The Plough, Upper Wolvercote BBQ, Mulled Wine, Sweets, Chocolate Apples, Sausage RollsFood and drink served from 5.30Please note you watch the display at your own riskWe will be doing a charity collection on the evening Please contact the pub if you need more information
- [White Hart Sounds 27th October](https://wolvercote.org/2019/10/23/white-hart-sounds-october-27th/) - White Hart Sounds - The Moonbeams When: Sunday , October 27, 8pm - 10pm Where: The White Hart, 126 Godstow Rd, Oxford OX2 8PQ, UK The Moonbeams - Songs From The Yorkshire Dales The Moonbeams are a group of musicians based in Long Preston. They are centred round the duo of Jon Avison on and
- [Apple Day Cancelled](https://wolvercote.org/2019/10/06/apple-day-cancelled/) - We have been watching the weather with some trepidation and wondering how we could work round the impending swathe of dark stormy clouds passing over us on Sunday. The orchard is not easy to fill with gazebos and even if the visitors could come with umbrellas, and leave when they found it a tad too
- [Wolvercote.org migrates!](https://wolvercote.org/2019/10/17/wolvercote-org-migrates/) - If you are reading this then you have discovered the new Wolvercote.org. The old site had a few maintenance issues but the new site is based on Wordpress so it much more up to date. The key differences are:Responsive - works on all devicesBlog - contains a blog for contributors to distribute newsSubscription to get

## Pages

- [Welcome](https://wolvercote.org/) - Welcome to Wolvercote.org - the website that's all about Wolvercote. We have many active groups that hold frequent events from the annual Midsummer Festival to School Fairs, Art Weeks, Plays, Classes, Horticultural Shows, Apple Day, Talks and much more. We also have beautiful open spaces, a Community Orchard, the Oxford Canal and Thames, a great
- [History Society](https://wolvercote.org/history-society/) - The Society was founded in 1987 with the aim and object of bringing together people who are interested in the history of Wolvercote in the City of Oxford and to encourage the study of the history of Wolvercote. 1765 map of Wolvercote The map is best viewed on a PC or decent-sized laptop to get full
- [Wolvercote Horticultural Society](https://wolvercote.org/whs/) - Membership - Membership information. Benefits include discounts at local garden centres. Members of the Society receive e-mails and mailings about events. Events Programme - Outings, talks (see below) and other activities are organised throughout the year and charges are kept as low as possible. Officers - The Officers of the Society are elected at the Annual General Meeting,
- [WHS 2025 Autumn Show Gallery](https://wolvercote.org/whs-2025-autumn-show-gallery/)
- [WHS Membership](https://wolvercote.org/whs/whs-benefits/) - TO JOINTo become a member of the Society or to register a friend as a new member, please contact the Membership Secretary or any committee member. Annual individual membership £10.00; family membership £15.00. Membership fees due on 1st March.Membership Form: .doc format, .pdf formatDISCOUNTS AT GARDEN CENTRESThe following discounts are available on production of your
- [WHS Outings](https://wolvercote.org/whs/whs-outings/) - Wolvercote Horticultural Society Outings and Holidays 2025 Thursday 28th August 2025 to Monday 1st September 2025 - Holiday to Brussels and Antwerp, Belgium (Flyer, Booking form)Wednesday 6th August 2025, Visit to Trinity College GardenFriday 13 June to Monday, 16 June, 2025 - Holiday to ‘Garden of England’ KentSunday 25 May to Thursday, 29 May 2025
- [Wolvercote and Wytham Midsummer Festival](https://wolvercote.org/festival/) - The Wolvercote and Wytham Midsummer Festival is a cherished local event that celebrates our vibrant community. We offer a diverse array of activities and events for all ages, ensuring they remain accessible and affordable. Since its inception, the festival has been dedicated to minimising its environmental impact and promoting sustainability. Our committee is committed to
- [Poetry Corner](https://wolvercote.org/poetry-corner/) - This page is for local people to share their poems. It was created when the 2020 midsummer festival was cancelled. However, we would like to keep the poetry alive during (and after) the pandemic and welcome your original entries. You can send in a text document and an accompanying recording using the Voice Memo or
- [Wolvercote & Wytham Midsummer Festival 2025](https://wolvercote.org/festival/wolvercote-wytham-midsummer-festival-2025/) - The theme of this year’s festival (20th – 29th June) is ‘On the Wild Side’ featuring nature and the environment. Please scroll down to view the programme. Download the printed programmeTreasure HuntFantastic Raffle PrizesSign Up for the Wildlife Trusts 30 Days Wild! All events are free of charge unless indicated. The Festival is run entirely
- [Now and Then](https://wolvercote.org/festival/now-and-then/) - This page includes links to pictures and videos of Wolvercote and Wytham (and Oxford) for the Festival's 'Now and Then' theme. If you have anything you would like to include please email events@wolvercote.org (Best viewed on a bigger screen) Videos Wolvercote Memories (youtube.com)'Twist & Shout' -Going out in Oxford in the 1960's (youtube.com)Port Meadow 1983
- [History Society Gallery](https://wolvercote.org/history-society/history-society-gallery/) - This page is used to display pictures submitted by the Wolvercote History Society. Click on the images to display and scroll. The image descriptions appear on the Thumbnail and as a caption when enlarged. Now and Then
- [WHS Holiday to Menton, France](https://wolvercote.org/whs-holiday-to-menton-france/) - PLEASE NOTE: This hotel and flight price will be held only until 28th February. Menton is a delightful small town on the Riviera, near the Italian border and not far from Nice, famous for its gardens, beaches and architecture.Flights:Heathrow AF7551 at 08.55 Nice at 12.00Nice BA0355 at 19.25 Heathrow at 20.30Cost:£1119.00 per person for 2
- [Wolvercote Tree Group](https://wolvercote.org/the-tree-group/) - The tree group now has its own website which you can find here.
- [Useful Links](https://wolvercote.org/links/) - Here are some links to other sites that you may find of interest. Please report any broken linksThere are more links to Wytham and Cutteslowe groups on the Flying Goose Directory
- [Wolvercote Morris](https://wolvercote.org/morris/) - Follow us on Facebook WHO ARE WE?The Wolvercote Morris, founded in 2006, is a relatively new side in the long tradition of Morris dancing. All indulge in this frolicking pastime for fun, using a variety of traditions for added interest, so you will see dances from Fieldtown, Adderbury, Bampton, Headington and Lichfield traditions and we
- [Wolvercote & Wytham Midsummer Festival 2024](https://wolvercote.org/festival/wolvercote-wytham-midsummer-festival-2024/) - The theme of this year’s festival (21st – 30th June) is ‘Now and Then’, comparing and contrasting our lives and environment over the years. Scroll down to view the programme. Download the printed programme (Flying Goose Version)Now and then Treasure HuntFantastic Raffle PrizesListen to our theme tune!Now and Then Pictures and Videos All events are
- [DWW](https://wolvercote.org/dww/) - Wolvercote and Wytham are blessed with diverse habitats, including three designated SSSI's providing homes for a large variety of plants and animals. This makes it a wonderful place to explore, discover and understand the wildlife around us, how they depend on each other and why we need to cherish and protect them. So who are
- [WHS 2023 Autumn Show Gallery](https://wolvercote.org/whs-2023-autumn-show-gallery/)
- [Festival Bench](https://wolvercote.org/festival-bench/)
- [Wolvercote and Wytham Midsummer Festival 2021](https://wolvercote.org/festival/wolvercote-and-wytham-midsummer-festival-2021/) - All events are free of charge unless indicated. Donations are gratefully received at some events where cash collections can be made, or you can donate online (above). Download the summary programme There are some printed copies of the summary programme available at Wytham Stores, The Post Box and St Peter's Church. These are intended for
- [Wolvercote & Wytham Midsummer Festival 2022](https://wolvercote.org/festival/wolvercote-wytham-midsummer-festival-2022/) - All events are free of charge unless indicated. The Festival is run entirely by volunteers and relies on donations to cover costs. Any surplus is distributed to local groups. Donations are gratefully received at some events where cash collections can be made. Alternatively, if you have enjoyed the events you can donate a fixed amount
- [Wolvercote & Wytham Midsummer Festival 2023](https://wolvercote.org/festival/wolvercote-wytham-midsummer-festival-2023/) - The theme of this year’s festival (17th – 25th June) is ‘Round the World’, celebrating the international aspects of our community and connections. Download the programme All events are free of charge unless indicated. The Festival is run entirely by volunteers and relies on donations to cover costs. Any surplus is distributed to local groups.
- [2021 Festival - Covid Statement](https://wolvercote.org/festival/wolvercote-and-wytham-midsummer-festival-2021/2021-festival-covid-statement/) - HANDS - Please use the hand sanitisers where provided.FACE - Please bring a face covering to ALL events.SPACE - Please observe social distancing. The Festival this year will run from Saturday 19 to Sunday 27 June – assuming there are no setbacks on the COVID-19 Roadmap to releasing final restrictions. Respecting those amongst us for
- [St Peters Plant Sale - Spring 2023](https://wolvercote.org/st-peters-plant-sale-spring-2023/) - To purchase any of the plants listed below, see the instructions in your parishioner's email.The price is £2 each. We thank the growers for great plants and helpful labelling and the admin team for doing their (maybe imperfect) best. Click on the plant name to see an enlarged picture of the plant.Note that most of
- [WHS Plant Sale - Spring 2023](https://wolvercote.org/whs-plant-sale-spring-2023/) - This plant sale has ended. To purchase any of the plants listed below, see the instructions in your member's email.The price is £2 each. We thank the growers for great plants and helpful labelling and the admin team for doing their (maybe imperfect) best. Click on the plant name to see an enlarged picture of
- [Wolvercote WI](https://wolvercote.org/wi/) - Wolvercote W.I. is a friendly and welcoming group and would love you to come along and join us. We have a speaker or an activity most months, covering a wide range of topics, followed by tea/coffee and chat. We also have parties in the Summer and at Christmas. Please come along to Wolvercote Village Hall
- [WHS 2022 Summer Show Gallery](https://wolvercote.org/whs-2022-summer-show-gallery/)
- [WHS Plant Sale - Spring 2022](https://wolvercote.org/whs-plant-sale-spring-2022/) - To purchase any of the plants listed below, see the instructions in your member's email. We thank the growers for great plants and helpful labelling and the admin team for doing their (maybe imperfect) best. Click on the plant name to see an enlarged picture of the plant.Note that most of these pictures are of
- [How the Midsummer Festival Works](https://wolvercote.org/festival/how-the-midsummer-festival-works/) - The festival is run entirely by volunteers with the aim of celebrating our community. Most events are free or kept to a minimum cost so that everyone can take part, but donations towards the running of the festival are very welcome. If any money is left over after all costs have been met it is
- [WHS Plant Sale - September 2021](https://wolvercote.org/whs-plant-sale-september-2021/) - To purchase any of the plants listed below, see the instructions in your member's email. We thank the growers for great plants and helpful labelling and the admin team for doing their (maybe imperfect) best. Click on the plant name to see an enlarged picture of the plant.Note that most of these pictures are of
- [WHS Plant Sale – March 2021 – Revised](https://wolvercote.org/whs-plant-sale-march-2021-revised/) - Wolvercote Horticultural Society plants after sale on 27.3.21 To purchase any of the plants listed below, see the instructions in your member's email. We thank the growers for great plants and helpful labelling and the admin team for doing their (maybe imperfect) best. Click on the plant name to see an enlarged picture of the
- [Privacy Policy](https://wolvercote.org/welcome/privacy-policy/) - Who we are This site is run by volunteers on behalf of the residents of Wolvercote. The site is funded by the Wolvercote and Wytham Midsummer Festival Committee. Our website address is: https://wolvercote.org. You can contact the webmaster by email: events@wolvercote.org. What personal data we collect and why we collect it Comments When visitors leave
- [Cookie Policy](https://wolvercote.org/welcome/cookie-policy/) - About this cookie policy This Cookie Policy explains what cookies are and how we use them, the types of cookies we use i.e, the information we collect using cookies and how that information is used, and how to control the cookie preferences. For further information on how we use, store, and keep your personal data
- [WHS Plant Sale - March 2021](https://wolvercote.org/whs-plant-sale-march-2021/) - To purchase any of the plants listed below, see the instructions in your member's email. We thank the growers for great plants and helpful labelling and the admin team for doing their (maybe imperfect) best. Click on the plant name to see an enlarged picture of the plant.Note that most of these pictures are of
- [Festival Lockdown Treasure Hunt](https://wolvercote.org/lockdown-treasure-hunt/) - Your mission (should you choose to accept it) is to identify the sixteen numbered locations of these images of bridges and causeways, 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
- [Shopping Cart](https://wolvercote.org/shopping-cart/)
- [Digital Downloads](https://wolvercote.org/digital-downloads/)
- [Proofed Images](https://wolvercote.org/proofed-images/)
- [Wolvercote Meadow and Port Meadow](https://wolvercote.org/wolvercote-meadow-and-port-meadow/)

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## Picture tag

- [Rainbow](https://wolvercote.org/ngg_tag/rainbow/)
- [Port Meadow](https://wolvercote.org/ngg_tag/port-meadow/)
- [Winter](https://wolvercote.org/ngg_tag/winter/)
- [Horse](https://wolvercote.org/ngg_tag/horse/)
- [Thames](https://wolvercote.org/ngg_tag/thames/)
- [Clouds](https://wolvercote.org/ngg_tag/clouds/)
- [Dusk](https://wolvercote.org/ngg_tag/dusk/)
- [frozen web](https://wolvercote.org/ngg_tag/frozen-web/)
- [Dog walk](https://wolvercote.org/ngg_tag/dog-walk/)
- [Cycle](https://wolvercote.org/ngg_tag/cycle/)
- [Buttercups](https://wolvercote.org/ngg_tag/buttercups/)
- [Spring](https://wolvercote.org/ngg_tag/spring/)
- [2019](https://wolvercote.org/ngg_tag/2019/)
- [Summer Festival](https://wolvercote.org/ngg_tag/summer-festival/)
- [Wytham Woods](https://wolvercote.org/ngg_tag/wytham-woods/)
- [1](https://wolvercote.org/ngg_tag/1/)