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.

Time:  7.30-9.30
Venue:  St. Peter’s Church Rooms

with access to a very pleasant outdoor courtyard, good for a sunny evening.

Please send by June 1st one or two of your poems on this year’s theme to:

Ros Bleach at bleachfamily@hotmail.com and Phillipa Hardman at phillipa.hardman@virginmedia.com.

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 where you think each image belongs. Ready for a fun challenge? Each picture comes with two questions:

• What’s the species? (plants or animals)
• Where’s the location?

Some might be a bit tricky, but that’s all part of the fun!

Remember, this treasure hunt is just for enjoyment, but if you’d like an answer sheet once you’re done, simply email us at events@wolvercote.org.

A big thank you to Amanda Saville for designing this treasure hunt for the Festival Committee. Now, good luck, and happy exploring!

Image 1 (plant)

Image 2 (plant)

Image 3 (plant)

Image 4 (animal)

Image 5 (plant)

Image 6 (plant)

Image 7 (animal)

Image 8 (plant)

Image 9 (animal)

Image 10 (plant)

Image 11 (plant)

Image 12 (animal)

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 Committee at the AGM.

For any enquiries email: wolvercotenf@gmail.com

Here are the documents for the meeting:

• Agenda
• Draft Minutes of WNF AGM 2023
• Annual Report 2024
• Treasurer’s Report and Accounts 2024

Wolvercote Neighbourhood Forum | representing the community from Port Meadow to Cutteslowe Park

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 to local groups. Any help is always appreciated.

The festival next year will run between 20/21st and 28/29th June 2025.

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 Pictures – Paul Bullivant

St Peter’s Fete Pop-up Studio – Paul Bullivant

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 Wolvercote & Wytham Midsummer Festival 2024 – Wolvercote.org

And you can download a programme from here 2024-Programme.pdf (wolvercote.org)

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 in the location you have chosen.

For each picture, there are two questions: ‘Where is this now? ‘ and ‘What was it then?’

The 2024 Festival Treasure Hunt is just for fun but if you would like to receive an answer sheet, please email events@wolvercote.org.

Good luck and enjoy exploring our villages on foot. Many thanks to Amanda Saville for putting this together on behalf of the Festival Committee.

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Oxford Preservation Trust