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ABBEY
see also Open
Spaces; Walks
Although
not a stone from this great foundation
can be seen on the original
site, fragments survive in cottages at
the heart of the
village.
ALLOTMENTS: annual
report
The
village has two fields divided into 90
allotments. The Allotments
Association leases them from the
Parish Council and manages them on a
day-to-day basis. Usually one or two
plots are available to rent
(£18.00/year, £13.00 for
over-60s) and some are divided in
half.
Contact: Marion
Steggles (Treasurer), 54 Acre End
Street 01865 881175
BROADBAND
Your
existing telephone line can carry voice
and high-speed internet
traffic at the same time.
Supplier
comparisons:
Simply Switch 08000 111 395.
Most
houses in
the village are also within a few
metres of the ntl: cable network (now
Virgin
Media).
BUSES
see also Trains; for more
information contact any member of the
Parish
Council.
For
the Traveline integrated bus/rail
Journey Planner ring 0870 608 2 608 or
click
here.
Stagecoach
(regular services in decreasing
order of
frequency):
100
Oxford - Eynsham - Witney - Thorney
Leys – Carterton
11
Oxford - Eynsham - Long Hanborough -
Freeland - North Leigh –
Witney M-S
18/18A Oxford - Eynsham -
Stanton Harcourt - Standlake –
Bampton/Witney M-S
200
Oxford - Radcliffe Infirmary -
Cassington Turn – A40 (Evenlode)
– Witney – Minster Lovell
– Carterton
M-S
X1 same route, early morning
and late
afternoon/evening; Oxford-bound
service runs until 02:45 on
Friday/Saturday night.
The 100
service has low-floor easy access for
push-chairs/wheelchairs and
runs until 03:15 on Friday and
Saturday night. Discounts include
through tickets to London (change in
Oxford).
Head Office:
Horspath Road, Oxford OX4 2RY.
Enquiries: 01865
772250
Tesco
Shopper
Free
bus to/from the Abingdon supermarket,
calls at Market Square, Mill
Street, Spareacre Lane:
Tuesday
10:36, arrives Abingdon 11:40 and
leaves 13:30
Thursday 09:32, arrives
Abingdon 10:37 and leaves
12:30.
Jeffs
Coaches
Eynsham – Witney –
Burford – Moreton in
Marsh
Tuesdays only, leaves Back
Lane 09:00, arrives Moreton 10:20 and
leaves
12:20.
Head Office:
Helmdon, Brackley NN13 5QT 01295
768292
Octabus
Dial-a-Ride
For
people who are unable to use public
transport: a door-to-door
service, running 09:00-17:00
Monday-Friday
(mainly within West
Oxfordshire/to Oxford City). £5
registration,
then pay as you go; FREE to
concessionary pass holders.
You can
book up to 7 days in advance: 01865
876176
CARNIVAL
First
Saturday in July: a notable
date in the village calendar. Click here for
pix. A flower festival is invariably
held on
the same weekend in St
Leonard's Church.
Chairman:
Julie Jordan 22
Back Lane 01865
880042
CARS see
Parking; Toll
Bridge.
CASHPOINTS
57
Spareacre Lane outside Premier Office
Supplies (Barclays); Tesco
Express A40 eastbound; Total Service Station
A40
westbound (£1.75)
.
CHEMIST
see Shops
&
Services
CHILDCARE
see also Play
Areas; activities for pre-school
children
Health
Visitors
01865 881642 (plus ansaphone)
based
at Eynsham Medical Centre
Monday-Friday 09:00-17:00, run
postnatal groups, breast-feeding
clinics (drop-in Wednesday 12:30-13:30)
and child health clinics
(drop-in Tuesday 12:15-14:45); routine
8-month checks and all
immunisations for children 0-5 years
old.
Oxfordshire
Children's Information Service
01993 880753
keeps
lists of registered childcare
providers, parent & toddler groups
and sports & leisure activities.
They also publish a 130-page
guide for West
Oxfordshire. Fax 01993 708482;
email
Childcare Needs
Survey
Oxfordshire County
Council has recently undertaken a
countywide assessment. Summary
report here.
CHILDMINDING
see Shops
&
Services
CHURCHES
see also Meeting
Places; Newspapers –
Roundabout
Eynsham
Baptist Church -
Lombard Street OX29 4HT
Minister The Rev
Jean Andrews, 17 Dovehouse Close 01865
880106 or 464265 email
Church
Secretary Denise Launchbury, 82
Shakespeare Road, 01865
881128
Sunday
Morning Service: 10:30; also offers
a quiet corner (or a chat)
10:00-14:00 Wednesday and Thursday
July-September – open to to
visitors of any faith or
none.
St Leonard's Church of
England -
The Square OX29 4UG
Vicar Rev Morey
Andrews, The Vicarage, 45 Acre End
Street 01865 881323
email
Church office and Secretary
Village Hall Committee Room 01865
883362 email
Sunday Services:
Holy Communion 09:00, Morning Service
10:45, Evening Service 18:00. Also open
most weekdays in summer
from 11:00.
St
Peter's Catholic Church -
Abbey Street OX29 4HR
Parish Priest
Father
Martin Flatman,The Presbytery, Abbey
Street 01865 881613 mob 07719
646790
email
Parish
Deacon Rev Chris Blackman 01865
881718
Sunday Service: Mass 10:00;
Saturday 19:30 preceded
by Holy Hour; weekdays as advertised.
The church is open for private prayer
most days in daylight hours - just
walk in.
CLUBS
, SOCIETIES & SUPPORT GROUPS:
93 at last count!
COUNTY
COUNCIL see also
Footpaths; Library; Recycling;
Road Repairs;
Schools; Street
Lights
Oxfordshire County
Council 01865 792422
County Hall,
New Road, OX1 1ND. Fax 01865
726155
Children, Young People &
Families (education and social
care) 01865 815449
Macclesfield
House, New Road, Oxford OX1
1NA. Fax 01865 791637
Councillor,
Eynsham (also
Elections)
DENTISTS
see also Shops
&
Services
To find
an NHS dentist call NHS
Direct:
0845 46 47 or go to the NHS
list
For impartial advice on
procedures, costs etc, call the
dental helpline: 0845 063 1188
For
emergency treatment call
NHSDirect.
DISTRICT
COUNCIL see also
Elections;
Housing;
Planning;
Recycling;
Street Cleaning;
Waste
West
Oxfordshire District
Council
Council Offices, Woodgreen,
Witney,
Oxfordshire, OX28 1NB
General
enquiries: Town Centre Shop 01993
861000
3 Welch Way, Witney, OX28
6JH. Fax 01993
861450
Councillors,
Eynsham &
Cassington Ward (also Elections)
DOCTORS
see Medical
Centre
DOGS
see also Street
Cleaning; Walks; Shops and
Services -
vets
The
Parish Council has provided
several extra bins around the village
for dog waste: responsible
owners, please note!
In
the interests of public health, dogs
are not allowed on the Oxford
Road (north side) playing field. On
the south field they should be
kept on a lead at all times.
Stray
dogs
should be reported to the District
Council: 01993 861020 (out of hours
01993 705056).
ECHO
ELECTIONS
ELECTRICITY
Default supplier
Southern Electric,
PO Box 7506, Perth PH1 3QR: 0845 7444
555
Consumer Council:
Energywatch 0845 906
0708
FIRE
STATION in emergencies ring
999; see also history
Stanton Harcourt
Road OX29 4HX 01865 881337 email
Station
Manager Kenny Bowerman. Please
leave a message: all staff are part-
time and available for rapid
response on a rota basis.
Community
safety work includes
supply/fitting of smoke detectors;
talks to schools & other
groups; advice on fitting/adjustment
of child seats and restraints in
cars; attendance at local
events.
FOOTPATHS
The
County Council is responsible for
maintaining rights of way in
and around Eynsham.
The
Parish Council has just published a
definitive set of maps and has recently
completed a survey of the network. For
more
information ask any member of
the Footpaths
Sub-committee.
GAS
in
case of leaks ring 0800 111
999
Default supplier
British
Gas
Consumer Council:
Energywatch,
see Electricity
(above)
GRANTS: annual
report
Bartholomew
Educational foundation makes
grants to Eynsham students under 25
years old.
Eynsham
Consolidated Charity
makes grants to people living in
Eynsham who are in need, hardship or
distress. All applications are treated
in absolute
confidentiality.
Contact Robin
Mitchell, 20 High Street OX29 4HB:
01865 880665
GRASS
CUTTING (verges and play areas)
The
Parish Council manages this service
for the whole village, including
some areas that are the responsibility
of the County Council. Contact the Clerk.
Playing Field
pitches are cut during the playing
seasons by the Playing Field
Managers.
HOUSING
see also
Estate
Agents; Council
Tax
The
responsible authority for low-cost and
social housing is the District
Council.
West Oxfordshire Housing
Services: 01993 861010
Elmfield,
New Yatt Road, Witney OX28 1PB. Fax
01993 861456
Email
LIBRARY see also opening
hours; funding/
support
30
Mill Street. Manager:
Stephanie Fulton 01865
880525
Audio books;
DVDs and
videos; free internet access; local
studies section; online
catalogue. Ask about holiday
storytimes/reading
schemes.
LOCK
A
place for recreation of many kinds
– bird-watching, boating,
camping, fishing, painting, picnics,
walking – or even doing
nothing. Unless you're the lock
keeper. Dry access just past the toll
bridge: sharp left and down the bank
to Thames Path; no cars.
Lock
and Weir keeper: Nik
Vallely 01865 881324
MAP
click here
for a comprehensive
selection MARKET More here.
See also
THEN &
NOW - market
origins
Eynsham
Country Market is held on Thursday
9-10.30am (except January) at
St Leonard's Church Hall.
Contact
Sue Butler-Miles: 01865
880928 email
A charity
stall is
also held every Thursday in the Square
(weather permitting).
Contact
Joan Weedon: 01865
880302
MEDICAL
CENTRE 01865
881206 see
also Childcare
– Health
Visitors
At
the top of Back Lane car park, with
additional access on foot via
Conduit Lane or Evans Road.
Postal
address Conduit Lane, OX29 4QB;
fax 01865 881342 email
(repeat prescriptions only)
Monday-
Friday 08:00-08:30 call 01244
355136; 18:30-08:00/weekends/bank
holidays call 0845 345 8995
NHS
Direct (any time): 0845 46
47
MEETING
PLACES
MEMBER
OF PARLIAMENT -Witney
Constituency (also
Elections)
MEMBERS
OF EUROPEAN
PARLIAMENT
NEWSPAPERS
NOTICE-BOARDS,
PUBLIC
OPEN
SPACES see also Play
Areas; Walks
The
Abbey Fishponds are
the only remnants of
this great foundation to survive in
their original setting. They were
created in 1217, by diverting the road
and stream (and incidentally
much enlarging the Abbey precinct).
The Parish Council manages
the area with a variety of partners,
to protect its past and enhance
its biodeversity. Access from Station
Road.
Eynsham
Wood to the north of the village
was a Millennium project,
supported by the
Woodland Trust: 13
acres within the ancient Wychwood
Forest – planted only in 2002 but
maturing steadily. Access via crossing
points on the A40 and from Freeland
Road. New wood at Eynsham Lock
here
PARISH
COUNCIL
PARKING
The
free car park in Back Lane, beside the
Medical Centre, is just a
short walk from the village centre
along Conduit Lane (12 hour
maximum stay)
There are 6 free
parking spaces in the Square,
including one for disabled drivers (no
parking on Thursday
7am-12noon).
Roads around the
Square are narrow and readily
congested; please observe the double
yellow lines. Parking is
unrestricted along most of Mill
Street.
The car parks beside the
playing fields in Oxford Road close at
dusk.
For more information contact
any member of the Parish
Council.
PLANNING
PLAY
AREAS
There
are 3 enclosed play areas for young
people: on Oxford Road north
side; at the entrance to Old Witney Road;
and behind Dovehouse
Close/Wytham View (next to the primary
school).
For more
information ask any member of the
Parish Council Play
Areas Sub-
committee.
PLAYING
FIELDS:
annual report;
see also Pavilion; Sports
Clubs
The
playing fields on Oxford Road feature
a kick wall and skateboard
park (north side) and a sports
pavilion (south side). Dogs are
banned from the north field and should
be kept on a lead at all times
on the south field. For obvious
reasons, dog owners are asked to
clear up after their pets. The car
park gates are locked at dusk.
For
further enquiries about facilities and
bookings contact Ann Cross: 01865 880712
POLICE
more
here; annual report;
In emergencies call
999
Office in the
Village Hall, Back Lane 01865
883008
Open Monday 14:00-16:00;
Tuesday 09:00-12:00; Thursday
09:00-12:00; Saturday
09:00-12:00.
You
are welcome to drop in, or phone. If
it is closed, ring 08458 505
505 or email
Neighbourhood Specialist Officer: PC
Richard Conner, with two Police
Community
Support Officers (PCSOs) from September
2007.
POST
39
Mill Street 01865 881159, open Monday-
Friday 09:00-17:30, Saturday
09:00-12:30. Hitesh and Anita
Nayee
POSTAL
COLLECTIONS
There
are boxes outside the Post Office in
Mill Street; beside the
Bartholomew Rooms in the Square;
beside Janty's in Acre End Street;
beside the Star Inn on Witney Road;
beside the Spar in Spareacre
Lane; and on Hanborough Road (junction
with Wytham View).
Barnard
Gate has a box in the wall
outside the Boot Inn.
Latest
collections are from outside
the Post Office: Monday-Friday 19:00,
Saturday 11:20; Bank Holidays
11:00.
RADIO
RECYLING
see also waste
Kerbside
recycling:
A free recycling box
is available for paper, glass,
cans, textiles, foil, plastics,
batteries, aerosols and cardboard.
Contact West
Oxfordshire Environmental Services
01993 861000
Green waste
bins are
supplied and emptied fortnightly for
£30 April 2007-March 2008:
tel 01993 861020 email
Home
composting:
A range of council-
subsidised home composters is
currently available from as little as
£8, including delivery.
Order
from Recycle
Now while stocks last: 0845 077
0757
Recycling
Bank, Back Lane car park
cans,
card, glass, paper, plastics,
shoes, textiles. Enquiries: 01993
861020.
Waste
Recycling Centre:
Dix Pit, off
Eynsham-Hardwick Rd, just west
of Stanton Harcourt village,
for:
acids;
batteries - car & house; bikes;
cans; cardboard; chemicals -
garden & household; computer
monitors; fluorescent tubes;
fridges; glass & sheet glass;
garden compostible waste; gas
cylinders; lightbulbs; oil -motor
engine (not vegetable oil or brake
fluid); paint; paper; plastic - low
density (fizzy drinks bottles,
milk bottles, shampoo bottles, plastic
bottle caps, yoghurt pots,
margarine tubs, plastic flower pots),
rubble; scrap metal; textiles;
televisions
Open: 08:00-17:00
all year; closes at 20:00 on
Thursday April-September
Trade waste
08:00-16:00 Monday-Friday,
08:00 to 12:00 on Saturday.
Contact:
Oxfordshire County Council 01865 815796
Email
ROAD
REPAIRS
Oxfordshire
Highways 0845 310 1111 Email
Northern
Area Depot, Ron Groves House, 23
Oxford Road, Kidlington, OX5 2BP
Fax
01865 848075
ROUNDABOUT
see Newspapers
SCHOOLS
see also
Education
Bartholomew
School; annual
review; weekly menus
Witney
Road OX29 4AP Tel 01865 881430 Fax
883973
Email
Headteacher
Andrew Hamilton; Head's PA/Office
Manager Beth
Bedford
Chairman of Governors Mrs
Jane Osborne
Bartholomew School
Association: Chair Sarah Lindon 01993
883490 Email
Eynsham Community Primary
School; governors'
report; history
1967-99
Beech Road OX29 4LJ Tel
01865 881294 Fax 883094 Email
Headteacher
Mrs Zena Vass
Chairman of Governors
Kit Howells 01865 881378
Primary
School PTA: Chair Elaine Humphries 01865
883627
SCHOOL TERMS & HOLIDAYS
2008 see
also activities for Young
People
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Term
5
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21
April
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23
May
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Late
Spring
Holiday
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26
May
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30
May
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Term
6
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02
June
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23
July
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Summer
holiday
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24
July
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29
August
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Term
1
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02
September
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24
October
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October
Holiday
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27
October
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31
October
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Term
2
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03
November
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19
December
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Christmas
Holiday
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22
December
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02
January
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Term
3
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06
January
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13
February
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February
Holiday
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16
February
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20
February
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Term
4
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23
February
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03
April
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SOCIAL
& COMMUNITY SERVICES (adults)
- County Council: 0845 050
7666 STREET
CLEANING
The
Parish Council pays to supplement this
service, which is carried out
under contract to West Oxfordshire
District Council. It
includes:
Mechanical
sweeping of
highways
Litter
picking to highway verges and
all other relevant
land
Litter
bin provision and servicing;
dog bin provision and
servicing
Removal
of fly-posters and fly-tipping
deposits
Enforcement
action in respect of litter,
fly-posting, fly-tipping
etc.
For
more information contact any member of
the Parish
Council.
STREET
LIGHTS: free
24 Hour Fault Line 0800
317802 Email
TELEVISION
TOILETS
The
public toilets in Oxford Road (north
side) playing fields were
completely refurbished in 2006
(District Council). Work on the
toilets in Back Lane car park is
scheduled for later.
TOLL
BRIDGE (Swinford) see also
THEN
& NOW – tolls and
trains
links
Eynsham to Oxford via Farmoor and
Botley. Charge: 5p for cars
(currently the lowest toll in
England); charity collection on public
holidays. Allow extra time for your
journey in the morning and evening
rush hour/s.
TRAINS
see also Buses
For
more information contact any member of
the Parish
Council.
Hanborough
station: Witney Road, Long Hanborough
OX29 8LA (3½
miles)
serves Oxford, London
Paddington, Worcester and Hereford
(First Great Western
trains). Live
departures
Oxford
station: Park End Street,
Oxford OX1 1HS (6 miles)
serves Bristol, Edinburgh via
Birmingham and London via Reading.
Train operators: First Great Western
and
Virgin
Timetables
(all services):
National
Rail Enquiries 08457 48 49
50
For
the Traveline integrated bus/rail
Journey Planner click
here
UTILITIES
see electricity,
gas, water
WALKS
see also Footpaths; Lock;
Open
Spaces
The
following leaflets are widely
available :
'Eynsham
Unlocked', a short tour of
the
village centre, highlighting historic
features and other points of
interest. Published by the Parish
Council, 2005.
Free.
'Eynsham
Abbey Heritage Trail',
created in 2002 to mark the bounds of
the
former precinct, with carved
stone from the abbey built into the
engraved 'stations'.
Free.
'Oxfordshire
Village Circular Walks 1
– Eynsham'. Four walks, ranging
from
4 to 8 miles and taking in
Church Hanborough, Eynsham lock,
Freeland, Pinkhill lock, South
Leigh, Swinford toll bridge, the
Thames Path and Wytham Wood.
Ask in the Library:
40p.
WASTE
see also recycling
Household
collection: Thursday; bulky household
waste on application (also
unwanted cars).
Trade waste: prices
on application.
Contact:
West Oxfordshire Environmental
Services 01993 861020
Elmfield, New
Yatt Road, Witney OX28 1PB. Fax 01993
861053 Email
WATER
Thames
Water Utilities, PO Box 286,
Swindon SN38 2RA
By switching to
a water meter, you pay only for the
water you use and may save money.
Fitting is free.
For bills,
change of address, meter readings:
0845 9200 805
For all other
enquiries and emergencies: 0845 9200
800
WEST
OXFORDSHIRE DISTRICT COUNCIL see
District
Council
EYNSHAM ONLINE is an Eynsham
Parish Council
initiative.
Email
comment/queries to
eynsham-online@hotmail.co.uk
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