Latest Covid-19 News update Entering week two of lock-down and nothing of significance to report. Unsurprisingly COVID cases in Oxfordshire are up again this week compared to last but that is expected as the impact of lockdown is yet to be reflected. A total of 965 cases have been reported for the week ending 6th […] Read More

Spooky times as lockdown returns to haunt us all! Halloween Trail a Great Success (see photos on the village Facebook page) Well done Sandra Edwards for organising the event and the many others who joined in by carving out pumpkins, building fabulous displays and contributing treats. As one young girl put it: “Had a lovely […] Read More

Don’t get spooked but Halloween is upon us! Thanks go to Sandra Edwards for organising the event and the many others who have joined in by carving out pumpkins or contributing treats. As a result, a substantial pumpkin trail is being laid out around the village involving over twenty locations and a map has been […] Read More

Oxfordshire close to ‘high’ COVID-19 alert level – 22/10/2020 This is a message from our County Councillor, Ian Corkin, which is well worth noting: “Good afternoon all, You may have seen some speculation about alert levels for Oxfordshire in the news this week and I wanted to take this opportunity to update you directly on […] Read More

A bit of a lengthy newsletter because there was none last week. There is news of some events being planned and an update on the road closures in the area. But to start, an attempt to sum up and make sense of the rapidly changing Covid-19 situation, with apologies to those who have already worked […] Read More

An open letter from Alice Goodall, the Rector of the Shelswell Group of Parishes. Dear Resident At the risk of sounding a bit melodramatic, I am really worried about the future of Stratton Audley Church.  As the village’s oldest building, it represents the worship, prayers and generosity of hundreds of villagers for generations. It provides […] Read More

Road Closure from the A4421 to Poundon This is just a reminder that the road to Poundon from the crossroads with Mill Road will remain closed over the next few weeks for remedial works by EWR. The current works are to the surface of the road and are due to be completed by next Thursday […] Read More

As some of you will have found out for yourselves, the Stratton Park road from the A4421 to Poundon is closed along it complete length not just from the crossroads with Mill Road to Godington. Despite our meeting with senior people on Friday from both EWR and OCC which confirmed that the road past Stratton […] Read More

A Helping Hand With the on-set of Autumn, the rise in the number of new Covid-19 cases and the new Government restrictions, it is perhaps timely to remind everyone that we have a list of volunteers prepared to help anyone who is feeling poorly and may need assistance. I know that everyone is doing their […] Read More

Covid-19 – Just when we thought it was safe to come out of our homes! Today’s new confirmed infection figures of 4300 are around 1000 higher than yesterday and the estimate is that the infection rate today is really closer to 6000. The spiralling figures bring the possibility of a new national lockdown ever closer. […] Read More