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Scarecrow Trail 2024 – 25th May

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Scarecrow Trail in East Hagbourne :

Theme: “Your Favourite TV Character”

Saturday 25th May until Sunday 9thJune

Buy your maps for £1 from the Community Shop and The Fleur from Saturday 25th May in order to follow and vote for your favourite scarecrow.

Entry forms are available in the magazine, at the Community Shop or you can print your own from HERE

Entry forms to be returned by Friday 3rd May.

Profits will be shared between Oxfordshire Wildlife Rescue and WaterAid.

The Hagbourne Action Group are kindly doing teas in Church during the afternoons of Sunday 26th May and Sunday 2ndJune when maps will also be for sale.

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The Annual Parish Meeting – 28th March

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The Annual Parish Meeting is being held at Hagbourne Village Hall on Thursday 28th March.

The full agenda can be found here

We look forward to seeing you there, thank you.

UPCOMING ROADWORKS ON MAIN ROAD 18TH MARCH – 12TH APRIL

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UPCOMING ROADWORKS ON MAIN ROAD 18TH MARCH – 12TH APRIL
The Parish Council has received advanced notice of upcoming S278 roadworks along Main Road.
The contractor, Agetur, has provided the following information:

The majority of the work will be done under 3 way signal control. Whilst the road is controlled under signals, to reduce the road congesting up around school times we will either remove the lights to allow the school traffic to filter out naturally, or where this is not achievable we will manually operate the lights to control the traffic.
The works will progress into a road closure which will be on the 8th -12th April. Agetur have liaised with the bus company and agreed to allow through traffic for the 94A service. The only time this will be affected is on the 9th April 2024 when the war memorial 10:21am pick will be suspended to create a 4 hour window for the new road surface to cure and harden. The 12:21pm service will resume as normal and will be allowed through access.

TRAFFIC REGULATION NOTICE ROAD TRAFFIC REGULATION ACT, 1984

Notice is hereby given pursuant to Section 14(2) of the Road Traffic Regulation Act, 1984, that the Oxfordshire County Council
TEMPORARILY PROHIBITS THE USE OF THE HIGHWAY BY ALL MOTOR VEHICLES

LOCATION: East Hagbourne, Main Road

REASON: To facilitate complete main entrance to home development, road upgrades and install the required design changes and markings

DURATION: Starting on 08 April 2024
The anticipated completion date is 12 April 2024 (date included)
(Traffic Regulation Notices cover a maximum of 5 consecutive days.)

ACCESS: Limited access will be maintained for emergency service vehicles and for frontages within the closed section of road, subject to the progress of the works

SUGGESTED ALTERNATIVE ROUTE: Via Main Road, New Road, Jubilee Way B4016, Broadway (West), Park Road, Main Road and vice versa

Bill Cotton,
Corporate Director : Environment and Place

ClubFest details

Poster for ClubFest

As part of the Village Hall Centenary Celebrations, the public of East and West Hagbourne are invited to pop in to the hall in order to find out how they can join in with all the different happenings and non-profit organisations in our villages. This will also be a great opportunity for non-profit groups to talk to potential new members and helpers as they browse the many table-top pitches, and enjoy the tea and cakes. Sorry, it is not intended as an event for advertising businesses or fee-paid lessons, but we are happy to mention those in the printed programme, so please get in touch anyway.

If you would like to reserve one of those tables for your club or group then please complete the sign-up form and register with us before March 10th. You can download the sign-up form from this webpage.

Space may be limited so best not to delay.

For further detail please contact The Action Group at douga_msn@live.com

Club Fest sign-up form

The Annual Parish Meeting – Thursday 28th March

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Annual Parish Meeting
CIL Project Discussion
The Annual Parish Meeting will be held on Thursday 28th March at Hagbourne Village Hall. Refreshments will be available from 7pm before the meeting commences at 7.30pm.
The Annual Parish Meeting is not a formal Parish Council meeting, although it will include summaries of the Parish Council’s activities over the past year.
The main focus of the upcoming meeting is to discuss priority projects for spending CIL money contributions the Parish Council has received as a result of housing developments in the Parish. Suggestions and discussion from members of the public are welcomed.
The Community Project Strategy has been available on the website for some time and councillors have produced a shortlist of these projects to aid discussion at the meeting :
We look forward to seeing you on 28th March.
Laura Lloyd
Parish Clerk, East Hagbourne Parish Council

Green Book Launch

Green Book Launch COME AND ENJOY A GREEN AFTERNOON IN THE VILLAGE HALL!

Sat 24th Feb 2024 2:30-5:00pm
Venue – Hagbourne Village Hall, Main Road, East Hagbourne, Didcot, OX11 9LR

FREE TEA, COFFEE, AND CAKE!

BOOK READINGS from 3pm by local writers and artists:

  •   Generation 8 author Heather Comina
  •   Artist Linda Benton
  •   Poets from the Poets Trail anthology of green poetry
  •   Followed by open discussion on artistic media and their power to help us to reconnect with nature, each other, and the wider community of life.

    SHARING THE JOY OF NATURE AND ART TO MAKE A DIFFERENCE!

    Reports of doom and disaster resulting from climate change and biodiversity loss are common and can cause feelings of powerlessness. However, we do all have power to act as individuals and communities to make a difference. Sharing our stories and our joy of nature allows us to reconnect with nature, across our community and beyond.

More information here: Green Theme Poster and Flyer

Climate Change & Biodiversity

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EHPC is committed to playing its part to help combat and adapt to climate change and to value and enhance biodiversity in our parish, while respecting its character and appearance.

At its February 2024 meeting, Council adopted a Climate and Biodiversity Strategy that will guide how we achieve this.

  • through sustainable management of our own operations, public land and property.
  • by providing information and discussion with residents on how we can all make contributions in our own lives.

More information can be read here.

Coscote Road Closure – 4th Feb

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The Parish Council has  just received confirmation that the Main Road closure at Coscote Manor on Sunday 4th February will start at 9am. A finish time on the Sunday has not been confirmed by the contractors.TRAFFIC REGULATION NOTICEROAD TRAFFIC REGULATION ACT, 1984Notice is hereby given pursuant to Section 14(2) of the Road TrafficRegulation Act, 1984, that the Oxfordshire County CouncilTEMPORARILY PROHIBITS THE USE OF THE HIGHWAYBY ALL MOTOR VEHICLESLOCATION: East Hagbourne, Main RoadREASON: To facilitate water connectionsDURATION: Starting on 04 February 2024The anticipated completion date is 04 February 2024(date included). This will operate from 09:00( Traffic Regulation Notices cover a maximum of 5consecutive days.)ACCESS: Limited access will be maintained for emergency servicevehicles and for frontages within the closed section ofroad, subject to the progress of the works.