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Riverside Pool in Wallingford on a sunny day with water safety and first aid equipment ready for a public training session

October 21, 2025

Thousands of visitors help make the Riverside summer season a sizzler! 

Published 21 October 2025 Over 22,000 visitors enjoyed the facilities at Riverside Park and Pools in Wallingford this summer.  South Oxfordshire District Council and its leisure provider GLL, who manage the site at Riverside Park and Pools on behalf of the council, saw a 45 per cent increase in visitors compared to 2024.   The pool […]

An illustration of a Halloween scene showing five costumed figures—a child in a grey cat suit, a man as a mummy, two people in white ghost costumes, and a woman dressed as a witch—standing on a wooden floor. They hold pumpkin baskets and jack-o'-lanterns against a wooden wall background decorated with black bats and spiders.

October 16, 2025

Five frightfully good ways to save waste this Halloween

South Oxfordshire and Vale of White Horse District Councils are urging residents to enjoy a spooktacular Halloween without letting waste come back to haunt them. Every year, thousands of pumpkins and costumes end up in the bin after just one night of fright. But with a few simple swaps, we can all help save money, […]

An illustration of people from different cultures, ages, genders and races to reflect the 10 protected characteristics

October 16, 2025

Roadshow celebrates equality and diversity across the districts 

Published 16 October 2025 ‘What does equality mean to you?’ – that’s a question officers from South Oxfordshire and Vale of White Horse District Councils will be asking residents on their Equalities Roadshow starting on Tuesday 21 October.  Council officers will be travelling across the districts to speak to the public about what the councils […]

a picture of the red Volkswagen Polo, left on the B4526

October 15, 2025

Man ordered to pay over £2,300 for abandoning damaged car 

A man from Cholsey has been ordered to pay more than £2,300 after abandoning a damaged vehicle in Goring Heath, following successful action by South Oxfordshire District Council.  Matthew Butlin, of Rothwells Close, Cholsey, was found guilty at Oxford Magistrates’ Court on Friday 3 October, after failing to respond to repeated notices and requests for […]

October 14, 2025

Council cabinet to discuss progress report on net zero

By installing solar panels on its buildings and replacing petrol and diesel vehicles with EVs, South Oxfordshire District Council is moving towards its ambitious target of net zero in its own operations by the end of the decade.

October 13, 2025

Park Sports Centre on track to replace end-of-life gas boilers with solar panels and air source heat pumps

Preparations are underway at Park Sports Centre in Wheatley for construction work to install sustainable energy efficiency measures at the site which could make savings on energy bills and carbon emissions.

The image is taken from a slightly elevated position, from a cctv camera across the road. Foreground: A set of traffic lights is prominently visible on the right side of the frame. The lights are black and appear to be showing a red signal in this view (though the lamps themselves are dark). The road surface immediately in the foreground has white road markings, including a solid white stop line and dashed lane markings. Mid-Ground: The centre of the image is dominated by a mini-roundabout, indicated by a painted circle with white arrows pointing clockwise around it. Numerous other white dashed lines indicate lanes and pedestrian crossings leading into and out of the roundabout. To the left of the roundabout, there is a raised kerb with a small, tiered planter area. A blue circular sign with white arrows (indicating a mandatory direction of travel) is mounted on a pole near the kerb. Background (Left/Centre): A single-story or ground-floor shop is visible behind the roundabout and raised kerb. The shop has an awning and its signage says

October 9, 2025

Safety boost as town centre CCTV goes fully digital across South Oxfordshire

Five new high-definition CCTV cameras have been installed in Didcot town centre, completing a £160,000 project to digitise town centre CCTV cameras across the district.

Decorative montage of local landscape images

October 8, 2025

Councils to take positive steps to represent communities despite concerns with Inspectors’ Local Plan decision

South Oxfordshire and Vale of White Horse District Councils have written an open letter in which they have stated the Planning Inspectors’ conclusions on their Joint Local Plan were unwarranted and lacking coherent explanation.

an illustration of 4 people doing gardening

October 8, 2025

Brown bin permit holders can have extra garden waste collected this Autumn

Brown bin permit holders can have extra garden waste collected for free, on their normal scheduled collection day only, between 27 October and 7 November. 

October 2, 2025

Joint statement from Oxfordshire Council leaders on Manchester terrorist incident

Published 2 October 2025 “We want to express our shared shock and horror at the terrorist incident that took place at Heaton Park Synagogue in Manchester today. “We are horrified that on Yom Kippur, the holiest day in the Jewish calendar, Manchester’s Jewish community – and by extension the wider Jewish community – has been […]