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Muddy Stilettos has named Headington as one of the eight best places to live in Oxfordshire: bucksoxon.muddystilettos.co.uk/best-places-...
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November 20, 2025 at 4:26 PM
Muddy Stilettos has named Headington as one of the eight best places to live in Oxfordshire: bucksoxon.muddystilettos.co.uk/best-places-...
The Medina Foods Market has pulled its hygiene rating up from zero to 4: ratings.food.gov.uk/business/156...
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November 20, 2025 at 3:58 PM
The Medina Foods Market has pulled its hygiene rating up from zero to 4: ratings.food.gov.uk/business/156...
Ramen Koncept is evidently going to be opening in the former Craft Burger premises in Windmill Road
November 20, 2025 at 10:50 AM
Ramen Koncept is evidently going to be opening in the former Craft Burger premises in Windmill Road
A Legal Agreement dated 18 November 2025 (353 pages) has been added by SODC to the approved planning application relating to the land stretching from Northway to Barton north of Bayswater Brook. The 40 sheets of maps (screen pages 181–220) give great detail: data.southoxon.gov.uk/ccm/support/...
Planning Application P22/S4618/O
South Oxfordshire District Council Abbey House, Abbey Close, Abingdon OX14 3JE
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November 20, 2025 at 8:19 AM
A Legal Agreement dated 18 November 2025 (353 pages) has been added by SODC to the approved planning application relating to the land stretching from Northway to Barton north of Bayswater Brook. The 40 sheets of maps (screen pages 181–220) give great detail: data.southoxon.gov.uk/ccm/support/...
Another new set of lockers at the Shell/Little Waitrose in Headington: InPost
November 19, 2025 at 8:51 AM
Another new set of lockers at the Shell/Little Waitrose in Headington: InPost
A building control application submitted today shows that the former NatWest Bank in Headington is being refurbished for an estate agent: public.oxford.gov.uk/online-appli...
November 18, 2025 at 4:49 PM
A building control application submitted today shows that the former NatWest Bank in Headington is being refurbished for an estate agent: public.oxford.gov.uk/online-appli...
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We pity anyone trying to walk/wheel on the pavements of Windmill Road. A lot of submissions this week!
#badlyparkedcars
#antisocialparking
#banpavementparking
#pavementsareforpeople
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#badlyparkedcars
#antisocialparking
#banpavementparking
#pavementsareforpeople
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November 14, 2025 at 10:52 PM
We pity anyone trying to walk/wheel on the pavements of Windmill Road. A lot of submissions this week!
#badlyparkedcars
#antisocialparking
#banpavementparking
#pavementsareforpeople
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#badlyparkedcars
#antisocialparking
#banpavementparking
#pavementsareforpeople
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Wooldridge & Simpson began work today on the former NatWest building, which has been vacant since the bank closed on 7 February 2023. The delivery motorbikes that used this area for parking seem to have moved outside Ladbroke's
November 13, 2025 at 2:46 PM
Wooldridge & Simpson began work today on the former NatWest building, which has been vacant since the bank closed on 7 February 2023. The delivery motorbikes that used this area for parking seem to have moved outside Ladbroke's
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Good news; the section of Lye Valley fen boardwalk destroyed by arson in the summer has been repaired by Oxford City Council Parks staff- thanks! @friendlyevalley.bsky.social
November 12, 2025 at 3:48 PM
Good news; the section of Lye Valley fen boardwalk destroyed by arson in the summer has been repaired by Oxford City Council Parks staff- thanks! @friendlyevalley.bsky.social
The English Indices of Deprivation 2025 show that one area in Headington is in the 1% least deprived in England, and other parts in the 2% least deprived. There are no longer any areas of Barton that are in the 10% or 20% most deprived areas www.oxford.gov.uk/news/article...
Deprivation across Oxford has reduced, but city remains unequal – new data reveals – Oxford City Council
Deprivation across Oxford has reduced, but city remains unequal – new data reveals
https://www.oxford.gov.uk/news/article/1765/deprivation-across-oxford-has-reduced-but-city-remains-unequal-–-new-data-reveals
November 12, 2025 at 8:28 AM
The English Indices of Deprivation 2025 show that one area in Headington is in the 1% least deprived in England, and other parts in the 2% least deprived. There are no longer any areas of Barton that are in the 10% or 20% most deprived areas www.oxford.gov.uk/news/article...
The agenda for the Planning Committee meeting on 18 November 2025 includes three Headington items: 15 Halliday Hill, 11 Glebelands, and 8 Dunstan Road: mycouncil.oxford.gov.uk/ieListDocume...
Agenda for Planning - Oxford City Planning Committee on Tuesday 18 November 2025, 6.00 pm | Oxford City Council
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November 10, 2025 at 4:58 PM
The agenda for the Planning Committee meeting on 18 November 2025 includes three Headington items: 15 Halliday Hill, 11 Glebelands, and 8 Dunstan Road: mycouncil.oxford.gov.uk/ieListDocume...
Remembrance: This panel in St Andrew’s Church lists five men of Old Headington who fell in the Second World War. It includes George Coggins, who lived at 9 The Croft and died at the age of 21 in an Italian prisoner of war camp from gunshot wounds sustained during the Anzio Campaign.
November 9, 2025 at 8:55 AM
Remembrance: This panel in St Andrew’s Church lists five men of Old Headington who fell in the Second World War. It includes George Coggins, who lived at 9 The Croft and died at the age of 21 in an Italian prisoner of war camp from gunshot wounds sustained during the Anzio Campaign.
Weather vanes at Headington School Oxford ("HSO"), Holy Trinity Church in Headington Quarry, and St Andrew's Church in Old Headington today. Are there any more in Headington?
November 8, 2025 at 5:26 PM
Weather vanes at Headington School Oxford ("HSO"), Holy Trinity Church in Headington Quarry, and St Andrew's Church in Old Headington today. Are there any more in Headington?
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Roads are for cars
Driveways are for cars
Pavements are for cars
Where do the people go?
#pavementsareforpeople
#banpavementparking
#antisocialparking
Mattock Close
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Driveways are for cars
Pavements are for cars
Where do the people go?
#pavementsareforpeople
#banpavementparking
#antisocialparking
Mattock Close
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November 7, 2025 at 4:29 PM
Roads are for cars
Driveways are for cars
Pavements are for cars
Where do the people go?
#pavementsareforpeople
#banpavementparking
#antisocialparking
Mattock Close
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Driveways are for cars
Pavements are for cars
Where do the people go?
#pavementsareforpeople
#banpavementparking
#antisocialparking
Mattock Close
@headingtonnews.bsky.social
This Friday (7 November 2025)
Looking forward to hearing Sholto Kynoch's reflections, so soon after the glorious Oxford International Song Festival. All welcome 8.15pm at St Andrew's Church, Old Headington @oldheadington.bsky.social @headingtonnews.bsky.social
November 6, 2025 at 4:47 PM
This Friday (7 November 2025)
Bhoomi Kitchen says goodbye to Headington
November 5, 2025 at 4:35 PM
Bhoomi Kitchen says goodbye to Headington
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New staff accommodation at the John Radcliffe is a step closer to completion as a 'topping out' ceremony marks completion of the roof on units on Ivy Lane. This is part of the Trust's project to provide new staff with high-quality homes at rents more affordable than Oxfordshire’s private market.
November 4, 2025 at 10:18 AM
New staff accommodation at the John Radcliffe is a step closer to completion as a 'topping out' ceremony marks completion of the roof on units on Ivy Lane. This is part of the Trust's project to provide new staff with high-quality homes at rents more affordable than Oxfordshire’s private market.
The planning application to convert the house in Franklin Road that was badly damaged by fire into a large HMO with a new extension at the side and back and a loft conversion has been approved: public.oxford.gov.uk/online-appli...
October 31, 2025 at 9:20 AM
The planning application to convert the house in Franklin Road that was badly damaged by fire into a large HMO with a new extension at the side and back and a loft conversion has been approved: public.oxford.gov.uk/online-appli...
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15 new affordable homes in Westlands Drive, Northway, have been given the go-ahead. City Council housing arm Ox Place is building them as a “low car development”, with just 3 car spaces (2 wheelchair users, 1 visiting carers) but bike spaces for each house plus communal storage.
October 30, 2025 at 4:28 PM
15 new affordable homes in Westlands Drive, Northway, have been given the go-ahead. City Council housing arm Ox Place is building them as a “low car development”, with just 3 car spaces (2 wheelchair users, 1 visiting carers) but bike spaces for each house plus communal storage.
The planning application for a block of seven HMO flats to replace the former Savvy and barber’s shop at 255 & 257 London Road (on the eastern corner of Barton Road) has been approved: public.oxford.gov.uk/online-appli...
October 30, 2025 at 11:43 AM
The planning application for a block of seven HMO flats to replace the former Savvy and barber’s shop at 255 & 257 London Road (on the eastern corner of Barton Road) has been approved: public.oxford.gov.uk/online-appli...
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Oxford’s Temporary Congestion Charge is now live. The charge will be at points on six roads in Oxford. Cars with permits & all other vehicles can pass through charge locations for free. Without a permit, £5 per day is payable.
www.oxfordshire.gov.uk/transport-an...
www.oxfordshire.gov.uk/transport-an...
October 29, 2025 at 7:55 AM
Oxford’s Temporary Congestion Charge is now live. The charge will be at points on six roads in Oxford. Cars with permits & all other vehicles can pass through charge locations for free. Without a permit, £5 per day is payable.
www.oxfordshire.gov.uk/transport-an...
www.oxfordshire.gov.uk/transport-an...
Splendid Halloween postbox topper on the London Road at its junction with Ramsay Road
October 29, 2025 at 8:24 AM
Splendid Halloween postbox topper on the London Road at its junction with Ramsay Road
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If you are in the Oxford area next Thursday, I’m giving a talk on the birds of the Lye Valley area. It’s a multimedia presentation (pictures and calls!) covering the resident and migratory birds recorded in this part of the city. See you there!
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#Oxonbirding
#Oxford
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#Oxonbirding
#Oxford
October 28, 2025 at 9:40 PM
If you are in the Oxford area next Thursday, I’m giving a talk on the birds of the Lye Valley area. It’s a multimedia presentation (pictures and calls!) covering the resident and migratory birds recorded in this part of the city. See you there!
@friendlyevalley.bsky.social
#Oxonbirding
#Oxford
@friendlyevalley.bsky.social
#Oxonbirding
#Oxford
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Comet Lemmon was visible between the clouds over Headington, Oxford this evening. Pictures taken on my phone, through my birding ‘scope.
#CometLemmon #Oxford
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#CometLemmon #Oxford
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October 25, 2025 at 6:37 PM
Comet Lemmon was visible between the clouds over Headington, Oxford this evening. Pictures taken on my phone, through my birding ‘scope.
#CometLemmon #Oxford
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#CometLemmon #Oxford
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An appeal has been launched against the city council’s refusal of planning permission for a first-floor side extension at 1 Derwent Avenue (25/01657/FUL): acp.planninginspectorate.gov.uk/ViewCase.asp...
Reference: APP/G3110/D/25/3374851
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October 24, 2025 at 7:24 AM
An appeal has been launched against the city council’s refusal of planning permission for a first-floor side extension at 1 Derwent Avenue (25/01657/FUL): acp.planninginspectorate.gov.uk/ViewCase.asp...