Cllr Anna Railton 🌹
@annarailton.bsky.social
🌹 Labour city councillor for Hinksey Park, deputy leader & cabinet member for zero carbon Oxford
Unofficial bridge champion
Unofficial bridge champion
New robo-postbox
Useful but slightly ruined the timeless aesthetic of the old ones
Useful but slightly ruined the timeless aesthetic of the old ones
October 19, 2025 at 2:40 PM
New robo-postbox
Useful but slightly ruined the timeless aesthetic of the old ones
Useful but slightly ruined the timeless aesthetic of the old ones
Does anyone know how on earth you snap a bike frame like this as I've just done that
853 steel frame, 8 years old, never crashed it or even ridden it in the rain. What on earth 😭😭
853 steel frame, 8 years old, never crashed it or even ridden it in the rain. What on earth 😭😭
October 18, 2025 at 12:12 PM
Does anyone know how on earth you snap a bike frame like this as I've just done that
853 steel frame, 8 years old, never crashed it or even ridden it in the rain. What on earth 😭😭
853 steel frame, 8 years old, never crashed it or even ridden it in the rain. What on earth 😭😭
Assume drivers have to get out and push too right 🤔
October 11, 2025 at 4:52 PM
Assume drivers have to get out and push too right 🤔
Well definitely going to be trying this one out www.oxfordmail.co.uk/news/2544125...
New cafe proposed for city centre to be run by monks
Plans for a new cafe in St Giles, Oxford, have been revealed in a planning application - along with the revelation that it would be run by a…
www.oxfordmail.co.uk
September 6, 2025 at 7:01 AM
Well definitely going to be trying this one out www.oxfordmail.co.uk/news/2544125...
In an Oxford barbers 🙃
August 30, 2025 at 2:21 PM
In an Oxford barbers 🙃
Something very delightfully Oxford about someone taking the time to hand-paint a temporary Queens Lane sign when scaffolding covers the original
August 28, 2025 at 9:35 PM
Something very delightfully Oxford about someone taking the time to hand-paint a temporary Queens Lane sign when scaffolding covers the original
Delighted with this purchase
August 5, 2025 at 12:55 PM
Delighted with this purchase
What losing 10% of your body weight does to you, as told by trips to Wells Cathedral
August 2, 2025 at 5:01 PM
What losing 10% of your body weight does to you, as told by trips to Wells Cathedral
Reposted by Cllr Anna Railton 🌹
A fatberg the size of a blue whale has been removed from Oxford’s sewers. It took two weeks to remove the 120-tonne lump of congealed fat, oil, grease and wipes, while maintaining Oxford’s wastewater flow and guarding against high gas levels elevated by the fatberg.
August 1, 2025 at 2:23 PM
A fatberg the size of a blue whale has been removed from Oxford’s sewers. It took two weeks to remove the 120-tonne lump of congealed fat, oil, grease and wipes, while maintaining Oxford’s wastewater flow and guarding against high gas levels elevated by the fatberg.
Unofficial bridge champion position CONFIRMED with 2x bits about 2x different bridges in the press today 🌉✨
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.oxfordmail.co.uk/news/2535010...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.oxfordmail.co.uk/news/2535010...
Oxford footbridge history depicted in new information boards
Oxford City Council has installed two information boards on the history of Gasworks Pipe Bridge in St Ebbe's.
www.bbc.co.uk
July 30, 2025 at 11:11 AM
Unofficial bridge champion position CONFIRMED with 2x bits about 2x different bridges in the press today 🌉✨
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.oxfordmail.co.uk/news/2535010...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.oxfordmail.co.uk/news/2535010...
Do love some tufted vetch 🥰
July 29, 2025 at 5:57 PM
Do love some tufted vetch 🥰
On the radio this morning talking about the impact of congestion charge on the ice rink
🏒 lots of kit
⏲️ weird times of day
🗺️ travelling huge distances
📅 multiple times a week
👩👦 lots of juniors
Could be absolutely disastrous for clubs & rink without an exemption
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
🏒 lots of kit
⏲️ weird times of day
🗺️ travelling huge distances
📅 multiple times a week
👩👦 lots of juniors
Could be absolutely disastrous for clubs & rink without an exemption
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
July 29, 2025 at 10:09 AM
On the radio this morning talking about the impact of congestion charge on the ice rink
🏒 lots of kit
⏲️ weird times of day
🗺️ travelling huge distances
📅 multiple times a week
👩👦 lots of juniors
Could be absolutely disastrous for clubs & rink without an exemption
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
🏒 lots of kit
⏲️ weird times of day
🗺️ travelling huge distances
📅 multiple times a week
👩👦 lots of juniors
Could be absolutely disastrous for clubs & rink without an exemption
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Reposted by Cllr Anna Railton 🌹
Other cities may have better vistas and landmarks, or more impressive colonnades and sprawling public spaces, but few cities do better *glimpses* than Oxford.
Nobody can touch us when it comes to half-seen things that stick in the memory.
Nobody can touch us when it comes to half-seen things that stick in the memory.
July 25, 2025 at 11:03 AM
Other cities may have better vistas and landmarks, or more impressive colonnades and sprawling public spaces, but few cities do better *glimpses* than Oxford.
Nobody can touch us when it comes to half-seen things that stick in the memory.
Nobody can touch us when it comes to half-seen things that stick in the memory.
This is one of my favourite views in Oxford
As you pass under the Bridge of Sighs, the gothic spire of Essex College chapel flashes into view for a moment before being lost behind the Sheldonian again. Sublime.
As you pass under the Bridge of Sighs, the gothic spire of Essex College chapel flashes into view for a moment before being lost behind the Sheldonian again. Sublime.
July 25, 2025 at 10:53 AM
This is one of my favourite views in Oxford
As you pass under the Bridge of Sighs, the gothic spire of Essex College chapel flashes into view for a moment before being lost behind the Sheldonian again. Sublime.
As you pass under the Bridge of Sighs, the gothic spire of Essex College chapel flashes into view for a moment before being lost behind the Sheldonian again. Sublime.
Reposted by Cllr Anna Railton 🌹
An Oxford landlord will have to pay over £11,000 after poor conditions were uncovered in one of his rental properties. Faults included an inadequate fire alarm, lacking ventilation, missing stair guards, and badly maintained fire doors. www.oxford.gov.uk/news/article...
July 22, 2025 at 5:42 PM
An Oxford landlord will have to pay over £11,000 after poor conditions were uncovered in one of his rental properties. Faults included an inadequate fire alarm, lacking ventilation, missing stair guards, and badly maintained fire doors. www.oxford.gov.uk/news/article...
Wantage 🤝 Winchester
Proper good statues of Alfred the Great 🫶
Proper good statues of Alfred the Great 🫶
July 22, 2025 at 5:17 PM
Wantage 🤝 Winchester
Proper good statues of Alfred the Great 🫶
Proper good statues of Alfred the Great 🫶
Just did a task that I've been putting off for 13 months
It took 20 mins
🥲
It took 20 mins
🥲
a close up of a cartoon character with smiley faces on it 's face .
ALT: a close up of a cartoon character with smiley faces on it 's face .
media.tenor.com
July 21, 2025 at 9:45 AM
Just did a task that I've been putting off for 13 months
It took 20 mins
🥲
It took 20 mins
🥲
Found a couple of nice Oxfordshire mosaics this week
1) Witney mosaic sheep
2) Kidlington mosaic... flamingos??
1) Witney mosaic sheep
2) Kidlington mosaic... flamingos??
July 20, 2025 at 8:15 PM
Found a couple of nice Oxfordshire mosaics this week
1) Witney mosaic sheep
2) Kidlington mosaic... flamingos??
1) Witney mosaic sheep
2) Kidlington mosaic... flamingos??
Great sign on the A40
July 18, 2025 at 4:52 PM
Great sign on the A40
Cracking new bakery just opened on the High Street, love to see it 🤩
July 17, 2025 at 10:20 AM
Cracking new bakery just opened on the High Street, love to see it 🤩
The wheel benders at Kidlington Library 😭😱😱
July 17, 2025 at 9:47 AM
The wheel benders at Kidlington Library 😭😱😱
Cracking set of desire lines at Oxford Parkway 👌
July 17, 2025 at 8:25 AM
Cracking set of desire lines at Oxford Parkway 👌
Today I learnt that bumblebees will use globe thistles to shelter from the rain 🥹
July 15, 2025 at 8:41 PM
Today I learnt that bumblebees will use globe thistles to shelter from the rain 🥹
Big thumbs up to whoever planted these sunflowers on Abingdon Road 🫶
July 15, 2025 at 2:28 PM
Big thumbs up to whoever planted these sunflowers on Abingdon Road 🫶
Reposted by Cllr Anna Railton 🌹
2000 years ago: the Romans would let an aqueduct destroy the Gardon Valley. We need clean water, but at what cost?
July 14, 2025 at 8:40 AM
2000 years ago: the Romans would let an aqueduct destroy the Gardon Valley. We need clean water, but at what cost?