Epwell

Welcome to Epwell’s Village website

Our village lies on the ironstone downs of North Oxfordshire, about seven miles to the west of Banbury, close to the county boundary with South Warwickshire and to the northern reach of the Cotswold escarpment.

The website holds lots of useful information about village events, organisations, services and Epwell’s fascinating history.  

News items and events coming soon will be mentioned on this page.  To suggest items contact editor@epwell.com

VILLAGE NEWS

EVENTS

Epwell walking group   Last Monday of month   10.30 to 12.30 am   Meet at VH

Coffee mornings     Second Wednesday of month     10.30 am to noon  Village Hall. 

Whist Evenings  Village Hall  Tuesdays once a month   7- 10 pm £5.  

 

PARISH COUNCIL NEWS

Parish Council meetings –  Agenda and Minutes 

Next PC meeting on Monday 8th September 2025 at 8pm. View the agenda.

Local Government Re-organisation

Following the publication of the Government’s English Devolution White Paper last December, it was proposed that areas in England with the current three tier system (Parish/Town, District and County) would be abolished in favour of a two tier Unitary governance structure.

Parish and Town Councils will remain the first tier of Local Government, but the upper District / County tiers will be amalgamated in some way.

Following this announcement the ‘key players’ of the Districts and County in the area have been asked by Central Government to put together proposals on how they would envisage running the new authority / authorities.

There are three proposals:

• Cherwell, West and City (City and Shires)  and  South and Vale and West Berkshire (Ridgeway) who are working together as Two Councils – https://twocouncils.org/
• Oxford (Greater Oxford) – https://greateroxford.org/
• County Council (Oxfordshire) – https://www.oxfordshire.gov.uk/council/local-government-reorganisation-and-devolution/interim-proposal

 

 

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WALKS 

From Epwell.      To Swalcliffe and back.

Local walks websites   Shutford circular walks

 

DEFIBRILLATOR

At side of Village Hall.   To activate you should call 999 and state location of the Village Hall.  OX15 6LA.     You will be given a code.  Thereafter follow the instructions given by the device.

 

NEWS FROM THE LOCAL AREA

There are Community Choirs and Choral Societies

one based in Shenington, meeting on Wednesdays, click here

another in Brailes rehearsing on Sundays. See Brailes website

Stour Singers in Shipston rehearse on Thursdays 7.30 pm in Shipston. See their website.

Cherwell Choral Society meet on Tuesdays.  See their website.

Cherwell District Council News

Banbury Vision 2050
See Reference section under Parish Council

EPWELL ECHO        current issue 

Note that it has been compressed and so the quality is slightly reduced from the printed version

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