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Headington News @headingtonnews.bsky.social · 8h
Chewe Munkonge, City Councillor for Quarry & Risinghurst (and the current Lord Mayor) will be running in the Oxford Half Marathon tomorrow www.oxfordmail.co.uk/news/2662373...
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Oxford Lord Mayor running first half marathon for Sobell House
Oxford’s Lord Mayor Chewe Munkonge will run a half marathon this weekend to raise funds for Sobell House Hospice, one of his chosen charities for the year.
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Headington News @headingtonnews.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
"Immigration Control" was out in force at Headington shopping centre today
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Headington News @headingtonnews.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Confirmation that Red Oak Taverns has bought the Black Boy from Everards
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Headington News @headingtonnews.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Application 26/04862/TRPREM to transfer the premises licence of the Black Boy public house in Old Headington to Red Oak Taverns Limited. No details given: public.oxford.gov.uk/online-appli...
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Headington News @headingtonnews.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
The Oxford Half Marathon takes place on Sunday (11 October 2026) with about 15,000 runners. Do you remember the very first Oxford Half Marathon in 2011, when it passed through Headington Quarry and along Old Road with only 2,000 runners? Photographs here: www.headington.org.uk/news/items/2...
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Headington News @headingtonnews.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Thames Valley Police are asking for information about a man with an Italian accent who harassed a woman in Woodlands Road, Headington at about 3.45pm on Wednesday 16 September 2026. There is a Facebook link to an e-fit image of the offender www.thamesvalleyalert.co.uk/Alerts/A/503...
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Headington News @headingtonnews.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Sad news about Esther Rantzen. She was a good sport and held the microphone at the unveiling of the Oxfordshire Blue Plaque to Salvador de Madariaga at 3 St Andrew's Road, Headington on 15 October 2011 www.oxonblueplaques.org.uk/plaques/mada...
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Headington News @headingtonnews.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
The west end of Queen Street is closed for resurfacing, and the No.8 bus from Oxford is diverting from Westgate via New Road, Oxpens Road, Speedwell Street and St Aldates to resume its regular route on the High Street.
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Headington News @headingtonnews.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Traffic filters in Oxford operate from today. Here's an interesting piece from the Oxford Clarion on whether filters which prevent people from passing will be better than the congestion charge which allowed people to pay to pass: oxfordclarion.uk/traffic-filt...
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Traffic Filters vs Congestion Charge : Contest or Evolution?
The Oxford Traffic Filters switch on this morning, and we've just got used to the congestion charge. Oxfordshire Liveable Streets are a not-for-profit organisation working alongside residents across O...
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Headington News @headingtonnews.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
The Headington area received its thirteenth Oxfordshire Blue Plaque today, to the educationist Alec Peterson, who lived at 33 St Andrew's Road (now the vicarage): www.oxonblueplaques.org.uk/plaques/pete...
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Headington News @headingtonnews.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
The former building of Headington Prep School on the south side of the London Road is for sale with Bidwells: www.proplist.com/listing/bidw...
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For Sale: 26 London Road, Headington, Oxford, OX3 7PB | PropList
Educational for sale - 26 London Road, Headington, Oxford, OX3 7PB. Property listed by Bidwells London.
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Headington News @headingtonnews.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Jazz at the Art Café, 12 Windmill Road on Tuesday (29 September 2026) at 7pm
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Headington News @headingtonnews.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
The Friends of Lye Valley are one of the three finalists for the Biodiversity & Ecology Award in the Oxford Climate Awards 2026: content.govdelivery.com/accounts/UKO...
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Headington News @headingtonnews.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Licence application from Oxford Xpress/PhoneMax at 79 London Road to extend its supply of alcohol hours from 8am to 11pm to 8am to 2am (both seven days a week): public.oxford.gov.uk/online-appli...
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Headington News @headingtonnews.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
The former charity shop next to Greggs is to become a restaurant, and MashaAllah UK Ltd has submitted planning application 26/02036/FUL for "Installation of extraction ventilation system to the rear and new shopfront": public.oxford.gov.uk/online-appli...
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Headington News @headingtonnews.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
The list of sites considered suitable for residential development on the city council Brownfield Register (last updated in August 2026) includes seven in the Headington area: www.oxford.gov.uk/directory/23...
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All Oxford Brownfield Register sites – Oxford City Council
The Oxford Brownfield Register lists previously developed (brownfield) land within Oxford where residential development is considered suitable, available and achievable.
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Headington News @headingtonnews.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
This is what the Blanchford alarm sounds like
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Headington News @headingtonnews.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
A replacement planning application (26/02111/FUL) has been submitted for the change of use of twelve flats in Cinnaminta Road to temporary accommodation: public.oxford.gov.uk/online-appli...
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Eileen Parkes @eileenparkes.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
@headingtonnews.bsky.social there's a continuous high pitched ringing sound, trying to work out how widely can be heard and encourage people to report to council, think it is coming from the old Blanchford's site
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Headington News @headingtonnews.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
For the first time for 3½ years, the 400 Park & Ride bus passes under the Botley Road railway bridge on its way to Headington. (If you want to travel to the railway station, remember to get out at the bus stop in Frideswide Square.)
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Headington News @headingtonnews.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
The progress so far on the award-winning "Parkinson's Journey" garden donated to the John Radcliffe Hospital, photographed this morning. Some of the plants don't look well www.parkinsons.org.uk/community/ch...
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Headington News @headingtonnews.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Changes to bus services from tomorrow (Sun 20 Sep) include a new No.4 for Risinghurst, a new No.S9 for Northway, and an extension of the No.400 to the Seacourt Park & Ride. There are also changes to the No. 15 (Wood Farm) route. Full details here: www.headington.org.uk/maps_transpo...
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Headington News @headingtonnews.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
The Oxford North East Neighbourhood Police Team will be at Headington Market tomorrow (Sat 19 Sep 2026), 10.30am to 12noon, to answer your questions and provide free bike marking www.thamesvalleyalert.co.uk/Alerts/A/498...
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Headington News @headingtonnews.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Eco Fest in the United Reformed Church, Collinwood Road, Risinghurst this Saturday (19 September 2026), 11am to 3pm
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Headington News @headingtonnews.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Headington Post Office is open! Here is the counter, and the café
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Headington News @headingtonnews.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
Headington Post Office, due to open tomorrow
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Oxford Clarion @oxfordclarion.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
The Friends of Warneford Meadow today unveiled a signboard mapping the public footpaths which connect Headington and Cowley through the meadow and the neighbouring golf course. The map was drawn by a local student and installed on upcycled materials. www.friendsofwarnefordmeadow.org.uk
Sietske Boeles of Friends of Warneford Meadow unveiling the new map (photo submitted by Owen Massey, Oxford Pedestrians Association)
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Headington News @headingtonnews.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
Open Doors event in Headington tomorrow (Sunday 13 September 2026, 11.30am to 3pm): Slade Camp www.oxfordpreservation.org.uk/slade-camp-0
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Slade Camp
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Headington News @headingtonnews.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
Open Doors in Headington: The Old Road Campus Research Building is open today (Sat 12 September 2026) from 12noon to 4pm: www.oxfordpreservation.org.uk/old-road-cam...
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Oxford Clarion @oxfordclarion.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
Cedar Hollow, a CS Lewis inspired glamping site in Headington, has won a coveted Visit England ROSE award, in recognition of delivery of excellent customer experience. Cedar Hollow was one of just eight winners across the South East. www.theoaks.uk
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Cedar Hollow @ The Oaks - Oxford, England
Cedar Hollow Oxford offers three whimsical, immersive stays inspired by the imagination and works of C. S. Lewis. Set within 12 acres of private woodland, guests can choose from a magical treehouse, a...
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Headington News @headingtonnews.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
County council consultation on the proposal to close Townsend House, the residential care home at the top of the Bayswater Road: letstalk.oxfordshire.gov.uk/future-of-to...
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Consultation on future of Townsend House
We would like to hear your views on a proposal to close - Townsend House, a residential care home in Headington, Oxford. No decision has been made, and we will carefully consider all the feedback rece...
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Headington News @headingtonnews.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
Curry Adda at 74 London Road (part of the Mount Pleasant Hotel) is for sale, as the current operator Aziz Rahman is retiring: www.rightbiz.co.uk/buy_business...
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Headington News @headingtonnews.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
A new planning application for replacement of 299–301 London Road by 3 houses and 3 flats (the appeal against refusal of previous application dismissed by planning inspector last year): public.oxford.gov.uk/online-appli...
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Oxford Clarion @oxfordclarion.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
Plans for a Greater Oxford Council have been dramatically halted. The Government has unexpectedly launched a review into the planned reorganisation - meaning Oxfordshire County Council continues for now. Oxfordshire is one of 14 areas where plans have been paused for a review to take place.
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Headington News @headingtonnews.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
For those who walk from Headington to Oxford through the University Parks: this message was posted on Facebook on 3 September 2026, warning that the Mesopotamia path has been closed until further notice
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Headington News @headingtonnews.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
The Sanco Café near Bury Knowle Park has opened today
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Headington News @headingtonnews.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
The Tatler has rated Headington School as the eighth best private school in the country, but they and the Oxford Mail appear not to know that it has dropped the "Rye" from its name: www.oxfordmail.co.uk/news/2651976...
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Tatler crowns Oxfordshire school as one of the best private schools in the UK
Tatler has crowned an Oxfordshire private school as one of the best in the UK.
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Headington News @headingtonnews.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
Planning permission was refused yesterday for the replacement of the bungalow at 23A London Road with a three-storey block of eight flats (26/01507/FUL). This is only the first of nine reasons for the decision
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Headington News @headingtonnews.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
Your last chance to see Headington in 1590 on on the Sheldon tapestry map in the Weston Library is this weekend
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Headington News @headingtonnews.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
Headington School has a new website and appears to have stopped calling itself Headington Rye: is that correct? www.headingtonschool.com
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Headington School Oxford is an independent day and boarding school in Oxford for girls and boys aged 3 - 11 and girls aged 11 - 18.
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Headington News @headingtonnews.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
This sign outside the former Headington Co-op advertises the building that will replace it as a pre-let or turnkey freehold opportunity for medical uses or R&D/offices
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Headington News @headingtonnews.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
Photograph of the Botley Road taken this morning (31 Aug 2026). The road is due to be open again on 20 September, but the Oxford Bus Company has perhaps wisely not dated its new timetables, and has not yet published one for the extended 400 service: www.oxfordbus.co.uk/service-chan...
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Headington News @headingtonnews.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
With the closure today of the second Cancer Research UK shop on the north side of the London Road, Central Headington is down to four charity shops: Oxfam, Hospices of Hope, Children's Air Ambulance, and Helen & Douglas House
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Headington News @headingtonnews.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
The Headington Waitrose free coffee machine is out of order again today (Saturday 29 August). This must be news, as the Oxford Mail has been reporting on similar catastrophes at the Botley and Abingdon branches
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Tom Bedford @tombedford.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
Amazing lunar eclipse, viewed from Headington, Oxford. A truly red moon! #lunareclipse #oxford @headingtonnews.bsky.social
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The Masons Arms Headington Oxford @chrismeeson.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
Just over a week away from our 24th Beer Festival at The Masons Arms Headington Oxford. #BskyBeer #beerfestival #headington #oxford #caskbeer #craftbeer #oufc
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Oxford Clarion @oxfordclarion.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
The Diocese of Oxford has awarded almost £300,000 to local churches in grants, including St Andrew's Church, Headington, awarded £36,000 for a Children and Families Minister; and Christ Church, Abingdon, awarded £37,495 for a Family Outreach Worker. www.oxford.anglican.org/news/more-th...
St. Andrews, Headington , with a child walking up the path (via Diocese of Oxford)
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Oxford Clarion @oxfordclarion.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
Oxford University Hospitals is to invest £8m in the John Radcliffe Women's Centre, including replacing part of the roof, better temperature control and air quality, strengthened infection prevention measures, and more energy-efficient systems. www.ouh.nhs.uk/news/article...
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£8 million invested in Women's Centre improvements - Oxford University Hospitals
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Headington News @headingtonnews.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
The OX3 Community Activities Week organized by Headington Action will take place from 5 to 13 September 2026 over the whole Headington & Marston area. Some of the groups are offering free taster events: book your places here: www.headingtonaction.org/community-ac...
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Community Activities Week 2026
Community Activities Week OX3 (Sept 2026): discover local groups, classes and events across Barton, Headington, Marston and beyond.
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Headington News @headingtonnews.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
The Oxford Bus Company has announced its new No.4 bus service starting 20 September 2026 from Kiln Lane in Risinghurst to Botley via Headington Shops, the JR, Brookes, City Centre, & Seacourt Park & Ride images-oxfordbus.passenger-website.com/downloads/4%...
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