Useful Information and web site Links for Villagers

 Thame and District Citizens Advice Bureau      http://www.cabsouthoxon.org.uk/Thame.htm

 

Bus passes/tokens     Free bus pass to residents over 60 or registered disabled or £20 of tokens to residents over 70 from SODC.

                                    £13 of tokens available to residents over 70 or registered disabled from Parish Council.

                                    Contact: Mrs Anne Edwards. Tel. 01844 339794

Church                         St Helen’s Church, Albury

                                    Services: see Newsletter Diary for service times

                        Rector: Revd Caroline King. Tel: 01865 873451. Email: reverend.caroline@googlemail.com

                                    Churchwardens: John Nowell-Smith.  Tel. 01844 339650.  Ken Field.  Tel. 01844 339671

Community Education   Thame: Towersey Road , Thame. Tel. 01844 213400/213114

                                    Wheatley: The Lodge, Wheatley Park School , Holton. Tel. 01865 872664

Cricket                        Tiddington Cricket Club

Contact: Ray Manning. Tel. 01844 338911. E-mail. RRayManning@aol.com

Website: www.tiddington.play-cricket.com

Doctors                        Rycote Practice, Thame Health Centre, East Street , Thame. Tel. 01844 261066

                                    Wheatley: Morland House Surgery, London Road , Wheatley. Tel. 01865 872448

                                    NHS Direct: Tel: 0845 46 47. Flu Hotline: Tel: 0800 1513 100

Car service to appointments at doctors or hospitals for those having difficulty arranging transport – contact Fleur Hughes on 01844 338254

Flooding                       Environment Agency Floodline Tel. 0845 988 1188

                                    South Oxfordshire District Council Tel. 01491 823473

Flu Hotline            Tel: 0800 1513 100       www.direct.gov.uk/pandemicflu

Food waste            Raw and cooked food waste collected every Monday in small green bin

Garden Refuse             Fortnightly kerbside collection from wheeled bins at cost of £30 per year.

Call 01491 823416 or email public.amenities@southoxon.gov.uk for further details.

Gardening                     Great Haseley and District Horticultural Society

                                    Contacts:     Sandra & Eric Fincham, 10 Albury View. Tel. 01844 339675

Karate                          Wednesdays, 6.00pm, Tiddington Village Hall

                                    Contact: Keith Tunstall. Tel: 08445 610534 or 07958 508482

Library                         Mobile Library: alternate Wednesdays 10.35-11.10am, Cricket Club entrance, Tiddington

                                                             alternate Wednesdays 11.25-11.40pm, Sandy Lane , Milton Common

                                                             See Newsletter Diary for visiting dates.

                                    Branch Libraries: Thame. Tel. 01844 212288. Wheatley. Tel. 01865 875267  

Markets                Thame, Tuesdays 8.30am – 4.30pm

                                    Farmers’ market, Great Haseley Village Hall, 2nd Sunday of the month

                                    Farmers’ market, Tetsworth Village Hall, 3rd Sunday of the month

                                    Farmers’ market, Thame, 2nd Tuesday of the month 8.30am – 1.30pm

                                    Organic farmers’ market, Sandy Lane Farm, Tiddington, Thursdays 2.30 – 6.00pm

Neighbourhood Watch            Milton Common and Sandy Lane : Elaine Horne. Tel: 01844 279520

                                    Tiddington: Chris Williams. Tel: 07710 620820

Newsletter                   Published bi-monthly at beginning of February, April, June, August, October & December

NHS Direct            Tel: 0845 46 47           www.nhs.direct.nhs.uk

Parish Council              Meetings held in Tiddington Village Hall at 8.00pm on first Monday in the month

(2nd Monday if first is a Bank Holiday)

Phone Books                 Residents of the Parish may request an Oxford Phone book free of charge

                                    Tel: freephone 0800 833 400 and select option 1

                                    For the Oxford Yellow Pages Tel: 0800 671 444

Police                           Police Enquiry Centre:- 0845 8 505 505 (non-emergency 24hrs)

                                    Thame Police Station opening hours: Mon & Fri 0900-1700, Tue-Thu 0800-2000

Post Office                Wednesdays, 1.30-3.00pm, Tiddington Village Hall

 

Public Transport          Buses:   280      Oxford – Aylesbury                  The Fox, Tiddington

                                                275      Oxford High Wycombe          Sandy Lane , Milton Common

                                    Trains:             Thame/Haddenham Parkway (on 280 bus route)

Recycling collection     Cans, tins, paper, cardboard, glass bottles/jars and plastics collected on alternate Mondays in large green bins

(See Newsletter Diary for collection days and Bank Holiday changes)

Books, CDs, videos, DVDs, cassettes at Asda, Wheatley and Waitrose, Thame.

Refuse Collection         Waste that cannot be recycled collected on alternate Mondays in grey bins (see Newsletter Diary for collection days and Bank Holiday changes)

Schools                         Primary:           Great Milton C of E. Tel. 01844 279388

                                    Secondary:       Wheatley Park . Tel. 01865 872441

Village Hall                  Chairman:         Alan Stratton. Tel. 01844 339430

                                    Bookings:          Brian Price. Tel. 01844 339977

                                    Caretaker:        Bill Brownsill. Tel. 01844 339471

Waste collections        See under Food, Recycling, Refuse

Water                          Thames Water. To report leaks: Tel. 08459 200800

Website                       Village website:- www.tiddingtonoxon.co.uk

WI                             Waterstock and Tiddington Women’s Institute

Meetings: 2nd Thursday in the month at 7.30pm in Tiddington Village Hall (see Newsletter Diary for dates and speakers). Contact: Joan Wood. Tel. 01844 339598

Yoga                             Thursdays, 10.30am in Tiddington Village Hall.

                                    Contact: Yvonne Cartwright. Tel: 01844 279205

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