Witney
About Witney
Welcome to the Witney edition of The Oxford Magazine.
Like a few of the former weaving towns in Oxford, Witney, the largest of the market towns in the Oxfordshire Cotswolds, is often placed among the best places to live in Britain.
The market square makes a very persuasive case, with its graceful period architecture from the 17th-century Butter Cross, where local women once gathered to sell butter and eggs to the early-18th century town hall across the street built using stone from quarries at Black Bourton. And, not forgetting the Blanket Hall and the Victorian Corn Exchange.
For some local flavour visit the Wychwood Brewery on weekends to be shown around and to taste the much-loved Hobgoblin brown ale. And also Cogges, a working Victorian manor farm right next to Witney that was the set for ‘Yew Tree Farm’ in Downton Abbey’s 2014 filming. It’s beamed 17th-century barns ooze period charm.
Local news & stories
Study finds railway route between Oxford, Witney, and Carterton would be feasible
A new study has found that railway links between Oxford, Witney, and Carterton would be feasible A new feasibility study has set out the case for a railway route connecting Carterton, Witney, and Eynsham to Oxford. The preliminary strategic outline case for the Carterton-Witney-Oxford Rail Corridor (CWORC) was commissioned by
Oxfordshire-based Owen Mumford wins distinction in Red Dot Award
Owen Mumford has been awarded a distinction in the prestigious Red Dot Award for innovative product design for its Aidaptus single-use auto-injector launched in 2021.
Wilderness festival announces more extraordinary talent for Season Twelve
Wilderness festival announces more extraordinary talent for Season Twelve in 2023 – including Arlo Parks, Laurent Garnier, Honey Dijon, Franc Moody and Todd Terry – joining already announced headliners The Chemical Brothers, Christine and the Queens, and Fatboy Slim.
Planning decisions on HIF projects due “in the next couple of months”
The two major road projects, designed to support more than 30,000 new homes in Oxfordshire, have divided opinion and proved challenging to deliver amid budgetary concerns.
Free parking to continue at Witney’s Marriotts Walk after council’s £9m purchase
The car park is open from 7.00am until 1.00am on Monday to Saturday and from 9.00am until 1.00am (Monday) on Sundays, with shoppers able to park for free for four hours on floors one to six and up to nine hours on the top two levels.
West Oxfordshire District Council has purchased Marriotts Walk in Witney
The purchase forms part of our wider plans to support market towns across the district along with a long-term ambition for the new Salt Cross development to attract major new businesses to the area.
Appeal sees farm get its glamping wagons months after council rejection
The Lowlands planning committee at West Oxfordshire District Council had initially turned down an application from Church Farm on Church End in South Leigh, for three glamping wagons.
Breaking ground celebrated at new Eynsham park and ride site
The park and ride – located on the A40 eastbound in Eynsham – is part of a significant investment in the A40 to deliver better facilities for those walking, cycling and using public transport.
Call to pause work on Eynsham park and ride during A40 project review
That was the view of Oxfordshire County Council’s active travel champion Councillor Dan Levy, the Liberal Democrat member who also represents Eynsham.
West Oxfordshire District Taxi operators ask to increase fares
More than 20 of the 105 drivers or operators licensed by the district called on the council for the ability to charge more based on inflation and rising fuel costs.
