Category Archives: Latest News

Parents of children at local schools are organising a protest at the traffic on Quarry Hollow on Wednesday 6 December from 0800 to 0900. Friends of Quarry has raised concerns about traffic on this stretch on a number of occasions in the past.

More information is available online. Concerned residents are welcome to attend.

Headington Quarry Morris Dancers will perform the traditional Boxing Day Mummers Play and Rapper Sword Dance on Boxing Day, Tuesday 26th December 2023, taking place outside the following pubs in Headington Quarry:

11:30 The Crown & Thistle (pub now closed), 132 Old Road

12:20 The Six Bells, 3 Beaumont Road

13:00 The Chequers, 17A Beaumont Road

13:40 The Masons Arms, Quarry School Place

Free. All are welcome!

More details are on Headington Quarry Morris Facebook page

Headington Action are running their Light in the Darkness campaign again this year, with free Christmas Lights being available.

More information is available on their poster, which includes dates of other key events in the run up to Christmas in Headington.

Oxford Fiddle Group are celebrating their 25th anniversary on 8 December in the Village Hall. More information is available on their poster.

Update: The grass has been mown and the weather is looking good for Saturday, so we are going ahead with the bulb planting to 7 October.

As mentioned in our recent newsletter, we will be meeting to plant an additional 500 tulip bulbs at the entrance to the Quarry to augment those planted in recent years.

Please join us at 1000 on Saturday 7 October at the entrance to Beaumont Road near the 6 Bells. (NB: The date in the newsletter was wrong), with a spade, to plant the bulbs. Children are welcome.

Building work is due to start at Holy Trinity on 9 October. More information, including timings for the closure of the Church Path during the works and contact details for updates are available online.

In order to fully reflect resident’s views when preparing our response to the planning application for change of use for the Chequers, we have prepared a survey to capture your input.

Please complete the survey as soon as possible, as the deadline for comments is 27 September.

Many thanks for sharing your views.

A planning application requesting change of use for the Chequers has been submitted. If approved. this application would change the use of the building from a mixed use public house (with associated dwelling house) to a dwelling house.

You can find details of the application, and comment on it, on the City Council Planning Portal. Residents comments can be made until 27 September 2023.

Friends of Quarry will comment on the application on behalf of residents, but we encourage you to comment individually as well. If you would like to share your comments with us, please email us.