Category Archives: Upcoming Events

On Friday 27^th June, Headington Quarry Morris are looking forward to dancing with the Ashdown Forest Morris Men.  The dancing starts at 7:30pm outside the Mason’s Arms.

The event is free and all are welcome. We hope you can join them!

More information is available on the Headington Quarry Morris Facebook page at https://www.facebook.com/events/1349521982928082

Headington Festival is a vibrant two-day summer event hosted in Bury Knowle Park and in the retail area of Headington, Oxford.

With a variety of attractions including community stalls, live music, sports activities, delicious food, a beer tent, outdoor cinema, and much more, it offers an exciting and joyful experience for the entire family.

More information will be available on the Festival website.

Headington Quarry Morris Dancers and Hankies Gone Awry will be performing traditional Cotswold Morris jigs and dances on Bank Holiday Monday, 26th May 2025, at the following locations:

7:30pm: The Six Bells, 3 Beaumont Road, Oxford OX3 8JN

8:30pm: The Masons Arms, 2 Quarry School Place Headington, Oxford OX3 8LH

We hope you can join us for our traditional Whitsun dance out!

More information is available on Facebook

Friends of Quarry invite you to a spring family social in the Masons Arms function room and garden.

Come and share a spring afternoon with neighbours, children and friends.

Indian street food, kids activities and folk music.

Booking required, although there is no cost.

Please see poster.

We will be organising another litter pick in the Quarry in support of OxClean. This year’s clean will take place on Saturday 8 March from 1400-1600.

Please join us at the sandpit in Quarry Hollow Park at 1400 for up to two hours.

All equipment and instructions will be provided – please bring along your children to help.

We hope to see you there.

Following the very successful lecture at our last AGM by Maurice East, we will be holding a longer lecture on 13 October on several aspects of the history of the Quarry. The topic is ‘Digging out a living. A history of life and work in Quarry’.

Entrance is free for Friends of Quarry Members and £2.50 for non-members. It will be possible to join Friends of Quarry on the evening. More information is available here.

There will be a cash bar on the evening.

We have released our September newsletter, containing details of our activities and upcoming events. It will be delivered to all homes in the Quarry over the next few days and is also available online.