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.
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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.
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The Planning Inspector issued his decision on the Beecher’s appeal on the 5th January. The appeal has been dismissed and the Mews block will now have to be demolished. The Inspector extended the time for this to be completed from 7 months to 12 months.
The full decision can be found by searching for 1 Quarry High Street under Enforcements on the City Council Planning website or the Planning Inspectorate website.
This decision is a testament to the enforcement case we first presented to the Council over 5 years ago with the support of local residents.
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Oxford County Council have issued an update on the e-Scooter and e-Bike hire schemes.
Many residents have strong feelings about Voi scooters and Lime bikes. The following is a summary of the current thinking and action at the County Council. Please feel free to comment about e-scooters via the Council’s dedicated email address
An audit is currently underway regarding the Voi scooters which will look at adjustments required, repairing and positioning. Comments are still welcome. Results are expected in the new year and changes are anticipated.
The Council is looking at all micro-mobility modes of transport. Only the orange scooters and e-bikes are legal on the roads.
Sites for e-scooters have to be authorised by the Council. . The Council has taken on board that the scooter pens have not been favourably received. The Council recognises also that there are calls for there to be more small e-scooter sites rather than fewer large ones to make it easier to find somewhere to park.
The Council cannot refuse any new e-bike hire schemes (e.g. Lime bikes) that want to set up in Oxford, but overall numbers are limited.
Any problems with Voi or Lime should be referred as follows:
Voi e-scooters and e-bikes Phone: +44 7476 550190
Email: support@voiapp.io
Web Form: https://report.voi.com/
Website help centre: https://help.voi.com/lang/en_gb/
Social Media: @voitechnology
Lime e-bikes reporting Phone: 0800 808 5223
Email: support@li.me
Web form: https://help.li.me/hc/en-us/requests/new Website help centre: https://help.li.me/hc/en-us
Social Media: @_LimeAid on X (Twitter
More information is also available on the County Council website.
Headington Quarry Morris Dancers perform the traditional Boxing Day Mummers Play and Rapper Sword Dance and the Handbell Ringers will play, taking place outside the following pubs in Headington Quarry:
11:15 The Crown & Thistle (pub now closed), 132 Old Road
12:15 The Six Bells, 3 Beaumont Road
13:00 The Chequers (pub now closed), 17A Beaumont Road
13:45 The Masons Arms, Quarry School Place
Marking the 125th anniversary of Cecil Sharp’s historic first encounter with the morris tradition in Headington! Free. All are welcome.
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Headington Bellringers would welcome new people to join.
It isn’t very difficult, though a bit of musical experience will be a help. There is no need to be able to read music, as the notation is simply a series of numbers indicating which bell is to be rung. The bells are fairly easy to manipulate, one in each hand. The tunes are all familiar Christmas carols. The bells perform twice at each stand on Boxing Day, starting at 11.30.
They are planning practices at 5.30 on Thursday 4th November and Monday 25th November, at Carol Whittle’s house in Headington. If you would like to try it, please email Carol:
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Maurice East will be leading a walk around Quarry uncovering the fascinating history of this intriguing corner of Oxford. During the tour, he’ll be telling stories about romans, ruffians, geology, gypsies, pits, poachers, wells and washing lines.
Maurice has given a number of very interesting and enjoyable presentations to Friends of Quarry meetings as well as leading several previous walks.
Tickets and more details are available on Eventbrite.
It will be great festive fun!!
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Our annual AGM will take place at 2000 on the evening of 14 November in the Village Hall.
The Agenda is:
Refreshments are available.
Entrance is only available to current members of Friends of Quarry. It will be possible to join Friends of Quarry before the meeting starts.
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We have published our October 2024 Newsletter.
Residents of the Quarry will also receive a copy through their doors shortly.
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Stone walls and alleys are probably the most visible symbols of Quarry’s industrial past and form an important part of the Conservation Area.
We would like to map the extent and features of those remaining walls and accordingly invite anyone interested in taking part in a Quarry Wall Survey to come to an initial meeting on Sat 26th October at 2.00pm.
We will meet in the Six Bells carpark where maps and instructions will be given out. The survey will involve walking through Quarry recording the height and length of walls as well as whether they have vegetation growing on them and rating the wall’s condition on a scale of 1 to 5.
To ensure comparable results from the latter training on the scoring will be given out. Participants can
then complete the survey in their own time.
If you would like to take part, please contact Lawrence Kelly on 07767 884642 or via email
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