Community & Leisure
(Classified Listing)
Provides independent advice on your rights
01491 833118
web page
Charity which rescues unwanted and neglected donkeys, and provides disabled riding for children. Island Farm, Old Didcot Road
Provides temporary accommodation for needy cats and kittens until permanent homes can be found for them
(Didcot based organisation with monthly meetings)
Saturday morning art class with tutor, for adults
House of Commons, London, SW1A 0AA
01491 837396
01491 833160
RCV finds ways for disabled people to take part in leisure or educational activities. Some people are paired with a volunteer who shares the same interest, while others are introduced to a local specialist club or college.
Julie Shorter
0118 9474827
01491 835988
Didcot-based charity that offers help for carers of the long-term ill, frail or disabled. Benefits advice, carer's breaks and other support available.
1st Brightwell-cum-Sotwell Beaver Colony
01491 833194 or 07765 091359
01491 835946
1st Brightwell-cum-Sotwell Cub Pack - for 8-10.5 year olds
Sports coaching for children aged 3-9
08452 26 26 94
- Messy fun for under 5's in the Jubilee Pavilion every Tuesday from 10.15- 11.05am.
01865 727393
Church Warden: Roy Thorpe - 01491 837334
Church Warden: Olive Sutcliffe - 01491 836063
Coffee, cakes and conversation in St Agatha's Church. Wednesday mornings 10-12 am. All welcome.
01491 836063
01491 201399
Honorary Pastor: Neville Burt
(01491) 651815 e-mail
01491 837334
01491 835712
Wallingford's Theatre and Cinema, Market Place, Wallingford, Oxon OX10 0EG
web page
01491 824232 e-mail
01491 824255
Conservation charity which manages Little Wittenham Nature Reserve and woods, and organises year-round educational activities.
Programme of Events
web page
01235 556937
(Emergencies Only) 999
01491 836379
01491 202025
01491 825252
01865 407888
01235 512288
01235 511355
01491 835577
A world-wide network of organisations dedicated to lifelong learning for older people. The Third Age is the age of retirement.
Thameside U3A Audrey Maple - 01491 837659
01491 836509
Village Fete
01491 836661
picture gallery
01491 837396
01491 832177
Local branch of the National Childbirth Trust, the leading charity for pregnancy, birth and parenting in the UK. Offers antenatal classes, nearly new sales, and support for new parents. Under Ones Club meets at Mongewell Park Nursery School on Wednesday mornings from 10 am till 11.30 am
01491 834145
Calls alternate Wednesdays. School 10.25 - 10.55 Datchet Green 11.00 - 11.20 War Memorial 11.25 - 11.45
01235 813103
Details of Wallingford Surgery Car and Prescription Services are also available on this number
01491 826968
minutes of last meeting
Saturdays at the Masonic Hall, Wallingford, from 10 am to 1 pm.
Indoor Model Village and Railways
Organises monthly talks in Wallingford.
Flint House, 52 High Street, Wallingford (next to the Library).
Features on famous Wallingford inhabitants, including Judge Blackstone and Agatha Christie. Entrance fee of 4 gives unlimited admission for the season; accompanied children free. Two exhibitions for 2008 season : In Touch with Our Ancestors (till end of October);Wallingfords Artistic Legacy: the Victorian Painters, their Pupils & Descendants (until 30th November.)
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01491 837334
01491 835712
Published every other month and distributed free to all households in the the village
sally.dugan@virgin.net
01491 824255
At the Stewart Room in the Village Hall 09:30-12:30 Monday, Wednesday & Friday
Campaigns to raise awareness of the need to reduce our demands on the planet's resources. Holds recycling swap shops about four times a year.
Pre-school - 01491 826387
Secretary : Jan Stevens
Tel: 01491 837024 Fax: 01491 834025
Monday 8 pm in the Village Hall. New members 16+ welcome.
01491 836509
01491 833194 or 07765 091359
Indoor Bowls Club, Thursday 2 pm and Wednesday 7.45 pm in the Village Hall.
01491 836509
01491 838886
Sunday Morning Men's Football
Sponsored by Tom Cottrell Landscapes, Bell Garage and Mike Sharp Builders
01235 848545
(07909) 848098 or (01491) 834908
Groundsman: Steve Metcalf
(01491) 838266
The aim of these walks, which are suitable for all ages and abilities, is to improve general fitness and wellbeing. They can provide good cardiovascular exercise, improve muscle and bone strength, lower blood pressure, help with weight loss, reduce stress and make you feel good. Meet on Tuesdays at 10 am at Willowbrook Leisure Centre car park, Didcot or Thursday at 10 am at Green Close, Didcot, outside Berkshire Court. Both are easy flat walks of about 2 miles, suitable for all abilities.
01491 823135
Christine Goodchild, 01491 652402
Tuesday 4-6 pm in the Village Hall. Year 6 upwards.
01491 834543
All welcome, regardless of experience
Eastlyn Horsfield
01491 832041 e-mail
Chairman Bob Howarth
01491 836746 email
for children aged 11 years old and under
01235 511326
Monday evenings at St Birinus School, Didcot. A morning class could also be arranged if there is enough interest.
01235 814299
Wallingford's Theatre and Cinema, Market Place, Wallingford, Oxon OX10 0EG
web page
Wallingford's own Amateur Dramatic Company, founded in Brightwell in 1848, and now based at the Corn Exchange
Wallingford's Local Exchange Trading Scheme
The 130 Wallingford-Didcot service passes through Brightwell approximately hourly on weekdays and Saturdays. There is also a 131 Friday market day service to Wallingford
Nearest stations Cholsey and Didcot
01491 839043
Didcot - 01235 814991
Hiring Clerk:
01491 837502
Shena Luck
01491 834543
Phone Monday or Tuesday evening before 9 pm