BSR will be staging a Horrible Histories event at St Agatha's Church on Friday 25th October at 6.30 pm. Only children and adults of a strong disposition welcome!
Local Events
A reminder that we have the Owl Conservation Project team coming back for a fascinating look into a Barn Owl's diet. This is a great opportunity for children to examine the owl pellets to see what they can find. There will also be a real barn owl there to oversee the proceedings. Don't miss this wonderful opportunity. 10.00 - 12.00 on November 1st, in the Village Hall.
Saturday 16th November will see the next Cholsey Repair Cafe at the Cholsey Pavilion in Station Road. Opening time has been brought forward to 10.00 am and closing time will be 12.45. This allows users even more time to visit the Community Cafe in the foyer of the Pavilion.
Local News
The Cosy Cafe is reopening every Monday in the Stewart Room from 10 - 11.30. All proceeds going towards raising funds for the Village Hall Project and The National Kidney Foundation.
The Earth Trust have various activities planned over half term. Have a look at their page above under Community for further details.
Fairthorne Memorial Charity is the last surviving historic Brightwell cum Sotwell charity. It exists to help those who are in distress or need in Brightwell cum Sotwell and the local area.
About our village
You may be a visitor, wanting to know more about the village with the weirdest name in South Oxfordshire or you may be a resident. In either case, we hope you will find something here to interest you.
Brightwell-cum-Sotwell is a village of picture postcard prettiness. Nestling in a hollow below Wittenham Clumps, it has at its heart the CAMRA award-winning Red Lion pub. Dotted along the narrow streets are picturesque black and white thatched cottages. There is a school and pre-school, four churches, and a village hall with a thriving volunteer-run village shop adjacent. The parish stretches to the edge of Wallingford, but the village values its separate identity.
In estate agents' jargon, this is a sought after village, but it is much more than a pretty face. People have lived and worked here for over a thousand years. Where our forebears tilled the land, we are now more likely to toil over computers. However, farming still has an important part to play in shaping the landscape, and we remain firmly in touch with our rural roots.
This is an area that has attracted artists, musicians, scientists and visionaries. Visitors come from all over the world to Mount Vernon, home of the celebrated Bach Flower Remedies. Wild flowers grown in the garden of Mount Vernon are still used to make the mother tincture of these homeopathic treatments, and their creator, Dr Edward Bach, is buried in St James's churchyard in Sotwell.
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