Village Lunch Club will be held on Tuesday, 3rd June at the Village Hall. 12.15 pm Tickets £8
Local Events
Its that time for Brightwell's very own music festival. 7th June on the Rec. 1 pm - 11 pm. Fun fun.
The very popular Walled Gardens of Wallingford are opening again this year on Sunday 8th June. There are 13 gardens to see. Advance tickets are £7.00 but you can buy tickets on the day at £9.00
Local News
Brightwell Supporting Refugees will be exhibiting in the Red Box Gallery throughout June, coinciding with Refugee week (16 - 22 June) and World Refugee Day (20 June). This year's theme is 'Community. So do open the door and take a peek!
What a weekend! Lou Wymer reports that the Church Spring Fair raised nearly £4000 and sends huge thanks to all the volunteers, supporters and visitors. Their best result ever.
A very successful sale. They raised an incredible £1200. In addition the garage sale and teas raised a further £200. Well done all. All for Save the Children.
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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