Ladies Disco. An evening of great music and dancing. 15th November at the Village Hall. 7.30 - 11.00 pm. Bar and nibbles available Tickets £5.
Local Events
Corinne, Mouse and Ruby are hosting a Christmas Market in aid of Save the Children on the 15th November. 1 - 5 pm Some fabulous local sellers lined up so please go on down and pick up some local crafts from local people.
Please go along and support this our local Art Club. There will be paintings to buy, stalls to browse and a raffle. 29th November 10 am to 1.00 pm at the Village Hall
Local News
The annual Flower and Produce Show is looking for a new committee to take over the running of the tent. For further details, please contact Alison Hedges or Helen Satchell
Have a look at Southern Oxfordshire's 'Things to do over the autumn' page. Lots of lovely ideas.
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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