Another repair session is on offer at Cholsey Repair Café, which takes place on Saturday 29th September at The Cholsey Pavilion. Doors open at 10am and close at 12.45 and you can pause for a good cuppa and cake from Cholsey Community Café, which is in the foyer.
Local Events
George Potter and friends will entertain us all, on behalf of Brightwell Supporting Refugees, on the 3th October at the Village Hall.
The Community Association are holding a Jumble Sale on the 4th October, 2.00 pm at the Jubilee Pavilion. Are you looking for a revamp for your wardrobe this autumn? Looking for some bargains for growing kids? Our traditional Jumble Sale is perfect for vintage, pre-loved retro fashions and nearly new fashions to rummage through and grab a bargain.
Local News
Notice of the closure of part of Church Lane starting September 22nd
BcS Kings Meadow Tennis Club is pleased to announce that Pickleball has arrived in Brightwell. Every Tuesday evening and Friday afternoon. The tennis courts are now also marked for Pickleball. It is huge fun and suits all ages.
Have a look at Southern Oxfordshire's 'Things to do over the summer' 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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