Notice of temporary road closure for the Christmas eve procession. The Holloway Road from Foxley Cottage in the south to the junction with the B4019 between the hours of 17:00 and 18:15 on the 24 December 2025.

Link to notice.

This year the team behind last year's fantastic Great Coxwell Grand Christmas Event will be selling some beautiful and exclusive Christmas Wreaths; there are limited numbers so if you are interested please get in touch with us as soon as possible.

Prices from £50, they will be available to collect from Saturday 6th December.

To reserve yours, please email [email protected], first come first served.

All tickets for the party have now sold out.
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Dear residents of Great Coxwell,
 
Recently, I have been asked by four individual residents why I have stopped working as a mobile Ear Wax Removal Practitioner, and so I would just like to clarify that I haven't stopped and am very much still running the business, under the name Ear Clear.

I'm not sure how this misunderstanding occurred, but please be assured (especially to my regular patients) that my services continue the same as they have done for the last 3 years.
 
Kind regards,
Sandy John
Ear Clear
www.earclear.org 
07773 692432

This will take place on Saturday 13th December 7pm At Oak House Great Coxwell (Mike and Pauline).
 
Tickets £20 to include a two course meal and refreshments (fizz, wine, beer and soft drinks).
 
Tickets available from Pam Smith 07443 636497 or 01367 240233, we can accept cash or card payments.
 
Raffle prize donations to Rosie at the Old Post Office.
 
Book early to avoid disappointment as limited availability.

This event is being organised by Great Coxwell Community Group.

I will be demonstrating 3 subject areas of the 'Essentials of First Aid' over 3 One Hour sessions on this coming Saturday in our village Reading Room and open to all of our village residents. Each session will comprise of the following topics to gain life saving skills and with an opportunity to participate and to 'have a go', if you wish to:
 

1. Basic Life Support with CPR and practice in the use of the Automated External Defibrillator/AED. (This will include an opportunity to access and familiarise our residents with the unit placed at the front of the Reading Room).
2. How to deal with a Choking episode and clearing an Airway Obstruction.
3. Dealing with a Wound and treatment of a Life-Threatening Bleed.

 
Whatever your plans for the day you will be welcome to 'drop-in' to any of the One Hour sessions:
 
Starting at - 9.30am, 11.00am & 12.30pm - Close-down will be at 2.00pm.
 
Please join us for FREE refreshments whatever your plans for the duration of the event, while we are supported by www.rrtglobal.org and one of their local 'Rapid Response Teams' who will be providing Bacon Butties/Donuts/Teas/Coffee (Yes, the barista bean variety!) and soft drinks, from a global organisation that supports the emergency services and our communities with welfare support and to provide resilience in times of protracted or major incidents.
 
High winds (although dry weather!) is predicted for Saturday and so I would not expect you to miss the wafting of cooked bacon over the village rooftops! You are invited to sample some of the fayre on offer while passing by, or dropping-in to one of my sessions. Enjoy!
 
I look forward to seeing as many of you as possible, while capacity at the Reading Room will be limited to 50 per session. We will look to further future sessions if demand outstrips capacity on this occasion.
 
My thanks to our Parish Council, Trustees of our Community Fund for funding the day, along with the White Horse Practice (Faringdon) and our local Pharmacies, for support with health and information leaflets available on the day.
 
Please avoid parking in the area adjacent to the Reading Room as vehicular access of the RRT team will be required. 
 
Please contact on: 07796 572752 if you have any questions concerning the arrangements for day.
 
Malcolm
 
Emergency Skills Instructor
 
Community First Responder - SCAS - Faringdon & District Team
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On Saturday 4th October 2025 - The Reading Room. Great Coxwell.
 
I have arranged for the benefit of village residents three drop-in sessions open for all to attend free demonstrations and an opportunity to learn life-saving skills valuable for the whole family at home, work or out and about at leisure in the community.
 
You are invited to drop-in to any one of the three sessions for which the timings will be: 
 
0930 - 1030 / 1100 - 1200 / 1230 - 1330. After clear-up the room will close at 2.00pm.
 
Each of these one hour sessions will comprise of demonstrations covering all three of the subject areas below, and if you wish to 'have a go', an opportunity to learn the essential and life-saving skills comprising of:
 

1. Basic Life Support/CPR and use of the Automated External Defibrillator.
2. Dealing with Severe Choking and relief of Airway Obstruction.
3. Dealing with a Wound and Severe Bleed.

 
There will be an opportunity at the end of each session for any questions to be answered and subject to confirmation, for refreshments to be available through the day. I am grateful to our Parish Council for their support in using the Reading Room and to our Community Fund Trustees, in covering the cost of hire, for the benefit of this village wide event.
 
Please note - the maximum capacity of the Reading Room at any one session will be 50. If demand exceeds capacity over the three sessions when you attend, consideration will be given to running further sessions on a future occasion.
 
While your participation in these sessions will be at no cost to you, there will be an opportunity to make a donation, if you wish, on the day and any funds collected will be equally divided between the charities of www.sca-charity.org.uk that supports the resources, training and equipment provided for us as your local Volunteer Community First Responders (we are not funded through the NHS) - and another of our essential 'Out of Hospital' care providers www.tvaa.org.uk (Thames Valley Air Ambulance) - who provide life-saving early response with the use of 'HELIMED 24' and the Critical Care Response Cars to attend the most 'Life-Threatening' incidents in our local communities and when required, our own village! 
 
I look forward to your attendance and support for this event and hope that you will take this opportunity towards learning some of the essential first aid skills to keep you, family and friends safe and towards the resilience of our great community of Great Coxwell.
 
Please feel free to contact me on #WhatsApp/07796 572752/01367 243404 - if you have any questions concerning arrangements on the day - The Reading Room has 'accessible' entrance arrangements - Please ask if you will need assistance on entry.
 
(Please remember to call 999/112 - Fire - Police or Ambulance to initiate a response in the event of emergency. As in event of an incident effecting you, I may be available on an 'incidental' basis but not 'On-Call' and therefore not available to be mobilised by the ambulance service). 
 
Malcolm Gee
Emergency Skills Instructor - Community First Responder - SCAS - Faringdon & District Team
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You may be aware that Sarah Wyatt, who set up the art club, has sadly left the village for pastures new. However, because we enjoy art club so much, Morgane Tattevin and I have taken over from her with the aim of keeping it ticking along in the same lovely way that Sarah did. 
 
As always, the aim is to create a relaxed, non-judgemental space for people to come along and make their own art and have fun in good company. Sessions are untutored, but create a space where we can share ideas, get inspiration from each other and build a regular art practice so we can improve our art-making skills. There are basic art materials - paper, pencils, a few paints, brushes etc., tea/coffee and good biscuits - so people can get started, however feel free to bring any materials/sketchbooks etc. along that you'd like to use/work on.
 
Where: Reading Room, Great Coxwell.
When: 7-9pm, term time only, starting Wednesday 10th September. The initial term will be 6x weeks taking us up to, and including 15th October. 
Cost: £42 (£7 per session) payable in advance please.
 
If you would be interested in coming along please contact Claire for further details; [email protected]
 
Thank you
Claire
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The Great Coxwell Parish Council and Trustees of the Reading Room Charitable Trust are delighted to announce that the Reading Room now has a fibre broadband internet connection and wi-fi, and would like to thank the Great Coxwell Community Fund for making this possible through a donation.
 
Instructions for connection are on the wall above the router unit which is located on the built in cupboards. The facility is provided for the Great Coxwell village community and users of the Reading Room.
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