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Clarion Weekend, 25 September 2026

Clarion Weekend, 25 September 2026

Live music at the Museum of Oxford, happy 30th to Little Clarendon Street’s French bistrot, miscounted sheep, city centre bike repair, rural LTNs, and stadium news. All this and more in Oxfordshire’s ever eclectic newsletter! This week’s top stories £23m is to be spent on improving Oxfordshire’

The Clarion, 22 September 2026

The Clarion, 22 September 2026

Clarion Weekend, 18 September 2026

Clarion Weekend, 18 September 2026

A market customer with a tote bag that says East Oxford Farmers Market

East Oxford Farmers Market celebrates its 20th anniversary

The Clarion, 15 September 2026

The Clarion, 15 September 2026

Oxford Open Doors 2026

Oxford Open Doors 2026

Clarion Weekend, 11 September 2026

Clarion Weekend, 11 September 2026

Infrastructure

Exclusive: £10m of Government funding for Oxford was sent back

Exclusive: £10m of Government funding for Oxford was sent back

A £10m grant for infrastructure in north Oxford was returned to Government unspent – just as a safe cycleway on Woodstock Road, to be funded by a very similar Government grant, was cancelled due to a £10m shortfall. The Government is funding road schemes across Oxfordshire including the A40 to Witney,

Oxford’s commuter future

Oxford’s commuter future

Abingdon Reservoir: how much will it cost?

Abingdon Reservoir: how much will it cost?

Abingdon Reservoir: what are the risks?

Abingdon Reservoir: what are the risks?

Abingdon Reservoir: is there an alternative?

Abingdon Reservoir: is there an alternative?

Oxfordshire’s solar boom continues

Oxfordshire’s solar boom continues

“Oxford is uninvestable”: developers say sewage is blocking 18,000 homes

“Oxford is uninvestable”: developers say sewage is blocking 18,000 homes

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Twelve easy hacks to beat Oxford’s congestion charge

Twelve easy hacks to beat Oxford’s congestion charge

Don't want to pay? We got you. Here's the tea on how you can avoid the congestion charge entirely, and still visit all your favourite places in the city centre. Here's the official website, but our hacks are better. Oxfordshire residents, you got this!

Oxford’s traffic emergency needs a bold approach – Luke Marion on the congestion charge

Oxford’s traffic emergency needs a bold approach – Luke Marion on the congestion charge

Legal challenge to Oxford’s LTNs withdrawn

Legal challenge to Oxford’s LTNs withdrawn

Oxford’s proposed congestion charge – the reaction

Oxford’s proposed congestion charge – the reaction

Breaking: Oxford congestion charge could start this autumn

Breaking: Oxford congestion charge could start this autumn

The politics of Low Traffic Neighbourhoods (spring 2024 edition)

The politics of Low Traffic Neighbourhoods (spring 2024 edition)

“Impeccably balanced”: the Oxford Mail’s low-traffic neighbourhood reporting

“Impeccably balanced”: the Oxford Mail’s low-traffic neighbourhood reporting

New Towns

Right town, wrong place?

Right town, wrong place?

Outline plans have been unveiled for Chalgrove Airfield, Oxfordshire’s most controversial housing development. Can the merits of a “21st century sustainable market town” outweigh the problems of its location? Chalgrove New Town would be located on one of Oxfordshire’s many historic airfields, ten miles south-east of Carfax. It

Oxford’s commuter future

Oxford’s commuter future

Housing Week: Building Out – can Oxfordshire solve Oxford's housing crisis?

Housing Week: Building Out – can Oxfordshire solve Oxford's housing crisis?

Oxfordshire’s biggest ever new town

Oxfordshire’s biggest ever new town

Culham Town: the future of housing in Oxfordshire?

Culham Town: the future of housing in Oxfordshire?

Eynsham’s garden village can be net zero after all

Eynsham’s garden village can be net zero after all

Gardens

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Five challenges with Oxford gardens… and how to turn them into opportunities

A beginner's guide to growing your own food

10 ways to make your garden wildlife-friendly

How plants can help reduce flood risk

Climate-proofing your garden

Devolution

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Two Councils – the Goldilocks choice

There’s only one Oxfordshire

There’s only one Oxfordshire – Matthew Barber on council reorganisation

Make Oxford Great(er) Again

Rearranging the pieces on the Oxfordshire cheeseboard

Housing Week

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Housing Week: Building Out – can Oxfordshire solve Oxford's housing crisis?

Housing Week: The Green Belt

Housing Week: Finding space in a medieval city

Housing Week: Building Up, or view cones vs the dreaming spires

Housing Week: Oxford needs homes. Why? And where?