Lucy Billen, Author at Vale of White Horse District Council

Council services over Christmas and New Year 2025/26

A guide to council services over the Christmas and New Year period when the council offices are closed to the public.

October 21, 2025

Tuckmill Meadows has some ‘moo’ residents

Meet Dorisse, Lucinda and KitKat – three Irish Dexter cows who have recently moved to Tuckmill Meadows nature reserve near Shrivenham as part of a nature recovery programme.

solar panels on white horse leisure and tennis centre

October 8, 2025

Progress to net zero to be discussed

Multi-million-pound construction projects to replace end-of-life gas boilers with solar panels and air source heat pumps at leisure centres in Wantage and Abingdon are helping Vale of White Horse District Council to reduce its overall carbon emissions.

October 7, 2025

Local groups to get £100,000 for climate and nature projects

Floodplain restoration, improved insulation for a local museum and a giveaway of at least 1600 new trees are just a few of the projects to be given financial help by the Vale of White Horse District Council’s Climate Action Fund this autumn.

October 2, 2025

Joint statement from Oxfordshire’s Council leaders on Manchester terrorist incident

“We want to express our shared shock and horror at the terrorist incident that took place at Heaton Park Synagogue in Manchester today. “We are horrified that on Yom Kippur, the holiest day in the Jewish calendar, Manchester’s Jewish community – and by extension the wider Jewish community – has been targeted with this act […]

July 16, 2025

Residents without driveways given opportunity to charge electric vehicle at home

Oxfordshire residents without off street parking can apply for a scheme that allows them to charge an electric vehicle (EV) outside their own home.

July 7, 2025

Summer in the Vale

A guide to services and advice from the council, as well as local and national organisations, to help during the summer months.

June 26, 2025

We’re in the top ten district councils in the the UK for action on climate and nature

Vale of White Horse and South Oxfordshire district councils are in the top ten performing district councils in the country for taking action on climate and nature recovery, according to research by an environmental organisation. Both councils, which have just published their new joint nature and climate action plan, were rated in the top ten […]