Category Archives: Horley village

Hornton & District W.I. – next meeting on 8th January 2026

Hornton & District Women’s Institute

Emma Hamer, President of the Hornton and District W.I. writes:

We have had a great year with a varied and interesting programme of meetings and outings. Our last meeting of 2025 was our Christmas meal held at the Moon and Sixpence in Hanwell. We had a delicious meal, exchanged Secret Santa gifts and the Christmas Cup was awarded to Horley’s Caroline Pearce for gaining the most points in “bloom of the month”

Our committee have put their heads together and I hope you’ll agree we have an interesting, varied and hopefully fun set of meetings planned for the year ahead. One of the highlights will be the fashion show in May where there will be an opportunity to buy good quality fashion at great prices. We’ll open this up to villagers and non-members so please do come along.

Our usual meeting day of the first Thursday in the month for our next meeting falls on January 1st next year, so we will meet a week later on Thursday January 8th at 7.30pm. 

We will have a social evening with hobbies, crafts and collections. Members will bring their passion and create displays, demonstrations and skills to share something they love with fellow members. Non-members will be very welcome  so please do pop along to discover the sorts of things we get up to. This meeting will be at Hornton Pavilion as the Chapel is booked for something else that evening. I really hope we’ll see you there.

Warwick Road – Proposed Housing Development

From Horley Parish Council:

There is a consultation meeting being held for up to 200 houses on the west side of the Warwick on the land next to the Roman Fields development.

For anyone who would like to attend it is at North Oxfordshire Academy on Tuesday 6th January 2026 5.30-8.00pm.

Christmas Services at Horley and Hanwell

There will be Christmas services in Horley on Sunday 21st December (Nativity and Carols) and on Christmas Eve (Midnight Mass). See below for details of all services in Horley and Hanwell this Christmas.

Notice of temporary road closure on Millers Lane Hornton 6-8 October 2025

See below for details of a road closure on Millers Lane, Hornton:

Planning application for Solar Farm – revised closing date and photos requested by Keep Hanwell Village Rural

Update from Horley Parish Council:

The closing date for comments on the application is now 26th September. Comments can be made via this link:

https://planningregister.cherwell.gov.uk/Planning/Display/25/00407/F#undefined. 

In addition, to aid their response to the proposed solar farm, the ‘Keep Hanwell Village Rural’ group have requested assistance from Horley residents. They have requested that any resident of Horley who can see the area where the panels are proposed from their property should take a picture of the view and send it to them at keephanwellvillagerural@gmail.com.

As a reminder, here is the map:

Breakfast Church at Horley Old School – Sunday 31st August 2025

There will be a benefice breakfast in Horley this Sunday, 31st August, in the Old School. See below for details:

Don’t forget to apply for Educational Grants from the Michael Hardinge Trust

As the new academic year approaches, now is the time to apply for educational grants. The Michael Hardinge Trust makes grants available to all children and young people in Horley at various stages in their education. Two kinds of grants are available:

  • Universal grants – a fixed sum paid to every child on request at up to four stages of their education: rising fives about to start school (£100); at the start of secondary education (£300); at the start of A Levels, college training apprenticeships etc (£500); at the start of further education/university (£1000).
  • Discretionary grants – awarded at the discretion of the trustees in response to a written request by a village resident or a local school or educational institute in relation to a specific educational project or activity.

Universal grants are due at the start of the educational year and must be applied for no later than three months after the first day of the relevant year. If you have an eligible child or you are a young person but haven’t yet applied, now is the time to do so.

To apply for a grant, please write to Jane Williams (the trustee responsible for co-ordinating grants) at jag.williams@btinternet.com giving your details and the reason for the grant.

For more details and the full grants policy, see: MHT Grants Policy

 

 

 

Hornton & District W.I. – next meeting on 4th September

Hornton & District W.I.’s next meeting is on Thursday 4th September at 7.30pm in the Methodist Chapel, Hornton. Emma Hamer, the president of Hornton & District WI says:

We have managed to secure Tracey Barnbrook, who will talk about ‘Why you should listen to your gut’. If you’ve ever felt ‘sick and tired’ of feeling ‘sick and tired’ then Tracey will explore what simple things we can do to look, feel and function better.  

We are also embracing the WI’s Dental Health Matters Campaign, which highlights challenges in accessing dental care and urges government action on NHS dentistry. 

We’re combining our WI love for creativity with our commitment to helping those in need by making bags for essential dental care items. You can also donate dental health items like toothbrushes, dental floss or tooth paste and we can fill the wash bags that we have already made. We will then donate these bags to women’s refuges and shelters and food banks.

We look forward to seeing you on September 4th. New members are always welcome.

Planning Application in for Massive Solar Farm overlooking Horley

Update from Horley Parish Council:

If you are not already aware, a full planning application has now been submitted by Elgin Energy for a massive Solar Power Station to be built north of Hanwell and straddling the Warwick Road.  See map:

Part of the installation will overlook Horley along the skyline to the west of the Warwick Road and will be clearly visible as the slope of the site faces directly towards the village.  The Parish Council will oppose this development, principally on the grounds of its detrimental visual impact not just from the village but from the surrounding countryside.

The full planning application consisting of many pages of studies and reports is available on the CDC planning website https://planningregister.cherwell.gov.uk/Planning/Display/25/00407/F#undefined.  The reference number is 25/00407/F.

If you would like to make any comments on the application, you can do this via the CDC site using that reference number.  The current closing date is 6th September 2025, and this will be your final chance to make your views known to Cherwell District Council.