Christmas Refuse Collections

Refuse, recycling, and food waste collections will change over Christmas and New Year.

From Tuesday 26 December 2023, collections will be a day later than scheduled.  This is for all collections across Cherwell District Council and includes green bin, blue bin, and food caddy collections.

Please make sure bins are out for collection by 7.00am.

The green bin, blue bin and food caddy collections will resume as normal on Tuesday 2nd January.

Normal collection dateChristmas collection date
Tuesday 26 DecemberWednesday 27 December
Wednesday 27 DecemberThursday 28 December
Thursday 28 DecemberFriday 29 December
Friday 29 DecemberSaturday 30 December

Garden Waste collections

Collections will be suspended for two weeks from Tuesday 26th December until and including Friday 5th January, to allow our crews to prioritise the additional recycling and food waste that accrues over Christmas.

If you have any garden waste over this time that can’t wait for the next collection, you can take it to your local Household Waste Recycling Centre.

Christmas tree recycling

We’ll be collecting real Christmas trees from Tuesday 9th January until and including Friday 19th January. Please ensure that all lights and decorations have been removed from the tree. Any tree that is over 5ft tall must be cut in half.

Best wishes

Environmental Services – Waste and Recycling team

Christmas Presents for the Sunshine Centre

As a Benefice of eight churches we have once again offered to provide Christmas presents for the children of The Sunshine  Centre in Banbury.

For those of you who don’t know about this amazing facility, The Sunshine Centre was created to act as a hub for a range of family and childcare support services for the community in Bretch Hill and the surrounding area, this includes Early Years and the Childrens’ Centre.

It is an Ofsted rated, ‘outstanding’ nursery, which provides childcare for children from 3 months to 5 years, organises classes and courses for families in the community, and hosts a range of baby and toddler groups. It also partners with other organisations such as the NHS to provide weekly antenatal clinics.

It is proposed that any presents that are donated should be wrapped in Christmas paper and marked with a post-it note or similar as to what they are and what age and gender the child is to whom they’d be best suited.  Small presents with a value of £5 to £10 are what are required.

If you are minded to contribute please leave the presents on or near the main altar in St Etheldreda’s, from where they will be collected no later than Monday 4th December, and taken to the centre.

Thank-you from the staff and children.

Don’t miss the Horley Christmas Market – today from 4pm to 6pm in St Etheldreda’s Church

Stalls as below, plus try your hand at the Wine or Water, Nice or Nasty and Children’s Lucky Dip!

Horley Christmas Market – Saturday 25th November

Don’t miss Horley’s Candlelit Christmas Market in St Etheldreda’s Church on

Saturday 25th November from 4-6pm.

Stalls as below, plus try your hand at the Wine or Water, Nice or Nasty and Children’s Lucky Dip!

Still time to sign up for this year’s Village Lottery

The Village Lottery is a major source of funding for the Michael Hardinge Trust, which provides educational support to children and young people as well as maintaining the Old School Hall as an important village asset. 

The new lottery year starts on Saturday 4th November and it’s not too late to join in – see below for details:

Coffee Morning – Thank You!

wear it pink

Thank you to everyone who supported the Ladies Guild funding raising coffee morning in aid of Breast Cancer Now last Saturday.  We raised a fantastic £596 from the event!

Appeal for witnesses following serious injury road traffic collision – M40, Banbury

Thames Valley Police are appealing for witnesses following a serious injury collision on the M40 near Banbury as follows:

‘At around 5pm on Sunday evening (22/10), a collision occurred between a red and black Yamaha motorcycle and a red mini in lane three of the M40 not far from the slip road for junction 11.

The rider of the motorcycle, a man in his thirties, suffered serious injuries. He was taken to hospital in Coventry, where he remains.

We are asking anyone with dash-cam footage to please get in touch if it shows anything that would be useful for our investigation.

Or if you are witness we would also ask you to get in touch.

You can provide information through our online portal page or by calling 101, quoting reference 43230475588.‘