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 4-June-2026: Please note revised Vacation dates: We sing every 1st and 3rd Tuesdays and also 5th Tuesdays, when possible, in the months during term time, 7.30 - 9.15 pm at the Church of St John the Evangelist, Iffley Road, Oxford OX4 1EH ~~~~~ Singing dates sometimes have to be flexible, so check back before visiting. They work around University terms, and Vacation dates. Summer vacation times 2026 July 7 and 21 No singing in August September 1, 15, and 29 (TBC) 7.30 - 9.15 pm Venue The Old School House, 38 Hertford Street, OX4 3AJ. (Donations toward the hire of this room please !) Hertford Street lies between the Iffley and Cowley Roads. Bus routes on Iffley Road are 3 and 3A Bus routes on Cowley Road are 1, 5, 5A, 10, and 100 Oxford All Day Singing 27 June Botley Women's Institute Hall North Hinksey Lane, Botley see below for full details June 30 is a 5th Tuesday, No singing ~~~~~ Contact in term time email: peterdouglasbanks@gmail.com Contact in vacations mobile: davidgarman tel: 07896 222 356 Website www.oxfordsacredharp.org/ www. |
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at the Doors open 10.00 am
for 10.30 am (BST) singing. Come and join us, either to sing, from the
new 2026 (Green) Sacred Harp, or just listen! Loaners available.
Ample parking behind the hall. Early evening Social afterwards : 30 Eynsham
Road, Botley. OX2 9BP.
If you have any symptoms of a respiratory infection on the day, please do not attend because some singers in our community are immunocompromised..
Lifts from Oxford Bus and Railway Stations can be arranged; please
contact us beforehand by Friday 26th pm – tel: 01865 865773. Oxford
is served by main-line services from both Paddington (GWR) and
Marylebone (Chiltern Line). HOWEVER ...
... because the Botley Road at Oxford Station has been
closed since March
2023 and won’t reopen until August 2026, we can’t
pick-up from under the Oxford Ox statue opposite
main door of the railway station. Please use the new pedestrian
footpath under the railway bridge to the Botley Road
and make your way past the allotments (on your
right) to the car park entrance of the West Oxford
Community Centre, opposite St. Frideswide's Church.
We can pick-up from there instead.
Travel by COACH ('Oxford Tube' from
Victoria or Marble Arch) is considerably cheaper
than by train, but the pick-up point will be the
same as by train, ie the
West Oxford
Community Centre, opposite St. Frideswide's Church.
There are several bus services along the Botley
Road, starting from the 'temporary' stop outside St
Frideswide Church, Osney Island, the E1, S6, S9, 400
and 4A. Minns Industrial Estate is the nearest stop
to the singing venue, just past Aldi and before
MacDonalds. Minns is at the junction of Botley Road
and North Hinksey Lane, which is what you need to
find the WI Hall.
If you take the S6, please make sure you get off at
Minns, ie just before MacDonalds, or you will be on your way to Swindon.
If the weather is fine, walking to the venue is
another alternative, which is a mile from the
railway station. If WALKING from
the Bus Station, turn Right on the road outside the
Bus Station, go over the cross-roads, and continue
walking in a straight line towards the Railway
Station. You will arrive in Frideswide Square just
before you reach the Railway Station. Walk under the
railway bridge and continue as before.
IF COMING BY CAR
(including access from Bristol/Swindon A420), don't attempt to go through the City! Leave the A34 at the Botley Interchange, and turn down the hill towards Oxford. You will be confronted by MacDonalds. It is easier to turn RIGHT at these traffic lights, followed by an IMMEDIATE LEFT, keeping MacDonalds on your left. Travel 300 yards southwards, and join North Hinksey Lane at a small cross-roads. Continue south (ie straight on), the Hall is on the left after House No 34. Parking is behind the Hall.
Please contact Edwin and Sheila Email: shelwin8@tiscali.co.uk Tel: 01865 865 773
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Website run by Sheila and Edwin Macadam Tel:01865 865773 Email: shelwin8@tiscali.co.uk |
