The LVCA has recently responded to the latest proposals to build over 200 new homes on Gavray Drive. Work is expected to take place from 2023 and will take several years to complete. To read the full LVCA response document to Cherwell District Council planners please click here.
Do you know that during times of rain it’s easy to follow the water levels of Langford Brook?
The app here indicates that – usually quite close to real time – for viewing whenever you wish.
Our picture is from 04.10.20 when the Brook burst its banks in a number of places and flooded some of the paths and playing fields when the level was at 1.66m. The area near the bridge and towards London Road was particularly affected by water completely covering the footpaths.
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Now that the Community Centre has reopened we’d like to give our very special thanks to Manor Flooring, Mike Pearse Carpentry and Bicester Boiler Services for all their hard work in getting the Hall looking so great again and achieving the very tight timescales involved.
We’re back! The Hall has reopened with a fresh new look.
Regular activity groups are now able to return – providing they follow all the detailed rules necessary to ensure Covid-19 safely compliance.
The Hall has been fully risk assessed and special rules are now in place which must be followed by all regular user groups and attendees within each user group when Langford Village Community Centre reopens on Monday 21st September 2020.
Please ensure that if you are organising an approved activity you are aware in advance of all that is required in order to safely hold your own sessions and to protect the safety of others.
For full details of how your activity sessions must work and the rules to follow CLICK HERE
Committee members of Langford Community Association will visit the Hall regularly during activity sessions to check and ensure everyone is observing all the measures necessary.
Welcome back and a big thank you to all our Hall bookers for your co-operation and support.
Langford Village Community Association Committee
We’re busy preparing to reopen the Hall to regular activity groups from Monday 21st September in a Covid secure environment. Only regular activity groups who can pledge to follow all the necessary Covid rules and conditions will be able to operate.
Casual bookings (for parties and one-off events) are being accepted for 1st Jan 2021 onwards, but the event will only be allowed to go ahead if there has been a significant easing of Government guidelines.
We’re very sorry to announce that Langford Village Community Hall is to remain closed until sometime in September.
This is due to the premises suffering flood damage from a leak that developed suddenly during the lockdown.
Although the leak was soon discovered, the damage is extensive and the remedial work includes a drying out period, then replacement of some flooring and doors and finally, redecorating.
We’ll post news of a reopening date just as soon as we can. CLICK HERE FOR OUR LATEST UPDATE.
We’ve recently mapped out four Langford circular walking routes, all easily accessible and – for most people – usually walkable in around an hour or just under.
You may have seen them on our facebook page, but now we’re making them available here with links that enable you to print out any of the routes as a map to follow. In distance they’re between two and three miles – the longest is the Langford Blue Line.
We call them the Langford from-your-front-door walks, especially suitable for residents who’re taking daily exercise during the lockdown. Remember to keep to the social distancing rules and to be prepared to wait on some of the narrower paths if others are coming in the opposite direction. Also please be aware that runners and cyclists may be using these routes too.
Click a walk to download and print out a map:-
If you’d like a route file to load into in a GPS device then click on the links here
We hope you enjoy trying these Langford community walks and welcome comments.
All activities in the hall have been suspended during the Covid-19 emergency. If you have a question about a future booking you may still email bookings@langfordlife.org.uk
We have already contacted everyone who has made a private booking of the hall during April and May 2020. We’ll inform everyone here when and how service will resume.
There will be no alternative crossing for road traffic using the London Road level crossing. In giving the go-ahead for the phase of the East/West Rail project between Bicester and Bedford, the Transport Secretary has agreed that there is insufficient need for a new crossing. Because the barrier will be closed for up to 45 minutes an hour, there had been talk of either a bridge or a tunnel at the site but there is no mention of this in the document that green lights the next stage of the line. There is expectation that changes in signalling will help keep road traffic flowing and comment that another solution would mean undue costs and delays to the railway.
The Langford Village Community Association Chairman has said that the LVCA is disappointed that a better solution to the issues at London Road is not being found.
