Conservation & Nature

CPRE have worked closely with us on our opposition to the Northern Gateway. They are running an Oxford Green Spaces Sponsored Walk, which we hope many of you will take part on Sunday June 27th from 10.00 am – 4.00 pm

The nine mile circular walk around Oxford has been created by CPRE Oxford to highlight the threats to many of the city’s much-loved green spaces.

In July 2007 Lower Wolvercote was flooded as the water-table rose rapidly after heavy rain. Wolvercote Common and Port Meadow are natural meadows on the flood plain of the Thames and its is quite normal that they flood each winter - indeed the flooding is part of the natural cycle that makes them such a special and protected habitat and a site of Special Scientific Interest.

Thank you to so may of you for coming along to see us at the Oxford Green Fair

It was a pleasure to meet you all and we handed out armfuls of our new leaflets. We were pleased to sign-up many of you to our mailing list or as members of Engage and look forward to seeing you all again soon - Thank you for your support!

"The character of Oxford lies largely in her suddenness - suddenly there, in all her richness, surrounded by damp countryside - but only unshakeable hostility to the Philistines will keep her so, and prevent suburbia from blurring her outlines and her style" Oxford by Jan Morris. Oxford University Press, 2001