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 Witney Town Council

Town Hall,
Market Square,
Witney
OX28 6AG

Tel Enquiries:01993 704379
Fax Enquiries:01993 771893

Email: Witney Town Council
www.witney-tc.gov.uk mouse



General Information

AMBULANCE SERVICE - 999 in emergency

BUS SERVICES Stagecoach (depot Corn Street, Witney. Tel. 702197) provides town services and routes to Oxford and other nearby towns. Connections are made at Oxford with cross-country coach routes. Other operators also provide services in the locality and details of these can be obtained from the Visitor Information Centre in Welch Way.

CAR PARKS - At Witan Way, Church Green, Woodford Way (temporary car park until September 2009), Welch Way (multi-storey from September 2009).

CHURCHES & CHAPELS
Witney Team Parish: St Marys Parish Church, Church Green. Tel. 779492
St Marys (C of E), Church Lane, Cogges. Tel: 779613
Holy Trinity (C of E), Wood Green.
St John’s Hailey & St John’s Curbridge Tel: 779492
Our Lady & St Hugh, RC Church, Tower Hill. Tel. 702661
Congregational Church, Welch Way. Tel. 709992
Methodist Church, High Street. Tel. 703178
Davenport Road Tel. 845322
Newland Tel. 703178
Welcome Evangelical Church, High Street. Tel. 705847
Kingdom Hall, Cogges Hill Road.

CINEMA - The Corn Exchange, Market Square. Tel. 01865 880645

The GP Practices in Witney are:
Cogges Surgery, 12 Cogges Hill Road, Witney. Tel: 700505
Nuffield Health Centre, Welch Way, Witney. Tel: 703641
Deer Park Medical Centre, 6 Edington Square, Witney. Tel: 700088
Windrush Health Centre, Welch Way, Witney. Tel: 702911

CITIZENS ADVICE BUREAU - The Old Print House, Marlborough Lane.
Tel. 705691

EARLY CLOSING DAY - Tuesday - although most shops remain open.

EDUCATION
Schools provided by Oxfordshire County Council:
St Marys Infants School, Church Green. Tel. 702387
The Blake Primary School, Cogges. Tel. 702840
The Batt Primary School, Corn Street. Tel. 702392
Madley Brook Primary School, Cedar Drive Tel. 862976
Our Lady of Lourdes, RC Primary School, Curbridge Rd. Tel. 702480
Queens Dyke Primary School, Burwell Drive. Tel. 704770
Tower Hill Primary School, Moor Avenue Tel. 702599
Witney Primary School, Hailey Road. Tel. 702388
West Witney Primary School, Edington Road Tel. 706249
Springfield Special School, Cedar Drive Tel. 703963

Secondary Schools:
The Henry Box School, Church Green. Tel. 703955
Woodgreen School, Woodstock Road. Tel. 702355

Independent Schools Are:
The Kings School, New Yatt Road. Tel. 778463
Cokethorpe School. Tel. 703921

Further Education:
Abingdon and Witney College, Holloway Road. Tel. 703464
Range of courses includes agriculture, science and business studies
as well as recreational day and evening classes for adults.

HEALTH SERVICES
Nuffield Health Centre, Welch Way. Tel. 703641
Windrush Health Centre, Welch Way. Tel. 702911
Cogges Surgery, Cogges Hill Road. Tel. 700505
Deer Park Medical Health Centre, Edington Road. Tel. 700088

HOSPITAL AND MINOR INJURIES UNIT
Community Hospital, Welch Way. Tel. 209400

INFORMATION - See under ‘Visitor Information Centre’.

JOB CENTRE Unit A, 2 Rivers Trading Estate, Station Lane. Tel. 745400

LIBRARY - County Library Branch at Welch Way. Tel. 703659

LOCAL GOVERNMENT
Witney Town Council, The Town Hall, Market Square. Tel. 704379
West Oxfordshire District Council, Woodgreen Tel. 861000
Oxfordshire County Council, County Hall, Oxford. Tel. 01865 792422

MARKET DAYS - Thursday and Saturday in Market Square.

FARMERS MARKET - 3rd Wednesday of each month in Market Square.

MEMBER OF PARLIAMENT - David Cameron (Conservative)

NEWSPAPERS
Witney Gazette (Wednesdays)
Oxford Times (Fridays).
Oxford Mail (daily) 4 Market Square. Tel. 704264

POLICE Police Station, Welch Way. Tel. 0845 8505505 - 999 in emergency.

POST OFFICES - Main Office at Market Square.
Sub office at Burwell Farm Estate.

RAILWAYS - Witney’ s nearest main railway station is at Oxford. Served by Intercity services to Reading and London (Paddington); for stations to Worcester, Malvern, and Hereford and by cross-country services to Birmingham and other parts of the Midlands and North and to such South Coast towns as Portsmouth, Southampton and Bournemouth.
Rail enquiries - Tel. 08457 48 49 50.

REGISTRAR OF BIRTHS, DEATHS AND MARRIAGES - Located at the West Oxfordshire District Council offices at Woodgreen. Tel. 0845 129 5900

SOCIAL SERVICES OFFICE - 11a High Street. Tel. 704517

VISITOR INFORMATION CENTRE - 3 Welch Way. Tel. 775802

WATER - Thames Water Services. Tel. 0845 9200 800

WINDRUSH SPORTS CENTRE Witan Way. Tel. 202020




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