Oxford Backs Save Radley Lakes Campaign

Following its resolution of the 18th February, Oxford City Council has reinforced its official backing of the Save Radley Lakes Campaign.

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Parish Council Goes Ahead with Judicial Review of Lakes Decision

In accordance with its resolution of 29th February, Radley Parish Council has now submitted an application to the High Court to undertake a Judicial Review of the decision of Oxfordshire County Council on 14 January 2008 ...

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Judicial Review of Town Green Decision to be launched by Radley Parish Council

Following its meeting yesterday evening (28th February) Radley Parish Council issued the following statement ...

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Npower Grant Reprieve to Radley Lakes

Today, RWE npower issued the following press release: Upturn in market for recycled ash helps put Radley scheme on hold. RWE npower is deferring its plan to fill Thrupp Lake near Radley with coal ash from Didcot Power Station...

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People and Politicians Unite in Bid to Save the Radley Lakes - £4,000 raised towards Court Action

Despite the attractions of the fine weather and the rugby, around 200 people packed the Abingdon Guildhall on Saturday (Feb 9) to hear Lib Dem MP Dr Evan Harris, together with... [more]

County Council rejects Town Green Application - High Court battle looms.

Campaigners said today that they would take the battle to save Radley Lakes to the High Court after Oxford County Councillors resolved to reject the application to register the area as a Town Green... [more]

Radley Achieves Highly Commended Award in Village of the Year Competition

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New Hope for the Radley Lakes

One of the nation's top QC's has reviewed the Inspector's report following the Public Inquiry on the Radley Lakes and has advised that it is unsound.  [more]

Radley Lakes Verdict: It's a No!

On 13 October 2007, Inspector Vivian Chapman QC finally delivered his 62 page report rejecting the application by Mrs Jo Cartmell to register Thrupp and Bullfield Lakes and their immediate surroundings as a Town or Village Green... [more]

Closure Threat to Radley Village Post Office

Our Post Office is on the list of potential closures. [more]

10 Kilometre Run to Save Lakes

Sixty four people, aged from 16 to 76, entered the Save Radley Lakes ten kilometre multi-terrain run on Sunday, to help raise money for the campaign to save Thrupp Lake. [more]

Railway Station Adoption

Radley Railway Station may not be everyone's favourite place at the moment, what with all the noise and mess. Yet it could be made into a place to be proud of. [more]

Cycle to Recycle

On Saturday, cyclists from all over Oxfordshire joined in a protest rally to show support for the Save Radley Lakes campaign and to protest about RWE npower's plans to destroy Thrupp Lake... [more]

Childcare Survey

Are you a parent that could benefit from childcare?  Oxfordshire County Council is undertaking a countywide childcare assessment of the supply of, and demand for, childcare.  [more]

Local College Housemaster Swims to Save The Radley Lakes

Celebrating his recent Channel swim, Radley College Housemaster Angus McChesney swam a one kilometre stretch of the River Thames through Abingdon, on Sunday, to support the cause of Save Radley Lakes... [more]

Npower Start Work at Thrupp Lake

Two years and 80 days after first applying for planning permission , RWE npower finally received full planning permission to proceed with the "development" of Thrupp Lake into a waste disposal facility for ash from Didcot A power station.  [more]

Save Radley Village Hall

The Management Committee of Radley Village Hall has launched an appeal to raise money to install new double glazed windows and sound-proofing panels to the walls, ceiling and doors at a cost of some £13,500.  [more]

Radley shortlisted for Oxfordshire Village of the Year

Radley is one of 18 villages invited to the judging event for the Calor Oxfordshire Villages of the Year Competition on Saturday 18 August at Kennington Village Hall... [more]

Heavy Rain Brings Flooding to Oxfordshire but Radley escapes the Worst

Exceptionally heavy rain falling over much of Southern England and the West Midlands on Friday 20th July caused serious widespread flooding during the past week. Despite the Thames flooding parts of Oxford, Radley and Abingdon downstream escaped the worst effects... [more]

Final go ahead given to RWE npower start work on Thrupp Lake - well almost...

Yesterday, Oxfordshire County Council's Planning & Regulation Committee considered the last three conditions that RWE npower need to comply with before being allowed to commence their 'development' of Thrupp Lake... [more]

Top Environmentalist visits Radley Lakes

On Tuesday, Tony Juniper, Director of Friends of the Earth and a leading international environmentalist, paid a visit to the Radley Lakes to see for himself the destruction being wreaked on the area... [more]

New Village Shop opens for Business

Two years and two months after the closure of the old shop , Radley now has a new village shop, which opened for business at 7.00 am today... [more]

Destruction of Thrupp Lake Begins

RWE Npower have started to wreak their destruction at Thrupp Lake. The massacre of wildlife began, somewhat aptly, on St Valentines Day. ..[more]

Radley Lakes Endangered!

  Can you believe that someone would want to destroy this beautiful lake and its wonderful surroundings and turn it into a wasteland ...? Well, that is what RWE npower which operates Didcot power station is proposing to do by filling the two Thrupp Lakes, known to them simply as lakes E and F , with pulverised fuel ash ( PFA ). [Read the full story of what happened when local people realised what the Power Station was intending to do...]

Abingdon Integrated Transport Strategy

The Abingdon Integrated Transport Strategy, which is now in its implementation phase, sets out to provide better sustainable transport in and around Abingdon. ... Many changes have already been set in place...[more]