What's On Upton

Time, once again, to spring into the saddle for this fantastic ride - a choice of 12, 30, 60, 75 or 100 mile routes through the pretty half-timbered villages and lush countryside of South Oxfordshire and a great start to the cycling season.

The Netherlands National Circus. Didcot, Edmonds Park. Wed 18th - Sun 22nd April 2018. Our brand new show for 2018. A fast paced, all human production, in our heated Big Top, packed full of comedy, juggling, aerial performances, balancing, acrobatics, stunts and more.

90 minuets of live family entertainment. For one night only chilton primary school will be transformed into a superb wrestling arena to capture the live atmosphere that you would normally only see on your TV. Come see live what the rest of the world see on TV

A modern jive afternoon tea dance. Three hours of fun in a relaxed and friendly environment. Great music and delicious home made cakes. A lovely venue with two rooms - one for modern jive the other tango. On site parking over two car parks.

A night of ABBA with tribute act simply ABBA. Non members will be very welcome.

Club Rio - Fri 11 May at the Marlborough Club, Didcot, the venue for over 30’s playing dance music from the 70’s, 80’s right through to the present day entry £5 Dress code; smart, casual Tel: 07789428795

A Dolly Parton tribute night with live singer Dolly Parton tribute uk plus disco so Dolly Parton songs & country style music all night.

Mind body spirit fayre. Lots of stalls with readers and therapists and lots to buy and look at. We have a room especially for the kids so for a small fee kids can come and play and do arts and crafts so something for all the family.

Table Top and Jumble Sale this Saturday, the 21st April at Island Farm Donkey Sanctuary, Brightwell-cum-Sotwell, Nr. Wallingford OX10 0SW. Doors open from 11am, only 50p entry. Lots of great stalls including jumble, books, CD’s & DVD’s, Bric-a-Brac, toys. household goods and much more.

The sessions are for anyone who wants to find out more about dementia and how to help or care for people living with dementia in our communities. Come along to the next session: To book on to this session you will need to follow this link.

Walk With Me is a 26 mile marathon walk which will take place on Sunday 13th May in the beautiful countryside of South Oxfordshire, starting and finishing at Moulsford School, Moulsford-on-Thames. It is organised by a group of local people with the aim of raising funds for charity.

After a very successful first trip to Aldworth village hall last year, we are delighted to announce that The Watermill will return on Thursday 19th April 2018. Burke and Hare A new version by Tom Wentworth Originally created by Jenny Wren Productions 1828, Edinburgh.

Book launch invitation GARDENING NOTES FROM A LATE BLOOMER By Clare Hastings Published by The Pimpernel Press Join us! Clare will be celebrating with a short informal reading and a few gardening ‘notes’ enhanced by a glass of wine.

In a series of immaculately tended garden rooms, incl herbaceous borders, arboretum, secret garden, roses, vegetables and bog garden, there is an explosion of rare and interesting plants, beautifully combined for colour and texture.

Wallingford Museum’s latest exhibition is creating great interest with its ’Treasures with Tales’ exhibition. Residents from Wallingford and the surrounding villages have loaned the museum a wide variety of fascinating objects, each with its own special significance - from exotic to fun to poignant!

Wallingford Museum’s latest exhibition is creating great interest with its ’Treasures with Tales’ exhibition. Residents from Wallingford and the surrounding villages have loaned the museum a wide variety of fascinating objects, each with its own special significance - from exotic to fun to poignant!

Wallingford Garden Club will be holding its annual Bill Baker Memorial Lecture on Thursday 10th May at 7:30pm, when Geoff Hawkins has been invited to talk on Shrubs, The Backbone of you Garden.

You can now join a Guided Historic Town Walk on any Saturday morning, from the end-March until the end-September starting from beneath the Town Hall at 11.00am. Walks last 1 - 2 hours and cost £5 per head, as a donation to support Wallingford Museum.

Two couples share enduring friendships but, two of them have guilty secrets and have been arrested. They dare not tell their partners. What should they do and will their secrets be exposed? They are about to rub shoulders with some ‘interesting’ characters. Will their lives be changed for ever?

The Millbrook Ensemble will be giving a concert in St Mary’s Church Streatley on Thames at 19:30 on Saturday May 12th.

Wallingford Garden Club invites you to our annual plant sale of Annual, Vegetables, Herbs and other plants ready for your garden.

Award winning author, Cressida Cowell, will be holding a book signing at Mostly Books in Abingdon on Wednesday 2nd May 2018 at 4.30pm. Cressida is a children’s author who is best known for her series of novels: How to Train Your Dragon.

Join me for Chocolate and Meditation in Wallingford. A Cacao Ceremony in a gorgeous space, Cacao opens the heart and allows for a deeper, authentic love based connection with yourself and others.

Wantage & Grove Lions Grand plant sale plus 2nd hand garden pots & other garden things refreshments also 10am --130pm at East Hanney British Legion hall get your summer plants here

Early English and European music performed on period instruments, interspersed with humorous anecdotes and followed by tea and cake.

A new exhibition of inspiring artworks in the South Pavilion. Booking Not Needed.

Find out more about the parkland that surrounds Basildon Park mansion from our knowledgaeable team of volunteers and rangers a they take you on a guided walk of the park. Join our volunteers and rangers for a walk around Basildon Park.

A new exhibition of inspiring artworks in the South Pavilion. Booking Not Needed.

Find out more about the parkland that surrounds Basildon Park mansion from our knowledgaeable team of volunteers and rangers a they take you on a guided walk of the park. Join our volunteers and rangers for a walk around Basildon Park.

Three delightful gardens in a semi-rural conservation area with views over Oxford. Each garden has a different setting. Uplands a southerly facing garden full of colour and an extensive range of plants for all seasons.

The south Oxfordshire village of Checkendon is surrounded by beech woodlands which produce breathtaking carpets of bluebells and provide some amazing walks amongst the flowers and the rhododendrons.

Come and grab a bargain at our New to You Sale! Items include clothes, books, DVDs, household items, bric-a-brac, children’s toys, kitchenware and much more. Hot and cold refreshments available all morning. All money raised goes directly to the center to care for the rescue animals.

The May Day festival is the biggest free event in the area, and is very family friendly! This year’s theme will be Lords and Ladies, so feel free to dress up! There will be many events alongside the ever popular Chalgrove 10k.

The Boutique Room is a monthly event. It is held at the Pangbourne Village Hall every 1st Saturday of every month from 10am - 3pm. There is a complete range of ’Off the Rails’ clothing on one side of the hall - lovely, unusual ladies’ clothes by Jenny Gill.

Our "Annual Charity Sponsored Walk" is an event allowing individuals or groups to generate sponsorship income for their own favourite charity, club, school, church etc by walking a route marshalled by the Rotary Club of Newbury.

Every week at Rose Hill Community Centre, Open Stage Arts hosts fun singing and drama workshops for adults, taught by local actors, directors, singers, vocal coaches and musical directors. The sessions are suitable for all ages and all abilities, no experience is necessary.

In a pressure-free, relaxed environment you will enjoy drama and singing workshops led by local actors, directors and vocal coaches. You won’t need to learn pages of script, there are no solos, no auditions, no expectations of experience, and never any pressure to do something you are not comfortable with.

Lakes and wildfowl; ancient boxwood wilderness with walkways and summer borders.

Lord Nuffield’s history with motor cars attracts a variety of car clubs to Nuffield Place. Motor cars from visiting car clubs are parked outside the front of the house for visitors to enjoy seeing. Cars will usually arrive at Nuffield Place in the morning and generally stay for a couple of hours.

This sponsored charity walk has two circular routes to choose from, a 2.5-mile walk or a more challenging 6.5-mile walk.

This increasingly popular fun event is being held for the 8th consecutive year at the picturesque Donnington Valley Golf Club on Thursday 17th May 2018, in aid of Parkinson’s UK Newbury & District Branch and other selected Local Rotary Charities.

Annual Plant Sale in aid of the Church. Perennials, annual bedding, tomatoes, other vegetable and herb plants, house plants. Also refreshments, raffle, homebaked cakes and preserves, bric-a-brac.

Large walled garden surrounds a Georgian mansion (not open), with shaded areas, walks, topiary and many interesting mature trees. Large lawns and herbaceous borders and rose beds. The windows in the wall were taken in 1864 from Brasenose College Chapel and Library. Wild garden and a further walled fruit garden.

Pop Up Play Village is for role play fans! This event is a superhero themed play session! There will be a superhero toy shop, lots of superhero dressing up and a free art studio craft to make a superhero mask! There will also be our construction site, café, baby nursery and hospital!

The White Buffalo Plus Alice Drinks The Kool-Aid & Loud Mountains. Artists performing: The White Buffalo.: Tickets avaiable.

Commemorating 75 years since Shaw House became a school. Join us for a very special weekend where you will have the opportunity to access all area of the House which are not normally open to the public, from the ‘forbidden corridor’ on the second floor; the back stairs which was once only allowed to be used by the...

The Orangery at Shaw House will be transformed into a sculpture trail where you can discover artworks by local sculptors in this lovely historic setting.

During the first two sessions, we will show you how to record what you see and you will create a series of study sketches of the Shaw House building and its setting, using pen and watercolour, watercolour pencils and watercolour paint.