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 sing every 1st and 3rd Tuesdays in the month during term time, 7.30 - 9.30 pm at the Church of St John the Evangelist, Iffley Road, Oxford OX4 1EH ~~~~~ Singing dates sometimes have to be flexible, so check back before visiting. They work around University terms, and Vacation dates. ~~~~~ Singing dates Hilary term are: February 4 & 18 March 4 ~~~~~ Vacation time dates probably are: March 18, Palm Sunday Singing Day at Cumnor on 29 March see below for details and April 1 & 15 [or 8 & 22?] Trinity term dates April 29 (5th Tuesday) May 13 & May 27 June 10 Oxford All Day Singing 27 June at North Hinksey, Oxford see below for details ~~~~~ Contact in term time email: peterdouglasbanks@gmail.com Contact in vacations email: davidgarman@ Website www.oxfordsacredharp.org/ www. |
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2026 30th Palm Sunday Singing is at Cumnor Village Hall Cumnor, Oxford on Palm Sunday Sunday 29th March 2026 Singing from the 2025 Edition of the Sacred Harp ( 'The Green Book' ) Singing from 10.30 am until 4.00 pm Registration from 10.00 am with Dinner on the Grounds Cumnor Village Hall, Leys Road, Cumnor, Oxfordshire, OX2 9QF, United Kingdom + GOOGLE MAP Contact: Email: Mandy Townsend Phone: +441865714778 Donations to cover costs. Because of immune participants it will be appreciated if participants will take a lateral flow test the morning of the Singing Day, and confirm that the test was negative. As to Rail Travel from Paddington and Marylebone: For access to Cumnor, bear in mind the Botley Road is still closed for traffic at the bridge at the Railway station. A new walkway for pedestrans, cycles etc., is open under the new railway bridge, now in place. See comments below for the Oxford Singing Day.
at the Doors open 10.00 am
for 10.30 am (BST) singing. Come and join us, either to sing, from the
Denson 1991 Sacred Harp, or just listen! Loaners available. Early evening Social afterwards : venue to be confirmed.
PLEASE TEST FOR COVID ON THE MORNING BEFORE THE SINGING _ THANK YOU.
Lifts from Oxford Bus and Rail Stations can be arranged; please
contact us beforehand by Friday 20th pm – tel: 01865 865773. Oxford
is served by main-line services from both Paddington (GWR) and
Marylebone (Chiltern Line). HOWEVER ...
... because the Botley Road at Oxford Station has been
closed since March
2023 and won’t reopen until August 2026, we can’t
pick-up from under the Oxford Ox statue opposite
main door of the station. Please use the pedestrian
footpath under the railway bridge to the Botley Road
and make your way past the allotments (on your
right) to the car park entrance of the West Oxford
Community Centre, opposite St. Frideswide's Church.
We can pick-up from there instead.
Travel by COACH ('Oxford Tube' from
Victoria or Marble Arch) is considerably cheaper
than by train, but the pick-up point will be the
same as by train, ie the
West Oxford
Community Centre, opposite St. Frideswide's Church.
There are several bus services along the Botley
Road, starting from the 'temporary' stop outside St
Frideswide Church, Osney Island, the E1, S6, S9, 400
and 4A. Minns Industrial Estate is the nearest stop
to the singing venue, just past Aldi and before
MacDonalds. Minns is at the junction of Botley Road
and North Hinksey Lane, which is what you need to
find the WI Hall.
If you take the S6, please make sure you get off at
Minns, ie just before MacDonalds, or you will be on your way to Swindon.
If the weather is fine, walking to the venue is
another alternative, which is a mile from the
railway station. If WALKING from
the Bus Station, turn Right on the road outside the
Bus Station, go over the cross-roads, and continue
walking in a straight line towards the Railway
Station. You will arrive in Frideswide Square just
before you reach the Railway Station. Walk under the
railway bridge and continue as before.
IF COMING BY CAR
(including access from Bristol/Swindon A420), don't attempt to go through the City! Leave the A34 at the Botley Interchange, and turn down the hill towards Oxford. You will be confronted by MacDonalds. It is easier to turn RIGHT at these traffic lights, followed by an IMMEDIATE LEFT, keeping MacDonalds on your left. Travel 300 yards southwards, and join North Hinksey Lane at a small cross-roads. Continue south (ie straight on), the Hall is on the left after House No 34. Parking is behind the Hall.
Please contact Edwin and Sheila Email: shelwin8@tiscali.co.uk Tel: 01865 865 773
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