Please note the council meeting originally scheduled for Monday 09th December 2024 has been cancelled and rescheduled for 16th December 2024. There will be no council meeting on the 09th December 2024.

The next Full Council meeting is on Monday 16th December 2024 in Datchet Village Hall at 7pm.

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Events updated 29/05/2024

COMMUNITY ORCHARD

DPC & WAD would like to say thank you to all the volunteers that braved the wind (and dodged the rain) Sunday morning to plant the next phase of the orchard planting near the village hall.

We planted over 25 shrubs and 'Whips' (small trees) which will now bed in and take root over winter and these will, over time, form the second tier of planting adding variable height and depth to the orchard as a whole.

Phase 3 involves planting some additional shrubs and wildflower plugs to complete the process. This is likely to happen in early March 2025. Once that is completed we will be looking at some seating options and also signage to outline the planting. There will be sponsorship opportunities and if you are interested then please contact the DPC Office for more details.

Picture taken by Adrian Giddins,

 NEW DEFIB IN THE VILLAGE 

We have completed the installation of the new Defib Unit in the Red Phone Box on the Village Green. It’s great to have three council-owned units in the Village (the others are on the Rec by the DPC office and at Datchet Cemetery) as well as others such as the ones at Tesco and Datchet Golf Club.   

Our deepest gratitude goes to everyone involved in this project—your dedication and hard work have brought an invaluable addition to the safety and well-being of our residents.

A sincere thank you to Cllr Ewan Larcombe and his family for their exceptionally generous contribution, which funded the purchase and installation of the telephone box and made this installation a reality. Your support is greatly appreciated and will benefit the entire community.

Although the machine will talk you through how to use it if needed, we will be organising a defib operating course as soon as possible for anyone who would like to attend. Details will be published soon.

Remembering Datchet’s soldiers

In Ditton Road Cemetery, there are graves of servicemen who served in WWI and WWII. Over Remembrance Weekend, 9-11 November 2024, Datchet Village Society will be placing discreet information signs next to their graves so that residents can learn more about each of the servicemen and honour their memory. You can find more detailed information about each of the soldiers here on this website.

Proposal to clean the gravestones of WWI and WWII servicemen

Datchet Village Society would like to honour these men by cleaning those gravestones which are not maintained by the Commonwealth War Graves Commission or by their families. We have listed these graves below. Our intention is to do this simply with soap and water, cloths and soft brushes, between January-June 2025. If there are any reasons why you would not like these gravestones to be cleaned, please let us know before 31 December 2024. Contact Datchet Village Society, info@datchetvillagesociety.org.uk, or the Parish Council Clerk, clerk@datchetparishcouncil.gov.uk, tel 01753 773499.

Graves to be cleaned

WWI

BUTT John Gillis
KINROSS John
LLEWELYN Robert Harman
LOVE William Powis and Joseph Powis
MCGRIGOR James Neil Grant
STANLEY Ronald Bruce
SUTTON William
WARD Artemus and Richard (We are currently trying to contact the Ward family)

WWII

CROSS, Cyril Duncan
KNIGHT, William James
RICKCORD, John Scott