Datchet Parish Council Annual Statutory Meeting on Monday 12th May 2025 at 7pm in Datchet Village Hall 

Datchet Parish Council Precept 

Since RBWM issued the Council Tax bills, we’ve received several requests for more information about the increase in Datchet Parish Council’s precept for the coming financial year.

To provide clarity, please see the attached letter and documents, which explain the precept and the agreed budget in detail. If you have any further questions, please feel free to get in touch.

Thank you

Datchet Parish Council

Precept Letter

Annual Approved Budget 2025-26 

Budget and Precept Report 2025-26 

Latest News updated 24.02.2025

 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

Community Planting Day – Volunteers Needed! 

Join us for a fun and rewarding morning planting shrubs and wildflowers in the new Community Orchard behind the Parish Council Office. This is a great opportunity to get involved in improving our village green spaces.

What to Bring:

Let’s come together to make our orchard bloom and build a space for everyone to enjoy. We look forward to seeing you there! 

Join us tonight on the Village Green as we light our beacon as part of the National Celebration. Beacon lighting is at 21.30.