Advance Tickets for Secret Gardens 2025
Enjoy all the usual attractions - street food, choirs and entertainers, kids' games, village businesses and pubs. Win a prize in our giant Gala Raffle, or buy something new for the your garden at the Friends of the Arno Plant Stall. Relax with strawberries and cream...
Call for Gardens 2025
This years Secret Gardens is rapidly approaching (Sunday 11th May) and Co-organiser Kirsty Cotton has a message for anyone still considering opening their garden this year: We are so grateful to all our Garden Owners who opened last year and those that have already...
Defibrillator in Oxton Village
There is a defibrillator machine inthe center of Oxton. It is located in Oxton Willows. https://maps.app.goo.gl/P1mfZjDWtrLxiC9YA In the event of an emergency always call 999 first. Only after that call should you seek out a defibrillator device if instructed...
The Wirral Horn Award
Congratulations to the Oxton History Society who were recently awarded the prestigious Wirral Horn Award. This award is given annual by the Wirral History and Heritage Association to an individual or organisation who had made an exceptional contribution to the field...
Ho Ho Ho!
Oxton came out in force to start our Xmas celebrations with the switch-on of our Xmas Lights. A big thank you to the happy throngs of neighbours who sampled a delicious range of street food and drink, applauded our wonderful entertainers and visited Santa’s Grotto…
(Images used with kind permission of Alla Barkova)
Oxton Christmas Lights
Father Christmas and his Elf will be there and lots of other kids’ activities. There will be choirs, carols from the Salvation Army Band, street food, mulled wine and mince pies. We will round off the event with a rousing performance from the Wirral Drummers. Following the switch-on, the village and our giant Xmas tree will be lit up for the festive season.
If you enjoy our Xmas celebrations then please sponsor a bulb – this helps to fund the lights and the road closure which cost about £4,000. You can use the QR code above, or click on Read More which links to our Just Giving Page. Thanks.
AGM , November 7th
Notification of Oxton Society Annual General Meeting Dear Oxton Society Member The Oxton Society’s AGM for the year 2023-2024 will be held at the Christ Church church hall in Oxton starting at 7.00pm on Thursday, 7th November 2024. (Please note the change from our...
How did Secret Gardens do?
The Secret Gardens 2024 accounts are still being finalised but we can now share the general results. The crowds turned up and the sun shone (until we were clearing up), the gardens were in full bloom, the entertainment was terrific. The street traders ran out of food,...
History Walks, 2024
Solar Panels – latest guidelines
Solar panels for domestic buildings in Conservation Areas. Placing solar panels on the roof of your house or flat, or a building within the grounds of your house or flat, is usually ‘Permitted Development’ and does not require planning permission provided they meet...