The Parish
Shiplake is a parish of approximately 700 homes located in South Oxfordshire, two miles south of Henley on Thames. It extends from the banks of the river Thames across the A4155 up to its boundaries with Binfield Heath Parish and Harpsden Parish.
The oldest part of the parish is the area known as the village of Shiplake Cross close to the 800 year old parish church of St Peter & Paul, Shiplake College, the local primary school and the Plowden Arms pub. The majority of homes are however located at the other end of the parish close to the railway station, corner shop, butcher, garage and Baskerville Arms pub which is known as the village of Lower Shiplake.
More about the parish is also available on the web site: http://www.shiplake.net/
Welcome to the Shiplake Parish Council web-
SHIPLAKE PARISH COUNCIL
Neighbourhood Watch
For dates and times of the monthly PCSO Surgery outside the Lower Shiplake corner shop please consult the Thames Valley Police neighbourhood website: www.thamesvalley.police.uk . You can contact the Police on 0845 8 505 505 or Crimestoppers on 0800 555 111.
South Oxfordshire District Council -
For the latest news from South Oxfordshire District Council click on the following link to the Outpost web page: http://outpost.southoxon.gov.uk/
Lashbrook Pond Project -
We have now received the results of the ecological survey of the site which has confirmed that the site is well worth conserving as a nature reserve because it contains no less than 150 different species. Our outline plan for the next 12 months or so is as follows:
1) January-
2) Thereafter : Create shallow scrapes and channels to encourage wetland plants.
We have planted all the hedgerow and coppiced the trees along the brook as planned, and have now formed watering parties to water the shrubs during this dry season which is their prime growing period. If you would like your name added to our list of Lashbrook Project volunteers please contact Geoff Thomas on: geoffdthomasuk@yahoo.co.uk.
Meanwhile please watch this website and the Lashbrook site itself for further information.
Kind regards, Geoff Thomas.
Parking Plan for Lower Shiplake
Oxfordshire County Council have developed a village wide plan to tackle the acute parking problems now occurring in the village on weekdays. The consultation phase is now closed and the results are awaited. Click here to see the road by road plan and details of the proposals. Parking Proposals .
Any OCC implemented parking restrictions will only apply to publicly adopted roads. Residents on private roads will need to consider whether they also wish to implement some type of parking restriction. The parking proposals page now contains some links to sites which may be helpful to private road residents when considering what, if anything, to implement on their road.
Link to project picture gallery: Lashbrook Project pictures