Donnington Village Fête 2026
Our popular Donnington Fête will be back in Donnington Recreation Ground on Sunday 28 June.
You can bring your own picnic, or enjoy the Scout BBQ, WI cakes or something from the ice cream van. Free tea coffee and squash are served from the pavilion. The Fun Dog Show is back, with goody bags for all entries, and Watership Brass will be entertaining the crowds. There will be stalls from local organisations and free children’s activities run by St Mary’s Church and 3rd Newbury Scouts. Don’t forget to enter your garden produce or handicrafts into the Garden and Produce show – you might win first prize! There is a also a plant stall, and a free bouncy castle.
The fun starts at noon and ends at 4pm – weather permitting.
We look forward to seeing you there!
Spring Clean Litter Pick!
On Saturday 14th March everyone has an opportunity to come along and help us Spring Clean the parish. We will be meeting at the car park next to the Greek Table/Castle Pub on the Oxford Road at 10am. We provide litter picks and bin bags and you can choose where you go to pick litter, and bring everything back to the car park by noon. Please bring some gloves – gardening gloves or rubber gloves will do.
Children must be accompanied by an adult.
Reduction in speed limits announced on two of our busiest roads
West Berkshire Council has announced it will be reducing the speed limits on two of the roads in the parish, following a request from the Parish Council.
the two roads are:
- Oxford Road in Donnington – the current 40mph limit north will become an extension to the existing 30mph up to the Donnington Valley Hotel
- B4009 Long Lane – an 80 metre extension to the 30mph taking it beyond Shaw Cemetery
Both are in response to requests from residents due to the large number of speeding vehicles. This is just one way the Parish Council are acting to reduce speeding in the parish. We also organise regular Community Speedwatch sessions around the parish; rotate our two Speed Indicator Devices, and report statistics of speeding motorists to West Berkshire Council and Thames Valley Police.
