29 April 2026 - Newsletter
District Councillor’s Report to the Annual Parish Meeting 2026
Councillor David Turner presented his report to the Annual Parish Meeting which took place on 23rd April 2026.
The Parish is historically an agricultural community, comprising four settlements of Rokemarsh, Roke, Berrick Salome and Berrick Prior. We are located in central south Oxfordshire and connected by rural country lanes to Benson, Ewelme, Chalgrove and Newington. The open fields on the southern edge of The Parish give an extensive view over the Thames Valley to the long line of the Berkshire Downs, with the isolated chalk ridge of the Sinodun Hills crowned by Wittenham Clumps, as a focus in front of them. To the east, the foothills of the Chilterns can be seen. The Parish is approximately one mile from the River Thames.
Committee: Full Council
Councillor David Turner presented his report to the Annual Parish Meeting which took place on 23rd April 2026.
Notice of Casual Vacancies. You have until 18th May 2026 to let SODC know if you want to request an election as specified in the notices.
Judith Edwards, County Councillor for Chalgrove and Thame West, presents her annual report for 2025-26.
The Benson Bulletin April 2026 online edition