Friends of Old Headington
People who care for the Old Headington Conservation Area in Oxford
What have we achieved?
Since the Friends started, we have had a lot of success working with the local council to control the development of Old Headington.
Recently we lobbied for the ugly and corroded lampposts in Bury Knowle Park to be replaced with period-style black lampposts more in keeping with the conservation area.
Past Achievements
The first achievement of the Friends (and the original reason for us forming) was successfully preventing speculative building on an area of land north of St Andrew's Church. The land was then developed more sympathetically. Since this early victory the Friends have been active in promoting careful development including new builds, extensions and alterations. We have also offered advice on preserving special features such as the stone walls, kerbstones, cobbles and grass verges. We have argued for the retention of old style lampposts and pressured the council to issue a tree preservation order before Old Headington was declared a Conservation Area.
For more information about our past achievements you can download the following documents:
Friends of Old Headingon Leaflet 1970
Friends of Old Headington 25 year anniversary leaflet