About Berrick Salome Parish

Who we are

Berrick Salome is a village and civil parish in the district council area of South Oxfordshire, about 3 miles north of the historic town of Wallingford. Since the 1992 boundary changes, the parish has included the whole of Roke and Rokemarsh (previously largely in the parish of Benson) and Berrick Prior (previously part of the parish of Newington).

New residents of the Parish are provided with a Welcome Pack, which helps them to settle into their new home and the wider community.

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Where we are

The Parish is 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.

History

The Parish is historically an agricultural community, comprising four settlements of Rokemarsh, Roke, Berrick Salome and Berrick Prior. These are arranged in a triangle, with Rokemarsh located at the southerly corner, Roke at the south-east corner, and Berrick Prior and Berrick Salome at the northern corner.

At the time of the Millennium, the villagers produced a “Millenium Book” which provided information about village activities and residents of the village.

More details of the history of the Parish can be found on Wikipedia.

Neighbourhood Plan

Neighbourhood Plans provide local communities with the opportunity to shape local planning policies, which are used to approve or refuse planning permission.

After three years in its preparation, South Oxfordshire District Council accepted the recommendation from Cabinet to make the Berrick Salome Neighbourhood Plan on 19 December 2019. This has the effect that the Plan and its policies are now in force. The Decision Statement was published on 26 October 2022.

A link to the plan can be found below.