#BritishHeartFoundation to close 150 #charityShops as costs rise
Shoppers turning to online options also affects #BHF, which has carried out review of retail arm

In #Oxford we lost the one at #Headington already and I think the one in St. Ebbs is also due to close.

https://www.theguardian.com/society/2026/jun/05/british-heart-foundation-to-close-150-charity-shops-as-costs-rise

British Heart Foundation to close 150 charity shops as costs rise

Shoppers turning to online options also affects BHF, which has carried out review of retail arm

The Guardian
redevelopment of the site of the former #Headington #coop has been approved yesterday. Doesn't look like there will be a new coop store in the new building ... https://public.oxford.gov.uk/online-applications/applicationDetails.do?keyVal=STSJP9MFKV000&activeTab=summary #Oxford #planning
25/00799/FUL | Demolition of existing retail store (Use Class E). Erection of new building at 2 to 3 storeys (with basement) to provide Use Class E floorspace comprising use for research and development and offices. Service area, landscaping (including low walls to London Road and Stile Road), cycle parking, bin stores, and alterations to access off Stile Road (Amended Plans) | 152 London Road Headington Oxford Oxfordshire OX3 9ED

Headington Liveable Streets commissioned a redesign of the main Windmill Road/London Road crossroads junction, based on a 2022 Oxford Pedestrian Association audit of the area, and it looks pretty nifty

https://www.headingtonliveablestreets.org.uk/re-imagining-headingtons-roads-and-junctions-2-2/
https://www.headingtonliveablestreets.org.uk/is-headington-the-worst-shopping-area-in-oxford-for-pedestrians/

I quite like the design, and I'm a big fan of those dutch roundabouts, but I kinda wonder what the busco would have to say about that central island.🦈 @oxford

#Oxford #Headington #walkability #urbanism

Re-imagining Headington’s roads and junctions - Headington Centre junction

Following the popularity of our first junction redesign of the "WGOR" junction outside Cheney School and a successful crowdfunding campaign to raise money for further junction redesigns, Headington Liveable Streets engaged InfraCGI to produce a second design, this time for the Headington Centre junction - where London Road, Windmill Road

Headington Liveable Streets
#Oxford: the #Oxfam shop in #Headington has lots of sheet music for #viola from beginners & folk through to repertoire.
#Oxford - the Cancer Research UK shop in #Headington (on the left heading out of town) has some very beautiful electric #guitars in the window today (and there were different ones last week, they seem to have found a good supply of these). I was almost tempted. The #violins they have are no use, though. A full sized lark and a child sized skylark, both lacking strings.
#Oxford: a bunch of children's #violins and a half size #cello in the window today at Cancer Research UK charity shop in #Headington (the one on the left heading out of town). Also some electric #guitars.
#Oxford: you can rent the #shark house for 6k a month - or just have a peep inside: https://www.rightmove.co.uk/properties/155972837 #Headington
Check out this 4 bedroom terraced house for rent on Rightmove

4 bedroom terraced house for rent in New High Street, Headington, Oxford, OX3 for £6,000 pcm. Marketed by OpenRent, London

Rightmove.co.uk