Useful Thame Telephone Numbers
- OCC Street Light faults – 0800 317802
- OCC Highways issues – pot holes etc 0845 3101111
- Thame Citizens Advice Bureau - 08444 111 444
- Thame Town Council - 01844 212833
- Oxfordshire County Council - 01865 792422
- South Oxfordshire Distric Council - 01491 823000
Who Looks After What - Local Authority Structure
Oxfordshire County Council
- • Education and Schools
- Fire Service
- Highways, including potholes,
tourism signs, gritting - Libraries, recreation, arts and
museums - Public rights of way
- Social Services and Youth Service
- Strategic planning and some
planning applications - Trading Standards
- Transport
- Waste Recycling Centres
South Oxfordshire District Council
- Community Advice and Support
- Council Tax and Government
Benefits, e.g. Travel Tokens - Electoral Services
- Environmental Services, e.g.
noise, pest control - Help and support for businesses
- Housing Services
- Information about local services
- Planning Services
- Recycling, food waste and
residual waste collections - Restaurant and takeaway
inspections - Sports, and Leisure
- Street cleaning and dealing with
fly tipping - Tourist Information
Thame Town Council
- Allotments
- Annual Events, e.g. Christmas
Event, Remembrance, Civic Ball,
and ad hoc events - Burial Grounds
- Bus Shelters and Street Furniture
- Planning Application
- Recommendations
- Management of Fairs
- Grants to local organisations
- Hire of Upper Chamber and
Meeting Room at the Town Hall - Markets (including Tuesday Street
market, Farmers' markets and
continental markets) - On-street parking outside Town
Hall and in Upper High Street - Publications, including quarterly
Residents' newsletter and Town
Guide - Recreation areas, e.g. Skate Park,
Play Areas, and Open Spaces, e.g.
Cuttle Brook Nature Reserve - War Memorials and garden
Recycling
- Brita water filters – Cargo Homeshop
- Household batteries – Thame Town Hall
- Household batteries & Brita Filters – Robert Dyas
- Mobile phones & Printer cartridges – Glynswood
- Mixed recycling – Cattle Market
- Old medicine – Chemists (Boots)
- Old glasses – Opticians
- Shoes – Cattlemarket; Shoecare, Upper High St.; Topsport, Buttermarket
- Stamps and coins – Oxfam
- Textiles – Cattlemarket, Thame, Waitrose car park entrance
- Videos – Helen House Charity Shop
- Green waste – SODC Brown bin scheme, see: here
- Bledlow Ridge Recycling Centre, see www.buckscc.gov.uk
- Electrical and electronic items, electron waste etc – Cattlemarket
- Audio and books Audio bank at Waitrose car park entrance
- Any good items: www.freecycle.org.uk
Hire
Please download and complete the appropriate form and return to the Town Hall, High Street, Thame, or email to info@thametowncouncil.gov.uk.
Town Hall Upper Chamber
To hire the Town Hall Upper Chamber, please download the Application Form.
Hire of Upper Chamber, Thame Town Hall - £27 per hour , £14 per hour (Charity Rate)
Please see the Hiring Conditions and Hirer's Responsibility.
Town Hall Floor Plan
For details of other halls to hire in Thame, click here.
Football Pitch
To hire the football pitch at the Southern Road Recreation Ground, download the Application Form.
Pitch and changing room hire -
Thame Clubs - £32.00
Local Clubs - £35.00
Please see the Conditions of Hire, Hirer's Responsibility and Floor Plan
Town Hall External Electrical Points
To hire an external electical point at the Town Hall, download the Application Form.
Please see the Terms and Conditions
Thame Town Council Land
To hire Thame Town Council land, download the Application form here.
Please see Terms & Conditions.
