Oxford Sweet Oxford

Oxford is the largest settlement close to where we live in Canterbury. It has a population of approximately 2,000 people. However, it enjoys some fantastic amenities that would put my old village of Holme-on-Spalding Moor, located in the East Riding of Yorkshire, to shame. Both villages are about the same size. I have listed a few of them below:

No1: Clean and working public toilets.


No 2: A fire station (eat your heart out Cllr Engall - you can't close this one!)


No 3: A farmers market on a Sunday morning


No 4: A council service centre, library and post shop


No 5: A police station (not that we have much crime)


No 6: A skate park (didn't Holme-on-Spalding Moor used to have on of these - what happened to it?)

No 7: An outdoor heated swimming pool


No 8: A sports ground with squash courts, a bowling green, cricket and rugby pitches and a nice sports pavilion.


No 9: An adventure playground for the children


No 10: A community hospital with beds (so the old folk can be cared for close to home and friends)

No 11: The Town Hall


No 12 - A monthly craft market.


No 13: An observatory at the local school


No 14: The A & P Showground


It just goes to show, 'There is no place like Oxford!'.