Fireworks Event – Traffic Management

OXFORDSHIRE COUNTY COUNCIL
(ST HELENS WITHOUT PARISH) (ABINGDON AIRFIELD BONFIRE
AND FIREWORKS EVENT) (TEMPORARY PROHIBITION OF
THROUGH TRAFFIC, LOADING AND WAITING) ORDER 2025
NOTICE is hereby given that on 10 November 2025 Oxfordshire
County Council proposes to make the above Order under Section 16A
of the Road Traffic Regulation Act 1984.
This Order is to facilitate the holding of the Abingdon Bonfire and
Fireworks event at Abingdon Airfield which is promoted by BUKO
Traffic & Safety, 60-64 Oswald Road, Scunthorpe, North Lincolnshire,
DN15 7PQ e: LWilkinson@buko.co.uk
The aim of the Order is to manage traffic attending the event between
2pm on Saturday 15 November and 1am on Sunday 16 November
by closing the following roads with No Waiting/No Loading/No
Unloading restrictions:
Faringdon Road (Gozzards Ford) between Sheepstead Road and the
A415 Marcham Road;
Blackhorse Lane between Faringdon Road and Cothill Road;
Barrow Road between Faringdon Road (Gozzards Ford) and Faringdon
Road (Shippon);
Faringdon Road (Shippon) from Barrow Road to Cholswell Road;
Faringdon Road (Shippon) east of Cholswell Road;
Cholswell Road between Faringdon Road and Long Tow;
Long Tow, between Cholswell Road and Wootton Road;
Honeybottom Lane between Whitecross and Church Lane;
Green Lane between Honeybottom Lane and Church Lane.
Alternative routes for traffic affected by the closure are: Lashford Lane,
Church Lane, Cothill Road, Sheepsted Road, North Street, A415
Marcham Road, Spring Road, Faringdon Road, B4017 Wootton Road,
B4017 Whitecross, B4017 Lamborough Hill, Besselsleigh Road and
vice-versa.
Exemptions are included for emergency services and essential works
to services (drainage, water, sewage, gas, electricity and
telecommunications) in and adjoining the closed lengths of roads.
Documents giving full particulars of the Order are available for public
inspection online at: https://www.oxfordshire.gov.uk/business/licences
and-permits/licences-and-permits/upcoming-large-public-events
Traffic
Regulations Team (Ref.S25-032) for the Director for
Infrastructure Delivery, County Hall, Oxford OX1 1ND.