First time buyers explain how they escaped to the Oxfordshire countryside to start married life in a brand-new 4-bed home Home buyers in Oxfordshire have seen property prices increase by 6.8% in the last year, due in part to the Chancellor’s stamp duty holiday and...
Students at St Edburg’s Church of England Primary School enjoyed an outdoor ecology lesson with a twist this week. Over a dozen students from the school – located on the Kingsmere Estate – were invited to find out more about the importance of local...
Pupils at St Edburg’s Church of England Primary School are celebrating following the donation of a reading arbour from local housebuilder, CALA Homes. CALA Homes, which is building a collection of contemporary three and four bedroom terraced, semi-detached and...
The newest addition to Bicester’s impressive retail offering, Kingsmere Retail Park reopens on Wednesday 2nd December as government restrictions lift in time for Christmas shopping. The new retail park, which opened at the beginning of the year, is part of Kingsmere...
Whitelands Academy in Kingsmere has opened its doors to the first intake of secondary school students. Marking a major milestone in the development of the new village and meeting Oxfordshire’s educational needs, the new secondary school will initially open for Year 7...
The Whitelands Farm Sports Ground, located in Kingsmere, offers the local community the chance to join a range of sports clubs, while also offering young people in Bicester a number of sports education programmes. As a new school year gets underway, Kingsmere welcomes...
Did you know? Gardens make up over 30 per cent of green open space in urban areas in England. This means we all have an important role to play in encouraging wildlife into our gardens and creating environments in which they can thrive. Here at Kingsmere, CALA Homes...
The Bardwell Youth Under 11’s team have kicked off their 2020 season under the sponsorship of Kingsmere, Bicester’s newest village development, being developed by Countryside. The team now train and play at Whitelands Farm Sports Ground in Kingsmere and have used the...
The Kingsmere Community and Youth Centre, which officially opened its doors in September 2018, has come a long way over the past year. Since opening, the number of hours used in the centre have more than doubled from 209 in September 2018 to 470 in September 2019. The...
Construction at Whitelands Academy, Bicester’s newest 600-pupil school, continues to progress well. Located within Kingsmere, the 5,210 sqm school will host 26 classrooms, a garden area, a four-court sports hall with changing facilities and external social spaces,...
