Gorgeous winter view by Brill photographer Victoria Timms. Her 2026 Brill Calendar is now on sale from her website and in Brill shops - along with Christmas cards (four designs in packs of eight).
Welcome to the
Brill parish Council & community website
The Parish Council exists to serve the people of Brill civil parish.
Our aim is to work with the community to make Brill a safe, sustainable, harmonious, and productive place for residents, workers, visitors, and future generations. We resolve to do this through listening, research and careful deliberation, and with compassion and fairness.
Finding your way around this website
The Welcome page (this page) contains news and items of current interest; scroll on down!
To find out more about the community and environment of Brill, click on the drop-down menus above the picture - or use the Search box below.
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This website
Website content & images copyright Brill Parish Council, 2025. Although a reflection of the majority opinion at the time of writing, opinions expressed do not necessarily represent those of individual councillors, then or now, or of future councils as a whole.
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Brill happenings
Brill Buses timetable UPDATED. Check the timetables for Thame and Bicester - and download and print your own Brill Buses leaflet.
Paper copies available in the Parish Council Office, Constables Convenience Store, All Saints Church and in the phone box on The Square (just across from the bus shelter).
The all weather surface of MUGA (Multi-Use Games Area) is marked up for football, netball, basketball and tennis - or just running madly around! Click to book a 30 or 60 minute session - or just turn up and play (so long as nobody with a confirmed booking appears).
Now with new flood lights - and bookings extended to 9pm!
Parish Council Business
Read the minutes of the November meeting of Brill Parish Council. Our next meeting will be Tuesday December 16th. Read the agenda. Members of the public are very welcome to attend; time is set aside at the start of the meeting for you to speak about items on the agenda - or any other topics of community interest.
The Annual Governance Statement, Accounting Statements and Annual Internal Audit Report for 2024/2025 are all available on this website along with the Budget for 2025/2026.
Please address any concerns or questions to the Clerk in person during office hours, by email or use the ‘send a message’ link at the foot of this page.
We are delighted to announce that Fiona Bennett-Meere has been recruited to the role of Wildlife & Community Ranger for Brill Common. Find out more on the Brill Common News & Notices page and read Fiona’s piece in November’s newsletter.
Brill Common - free for all?
“I thought the common was common land - ie for all” wrote someone on Facebook recently. Well, yes - and no!
Brill Common, The Walks, The Square and The Green are all owned by Brill Parish Council. The Parish Council holds these parcels of land in trust “for the benefit and enjoyment of all Brill's residents” and our many visitors. As such, the Council has an obligation to protect these open spaces from “damage and misuse”.
The two quotes above are from the Brill Common & Walks Policy*, a detailed document that covers encroachment (annexation of common land, however minimal) and the following topics:
Vehicle access and parking on common land
Track maintenance
Building materials and skips (placement during works)
Planting, grass cutting and weed treatments
Small structures (such as hen coops, boundary markers, tents and benches)
Grazing rights (including the responsibilities of people owning land adjacent to the common)
Events on the common (eg large celebrations and commemorations, fireworks, sporting events and filming including wedding and fashion photography)
ALL of these situations require discussion with, and permission from, the Parish Council - and we strongly recommend you initiate this process as early as possible to avoid misunderstandings and upset. If you’re not sure whether or not you need permission - just ASK! A simple email to the Parish Council will open a dialogue for everyone’s benefit and, provided your request is timely, reasonable and considered, permission is more likely to be given than withheld.
Let’s enjoy Brill Common - and make sure others can do likewise.
(*This document lumps Brill’s four grassed areas together as “common land”. This is not technically correct - but the description is adequate for the purposes of the Policy and its application.)
What next for the Brill foodbank collection?
The Aylesbury Vineyard food bank collection from Brill was initiated by the parish council during Covid using Bernie the Bernwode Bus (a service now overseen by the Haddenham-based I’d Like To Borrow service). Although it’s been well supported over the intervening years, Brill contributions are dwindling and the vintage volunteer Bernie Bus drivers want to hang up their keys in the New Year. So … time for a rethink.
Sadly, food banks are needed now more than ever - but is the present collection from Brill useful - given that all major supermarkets now have food collection points? Should we amalgamate our efforts with those of All Saints Church, who quietly collect for the Bicester Foodbank - or is there a Brill resident willing to work with the North Bucks Food Drive to continue the present arrangement?
Please click to share your thoughts on this with Marcia and Hannah.
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