Christmas in the Square 2025 - Everything you need to know!

An annual festive favourite returns this December

We are pleased to share thart Christmas in the Square will return on Saturday 13th December running from 4pm - 7pm.

We will once again be hosting a Gift and Craft Market in our community hall, along with treats from the WI. Festive music will be provided by the excellent Aylesbury Concert Band who will performing Christmas favourites live.

The big man himself, Father Christmas has been booked and will arrive on his Sleigh in the Square, and after greeting his fans, will settle in to his grotto. Children will be able to meet Father Christmas in his grotto and may even get a festive treat from him too.

Stall holder bookings are now open for our popular Gift and Craft market. Please click the button below for more details and how to register your interest in having a stall.

Parmiter Close Park - Future use Survey

We are conducting a survey about the future use of Parmiter Close Park and we want to hear from residents of Fairford Leys.

The survey asks residents to select their preferred future use of the park and give their reason why. The survey is open now and will close on Friday 19th December 2025. Once the survey is closed, we will review the feedback and use this along with other information and feedback to decide the future use of the space.

Parmiter Close Park - Summer 2025

Parmiter Close Park is located adjacent to Parmiter Close on the southern part of Fairford Leys. It is currently closed due to essential ground works. Parmiter Close Park was a play park up until the early spring of 2025 when it was repurposed as a 'dog friendly' park. We have received lots of feedback for and against this change, so we want to review our decision and decide if the park should continue or be used in a different way.

The survey is also available as a paper version. Please visit the Fairford Leys Community Centre in Hampden Square to collect and then return the paper version of this survey.

Please note:

• This survey is only open to current residents of Fairford Leys, who can be found on the Electoral Roll.

• We can only accept one response per person (digital or paper), if multiple entries are made by the same person the most recent response will be used and earlier responses will be discarded. 

• This survey aims to inform the Parish Council of residents' opinion, it is not a ballot or referendum, so the results do not bind the Parish Council's decision making process. 

• The survey is available online, but also as a paper copy which is available to collect and return at the Fairford Leys Community Centre. 

• The survey opened on Friday 19th September 2025  and will close on Friday 19th December 2025 for both digital and paper submissions. 

Music in the Square 2025 celebrating it's 10th Anniversary

The few photos from the archive of Music in the Square 2015

Music in the Square first started in the summer of 2015 and has been a hit ever since. This year we are pleased to celebrate the event’s 10th Anniversary. This year’s event will take place on Saturday 6th September 2025 from 5pm with a great line up or artists and bands set to take the stage. Our ever popular community bar and BBQ will be operating offering great value drinks and eats, with all profits made going back to the Parish Council to spend on the community. We hope you can join us at this free to attend community event.

Fair in the Square 2025 and Play Park Refurbishment

At February’s Parish Council meeting members from the council's leisure committee reported back on several key issues and several decisions were taken by Councillors. 

Fair in the Square 2025

The difficult decision was taken to not hold “Fair in the Square” this year due to the significantly increased costs and the financial performance of the event in recent years. “Fair in the Square” as it’s now known, first started in 2002 and has been an annual event since then. However the increasing cost of hiring the fairground equipment, coupled with decreasing attendance and ticket sales have meant the event has failed to break even for several years. We are aware that Fairford Leys as a community is changing and from the most recent census (2021) we can see that the proportion of younger children (0-14) has reduced, while the proportion of older teenagers and adults has increased, so this may explain the decline in popularlity of this event. For 2025 the proposed cost of hiring equipment has risen even further which has forced us to take this decision. The Parish Council has resolved to look into the possibility of holding an alternative event this year and will be meeting to discuss that soon.

Saunders Place Play Park refurbishment

The parish council approved plans to refurbish the play park found adjacent to Saunders Place/Jeffery Walk. The parish council has been allocated some funds from Section 106 funding which must be exclusively spent on leisure facilities. The funding is quite small so the leisure committee investigated what could be done to improve one of our smaller parks. The refurbished Saunders Place Play Park will be a place for small children to play on a new soft surface with painted activities (such as road markings, hopscotch etc) and for parents to exercise with exercise bikes and cross trainers whilst keeping an eye on the little ones. The plans will now be developed further to such a point when a build plan can be made. We expect progress at the play park to begin in the summer.