Bicester & District Twinning Association
Armed Forces Day 27 June 2026
Please come along to meet our team and support us at this event on Pingle Field from 11:00 am – 4:00 pm. We will be running a stall with competitions for adults and children and some very excellent prizes including food hampers featuring products from our twinned countries. There will be plenty of other interesting stalls, events and people to meet for a fine day out.
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We enjoyed a very fine evening of Quizzing at The Shakespeare on April 22nd. With a fantastic array of prizes for the winners of both the quiz and the raffle, everyone went home happy one way or another. Many thanks as always to Debbie for organising the event; to Paul, the landlord, for providing the venue and a prize for the winning team; Steve who did a fantastic job as quizmaster; and to all of those who contributed the raffle prizes.
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At the invitation of the Mayor of Neunkirchen-Seelscheid three delegates from Bicester joined in the Advent Celebrations for the weekend of 12-15 December, viz. Bicester’s Mayor Alisa Russell, Deputy Mayor Paul Wheatley and BDTA Chairman Val Pearce. Discussions included the future of our twinning. Photos from the weekend here.
We were very pleased to welcome representatives from all three of our twin towns for the Remembrance Weekend in Bicester to honour and remember those who gave their lives in the service of their countries. Their show of solidarity was much appreciated. The mayors and deputies of Czernichów, Essarts-en-Bocage and Neunkirchen-Seelscheid were among those laying wreaths together with our Chairman. You can read more by clicking here.
On the 19th November we held a hugely fun and very successful Quiz evening at The Shakespeare pub in west Bicester. There were nine teams racking their collective brains to try to answer questions on topics as varied as cartoon characters, American literature and assorted dingbats. We are enormously grateful to Paul the landlord for providing the venue and a prize for the winning team, Steve who did a grand job as quizmaster, having had to drive all the way back from Manchester to get there, and Debbie Pickford for organising the event. Huge thanks also to all who provided a variety of raffle prizes, especially local companies BRITA Water Filters and Ravensburger Jigsaw Puzzles. (Please support them.) And last but not least, thank you to all who came and took part in this event.
On Saturday 6th September 2025 we held a very enjoyable and successful Garden Party Lunch with a Polish theme. You can read more here.
In mid-July Val, Brian, Damien and Paul travelled to Essarts-en-Bocage to take part in the Bastille Day celebrations. Read more here.
In early July Debbie and Nick travelled to Czernichów to represent Bicester at their Festival of the Sea. Read more here.
Town twinning offers numerous benefits by fostering cultural exchange, economic collaboration, and international friendship. These partnerships encourage communities to share knowledge, traditions, and experiences, leading to greater mutual understanding and respect between different cultures. By engaging in student exchanges, arts and cultural programs, and joint events, twinned towns can strengthen international ties and promote tolerance, making the world a more interconnected and harmonious place.
Bicester is proud to be twinned with three charming European towns and communes:
Neunkirchen-Seelscheid – a municipality in the Rhein-Sieg District of the state of North Rhine-Westphalia in western Germany.
Essarts-en-Bocage – a commune in the Vendée Department in the Pays de la Loire region of western France.
Czernichów – a commune in Żywiec County of the Silesian Voivodeship in southernmost Poland.
Our twinning association would be delighted to welcome new members interested in supporting us and taking part in our cultural exchanges. If you would like to become involved, we would love to hear from you. Annual membership fees are £10 for an individual, £20 for a family, £30 for a company or organisation. Please feel free to email us from our contact page.
