Visit Banbury – Our Values / Why

The Banbury Positivity Summit 2015#VisitBanbury

The Catalyst - Queens Road - Big Lunches & Much More!

2015 Launch - What is Visit Banbury ?

A volunteer led, community project with the goal of:

Primarily promoting the Town of Banbury,

Oxfordshire, as a desirable location to live, visit,

work, set up businesses, shop, relax & enjoy life!

• Thus generating a positive image for the town amongst its residents,

those outside of the town & further afield.

• By providing opportunities for many different stakeholders to work

cohesively together, to share in the wider project and to contribute

to its success.

• With a desired outcome to make Banbury a happier, more successful

& potentially a more socially & economically strong town, which will

be a desirable destination for residents, visitors & tourists alike.Inspired by

What is Visit Banbury ?

Visit Banbury is the glue

sticking together all of the

fantastic, positive things

which are already happening

in Banbury and making sure

everyone is aware of them !

What Have We DoneThe following is a series of activities which Visit Banbury have

organised, financed (via sales of merchandise & donations),

supported, promoted and worked on since 2015

Banbury Positivity Summit 2015

“Be Positive About Banbury” Video

Visit Banbury’s

Valentine’s Gift to Banbury in 2015

• Pen / Touch Screen Stylus

• China Mug

• Tea Towel

• Fridge Magnets

• A3 Poster Print with board and mount

• A3 Poster in Tube

• Tote Shopping Bag

Visit Banbury Merchandise Range

The Visit Banbury Project

“Create a Banbury Dish” Competition 2015

• The best recipes will be selected by a panel of judges from Visit Banbury and selected local figures and their creators will

be invited to cook their dish at a very special “Semi-Final” tasting event at The Cherwell Restaurant on 25th June 2015.

• The 3 best dishes will go through to the final & will need to be cooked fresh in a “cook-off” at Banbury Cookery School

at Little Amsterdam on the morning of Banbury Food Fair on Sunday 9th August 2015. The winner will repeat it at the

Food Fair.

• Members of the public will be invited to taste the three dishes, then vote for the Banbury Dish of the year. The recipe of

the winning dish will be presented to local restaurateurs, to put on their menus in celebration of the new Banbury Dish.

• Can be any type of hot or cold savoury dish

• Easy to prepare or cook (not time-consuming)

• Use fresh ingredients, locally sourced if possible to give a

Banbury identity

• Be cost-effective

• Provide a vegetarian alternative if it is meat or fish-

based

• Easily adapted by local restaurateurs to reflect Banbury’s

culinary diversity

Help us put Banbury on the UK

food map, promoting us as a

foodie tourist destination, linked

to Banbury Food Fair in August

& help start a new local tradition

which will be run annually in

future.

#VisitBanbury #BanburyDish

Visit Banbury Hosts:

Matthew Teller & the launch of The Rough Guide to

the Cotswold (incl Oxford and Stratford-Upon-Avon)

2015 edition

#VisitBanbury #RoughGuideCotswolds

Banbury Phone Box Library

Banbury Old Town Parties

The Night Market - 2015

Banbury Literary Live 2015 - 2018

Banbury International 2016 & 2017

Banbury Friendship Festival 2017 - 2018

100 Coats for Christmas 2017

The Big Feed 2017 & 2018

Supporting Banbury Community, Charity,

Business & Heritage #VisitBanbury

#SAVEBANBURYSTEAMFACTORYI’m Supporting It – Are You ?

Email: planning@cherwell-dc.gov.uk

More info here: http://banburycivicsociety.org/

Visit Banbury on Social Media

https://Facebook.com/VisitBanbury

https://Twitter.com/VisitBanbury

https://Instagram.com/VisitBanbury

https://VisitBanbury.wordpress.com

https://pinterest.com/VisitBanbury

The Time Is Right - 2018

The Cotswolds Connection

The Waitrose Effect

The New Banbury BID

CDC Buying CQ & Developing CQ2 / Canalside

Banbury Museum

Development

Significant Retail & Commercial Development

Banbury Rail Depot

1000s of New Homes

Banbury Creative & Cultural Quarter

& St Mary’s Church

Banbury Town Council Events

Photo Acknowledgements

Thanks to all of those who have shared photos with us – they may have

been included in here, we hope that is ok!

Neil Simmons - Modern Parlance Photography

Deborah Menikoff Simmons - Modern Parlance

David Shakespeare

Steve Gold

Kate Netten

Jacqui Nunn

Kitty Fynn

Missy P Photography

Michael Dale