FUNDRAISERS across Oxfordshire will be raising a mug today for the World's Biggest Coffee Morning.

The annual day is co-ordinated by and raises money for Macmillan Cancer Support.

Events in Oxfordshire are taking place in Wantage, Witney, Kennington and Oxford.

The ladies of Blackbird Leys Community Centre got a head start by setting up their coffee morning yesterday.

Blenheim Palace will host their coffee morning, for which a £2 entry fee grants access to the grounds, as well as teas, cakes, and of course, coffee.

Rapture Record Store in Witney will also have an event from 10am, as will Michael and Co. Hairdressers in Kidlington, and Oxford Gun Company in Oakley.

Kind-hearted cake makers at Happy Cakes have donated this cake to the residents of Diamond Court in Summertown.

Anneliese Dodds, MEP for for the South East of England, was seen supporting Macmillan by purcashing cakes with her daughter Isabella. 

Conway Opticians on George St has put on a spread for customers to donate, and employees dressed in classic 1950's style for the event.

And staff at Marks and Spencer in Oxford have opted for a tiring morning, with workers cycling the equivalent of Lands End to Oxford on an exercise bike in a bid to get shoppers to dig deep.


Many residents are also planning to fundraise on their own for the charity.

Gillian Pipkin, a volunteer, baked a tasty collection of cakes for the Oxford Options Health and Well Being Care Centre on Awger Stone Road in Headington.

Helen Oakley, of Stadhampton, has been hosting coffee mornings for Macmillan for 20 years. This year is no different, and she'll have her event at her home this Saturday.


If you're hosting your own coffee morning, email us your pictures at news@oxfordmail.co.uk or tweet them at @TheOxfordMail.

It has been a good week for coffee: International Coffee Day was celebrated yesterday in Oxford yesterday by sipping steaming mugs of our favourite brews all over the city.

The Oxford Mail received all your of nominations for the city's best cup. Some highlighted haunts were Quarter House Coffee on Cowley Road, Fernando's Cafe on Cornmarket Street, and Coco Noir on London Road.

We featured photos from The Missing Bean cafe on Turl Street, a favourite among shoppers and university students.

Reader Pablo Mukherjee agreed, saying: "The Missing Bean consistently produces the best cups of espresso, macchiato, cortado, and flat whites in Oxford."

Another reader Kate Allred voted for 1855 at Castle Quarter.

Oxford has an established history with the roasted bean. The Grand Cafe on High Street is the oldest coffee house in England, established in 1650.