A PUBLIC ballot is being held for the chance to go to one of the Queen’s Jubilee garden parties.

A total of 600 double tickets are available for the riverside event, near Henley, on June 25. The party is being jointly organised by the Lord Lieutenants of Oxfordshire, Berkshire and Buckinghamshire as part of the Queen’s UK-wide Diamond Jubilee tour.

The ballot is open to Oxfordshire residents aged 18 or over.

Application forms can be downloaded from the county council website by clicking on the link below or can be obtained at public libraries from next week.