Watchfield
Watchfield is a village and civil parish in the Vale of White Horse in on the edge of southwest Oxfordshire, southern England, about 3 miles southeast of Highworth in neighbouring Wiltshire.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Village with 2,360 residents
- Description: village and civil parish in Vale of White Horse, Oxfordshire, England
- Also known as: “Watchfield, Oxfordshire” and “Watchfield, Oxon”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Church of St Thomas and Royal Army Chaplains’ Museum.
Royal Army Chaplains’ Museum
Museum
The Royal Army Chaplains' Museum at Shrivenham, England, tells the story of British Army chaplaincy from earliest times to the present day, with the help of archive material and historical relics from several centuries.
Defence Academy of the United Kingdom
Military installation
The Defence Academy of the United Kingdom provides higher education for personnel in the British Armed Forces, Civil Service, other government departments and service personnel from other nations.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Shrivenham and Longcot.
Shrivenham
Village
Photo: Motacilla, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Shrivenham is a village and civil parish in the Vale of White Horse, Oxfordshire, England, about 5 miles south-west of Faringdon. The village is close to the county boundary with Wiltshire and about 5 miles east-northeast of the centre of Swindon.
Longcot
Village
Photo: Andrew Smith, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Longcot is a village and civil parish in the Vale of White Horse District. It was part of Berkshire until the 1974 boundary changes transferred it to Oxfordshire. Longcot is situated 2 miles east of Watchfield.
Bourton
Village
Photo: Motacilla, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Bourton is a village and civil parish in the Vale of White Horse, England, about 4 miles southeast of Highworth in neighbouring Wiltshire. Bourton was part of the parish of Shrivenham until 1867, and was in Berkshire until the 1974 local government boundary changes transferred the Vale of White Horse to Oxfordshire. Bourton is situated 2 miles southwest of Watchfield.
Watchfield
- Categories: civil parish and locality
- Location: Watchfield, Vale of White Horse District, Oxfordshire, South East England, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
51.61034° or 51° 36′ 37″ northLongitude
-1.64734° or 1° 38′ 50″ westPopulation
2,360Elevation
335 feet (102 metres)United Nations Location Code
GB WAIOpen location code
9C3WJ963+43OpenStreetMap ID
node 338437672OpenStreetMap feature
place=village
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Basque to Welsh—“Watchfield” goes by many names.
- Basque: “Watchfield”
- Cebuano: “Watchfield”
- Chinese: “Watchfield”
- Dutch: “Watchfield”
- French: “Watchfield”
- Irish: “Watchfield”
- Italian: “Watchfield”
- Japanese: “ウォッチフィールド”
- Ladin: “Watchfield”
- Min Nan Chinese: “Watchfield”
- Persian: “واتچفیلد”
- Polish: “Watchfield”
- Slovenian: “Watchfield”
- Spanish: “Watchfield”
- Swedish: “Watchfield”
- Turkish: “Watchfield”
- Welsh: “Watchfield”
- “Watchfield”
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Watchfield Post Office and Watchfield Village Hall.
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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Watchfield”. Photo: Michael Ford, CC BY-SA 2.0.