Bicester
Bicester is a market town located in the north-east of the English county of Oxfordshire, some miles north of the university town of Oxford. It has become a popular destination on account of its being the location of Bicester Village, a large factory and designer outlet shopping village.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest
Highlights include Bicester Village and Bicester North railway station.
Bicester Village
Shopping center
Bicester Village is a designer outlet shopping centre on the outskirts of Bicester, a town in Oxfordshire, England. The shopping centre opened in April 1995 and is designed, owned and managed by Value Retail plc.
Bicester North railway station
Railway station
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Bicester North is a station on the Chiltern Main Line, one of two stations serving the market town of Bicester in Oxfordshire. Services operated by Chiltern Railways run south to London Marylebone and north to Banbury, Birmingham Snow Hill and Stratford-upon-Avon.
Bicester
Aerodrome
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Bicester Aerodrome, formerly RAF Bicester, is a private airfield on the outskirts of Bicester, Oxfordshire, England. The location of the first flight of the prototype Handley Page Halifax in 1939, it was used by the Royal Air Force until 2004.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Caversfield and Ambrosden.
Caversfield
Village
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Caversfield is a village and civil parish about 1+1⁄2 miles north of the centre of Bicester. In 1844 Caversfield became part of Oxfordshire, but until then it was always an exclave of Buckinghamshire. The 2011 Census recorded the parish's population as 1,788.
Ambrosden
Village
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Ambrosden is a village and civil parish in Cherwell, Oxfordshire, England, 3 miles southwest of Bicester to which it is linked by the A41 road, and 13 miles from Oxford. Ambrosden is situated 2½ miles southeast of Bicester.
Bicester
- Type: Locality
- Location: Cherwell, Oxfordshire, South East England, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
51.901° or 51° 54′ 4″ northLongitude
-1.1544° or 1° 9′ 16″ westElevation
246 feet (75 metres)Open location code
9C3WWR2W+C7GeoNames ID
7290960
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