Lew
Lew is a village and civil parish about 2+1⁄2 miles southwest of Witney in the West Oxfordshire district of Oxfordshire, England. At the 2021 census the parish had a population of 71.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Hamlet with 71 residents
- Description: village and civil parish in West Oxfordshire, England
- Also known as: “Lew, Oxfordshire” and “Lew, Oxon”
Places of Interest
Highlights include RAF Brize Norton and Church of the Holy Trinity.
RAF Brize Norton
Aerodrome
RAF Brize Norton is the largest station of the Royal Air Force in the United Kingdom. It is located in Oxfordshire, approximately 75 mi west-northwest of London, near the village of Brize Norton and the towns of Carterton and Witney. RAF Brize Norton is situated 2½ miles west of Lew.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Witney and Carterton.
Witney
Photo: Freeman.matt123, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Witney is a thriving market town in Oxfordshire, just off the A40. Like many towns in the Cotswolds, Witney is known historically for its textiles specifically woolen blankets.
Carterton
Town
Photo: Andrew Auger, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Carterton is a town in West Oxfordshire district in the county of Oxfordshire, England and is 4 miles south-west of Witney. The 2011 Census recorded the parish's population as 15,769. Carterton is situated 2½ miles west of Lew.
Brize Norton
Village
Photo: Motacilla, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Brize Norton is a village and civil parish 1 mile east of Carterton in West Oxfordshire. The 2011 Census recorded the parish population as 938. The original part of RAF Brize Norton is in the parish.
Lew
- Categories: village, civil parish, and locality
- Location: West Oxfordshire District, Oxfordshire, South East England, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
51.7551° or 51° 45′ 18″ northLongitude
-1.5313° or 1° 31′ 53″ westPopulation
71Elevation
269 feet (82 metres)Open location code
9C3WQF49+2FOpenStreetMap ID
node 338352248OpenStreetMap feature
place=hamletGeoNames ID
7297028Wikidata ID
Q2124780
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Turkish—“Lew” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Lew”
- Chinese: “Lew”
- Dutch: “Lew”
- French: “Lew, Oxfordshire”
- French: “Lew”
- German: “Lew, Oxfordshire”
- Irish: “Lew”
- Italian: “Lew (Oxfordshire)”
- Italian: “Lew”
- Ladin: “Lew”
- Min Nan Chinese: “Lew”
- Persian: “لو، آکسفوردشر”
- Polish: “Lew”
- Swedish: “Lew”
- Turkish: “Lew, Oxfordshire”
- “Lew”
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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 “Lew”. Photo: Chrisemms, CC BY-SA 3.0.