Ambrosden

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.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Bicester Village railway station and Alchester.

Bicester Village railway station

Railway station

Photo: Geof Sheppard, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Bicester Village is one of two railway stations serving Bicester, in Oxfordshire, England; the other is Bicester North. It lies 12 miles north-east of Oxford on the Oxford–Bicester line, near to its junction with the Chiltern Main Line.

Alchester

Archaeological site

Alchester is the site of an ancient Roman town. The site is not included in any ancient references; hence, the Roman name is not known. However, Eilert Ekwall contended that it appears as Alavna in the Ravenna Cosmography, with the addition of the Old English ceaster to signify a Roman fort.

Bicester North railway station

Railway station

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Bicester North is a station on the Chiltern Main Line, one of two serving the market town of Bicester, in Oxfordshire, England; the other is Bicester Village.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Bicester and Arncott.

Bicester

Photo: P.khiao, CC BY-SA 4.0.

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.

Arncott

Village

Photo: Motacilla, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Arncott or Arncot is a village and civil parish about 3+1⁄2 miles southeast of Bicester in Oxfordshire. The 2011 Census recorded the parish's population as 1,738.

Ambrosden

Type: Locality
Location: Cherwell, Oxfordshire, South East England, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

51.8749° or 51° 52′ 30″ north

Longitude

-1.1366° or 1° 8′ 12″ west

Elevation

220 feet (67 metres)

Open location code

9C3WVVF7+W9

GeoNames ID

7300923

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