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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.

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.

Bicester Village railway station

Railway station

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Bicester Village is one of two railway stations serving the market town of Bicester in Oxfordshire, alongside Bicester North. It is 12 miles northeast of Oxford on the Oxford–Bicester line near its junction with the Chiltern Main Line.

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Bicester

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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.

Marsh Gibbon

Village

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Marsh Gibbon is a village and civil parish in Buckinghamshire, England. It is close to the A41 and the border with Oxfordshire about 4 miles east of Bicester. Marsh Gibbon is situated 2 miles east of Launton.

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.

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