Oxfordshire
Oxfordshire is a county in South East England, on the southern fringes of the West Midlands, bordered by Northamptonshire, Buckinghamshire, Berkshire, Wiltshire, Gloucestershire and Warwickshire.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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Essential Destinations
Top destinations include Oxford and Abingdon-on-Thames.
Oxford
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Oxford is the oldest university city in the United Kingdom, some 50 miles to the west of the capital London in its own county of Oxfordshire, on the rivers Thames and Cherwell.
Abingdon-on-Thames
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Abingdon-on-Thames is in Oxfordshire on the River Thames about 7 miles south of Oxford. It is a busy market town with a good choice of shops, pubs and restaurants. It sits aside the River Thames and having an attractive County Hall.
Banbury
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Banbury is a market town in the Cherwell district of Oxfordshire. It is known for the nursery rhyme "Ride-a-cock-horse" and Banbury cakes. The local football team is Banbury United and they play at the Spencer stadium.
Destinations to Discover
Explore places such as Woodstock and Henley-on-Thames.
Woodstock
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Woodstock is an attractive small town 8 mi north of Oxford, England. It is the nearest town to the popular stately home Blenheim Palace, Winston Churchill's birthplace, and is therefore popular with travellers looking for food and accommodation.
Henley-on-Thames
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Henley-on-Thames is a town on the River Thames in South Oxfordshire, England. Henley is perhaps most famous as the home of the well-known international rowing tournament, the Henley Royal Regatta, held each year in late June and early July.
Wallingford
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Wallingford is a market town and civil parish on the River Thames in South Oxfordshire, England, 12 miles north of Reading, 13 miles south of Oxford and 11 miles north west of Henley-on-Thames.
Didcot
Didcot is a town in South Oxfordshire, England. If you are a rail enthusiast, you may be interested in Didcot because it is the home of the Didcot Rail Centre.
Chipping Norton
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Chipping Norton is a small English town in the county of Oxfordshire and one of the most attractive towns in the Cotswolds region. Chippy is an essential place to visit while in the Cotswolds, and is an idyllic and peaceful location to stay in while also being close to Oxford and Stratford-upon-Avon.
Witney
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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.
Wantage
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Wantage is a small town in Oxfordshire, 16 miles southwest of Oxford. It's on the edge of the Berkshire Downs and nowadays administered as part of the Vale of White Horse district.
Burford
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Burford is a picturesque town known as the "gateway to the Cotswolds", a predominantly rural landscape with stone-built villages, historical towns and stately homes and gardens.
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.
Thame
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Thame is a market town and civil parish in South Oxfordshire, England, about 13 miles east of the city of Oxford, 10 miles southwest of Aylesbury and 40 miles northwest of London.
Faringdon
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Faringdon is a historic market town in the Vale of White Horse, Oxfordshire, England, 18 miles south-west of Oxford, 10 miles north-west of Wantage and 12 miles east-north-east of Swindon.
Sandford-on-Thames
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Sandford-on-Thames is a village in Oxfordshire, just south of Oxford. It combines the charming peace of a small old-English village with easy access to the nearby city centre, making it a pleasant base from where to explore both Oxford and the surrounding English landscapes.
Oxfordshire
- Type: Region with 680,000 residents
- Description: county in England, UK
- Also known as: “Ceremonial County Oxfordshire”, “County of Oxford”, and “Oxon.”
- Neighbors: Berkshire, Buckinghamshire, Gloucestershire, Northamptonshire, Warwickshire, and Wiltshire
- Categories: ceremonial county of England and non-metropolitan county
- Location: South East England, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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In Other Languages
From Afrikaans to Yue Chinese—“Oxfordshire” goes by many names.
- Afrikaans: “Oxfordshire”
- Arabic: “أكسفوردشاير”
- Arabic: “أكسفوردشير”
- Arabic: “أوكسفوردشاير”
- Arabic: “أوكسفوردشير”
- Arabic: “اوكسفوردشاير”
- Arabic: “اوكسفوردشير”
- Aragonese: “Oxfordshire”
- Armenian: “Օքսֆորդշիր”
- Asturian: “Oxfordshire”
- Azerbaijani: “Oksfordşir”
- Balinese: “Oxfordshire”
- Bashkir: “Оксфордшир”
- Basque: “Oxfordshire”
- Belarusian: “Оксфардшыр”
- Bengali: “অক্সফোর্ডশায়ার”
- Breton: “Oxfordshire”
- Bulgarian: “Оксфордшър”
- Catalan: “comtat d’Oxford”
- Catalan: “Oxfordshire”
- Catalan: “Oxon.”
- Cebuano: “Oxfordshire”
- Chinese: “Oxfordshire”
- Chinese: “牛津郡”
- Cornish: “Konteth Rysoghen”
- Croatian: “Oxfordshire (grofovija)”
- Croatian: “Oxfordshire”
- Czech: “Oxfordshire”
- Danish: “Oxfordshire”
- Dutch: “Graafschap Oxford”
- Dutch: “Oxfordshire”
- Dutch: “Oxon”
- Egyptian Arabic: “اوكسفوردشير”
- Esperanto: “Oksfordio”
- Esperanto: “Oxfordshire”
- Estonian: “Oxfordshire”
- Finnish: “Oxfordshire”
- French: “Comté d’Oxford”
- French: “Oxfordshire”
- French: “Oxon”
- Galician: “Oxfordshire”
- Georgian: “ოქსფორდშირი”
- German: “Oxfordshire”
- German: “Oxon”
- Greek: “Όξφορντσαϊρ”
- Gujarati: “ઓક્સફોર્ડશાયર”
- Hakka Chinese: “Oxfordshire”
- Hebrew: “אוקספורדשייר”
- Hindi: “ऑक्सफ़र्डशायर”
- Hungarian: “Oxfordshire”
- Icelandic: “Oxfordshire”
- Ido: “Oxfordshire”
- Indonesian: “Oxfordshire”
- Interlingua: “Oxfordshire”
- Irish: “Oxfordshire”
- Italian: “Oxfordshire”
- Japanese: “オックスフォードシャー”
- Kannada: “ಆಕ್ಸ್ಫರ್ಡ್ಶೈರ್”
- Korean: “옥스퍼드셔주”
- Kurdish: “Oxfordshire”
- Ladin: “Oxfordshire”
- Latin: “Oxoniensis comitatus”
- Latin: “Oxonium”
- Latvian: “Oksfordšīra”
- Lithuanian: “Oksfordšyras”
- Luxembourgish: “Oxfordshire”
- Macedonian: “Оксфордшир”
- Malay: “Oxfordshire”
- Manx: “Sheer Aah yn Ollee”
- Marathi: “ऑक्सफर्डशायर”
- Min Nan Chinese: “Oxfordshire”
- Mingrelian: “ოქსფორდშირი”
- Nepali: “अक्सफोर्डसायर”
- Northern Frisian: “Oxfordshire”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Oxfordshire”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Oxfordshire”
- Norwegian: “Oxfordshire”
- Occitan (post 1500): “Oxfordshire”
- Old English (ca. 450-1100): “Oxnafordscīr”
- Old English (ca. 450-1100): “Oxnafordsċīr”
- Ossetian: “Оксфордшир”
- Persian: “آکسفوردشایر”
- Persian: “آکسفوردشر”
- Polish: “Oxfordshire”
- Portuguese: “Oxfordshire”
- Romanian: “Oxfordshire”
- Russian: “Оксфордшир”
- Scots: “Oxfordshire”
- Serbian: “Оксфордшир”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Oxfordshire”
- Slovak: “Oxfordshire”
- Slovenian: “Oxfordshire”
- Spanish: “Oxfordshire”
- Swedish: “Oxfordshire”
- Tajik: “Оксфордшир”
- Tamil: “ஆக்சுபோர்ட்சையர்”
- Tamil: “ஆஸ்போர்டஷிர்”
- Telugu: “ఆక్సఫర్డ్ షైర్”
- Thai: “ออกซฟอร์ดเชอร์”
- Turkish: “Oxfordshire”
- Turkish: “Törensel Oxfordshire Kontluğu”
- Ukrainian: “Оксфордшир”
- Urdu: “اوکسفرڈشائر”
- Venetian: “contea de Oxford”
- Vietnamese: “Oxfordshire”
- Volapük: “Oxfordshire”
- Waray (Philippines): “Oxfordshire”
- Welsh: “Swydd Rydychen”
- Western Frisian: “Oxfordshire”
- Western Panjabi: “آکسفورڈشائر”
- Wu Chinese: “牛津郡”
- Yiddish: “אקספארדשיר”
- Yue Chinese: “牛津郡”
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