Towns and villages in the Oxfordshire Cotswolds

Highlights

Great Tew

Great Tew

Constructed by landscape gardener, John Loudon, as part of an extensive park overlooking the Worton…

Charlbury

Charlbury

Charlbury, set in the heart of the Oxfordshire Cotswolds, grew from a small clearing in the…

Chipping Norton Almshouses

Chipping Norton

Chipping Norton, perched on the highest point in Oxfordshire, is a bustling and lively market town.

The Buttercross and Town Hall

Witney

Witney is the largest of the market towns in the Oxfordshire Cotswolds and much of the architecture…

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  1. Add Kelmscott to your Itinerary

    Kelmscott

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    Village

    Kelmscott is a quiet village, set at the end of a non-through road that peters out at the nearby river Thames.

    The village church, St George's, dates back to the end of the 12th century though it was subsequently enlarged on a number of…

  2. Add Eynsham to your Itinerary

    Eynsham

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    Village

    The ancient market town of Eynsham began life as a small Romano-British settlement and today retains much of its medieval heritage,

  3. Add Shipton under Wychwood to your Itinerary

    Shipton under Wychwood

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    Countryside

    Shipton under Wychwood

    Heart of the Oxfordshire Cotswolds and still a place of mystery, the area was once the ancient Royal Hunting Forest of Wychwood, much of which survives. Shipton is the largest of the Wychwoods (the others are Ascott and Milton), each having their…

  4. Add Finstock to your Itinerary

    Finstock

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    Countryside

    Sitting within the boundaries of the ancient royal hunting Forest of Wychwood, Finstock is a peaceful village which dates back to 1135. While parts of the village are of recent origin, it boasts the oldest Methodist church in the region, where T.S.…

  5. Add Leafield to your Itinerary

    Leafield

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    Village

    The church spire of St. Michael’s can be seen for miles, as Leafield is a hill-top village and a centre for the Wychwood Forest. Here was the royal hunting forest, part of which still survives as a National Nature Reserve. Leafield was once a centre…

  6. Add Minster Lovell to your Itinerary

    Minster Lovell

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    Village

    This pretty village of Cotwold stone and thatched roofs is romantically positioned on the River Windrush. Reputedly the region’s most haunted village, Minster Lovell is perhaps best known the ruins of its 15th century hall, owned by generations of…

  7. Add Long Hanborough to your Itinerary

    Long Hanborough

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    Village

    Lying between Witney and Woodstock, the village station provides easy access to Oxford on the Cotswold Line and is also home to the Oxford Bus Museum.

  8. Add Combe to your Itinerary

    Combe

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    Village

    The name Combe, meaning valley, seems inappropriate for a village set on a hill top 45m above Evenlode valley floor! The village may have moved away from an earlier site down on the valley floor.

    The village is on the edge of the Blenheim…

  9. Add Great Rollright to your Itinerary

    Great Rollright

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    Countryside

    Chipping Norton

    Just north of Chipping Norton, set high on a hill and enjoying panoramic views across the valley, Great Rollright is the larger of The Rollrights, Little Rollright is 2 miles to the west, with the prehistoric Rollright Stones in between.

  10. Add Ramsden to your Itinerary

    Ramsden

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    Village

    A beautiful and peaceful stone village on the north-east edge of the Cotswolds. Ramsden, meaning 'wild garlic valley', is another ideal base for exploring the surrounding countryside either on foot or on bicycle.

  11. Add Stanton Harcourt to your Itinerary

    Stanton Harcourt

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    Countryside

    Stanton Harcourt

    Stanton Harcourt is a small, attractive village dating from a Bronze Age settlement. The Harcourt family resided there between the 12th and 18th century and the fine Norman church contains the tomb of Robert Harcourt, Henry Tudor's standard bearer…

  12. Add Shilton to your Itinerary

    Shilton

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    Village

    The attractive ford across ‘The Shill’ brook, the open village green and pretty stone cottages are much photographed and make the village of Shilton a truly Cotswold experience.

St Oswald's Church at Widford (photo Helena Sylvester)