Towns and villages in the Oxfordshire Cotswolds

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Charlbury

Charlbury

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

Woodstock - looking across the Market Square towards the Bear Hotel and church

Woodstock

Situated on the edge of the Cotswolds, Woodstock is a fine Georgian town, famous as the home of…

Burford

Burford

With its medieval bridge, old stone houses and attractive Tudor and Georgian frontages, Burford is…

Kingham village

Kingham

A beautiful Cotswold village with a large open green and some elegant stone and thatched cottages,…

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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 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.

  3. Add Bladon to your Itinerary

    Bladon

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    Village

    The small village of Bladon lies a couple of miles south of Woodstock on the south side of Blenheim Palace estate. The village is best known for being the burial place of Sir Winston Churchill (and his wife) in the churchyard at St Martins Church.…

  4. 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…

  5. Add Swinbrook to your Itinerary

    Swinbrook

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    Village

    Swinbrook is a small village on the River Windrush, about 2 miles east of Burford. Apparently untouched by time, it is the quintessential English village with its stone walls, pretty church, cricket pitch with wooden pavilion, and an old stone pub…

  6. Add Standlake to your Itinerary

    Standlake

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    Countryside

    Standlake

    Standlake is situated approximately 5 miles (8 km) southwest of the market town of Witney. The village origins probably pre-date the Roman occupation and archaeological evidence has been found of occupation in both Roman and Anglo-Saxon times, while…

  7. Add Clanfield to your Itinerary

    Clanfield

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    Village

    An attractive village with two village greens in the broad acres of the Thames Valley, east of Lechlade set amidst good farming country, with a stream flowing between houses and the High Street.

  8. 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.

  9. Add Milton under Wychwood to your Itinerary

    Milton under Wychwood

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    Village

    Dating back to medieval times, Milton under Wychwood is a large working village on the edge of the Evenlode valley and is one of three villages named after the ancient forest of Wychwood

  10. 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…

  11. Add Bampton to your Itinerary

    Bampton

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    Village

    The ancient market town of Bampton, not far from the River Thames, may seem oddly familiar to many first time visitors – it was used for filming the village scenes in the popular TV drama ‘Downton Abbey’

  12. Add Churchill to your Itinerary

    Churchill

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    Village

    This small village has some fine buildings and is known locally for its independent furniture workshops. Among its attractions are the church, modelled on various Oxford buildings, a memorial to William Smith and a Victorian fountain.

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