Upper Heyford
Built-up area in Cherwell, Oxfordshire, England
| Coordinates: | 51.934, -1.258 |
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| OS grid ref: | SP 51 26 |
| Population: | 953 |
| Dialling code: | 01869 (Bicester) |
Upper Heyford is a village in the Cherwell district of Oxfordshire, England, set in the agricultural countryside a few miles north of Bicester. It is best known for the former RAF Upper Heyford airbase - a prominent Cold War‑era United States Air Force station - whose runways and hangars dominate the local landscape and have been partly redeveloped as Heyford Park.
The military legacy gives the village an unusual mix of historic farmsteads and 20th‑century military architecture; community life centres on a village hall and local pubs, while many residents commute to Oxford or Bicester or work in businesses on the redeveloped airfield. The surrounding farmland and footpaths offer pleasant walking country, and the area is often noted for its layered history and ongoing adaptation from airbase to civilian neighbourhood.
Postcode districts covering Upper Heyford
Most populated places nearby
- Milton Keynes 22.7 miles
- Oxford 12.5 miles
- Aylesbury 20.7 miles
- Bletchley 22.4 miles
- Bletchley and Fenny Stratford 23.1 miles
- Banbury 9.5 miles
- Abingdon-on-Thames 18 miles
- Bicester 4.9 miles
- Didcot 22.3 miles
- Witney 14.3 miles
- Daventry 23.2 miles
- Wantage 24.8 miles
Neighbouring places
- Heyford Park Parish 0 miles
- Somerton Parish 1.5 miles
- Lower Heyford Built-up area 1.8 miles
- Ardley Parish 1.9 miles
- Middleton Stoney Parish 1.9 miles
- Fritwell Built-up area 2 miles
- Ardley and Fewcott Built-up area 2 miles
- Middle Aston Parish 2.2 miles
- Steeple Aston Built-up area 2.3 miles
- North Aston Built-up area 2.6 miles
- Souldern Parish 2.7 miles
- Rousham Parish 2.9 miles
Example postcodes in Upper Heyford
OX25 5BQ, OX25 5DE, OX25 5BB, OX25 5HA, OX25 5TF, OX25 5DA, OX25 5AQ, OX25 5BX, OX25 5AY … See all
Transport links
- Luton Airport 38.1 miles
- Birmingham International Airport 41.5 miles
- Heyford Railway Station 2 miles
- Tackley Railway Station 4 miles
Hotels near Upper Heyford Ad
- The Heyford Hotel 4 0.5 miles
- The White Horse Inn 3.6 miles
- The Deddington Arms 3 4.3 miles
- The Holt Hotel 3 2.9 miles
- Holiday Inn Express Bicester 3 5 miles
- Bicester Hotel, Golf & Spa 4 4 miles
- Travelodge 2 2.7 miles
- Marlborough Arms Hotel 3 7.2 miles
- The Chesterton Hotel 4 4.1 miles
- Weston Manor Hotel 4 5.1 miles
Local points of interest
- Otley Abbey Historic site 6.4 miles
- Steane Estate 7.3 miles
- Blenheim Palace Estate 7.4 miles
- Biddlesden Abbey Historic site 11.3 miles
- 12th Century Church Historic site 11.6 miles
- Stowe Park Estate 11.8 miles
- Eynsham Hall Estate 11.9 miles
- Pitt Rivers Museum Museum 12.1 miles
- University of Oxford University 12.2 miles
- Saint Bernard's College, Oxford Historic site 12.3 miles
- Ashmolean Museum Museum 12.3 miles
- Rewley Abbey Historic site 12.4 miles