Summertown
Ward in Oxford, Oxfordshire, England
| Coordinates: | 51.773, -1.264 |
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| OS grid ref: | SP 50 08 |
| Dialling code: | 01865 (Oxford) |
Summertown is a leafy suburb and electoral ward to the north of Oxford in Oxfordshire, stretching along the busy Banbury Road and bordered by the open grazing of Port Meadow. It has a strong Victorian and Edwardian streetscape with several conservation areas and a bustling high street of independent shops, cafes and restaurants, plus a well‑used farmers’ market at weekends.
The area is popular with professionals, university staff and families from neighbouring North Oxford, giving it an affluent, community‑minded character with good schools and local groups; historically it developed as a commuter suburb in the 19th century and today remains well connected to the city centre by frequent bus routes and cycle links.
Postcode districts covering Summertown
Most populated places nearby
- Oxford 1.5 miles
- High Wycombe 24.2 miles
- Aylesbury 19.6 miles
- Banbury 20.3 miles
- Abingdon-on-Thames 6.9 miles
- Bicester 10.1 miles
- Didcot 11.2 miles
- Witney 10 miles
- Wantage 14.3 miles
- Grove 13.3 miles
- Carterton 13.6 miles
- Kidlington 4 miles
Neighbouring places
- Walton Manor Ward 0.7 miles
- Cutteslowe & Sunnymead Ward 0.8 miles
- Old Marston Parish 1.1 miles
- Carfax & Jericho Ward 1.1 miles
- Marston Ward 1.2 miles
- Osney & St. Thomas Ward 1.2 miles
- Holywell Ward 1.5 miles
- Wolvercote Built-up area 1.5 miles
- Oxford Built-up area 1.5 miles
- Elsfield Parish 1.7 miles
- Headington Hill & Northway Ward 1.8 miles
- Wytham Parish 1.9 miles
Example postcodes in Summertown
OX2 7JL, OX2 6TU, OX2 7GZ, OX2 7DJ, OX2 6UL, OX2 6LD, OX2 7AZ, OX2 7NB, OX2 6TJ … See all
Transport links
- Luton Airport 38.9 miles
- London Heathrow Airport 40.4 miles
- Oxford Railway Station 1.3 miles
- Islip Railway Station 3.9 miles
- Oxford Bus Station 1.3 miles
Hotels in Summertown Ad
Schools in Summertown
- St Aloysius' Catholic Primary School Primary
- St Clare's, Oxford Independent - secondary
- St Edward's School Independent - secondary
- St Philip and James' C of E Aided Primary School Oxford Primary
- Summer Fields School Independent - all ages
- The Cherwell School Secondary
- Wychwood School Independent - all ages
Local points of interest
- Pitt Rivers Museum Museum 1 mile
- University of Oxford University 1.2 miles
- Saint Bernard's College, Oxford Historic site 1.2 miles
- Ashmolean Museum Museum 1.2 miles
- Rewley Abbey Historic site 1.3 miles
- Bodleian Library, University of Oxford Library 1.4 miles
- Magdalen College College 1.6 miles
- Christ Church College College 1.6 miles
- Oxford Botanical Garden Gardens 1.6 miles
- Kassam Stadium Stadium 4.6 miles
- Otley Abbey Historic site 5.5 miles
- Blenheim Palace Estate 6.9 miles