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 miles2.4 km
- High Wycombe 24.2 miles38.9 km
- Aylesbury 19.6 miles31.5 km
- Banbury 20.3 miles32.6 km
- Abingdon-on-Thames 6.9 miles11 km
- Bicester 10.1 miles16.2 km
- Didcot 11.2 miles18 km
- Witney 10 miles16.1 km
- Wantage 14.3 miles23.1 km
- Grove 13.3 miles21.4 km
- Carterton 13.6 miles22 km
- Kidlington 4 miles6.5 km
Neighbouring places
- Walton Manor Ward 0.7 miles1.1 km
- Cutteslowe & Sunnymead Ward 0.8 miles1.2 km
- Old Marston Parish 1.1 miles1.8 km
- Carfax & Jericho Ward 1.1 miles1.8 km
- Marston Ward 1.2 miles1.9 km
- Osney & St. Thomas Ward 1.2 miles2 km
- Holywell Ward 1.5 miles2.3 km
- Wolvercote Built-up area 1.5 miles2.4 km
- Oxford Built-up area 1.5 miles2.4 km
- Elsfield Parish 1.7 miles2.8 km
- Headington Hill & Northway Ward 1.8 miles2.9 km
- Wytham Parish 1.9 miles3.1 km
Example postcodes in Summertown
OX2 7DX, OX2 6UR, OX2 7EE, OX2 6TQ, OX2 6TF, OX2 6JX, OX2 7PF, OX2 6XB, OX2 6UT … See all
Transport links
- Luton Airport 38.9 miles62.6 km
- London Heathrow Airport 40.4 miles65.1 km
- Oxford Railway Station 1.3 miles2.2 km
- Islip Railway Station 3.9 miles6.2 km
- Oxford Bus Station 1.3 miles2.2 km
Hotels in Summertown Ad
- St Margarets Hotel 3
- 100 Banbury Road Oxford 3
- The Galaxie 4
- Linton Lodge A Bw Signature Collection Hotel 3
- Easyhotel Oxford
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 mile1.7 km
- University of Oxford University 1.2 miles1.9 km
- Saint Bernard's College, Oxford Historic site 1.2 miles1.9 km
- Ashmolean Museum Museum 1.2 miles1.9 km
- Rewley Abbey Historic site 1.3 miles2 km
- Bodleian Library, University of Oxford Library 1.4 miles2.2 km
- Magdalen College College 1.6 miles2.6 km
- Christ Church College College 1.6 miles2.6 km
- Oxford Botanical Garden Gardens 1.6 miles2.7 km
- Kassam Stadium Stadium 4.6 miles7.3 km
- Otley Abbey Historic site 5.5 miles8.8 km
- Blenheim Palace Estate 6.9 miles11.1 km