Checkendon
Parish in South Oxfordshire, Oxfordshire, England
| Coordinates: | 51.537, -1.037 |
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| OS grid ref: | SU 66 82 |
Checkendon is a small village and civil parish in South Oxfordshire, Oxfordshire, England, tucked into the slopes of the Chiltern Hills Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty. The parish is characterised by woodland, rolling farmland and elevated viewpoints that give long vistas across the surrounding Vale, making it popular with walkers and those seeking a rural setting not far from larger towns.
Its historic core features traditional timber‑framed cottages and an old parish church, and the community retains a strongly rural yet partly commuter character: local livelihoods still include agriculture while many residents travel to nearby centres for work. Social life revolves around village events, a village hall and the sort of community groups that help preserve the area’s quiet, conservation‑minded atmosphere.
Postcode districts covering Checkendon
Most populated places nearby
- Reading 6.6 miles
- Slough 18.6 miles
- Oxford 17.5 miles
- High Wycombe 13.9 miles
- Basingstoke 19.1 miles
- Bracknell 14.9 miles
- Aylesbury 21.7 miles
- Maidenhead 13.4 miles
- Aldershot 23.4 miles
- Farnborough 20.6 miles
- Staines-upon-Thames 24.4 miles
- Wokingham 12.5 miles
Neighbouring places
- Checkendon Built-up area 0.5 miles
- Stoke Row Built-up area 1.2 miles
- Woodcote Built-up area 1.4 miles
- Gallowstree Common Built-up area 1.9 miles
- Woodcote & Rotherfield Ward 2 miles
- Goring Heath Parish 2.3 miles
- Highmoor Parish 2.4 miles
- Cray's Pond Built-up area 2.4 miles
- Sonning Common Built-up area 2.5 miles
- Kidmore End & Whitchurch Ward 2.5 miles
- Ipsden Parish 2.5 miles
- Shepherd's Green Built-up area 2.6 miles
Example postcodes in Checkendon
RG8 0SY, RG8 0TU, RG8 0TT, RG8 0UT, RG8 0UH, RG8 0NG, RG8 0ST, RG8 0UD, RG8 0SP … See all
Transport links
- London Heathrow Airport 25.4 miles
- Luton Airport 36.9 miles
- Pangbourne Railway Station 4.2 miles
- Goring & Streatley Railway Station 4.3 miles
Hotels near Checkendon Ad
- The Cherry Tree Inn 1.4 miles
- The Swan, Streatley, Berkshire 4 4.7 miles
- The White Hart 3.3 miles
- The Relais Henley 4 5.8 miles
- The New Inn - Kidmore End 4 2.7 miles
- Malmaison Reading 4 6.1 miles
- pentahotel Reading 4 6.2 miles
- Hotel du Vin Henley 4 5.8 miles
- Greenlands Hotel 4 6.9 miles
- The Roseate Reading 5 6.3 miles
Schools in Checkendon
- Checkendon C of E (A) Primary School Primary
Local points of interest
- Crowsley Park Estate 4 miles
- Swyncombe House Estate 4.6 miles
- University of Reading University 7.7 miles
- Madejski Stadium Stadium 8.2 miles
- Sulhampstead House Estate 8.4 miles
- Medmenham Abbey Historic site 8.6 miles
- Chiltern Hills Hill 10.4 miles
- Didcot Railway Centre Museum 10.4 miles
- Aldermaston Court Estate 11.7 miles
- Mortimer House Estate 11.8 miles
- Mortimer Lodge Estate 11.8 miles
- Adams Park Stadium 12.1 miles