Forest Hill
Built-up area in South Oxfordshire, Oxfordshire, England
| Coordinates: | 51.765, -1.154 |
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| OS grid ref: | SP 58 07 |
| Dialling code: | 01865 (Oxford) |
Forest Hill is a small village in the rural district of South Oxfordshire, in the county of Oxfordshire, England. It sits in gently rolling countryside where farmland and pockets of woodland reflect the village’s name and long association with rural land use, giving the area a quietly picturesque character typical of southern Oxfordshire.
Historically shaped by agriculture and woodland management, Forest Hill retains a mix of older cottages and more modern homes and attracts people seeking village life with good access to nearby towns and to Oxford for work and services. Community life is small-scale and local, often centred on village institutions and events, and the surroundings are valued for conservation, walking and a generally peaceful rural atmosphere.
Postcode districts covering Forest Hill
Most populated places nearby
- Reading 23.1 miles
- Oxford 4.1 miles
- High Wycombe 19.7 miles
- Aylesbury 15.1 miles
- Bletchley 23.6 miles
- Bletchley and Fenny Stratford 24.1 miles
- Banbury 22 miles
- Abingdon-on-Thames 8.4 miles
- Leighton Buzzard 23.7 miles
- Bicester 9.5 miles
- Didcot 11.4 miles
- Witney 14.7 miles
Neighbouring places
- Forest Hill & Holton Ward 0.2 miles
- Forest Hill with Shotover Parish 0.9 miles
- Stanton St. John Built-up area 1 mile
- Wheatley Built-up area 1.2 miles
- Holton Parish 1.4 miles
- Risinghurst and Sandhills Parish 1.6 miles
- Horspath Built-up area 1.8 miles
- Quarry & Risinghurst Ward 1.9 miles
- Barton & Sandhills Ward 1.9 miles
- Beckley and Stowood Parish 2.1 miles
- Beckley Built-up area 2.1 miles
- Waterperry with Thomley Parish 2.5 miles
Example postcodes in Forest Hill
OX33 1EF, OX33 1EA, OX33 1DU, OX33 1EQ, OX33 1EH, OX33 1DZ, OX33 1EN, OX33 1HP, OX33 1DY … See all
Transport links
- Luton Airport 34.4 miles
- London Heathrow Airport 36.2 miles
- Oxford Railway Station 5 miles
- Islip Railway Station 5.5 miles
- Oxford Bus Station 5 miles
Hotels near Forest Hill Ad
- Old Bank Hotel 5 4.3 miles
- The Coach and Horses 3 3.4 miles
- Old Parsonage Hotel 5 4.6 miles
- St Margarets Hotel 3 4.6 miles
- The Balkan Lodge Oxford 4 3.9 miles
- Voco Oxford Thames 4 4.8 miles
- Voco Oxford Spires 4 4.5 miles
- Hampton by Hilton Oxford 3 4.1 miles
- The Store 5 4.5 miles
- Malmaison Oxford 4 4.7 miles
Local points of interest
- Magdalen College College 4.1 miles
- Kassam Stadium Stadium 4.1 miles
- Oxford Botanical Garden Gardens 4.1 miles
- Bodleian Library, University of Oxford Library 4.3 miles
- Pitt Rivers Museum Museum 4.4 miles
- University of Oxford University 4.4 miles
- Christ Church College College 4.5 miles
- Saint Bernard's College, Oxford Historic site 4.5 miles
- Ashmolean Museum Museum 4.6 miles
- Rewley Abbey Historic site 4.9 miles
- Otley Abbey Historic site 6.1 miles
- Thame Abbey Historic site 8.5 miles