Drayton
Built-up area in Vale of White Horse, Oxfordshire, England
| Coordinates: | 51.645, -1.311 |
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| OS grid ref: | SU 47 94 |
| Dialling code: | 01235 (Abingdon) |
Drayton is a village in the Vale of White Horse district of Oxfordshire, England, set on the edge of the low, rolling chalk downland that characterises the vale. It sits close to larger towns such as Abingdon and Didcot and attracts people who commute to nearby employment centres including Oxford and the Harwell science and innovation campus, while still feeling distinctly rural.
Historically agricultural, Drayton retains a mix of historic buildings and modern housing and supports a lively village life with a primary school, village hall, local pub and community groups. The surrounding landscape is popular for walking and cycling and links the village to the wider archaeological and countryside attractions of the Vale, giving it a quiet, well connected character between market-town amenities and open countryside.
Postcode districts covering Drayton
Most populated places nearby
- Reading 19.6 miles
- Swindon 21.1 miles
- Oxford 8 miles
- High Wycombe 24.1 miles
- Aylesbury 24.5 miles
- Abingdon-on-Thames 2.3 miles
- Bicester 19 miles
- Newbury 16.5 miles
- Didcot 3.6 miles
- Witney 12.6 miles
- Thatcham 17.3 miles
- Wantage 6.1 miles
Neighbouring places
- Sutton Courtenay and Milton Built-up area 1.5 miles
- Abingdon Caldecott Ward 1.6 miles
- Sutton Courtenay Parish 1.7 miles
- Steventon Built-up area 1.7 miles
- Milton Parish 1.8 miles
- Culham Built-up area 1.8 miles
- Abingdon Fitzharris Ward 2.1 miles
- Marcham Built-up area 2.1 miles
- Milton Hill Built-up area 2.3 miles
- Abingdon-on-Thames Built-up area 2.3 miles
- Abingdon Abbey Northcourt Ward 2.6 miles
- Shippon Built-up area 2.8 miles
Example postcodes in Drayton
OX14 4LH, OX14 4LL, OX14 4GW, OX14 4FY, OX14 4FF, OX14 4SX, OX14 4GJ, OX14 4FX, OX14 4HS … See all
Transport links
- London Heathrow Airport 38.6 miles
- Luton Airport 43.3 miles
- Appleford Railway Station 3 miles
- Culham Railway Station 3.2 miles
- Oxford Bus Station 7.7 miles
Hotels near Drayton Ad
- Plum Pudding 1.3 miles
- Hilton Garden Inn Abingdon Oxford 4 1.6 miles
- Old Abbey House 2.2 miles
- Courtyard by Marriott Oxford South 4 1.8 miles
- Voco Oxford Thames 4 5.8 miles
- Old Bank Hotel 5 7.8 miles
- Ashbrook Lets 4 6.2 miles
- Milton Hill 4 2.3 miles
- White Hart Hotel 3 6.2 miles
- Old Parsonage Hotel 5 8.2 miles
Schools in Drayton
- Drayton Community Primary School Primary
Local points of interest
- Didcot Railway Centre Museum 3.6 miles
- Kassam Stadium Stadium 6.6 miles
- Christ Church College College 7.6 miles
- Rewley Abbey Historic site 7.8 miles
- Oxford Botanical Garden Gardens 7.8 miles
- Magdalen College College 7.9 miles
- Bodleian Library, University of Oxford Library 7.9 miles
- Ashmolean Museum Museum 7.9 miles
- Saint Bernard's College, Oxford Historic site 8 miles
- University of Oxford University 8.1 miles
- Pitt Rivers Museum Museum 8.2 miles
- Faringdon Abbey Historic site 11.7 miles