Drayton
Ward in Vale of White Horse, Oxfordshire, England
| Coordinates: | 51.641, -1.324 |
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| OS grid ref: | SU 46 93 |
| Dialling code: | 01235 (Abingdon) |
Drayton is a village and ward in the Vale of White Horse district of Oxfordshire, sitting in the gently rolling agricultural landscape between Abingdon and Didcot. Historically part of Berkshire until the 1974 boundary changes, it retains a mix of older stone and brick cottages, a medieval parish church and several listed farmhouses that hint at its long rural past.
Today it combines a strong local community - with a village hall, primary school and a couple of traditional pubs - with commuter links into Oxford and the Thames Valley, so recent housing growth sits alongside active preservation of village character. Local life tends to revolve around community events, parish activities and the surrounding farmland, making it typical of villages that balance rural history with modern commuter living.
Postcode districts covering Drayton
Most populated places nearby
- Reading 19.8 miles31.9 km
- Swindon 20.5 miles33 km
- Oxford 8.4 miles13.6 km
- High Wycombe 24.6 miles39.6 km
- Abingdon-on-Thames 2.9 miles4.7 km
- Bicester 19.4 miles31.3 km
- Newbury 16.2 miles26.1 km
- Didcot 3.8 miles6.1 km
- Witney 12.5 miles20.2 km
- Thatcham 17.1 miles27.5 km
- Wantage 5.5 miles8.8 km
- Grove 4.9 miles7.9 km
Neighbouring places
- Drayton Built-up area 0.6 miles1 km
- Steventon Built-up area 1.2 miles2 km
- Milton Parish 1.7 miles2.7 km
- Sutton Courtenay and Milton Built-up area 1.9 miles3.1 km
- Sutton Courtenay Parish 2.1 miles3.4 km
- Abingdon Caldecott Ward 2.1 miles3.4 km
- Milton Hill Built-up area 2.1 miles3.4 km
- Marcham Built-up area 2.1 miles3.4 km
- Culham Built-up area 2.4 miles3.9 km
- Abingdon Fitzharris Ward 2.6 miles4.1 km
- Garford Parish 2.6 miles4.2 km
- Frilford Built-up area 2.7 miles4.4 km
Example postcodes in Drayton
OX14 4FR, OX14 4FX, OX14 4DX, OX14 4RZ, OX14 4JX, OX14 4RS, OX14 4LA, OX14 4JJ, OX14 4JL … See all
Transport links
- London Heathrow Airport 39.1 miles62.9 km
- Luton Airport 43.9 miles70.7 km
- Appleford Railway Station 3.5 miles5.6 km
- Culham Railway Station 3.8 miles6.2 km
- Oxford Bus Station 8.1 miles13.1 km
Hotels in Drayton Ad
Schools in Drayton
- Drayton Community Primary School Primary
Local points of interest
- Didcot Railway Centre Museum 3.9 miles6.2 km
- Kassam Stadium Stadium 7.2 miles11.6 km
- Christ Church College College 8.1 miles13 km
- Rewley Abbey Historic site 8.2 miles13.2 km
- Oxford Botanical Garden Gardens 8.3 miles13.3 km
- Ashmolean Museum Museum 8.4 miles13.5 km
- Magdalen College College 8.4 miles13.5 km
- Bodleian Library, University of Oxford Library 8.4 miles13.5 km
- Saint Bernard's College, Oxford Historic site 8.4 miles13.6 km
- University of Oxford University 8.5 miles13.7 km
- Pitt Rivers Museum Museum 8.7 miles13.9 km
- Faringdon Abbey Historic site 11.2 miles18.1 km