Parish in Vale of White Horse, Oxfordshire, England
| Coordinates: | 51.585, -1.532 |
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| OS grid ref: | SU 32 87 |
| Population: | 225 |
| Dialling code: | 01367 (Faringdon) |
Kingston Lisle is a small village and civil parish in the rolling chalk country of the Vale of White Horse, Oxfordshire, England. Tucked beneath the Berkshire Downs, it sits amid farmland and quiet lanes close to long-distance routes such as the Ridgeway, so the landscape feels distinctly rural with expanses of downland and the occasional prehistoric earthwork on the skyline.
The settlement has a modest historic core of cottages and farmhouses and the usual village institutions that knit a small community together; agriculture remains important locally while many residents commute to nearby towns for work. Its mix of listed buildings, traditional architecture and access to countryside walking and riding makes it a typical, quietly historic rural place in southern England rather than a bustling centre of commerce.
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