Letcombe Regis
Built-up area in Vale of White Horse, Oxfordshire, England
| Coordinates: | 51.576, -1.452 |
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| OS grid ref: | SU 38 86 |
| Population: | 578 |
Letcombe Regis is a small village and civil parish tucked into the rolling chalk downland of the Vale of White Horse in Oxfordshire, England. The village owes much of its character to Letcombe Brook, a clean chalk stream that threads the settlement and supports a surprising diversity of wildlife; the surrounding landscape sits on the fringe of the North Wessex Downs, giving gentle walking country and a distinctly rural feel. Historically the suffix "Regis" marks its past as crown property, and local buildings include traditional cottages and a village church that reflect the area’s long rural history.
Today Letcombe Regis is largely a quiet, residential community with farming and small local enterprises alongside residents who commute to nearby towns such as Wantage. Community life centres on village events, the hall and conservation projects aimed at protecting the brook and its wildlife, so it retains a strong local identity despite being close to larger centres and transport links.
Postcode districts covering Letcombe Regis
Most populated places nearby
- Reading 22 miles35.5 km
- Swindon 14.4 miles23.2 km
- Oxford 15.1 miles24.3 km
- Abingdon-on-Thames 9.9 miles16 km
- Newbury 13 miles21 km
- Didcot 9 miles14.5 km
- Witney 14.8 miles23.7 km
- Thatcham 15 miles24.1 km
- Wantage 1.6 miles2.6 km
- Grove 2.5 miles4.1 km
- Cirencester 24.2 miles38.9 km
- Carterton 13.9 miles22.3 km
Neighbouring places
- East Challow Built-up area 1 mile1.6 km
- Childrey Built-up area 1.4 miles2.2 km
- Wantage Charlton Ward 1.4 miles2.3 km
- Wantage Built-up area 1.6 miles2.6 km
- Letcombe Bassett Parish 1.9 miles3.1 km
- Wantage & Grove Brook Ward 1.9 miles3.1 km
- West Challow Parish 2 miles3.3 km
- Sparsholt Built-up area 2.2 miles3.6 km
- Grove Built-up area 2.5 miles4.1 km
- Lockinge Parish 2.8 miles4.6 km
- Grove North Ward 3 miles4.8 km
- Ardington Parish 3.5 miles5.6 km
Example postcodes in Letcombe Regis
OX12 9YX, OX12 9JU, OX12 9JF, OX12 9LA, OX12 9JE, OX12 9JG, OX12 9LH, OX12 9LD, OX12 9RG … See all
Transport links
- London Heathrow Airport 43.4 miles69.9 km
- Southampton Airport 43.4 miles69.9 km
- Didcot Parkway Railway Station 9.3 miles15 km
- Appleford Railway Station 10.1 miles16.2 km
Hotels near Letcombe Regis Ad
- Queens Arms 4 6.3 miles10.2 km
- Mollie's Motel and Diner 4 7.1 miles11.5 km
- Plum Pudding 7.5 miles12 km
- The Rose & Crown, Ashbury 3 7.2 miles11.6 km
- Ashbrook Lets 4 9.1 miles14.7 km
- Courtyard by Marriott Oxford South 4 7.2 miles11.7 km
- The Old Crown Coaching Inn 8 miles12.9 km
- Milton Hill 4 6.5 miles10.4 km
- Hilton Garden Inn Abingdon Oxford 4 8.9 miles14.4 km
- Old Abbey House 9.9 miles15.9 km
Local points of interest
- Faringdon Abbey Historic site 8.1 miles13 km
- Didcot Railway Centre Museum 9.3 miles15 km
- Burderop Wood Forest 13.1 miles21.1 km
- County Ground Stadium 13.7 miles22.1 km
- Burderop Park Estate 14.1 miles22.7 km
- Newbury Racecourse Recreation 14.1 miles22.7 km
- Kassam Stadium Stadium 14.3 miles23 km
- Rewley Abbey Historic site 14.6 miles23.6 km
- Christ Church College College 14.7 miles23.7 km
- Ashmolean Museum Museum 14.9 miles24 km
- Oxford Botanical Garden Gardens 14.9 miles24.1 km
- Bodleian Library, University of Oxford Library 15 miles24.1 km