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 miles
- Swindon 14.4 miles
- Oxford 15.1 miles
- Abingdon-on-Thames 9.9 miles
- Newbury 13 miles
- Didcot 9 miles
- Witney 14.8 miles
- Thatcham 15 miles
- Wantage 1.6 miles
- Grove 2.5 miles
- Cirencester 24.2 miles
- Carterton 13.9 miles
Neighbouring places
- East Challow Built-up area 1 mile
- Childrey Built-up area 1.4 miles
- Wantage Charlton Ward 1.4 miles
- Wantage Built-up area 1.6 miles
- Letcombe Bassett Parish 1.9 miles
- Wantage & Grove Brook Ward 1.9 miles
- West Challow Parish 2 miles
- Sparsholt Built-up area 2.2 miles
- Grove Built-up area 2.5 miles
- Lockinge Parish 2.8 miles
- Grove North Ward 3 miles
- Ardington Parish 3.5 miles
Example postcodes in Letcombe Regis
OX12 9JE, OX12 9JN, OX12 9JQ, OX12 9JW, OX12 9RQ, OX12 9JJ, OX12 9LD, OX12 9WH, OX12 9SQ … See all
Transport links
- London Heathrow Airport 43.4 miles
- Southampton Airport 43.4 miles
- Didcot Parkway Railway Station 9.3 miles
- Appleford Railway Station 10.1 miles
Hotels near Letcombe Regis Ad
- The Greyhound Inn 4 0.1 miles
- The Bear Hotel 3 1.4 miles
- The Volunteer 4 3.5 miles
- The White Horse Inn 3 5.4 miles
- Mollie's Oxford 4 7.3 miles
- Charney Manor 3 5 miles
- Milton Hill 3 6.3 miles
- Sudbury House Hotel 4 7.8 miles
- The Rose & Crown, Ashbury 3 7.2 miles
- Days Inn by Wyndham Membury M4 3 7.8 miles
Local points of interest
- Faringdon Abbey Historic site 8.1 miles
- Didcot Railway Centre Museum 9.3 miles
- Burderop Wood Forest 13.1 miles
- County Ground Stadium 13.7 miles
- Burderop Park Estate 14.1 miles
- Newbury Racecourse Recreation 14.1 miles
- Kassam Stadium Stadium 14.3 miles
- Rewley Abbey Historic site 14.6 miles
- Christ Church College College 14.7 miles
- Ashmolean Museum Museum 14.9 miles
- Oxford Botanical Garden Gardens 14.9 miles
- Bodleian Library, University of Oxford Library 15 miles