Milton Hill
Built-up area in Vale of White Horse, Oxfordshire, England
| Coordinates: | 51.611, -1.311 |
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| OS grid ref: | SU 47 90 |
| Dialling code: | 01235 (Abingdon) |
Milton Hill sits on the gentle chalk slopes of the Vale of White Horse in Oxfordshire, England, offering broad views across lowland farmland and towards the old downland ridge. The area has a strongly rural feel with scattered country houses and lanes, and its landscape ties into long-distance walking routes such as the Ridgeway and river corridors nearer the Thames, while historically the whole vale was transferred from Berkshire to Oxfordshire in the 1974 local government reorganisation.
Although quiet and village‑scale in character, Milton Hill sits within easy commuting distance of Didcot and Oxford and is influenced economically by nearby research and business campuses like Harwell and Milton Park, so residents mix traditional farming and village life with modern employment patterns. Socially it’s typical of the area: small, community‑centred with local amenities concentrated in adjacent villages, popular with walkers and those seeking a peaceful base within reach of city services.
Postcode districts covering Milton Hill
Most populated places nearby
- Reading 18.1 miles29.1 km
- Swindon 20.7 miles33.3 km
- Oxford 10.2 miles16.4 km
- High Wycombe 24.1 miles38.8 km
- Wokingham 24.7 miles39.8 km
- Abingdon-on-Thames 4.5 miles7.2 km
- Bicester 21.2 miles34.1 km
- Newbury 14.2 miles22.8 km
- Didcot 2.6 miles4.2 km
- Witney 14.5 miles23.4 km
- Thatcham 15 miles24.1 km
- Wantage 4.9 miles8 km
Neighbouring places
- Milton Parish 0.7 miles1.1 km
- Harwell Built-up area 1.2 miles1.9 km
- Steventon Built-up area 1.3 miles2.1 km
- East Hendred Built-up area 1.5 miles2.4 km
- Sutton Courtenay and Milton Built-up area 1.9 miles3.1 km
- West Hendred Built-up area 2.1 miles3.4 km
- Sutton Courtenay Parish 2.2 miles3.5 km
- Didcot West Ward 2.3 miles3.6 km
- Drayton Built-up area 2.3 miles3.8 km
- Chilton Built-up area 2.4 miles3.9 km
- Hendreds Ward 2.5 miles4 km
- Blewbury & Harwell Ward 2.5 miles4.1 km
Example postcodes in Milton Hill
OX13 6AD, OX13 6BD, OX14 4DP, OX13 6AG, OX13 6AF, OX13 6AB, OX13 6AE
Transport links
- London Heathrow Airport 38 miles61.1 km
- Luton Airport 44.2 miles71.2 km
- Didcot Parkway Railway Station 2.9 miles4.7 km
- Appleford Railway Station 3.6 miles5.7 km
- Oxford Bus Station 10 miles16.1 km
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Local points of interest
- Didcot Railway Centre Museum 2.9 miles4.6 km
- Kassam Stadium Stadium 8.5 miles13.7 km
- Christ Church College College 9.9 miles15.9 km
- Oxford Botanical Garden Gardens 10 miles16.1 km
- Rewley Abbey Historic site 10.1 miles16.2 km
- Magdalen College College 10.1 miles16.3 km
- Bodleian Library, University of Oxford Library 10.2 miles16.4 km
- Ashmolean Museum Museum 10.2 miles16.4 km
- Saint Bernard's College, Oxford Historic site 10.3 miles16.5 km
- University of Oxford University 10.3 miles16.6 km
- Pitt Rivers Museum Museum 10.5 miles16.8 km
- Faringdon Abbey Historic site 12.2 miles19.6 km