Shippon
Built-up area in Vale of White Horse, Oxfordshire, England
| Coordinates: | 51.685, -1.305 |
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| OS grid ref: | SU 48 98 |
| Dialling code: | 01235 (Abingdon) |
Shippon is a small village on the southern edge of the Vale of White Horse in Oxfordshire, England, lying just north of Abingdon and within easy commuting distance of Oxford and Didcot. The surrounding landscape is typical vale country - gentle chalk downland opening onto riverside meadows near the River Thames - which gives the area a distinctly rural feel despite its proximity to larger towns.
Historically the name Shippon comes from an Old English word for a cattle-shed and the village grew out of agricultural roots, with historic ties to Abingdon Abbey and the manorial economy of the region; the whole district was transferred from Berkshire to Oxfordshire in the 1974 boundary changes. Today it retains a village character of older cottages and some modern housing, a quiet social life centred on local amenities and clubs, and an economy where many residents commute to nearby centres for work while others remain linked to agriculture and small local enterprises.
Postcode districts covering Shippon
Most populated places nearby
- Reading 21.5 miles34.5 km
- Swindon 22.2 miles35.7 km
- Oxford 5.3 miles8.6 km
- High Wycombe 24.1 miles38.8 km
- Aylesbury 23 miles37 km
- Abingdon-on-Thames 1.2 miles2 km
- Bicester 16.3 miles26.2 km
- Newbury 19.3 miles31.1 km
- Didcot 5.7 miles9.1 km
- Witney 10.8 miles17.4 km
- Thatcham 20 miles32.2 km
- Wantage 8.3 miles13.3 km
Neighbouring places
- St. Helen Without Parish 0.5 miles0.8 km
- Abingdon Fitzharris Ward 0.9 miles1.4 km
- Abingdon Dunmore Ward 1.1 miles1.8 km
- Cothill Built-up area 1.2 miles1.9 km
- Abingdon-on-Thames Built-up area 1.2 miles2 km
- Wootton Built-up area 1.3 miles2.1 km
- Abingdon Abbey Northcourt Ward 1.4 miles2.3 km
- Abingdon Caldecott Ward 1.6 miles2.5 km
- Abingdon Peachcroft Ward 1.7 miles2.8 km
- Sunningwell Parish 1.7 miles2.8 km
- Marcham Built-up area 1.9 miles3.1 km
- Boars Hill Built-up area 2 miles3.3 km
Example postcodes in Shippon
OX13 6HD, OX13 6LZ, OX13 6LL, OX13 6HF, OX13 6JE, OX13 6LY, OX13 6ES, OX13 6LT, OX13 6HS … See all
Transport links
- London Heathrow Airport 39.3 miles63.3 km
- Luton Airport 42.1 miles67.8 km
- Radley Railway Station 2.8 miles4.5 km
- Culham Railway Station 3.6 miles5.8 km
- Oxford Bus Station 5 miles8 km
Hotels near Shippon Ad
- Old Abbey House 1.5 miles2.4 km
- Hilton Garden Inn Abingdon Oxford 4 1.2 miles1.9 km
- Old Bank Hotel 5 5.2 miles8.3 km
- Plum Pudding 4 miles6.4 km
- Voco Oxford Thames 4 3.9 miles6.2 km
- Old Parsonage Hotel 5 5.5 miles8.9 km
- Voco Oxford Spires 4 4.5 miles7.2 km
- Malmaison Oxford 4 4.9 miles8 km
- Hampton by Hilton Oxford 3 4.5 miles7.3 km
- The Balkan Lodge Oxford 4 4.7 miles7.6 km
Schools in Shippon
- The Manor Preparatory School Independent - primary
Local points of interest
- Kassam Stadium Stadium 4.7 miles7.5 km
- Christ Church College College 5 miles8 km
- Rewley Abbey Historic site 5 miles8.1 km
- Oxford Botanical Garden Gardens 5.2 miles8.3 km
- Ashmolean Museum Museum 5.2 miles8.4 km
- Bodleian Library, University of Oxford Library 5.2 miles8.4 km
- Magdalen College College 5.3 miles8.5 km
- Saint Bernard's College, Oxford Historic site 5.3 miles8.5 km
- University of Oxford University 5.4 miles8.6 km
- Pitt Rivers Museum Museum 5.5 miles8.9 km
- Didcot Railway Centre Museum 5.6 miles9 km
- Eynsham Hall Estate 9.7 miles15.6 km