Sparsholt
Built-up area in Vale of White Horse, Oxfordshire, England
| Coordinates: | 51.588, -1.501 |
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| OS grid ref: | SU 34 87 |
| Dialling code: | 01367 (Faringdon) |
Sparsholt is a small village and civil parish in the Vale of White Horse district of Oxfordshire, England, lying in gently rolling countryside near the Berkshire border. Historically the area was part of Berkshire until local government changes in the 1970s, and the village sits close to the scenic chalk landscapes of the North Wessex Downs and within easy reach of market towns such as Wantage and the commuter hubs of Didcot and Oxford.
The settlement retains a distinctly rural character with agricultural roots, a tightâknit community and several older buildings reflecting its long history; the wider district also contains well known prehistoric and historic features such as the Uffington White Horse, so the area is popular with walkers and anyone interested in countryside heritage. Local life tends to centre on village social activities and the surrounding landscape rather than on large commercial enterprises.
Postcode districts covering Sparsholt
Most populated places nearby
- Reading 24.3 miles39.1 km
- Swindon 12.4 miles20 km
- Oxford 15.8 miles25.4 km
- Abingdon-on-Thames 11.1 miles17.8 km
- Newbury 14.8 miles23.8 km
- Didcot 10.9 miles17.5 km
- Witney 13.8 miles22.2 km
- Thatcham 16.9 miles27.2 km
- Wantage 3.4 miles5.5 km
- Grove 3.5 miles5.6 km
- Calne 23.6 miles38.1 km
- Cirencester 21.9 miles35.3 km
Neighbouring places
- Childrey Built-up area 0.9 miles1.4 km
- Kingston Lisle Built-up area 1.3 miles2 km
- West Challow Parish 1.4 miles2.3 km
- Stanford Ward 2 miles3.3 km
- East Challow Built-up area 2.1 miles3.4 km
- Baulking Parish 2.2 miles3.5 km
- Letcombe Regis Built-up area 2.2 miles3.6 km
- Uffington Built-up area 2.7 miles4.4 km
- Letcombe Bassett Parish 2.8 miles4.5 km
- Wantage & Grove Brook Ward 3.2 miles5.2 km
- Goosey Parish 3.3 miles5.3 km
- Woolstone Parish 3.3 miles5.4 km
Example postcodes in Sparsholt
OX12 9PL, OX12 9PT, OX12 9PP, OX12 9PR, OX12 9PW, OX12 9PU, OX12 9PS
Transport links
- Southampton Airport 44.5 miles71.6 km
- London Heathrow Airport 45.6 miles73.4 km
- Didcot Parkway Railway Station 11.2 miles18 km
- Appleford Railway Station 11.7 miles18.8 km
Hotels near Sparsholt Ad
- Mollie's Motel and Diner 4 6 miles9.7 km
- The Rose & Crown, Ashbury 3 5.4 miles8.6 km
- Queens Arms 4 7.2 miles11.5 km
- The Old Crown Coaching Inn 6 miles9.7 km
- Plum Pudding 9.1 miles14.6 km
- The Barrington Arms Hotel 6.6 miles10.6 km
- Sudbury House Hotel 4 6 miles9.6 km
- The Highworth Hotel 9.5 miles15.3 km
- Courtyard by Marriott Oxford South 4 8.9 miles14.4 km
- Milton Hill 4 8.2 miles13.2 km
Local points of interest
- Faringdon Abbey Historic site 6.1 miles9.7 km
- Didcot Railway Centre Museum 11.1 miles17.9 km
- Burderop Wood Forest 11.4 miles18.3 km
- County Ground Stadium 11.7 miles18.9 km
- Burderop Park Estate 12.4 miles20 km
- Eynsham Hall Estate 14.9 miles24 km
- Rewley Abbey Historic site 15.2 miles24.5 km
- Christ Church College College 15.4 miles24.7 km
- Kassam Stadium Stadium 15.4 miles24.7 km
- Ashmolean Museum Museum 15.5 miles24.9 km
- Saint Bernard's College, Oxford Historic site 15.6 miles25.1 km
- Bodleian Library, University of Oxford Library 15.6 miles25.1 km