Thames
Ward in Vale of White Horse, Oxfordshire, England
| Coordinates: | 51.694, -1.458 |
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| OS grid ref: | SU 37 99 |
The Thames electoral ward lies on the north-eastern edge of the Vale of White Horse district in Oxfordshire, England, taking in riverside land alongside the River Thames. Today it’s a mixed patchwork of suburban housing, small villages and open floodplain meadows, valued for riverside walking, boating and wildlife as much as for the views and community pubs that line the banks.
Economically the ward functions largely as a residential and leisure hinterland for nearby employment centres such as Oxford, with local jobs in small businesses, agriculture and tourism; its riverside history - old mills, ferry crossings and river trade - still shapes the character, while contemporary priorities are flood management, conservation and sensitive housing development under local council oversight.
Postcode districts covering Thames
Most populated places nearby
- Swindon 16.5 miles
- Oxford 9.9 miles
- Abingdon-on-Thames 7.6 miles
- Bicester 19.4 miles
- Newbury 20.7 miles
- Didcot 10.6 miles
- Witney 6.7 miles
- Thatcham 22.3 miles
- Wantage 7.4 miles
- Grove 6 miles
- Cirencester 22 miles
- Carterton 7 miles
Neighbouring places
- Hinton Waldrist Built-up area 0.4 miles
- Longworth Built-up area 0.8 miles
- Pusey Parish 1.8 miles
- Kingston Bagpuize Built-up area 1.8 miles
- Kingston Bagpuize with Southmoor Parish 2 miles
- Buckland Built-up area 2.2 miles
- Aston, Cote, Shifford and Chimney Parish 2.4 miles
- Standlake Built-up area 2.5 miles
- Standlake, Aston and Stanton Harcourt Ward 2.9 miles
- Aston Built-up area 3 miles
- Charney Bassett Parish 3.2 miles
- Brighthampton Built-up area 3.2 miles
Example postcodes in Thames
OX13 5LU, OX13 5EW, OX13 5LY, OX13 5JN, SN7 8SF, OX13 5LH, SN7 8EE, OX13 5HQ, SN7 8RE … See all
Transport links
- London Heathrow Airport 45.7 miles
- Luton Airport 48.2 miles
- Oxford Railway Station 9 miles
- Radley Railway Station 9.4 miles
- Oxford Bus Station 9.1 miles
Hotels in Thames Ad
- Mollie's Oxford 4
- Sudbury House Hotel 4
- The Trout at Tadpole Bridge
- Dog House 3
- Dog House 3
- Dog House 3
- The Market Tavern 4
- Rose Revived 4
- The Boutique Hotel 5
Schools in Thames
- Appleton C of E (A) Primary School Primary
- Buckland C of E Primary School Primary
- Longworth Primary School Primary
- St Hugh's School Independent - all ages
Local points of interest
- Faringdon Abbey Historic site 5.9 miles
- Eynsham Hall Estate 7.4 miles
- Rewley Abbey Historic site 9.2 miles
- Ashmolean Museum Museum 9.5 miles
- Christ Church College College 9.5 miles
- Saint Bernard's College, Oxford Historic site 9.6 miles
- Bodleian Library, University of Oxford Library 9.7 miles
- University of Oxford University 9.7 miles
- Pitt Rivers Museum Museum 9.8 miles
- Oxford Botanical Garden Gardens 9.8 miles
- Magdalen College College 9.9 miles
- Didcot Railway Centre Museum 10.7 miles