Brize Norton
Parish in West Oxfordshire, Oxfordshire, England
| Coordinates: | 51.767, -1.573 |
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| OS grid ref: | SP 29 07 |
| Dialling code: | 01993 (Witney) |
The civil parish of Brize Norton sits in the district of West Oxfordshire in Oxfordshire, England. Historically a small agricultural settlement with a medieval parish church, it occupies low-lying farmland on the edge of the Cotswolds and lies a short drive from the larger towns of Carterton and Witney.
The parish’s character has been dominated since the 1930s by RAF Brize Norton, the UK’s principal military air transport hub, which supplies much of the local employment and has reshaped the economy, landscape and housing in nearby Carterton. Today the community balances rural village life with the bustle and occasional noise of air operations, while benefiting from good road links to the surrounding hills and Oxford.
Postcode districts covering Brize Norton
Most populated places nearby
- Swindon 16.4 miles
- Oxford 13.9 miles
- Cheltenham 23.5 miles
- Banbury 22.7 miles
- Abingdon-on-Thames 14 miles
- Bicester 20.1 miles
- Didcot 17.6 miles
- Witney 3.6 miles
- Wantage 13.9 miles
- Grove 12.6 miles
- Cirencester 17.4 miles
- Carterton 0.6 miles
Neighbouring places
- Brize Norton Built-up area 0.4 miles
- Carterton Built-up area 0.6 miles
- Carterton North East Ward 0.7 miles
- Carterton North West Ward 1.2 miles
- Carterton South Ward 1.2 miles
- Black Bourton Parish 2 miles
- Lew Parish 2 miles
- Brize Norton and Shilton Ward 2.1 miles
- Minster Lovell Built-up area 2.1 miles
- Curbridge Built-up area 2.2 miles
- Shilton Parish 2.4 miles
- Alvescot Built-up area 2.5 miles
Example postcodes in Brize Norton
OX18 3LZ, OX18 3PT, OX18 3QA, OX18 1NJ, OX18 3NP, OX18 3NG, OX18 3PU, OX18 3QB, OX18 1PW … See all
Transport links
- Birmingham International Airport 48.1 miles
- Luton Airport 52 miles
- Shipton Railway Station 6.9 miles
- Ascott-under-Wychwood Railway Station 6.9 miles
Hotels near Brize Norton Ad
- The Bird in Hand Inn, Witney 4 4.9 miles
- Bull Burford 4 3.9 miles
- Five Alls 4.3 miles
- The Bay Tree Hotel 4 4 miles
- The Lamb Inn 3 4 miles
- Burford Lodge Hotel - Adults Only 3.6 miles
- Mollie's Motel and Diner 4 7.1 miles
- The Riverside 3 7.2 miles
- The Vines 4 2.2 miles
- The Old Crown Coaching Inn 7.5 miles
Schools in Brize Norton
- Brize Norton Primary School Primary
Local points of interest
- Eynsham Hall Estate 6.4 miles
- Faringdon Abbey Historic site 7.5 miles
- Bruern Abbey Historic site 8.1 miles
- Blenheim Palace Estate 10.5 miles
- Cotswold Motoring Museum Museum 11.4 miles
- Stowell Park Estate 13 miles
- Rewley Abbey Historic site 13.1 miles
- Ashmolean Museum Museum 13.4 miles
- Saint Bernard's College, Oxford Historic site 13.5 miles
- University of Oxford University 13.6 miles
- Pitt Rivers Museum Museum 13.6 miles
- Christ Church College College 13.6 miles