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.