Charlbury
Parish in West Oxfordshire, Oxfordshire, England
| Coordinates: | 51.876, -1.473 |
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| OS grid ref: | SP 36 19 |
| Population: | 2,830 |
Charlbury is a small historic market town and civil parish in the district of West Oxfordshire, in Oxfordshire, England. It lies on the floodplain of the River Evenlode at the edge of the ancient Wychwood Forest and the Cotswolds, giving a pleasing mix of rolling countryside and timber-framed streets with medieval and Georgian buildings.
The town retains a lively community spirit, with independent shops, pubs and regular cultural events such as choirs, music and arts festivals. A station on the Cotswold Line makes commuting into Oxford straightforward; locally the economy is built around small businesses, agriculture and visitor tourism drawn by the surrounding landscape and historic architecture.
Postcode districts covering Charlbury
Most populated places nearby
- Oxford 12.8 miles20.7 km
- Banbury 14.1 miles22.6 km
- Abingdon-on-Thames 16.2 miles26 km
- Bicester 13.7 miles22 km
- Didcot 20.7 miles33.3 km
- Witney 6.2 miles10 km
- Stratford-upon-Avon 24.1 miles38.8 km
- Wantage 20 miles32.1 km
- Grove 18.6 miles29.9 km
- Cirencester 24 miles38.7 km
- Carterton 9.3 miles15 km
- Kidlington 8.2 miles13.2 km
Neighbouring places
- Charlbury Built-up area 0.4 miles0.6 km
- Charlbury and Finstock Ward 0.8 miles1.2 km
- Spelsbury Parish 1.4 miles2.2 km
- Fawler Parish 1.6 miles2.6 km
- Cornbury and Wychwood Parish 1.9 miles3.1 km
- Finstock Built-up area 2.3 miles3.6 km
- Stonesfield Built-up area 2.4 miles3.9 km
- Chadlington and Churchill Ward 2.4 miles3.9 km
- Chadlington Built-up area 2.5 miles4.1 km
- Chilson Parish 2.7 miles4.4 km
- Ramsden Built-up area 2.9 miles4.7 km
- Kiddington with Asterleigh Parish 3.3 miles5.2 km
Example postcodes in Charlbury
OX7 3SA, OX7 3TS, OX7 3LE, OX7 3EU, OX7 3TU, OX7 3QR, OX7 3EP, OX7 3TN, OX7 3RW … See all
Transport links
- Birmingham International Airport 41.6 miles66.9 km
- Luton Airport 47.1 miles75.9 km
- Charlbury Railway Station 0.8 miles1.2 km
- Finstock Railway Station 1.6 miles2.6 km
Hotels near Charlbury Ad
- The Bird in Hand Inn, Witney 4 3.9 miles6.3 km
- Duke of Marlborough Hotel 4 4.1 miles6.6 km
- The Feathers Hotel 4 5.4 miles8.7 km
- Cotswolds Hotel & Spa 4.8 miles7.7 km
- Kings Arms Hotel 5.4 miles8.7 km
- Heythrop Park Hotel 4 4.1 miles6.6 km
- Bull Burford 4 8.4 miles13.6 km
- The Bay Tree Hotel 4 8.5 miles13.7 km
- Crown & Cushion Hotel 5.5 miles8.8 km
- The Lamb Inn 3 8.5 miles13.7 km
Local points of interest
- Blenheim Palace Estate 4.9 miles7.9 km
- Eynsham Hall Estate 5.5 miles8.9 km
- Bruern Abbey Historic site 6.1 miles9.8 km
- Rollright Stones Archaeological site 8 miles12.8 km
- Otley Abbey Historic site 11.3 miles18.2 km
- Rewley Abbey Historic site 12.2 miles19.6 km
- Cotswold Motoring Museum Museum 12.2 miles19.6 km
- Pitt Rivers Museum Museum 12.3 miles19.9 km
- Ashmolean Museum Museum 12.4 miles19.9 km
- Saint Bernard's College, Oxford Historic site 12.4 miles19.9 km
- University of Oxford University 12.4 miles20 km
- Bodleian Library, University of Oxford Library 12.6 miles20.3 km