Woodstock and Bladon
Ward in West Oxfordshire, Oxfordshire, England
| Coordinates: | 51.845, -1.361 |
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| OS grid ref: | SP 44 16 |
| Dialling code: | 01993 (Witney) |
Woodstock is a compact, historic market town best known as the gateway to Blenheim Palace, the UNESCO World Heritage estate with Capability Brown landscape that dominates the local skyline and drives much of the visitor economy. The town’s streets of Cotswold stone, independent shops, galleries and cafés give it a convivial, slightly touristy feel, while good road and rail links to Oxford and London make it a popular commuter and leisure base.
Bladon sits just outside Woodstock as a small village with a strong sense of community, centred on its church and village green; the churchyard at St Martin’s Church is famously the resting place of Winston Churchill and attracts many visitors. Local life balances services that cater to residents with the seasonal boost from Blenheim’s events and festivals, so the area mixes rural tranquillity with the cultural and economic pull of one of the Cotswolds’s major attractions.
Postcode districts covering Woodstock and Bladon
Most populated places nearby
- Oxford 8 miles
- Aylesbury 23.5 miles
- Banbury 15 miles
- Abingdon-on-Thames 12.3 miles
- Bicester 9.6 miles
- Didcot 16.9 miles
- Witney 7 miles
- Wantage 17.9 miles
- Grove 16.6 miles
- Carterton 11.2 miles
- Kidlington 2.9 miles
- Brackley 15.9 miles
Neighbouring places
- Blenheim Parish 0.2 miles
- Woodstock Built-up area 0.6 miles
- Bladon Built-up area 1.1 miles
- Long Hanborough Built-up area 1.8 miles
- Combe Built-up area 1.8 miles
- Shipton-on-Cherwell and Thrupp Parish 1.9 miles
- Stonesfield and Tackley Ward 2 miles
- Wootton Built-up area 2.2 miles
- Hanborough Parish 2.3 miles
- Begbroke Built-up area 2.4 miles
- Freeland and Hanborough Ward 2.5 miles
- Freeland Built-up area 2.8 miles
Example postcodes in Woodstock and Bladon
OX20 1QA, OX20 1PU, OX20 1RY, OX20 1RJ, OX20 1NA, OX20 1YH, OX20 1GQ, OX20 1RE, OX20 1JU … See all
Transport links
- Luton Airport 42.4 miles
- Birmingham International Airport 45.2 miles
- Hanborough Rail Station 1.5 miles
- Combe Railway Station 1.6 miles
- Oxford Bus Station 7.4 miles
Hotels in Woodstock and Bladon Ad
- Marlborough Arms Hotel 3
- The Punch Bowl
- Churchill Court Hotel
- The Blenheim Buttery 4
- The Kings Arms
- Woodstock Arms
- Macdonald Bear Hotel 4
Schools in Woodstock and Bladon
- Bladon C of E Primary School Primary
- The Marlborough C of E School Secondary
- Woodstock C of E Primary School Primary
Local points of interest
- Blenheim Palace Estate 0.4 miles
- Eynsham Hall Estate 4.4 miles
- Otley Abbey Historic site 6.3 miles
- Rewley Abbey Historic site 7.4 miles
- Pitt Rivers Museum Museum 7.5 miles
- Saint Bernard's College, Oxford Historic site 7.6 miles
- Ashmolean Museum Museum 7.6 miles
- University of Oxford University 7.6 miles
- Bodleian Library, University of Oxford Library 7.8 miles
- Christ Church College College 8 miles
- Magdalen College College 8.1 miles
- Oxford Botanical Garden Gardens 8.1 miles