Area Info for Glympton (Oxfordshire)

Glympton, Oxfordshire, UK

Glympton is a small rural village located in Oxfordshire, England. It is situated approximately 4 miles south of Oxford and about 10 miles north of Abingdon. The village is known for its historic charm, traditional architecture, and peaceful countryside setting.

Location and Landscape

Glympton is set within the scenic Oxfordshire landscape, characterised by rolling farmland, small woodlands, and open fields. The River Thames flows nearby, providing natural beauty and opportunities for outdoor activities such as walking, cycling, and birdwatching. The village offers a tranquil environment ideal for those seeking a rural lifestyle close to the city of Oxford.

History and Heritage

Glympton has a long history dating back to medieval times. It features historic buildings, including traditional cottages and farmsteads. The village is home to Glympton Park, a historic estate with origins dating back several centuries. The local church, St. Mary’s, is a notable historic building with medieval origins. The area has a rich agricultural heritage and retains much of its rural charm.

Community and Amenities

Glympton is a small, close-knit community with limited amenities within the village itself. Residents typically rely on nearby Oxford or Woodstock for shopping, schools, and healthcare. The village hosts local events and has a village hall that serves as a community centre. There are also a few local farms and country houses that contribute to the rural character of the area.

Transport and Accessibility

The village is accessible mainly via rural roads connecting to larger towns and transport routes in Oxfordshire. Public transport options are limited, with bus services connecting Glympton to Oxford, Woodstock, and surrounding areas. The nearest railway station is in Oxford, providing rail links to London, Birmingham, and other major cities.

Natural Environment

The surrounding natural environment includes the Oxfordshire countryside, the Cotswolds, and the River Thames. These areas offer opportunities for outdoor pursuits such as walking, cycling, birdwatching, and exploring natural reserves. The proximity to natural parks and protected areas makes Glympton an attractive location for outdoor lovers and those seeking a peaceful rural lifestyle.

Overall

Glympton provides a tranquil rural environment with a rich heritage and scenic landscape. Its proximity to Oxford and natural beauty makes it an ideal place for those seeking a quiet village life in Oxfordshire.
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   
Education
School
Wootton-by-Woodstock Church of England (Aided) Primary School1.71 miles
Church Street, Wootton, Woodstock, Oxfordshire, OX20 1DH
Middle Barton School2.00 miles
27 Church Lane, Middle Barton, Chipping Norton, Oxfordshire, OX7 7BX
Tackley Church of England Primary School3.34 miles
St John`s Road, Tackley, Kidlington, Oxfordshire, OX5 3AP
Enstone Primary School3.56 miles
Oxford Road, Enstone, Chipping Norton, Oxfordshire, OX7 4LP
Dr Radcliffe's Church of England School3.65 miles
Fir Lane, Steeple Aston, Bicester, Oxfordshire, OX25 4SF
Woodstock Church of England Primary School3.69 miles
Shipton Road, Woodstock, Oxfordshire, OX20 1LL
The Marlborough Church of England School3.74 miles
Shipton Road, Woodstock, Oxfordshire, OX20 1LP
Stonesfield School4.02 miles
High Street, Stonesfield, Witney, Oxfordshire, OX29 8PU
Combe Church of England Primary School4.25 miles
Church Walk, Combe, Witney, Oxfordshire, OX29 8NQ
Kirtlington Church of England Primary School4.59 miles
Heyford Road, Kirtlington, Kidlington, Oxfordshire, OX5 3HL
Charlbury Primary School4.73 miles
Crawborough, Charlbury, Oxfordshire, OX7 3TX
Great Tew County Primary School4.81 miles
Great Tew, Chipping Norton, Oxfordshire, OX7 4DB
Bladon Church of England Primary School4.86 miles
Park Street, Bladon, Woodstock, Oxfordshire, OX20 1RW
Hanborough Manor CofE School5.22 miles
Riely Close, Long Hanborough, Witney, Oxfordshire, OX29 8DJ
Bletchingdon Parochial Church of England Primary School5.24 miles
Springwell Hill, Bletchingdon, Kidlington, Oxfordshire, OX5 3ES
Heyford Park Free School5.57 miles
52 Camp Road, Heyford Park, Upper Heyford, Oxfordshire, OX25 5HD
Health
Clinic
Oxford Autism & Diagnostic Research Centre5.80 miles
Springhill Road, Begbroke, Kidlington, Oxfordshire, OX5 1RX
Ochps6.28 miles
4 Landscape Close, Weston Business Park, Weston-On-The-Green, Bicester, Oxfordshire, OX25 3SX
Kidlington Health Centre6.47 miles
Exeter Close, Oxford Road, Kidlington, Oxfordshire, OX5 1AP
Chipping Norton Ambulatory Care Centre7.54 miles
Russell Way, Chipping Norton, Oxfordshire, OX7 5FA
Chipping Norton War Memorial Community Hospital Out-Patient and Maternity Unit7.61 miles
Russell Way, London Road, Chipping Norton, Oxfordshire, OX7 5FA
Ace Centre7.68 miles
Burford Road, Chipping Norton, Oxfordshire, OX7 5DZ
Scrivens Opticians & Hearing Care - Chipping Norton7.80 miles
8 High Street, Chipping Norton, Oxfordshire, OX7 5AD
Specsavers Hearcare - Box - Chipping Norton7.81 miles
White House Surgery, Horsefair, Chipping Norton, Oxfordshire, OX7 5AL
Station Point8.42 miles
Old Station Way, Eynsham, Witney, Oxfordshire, OX29 4TL
Specsavers Hearcare - Box - Witney9.06 miles
Welch Way, Witney, Oxfordshire, OX28 6JS
Windrush Medical Practice9.06 miles
Welch Way, Witney, Oxfordshire, OX28 6JS
Cogges Surgery Witney9.07 miles
Community Nursing Team based at Cogges Surgery, 12 Cogges Hill Road, Witney, Oxfordshire, OX28 3FS
Scrivens Opticians & Hearing Care - Witney9.09 miles
16A High Street, Witney, Oxfordshire, OX28 6HB
Nuffield Health Centre9.09 miles
Welch Way, Witney, Oxfordshire, OX28 6JQ
Montgomery House Surgery (Bicester)9.28 miles
Piggy Lane, Bicester, Oxfordshire, OX26 6HT
Montgomery House Surgery9.28 miles
Piggy Lane, Bicester, Oxfordshire, OX26 6HT
GP
Woodstock Surgery3.69 miles
The Surgery, Park Lane, Woodstock, Oxford, OX20 1UD
Charlbury Medical Centre4.85 miles
The Charlbury Medical Centre, Enstone Road, Charlbury, Chipping Norton, OX7 3PQ
Long Hanborough Surgery5.25 miles
56 Churchill Way, Long Hanborough, Oxford, OX29 8JL
Deddington Health Centre6.25 miles
The Health Centre, Earls Lane, Deddington, Banbury Oxon, OX15 0TQ
Exeter Surgery6.47 miles
Exeter Surgery, Exeter Close, Oxford Road, Kidlington, OX5 1AP
Dr Pandher And Partners6.47 miles
Kidlington Medical Practice, Exeter Close, Kidlington, Oxon, OX5 1AP
Dr Pandher and Partners6.67 miles
Yarnton Medical Practice, Rutten Lane,Yarnton, kidlington, Oxfordshire, OX5 1LT
Dr Wallace & Partners7.02 miles
Gosford Hill Medical Centre, 167 Oxford Road, Kidlington, Kidlington, OX5 2NS
Dr N H L Bryson And Partners7.75 miles
The Surgery, Bletchingdon Road, Islip, Oxford, OX5 2TQ
Dr J A Walton And Partners7.80 miles
West Street Surgery, 12 West Street, Chipping Norton, Oxon, OX7 5AA
Dr D R Edwards And Partners7.81 miles
White House Surgery, Horsefair, Chipping Norton, OX7 5AL
Eynsham Medical Centre8.12 miles
Eynsham Medical Centre, Conduit Lane, Eynsham, Oxford, OX29 4QB
Godswell Lodge Surgery8.26 miles
The Surgery, Godswell Lodge, Church Street, Bloxham, OX15 4ES
Bourne End Surgery8.34 miles
The Bourne, The Bourne, Hook Norton, Hook Norton, OX15 5PB
Wolvercote Surgery8.76 miles
73 Godstow Road, Wolvercote, Oxford, Oxford, OX2 8PE
Windrush Medical Practice9.06 miles
Windrush Health Centre, Welch Way, Witney, Oxon, OX28 6JS
Hospital
Witney Community Hospital9.10 miles
Welch Way, Witney, Oxfordshire, OX28 6JJ
Bicester Community Hospital9.28 miles
Piggy Lane, Bicester, Oxfordshire, OX26 6HT
Horton General Hospital10.83 miles
Oxford Road, Banbury, Oxfordshire, OX16 9AL
Foscote Court (Banbury) Trust10.86 miles
Foscote Hospital, 2 Foscote Rise, Banbury, Oxfordshire, OX16 9XP
John Radcliffe Hospital11.44 miles
John Radcliffe Hospital, Headley Way, Headington, Oxford, Oxfordshire, OX3 9DU
Nuffield Health, The Manor Hospital, Oxford11.75 miles
Beech Road, Headington, Oxford, Oxfordshire, OX3 7RP
Warneford Hospital12.13 miles
Warneford Lane, Headington, Oxford, Oxfordshire, OX3 7JX
Churchill Hospital12.33 miles
Old Road, Headington, Oxford, Oxfordshire, OX3 7LE
Brackley Community Hospital13.47 miles
Pebble Lane, Brackley, Northamptonshire, NN13 7DA
North Cotswold Hospital15.25 miles
Stow Road, Moreton-In-Marsh, Gloucestershire, GL56 0DS
Ellen Badger Hospital15.67 miles
Stratford Road, Shipston-on-Stour, Warwickshire, CV36 4AX
Abingdon Community Hospital16.10 miles
Marcham Road, Abingdon, Oxfordshire, OX14 1AG
Buckingham Community Hospital18.07 miles
High Street, Buckingham, MK18 1NU
Thame Community Hospital20.30 miles
East Street, Thame, OX9 3JT
Wykeham Park Day Hospital20.30 miles
Community Hospital Site, East Street, Thame, Oxfordshire, OX9 3JT
Didcot Community Hospital20.92 miles
Wantage Road, Didcot, Oxfordshire, OX11 0AG
Pharmacy
Woodstock Pharmacy3.67 miles
24 High Street, Woodstock, Oxfordshire, OX20 1TF
Woodstock Pharmacy3.67 miles
24 High Street, Woodstock, Oxford, Oxfordshire, OX20 1TF
The Co-Operative Pharmacy4.91 miles
19 Market Street, Charlbury, Oxfordshire, OX7 3PL
Hanborough Pharmacy5.19 miles
56 Churchill Way, 56 Churchill Way, Long Hanborough, Oxfordshire, OX29 8JL
Salts Medilink5.28 miles
Unit 8, Southill Business Park, Cornbury Park,Charlbury, Oxfordshire, OX7 3EW
Lloydspharmacy6.47 miles
25 Oxford Road, Kidlington, Oxfordshire, OX5 2BP
Kidlington Pharmacy6.47 miles
Kidlington Health Centre, Exeter Close, Kidlington, Oxfordshire, OX5 1AP
Westlake Pharmacy6.81 miles
The Parade, 75 Spencer Avenue, Yarnton, Oxfordshire, OX5 1NQ
Lloydspharmacy7.39 miles
18 The Parade, Oxford Road, Kidlington, Oxfordshire, OX5 1DB
Sainsbury's Supermarkets Ltd7.48 miles
Sainsbury`s Pharmacy, Oxford Road, Kidlington, Oxfordshire, OX5 2PE
Chipping Norton Pharmacy7.59 miles
Chipping Norton Hth Ctr, Russell Way, London Road, Chipping Norton, Oxfordshire, OX7 5FA
Boots7.80 miles
18 High Street, Chipping Norton, OX7 5AD
The Co-Operative Pharmacy7.80 miles
6a High Street, Chipping Norton, Oxfordshire, OX7 5AD
Lloydspharmacy8.15 miles
64 Acre End Street, Eynsham, Oxfordshire, OX29 4PD
Bloxham Pharmacy8.47 miles
High Street, Bloxham, Banbury, Oxfordshire, OX15 4LU
Lloydspharmacy9.04 miles
Cogges Surgery, 12 Cogges Hill Road, Witney, Oxfordshire, OX28 3FP
Leisure
Park
KIDDINGTON HALL (Grade II Listed)1.34 miles
DITCHLEY PARK (Grade II* Listed)2.56 miles
SANDFORD PARK (Grade II Listed)2.90 miles
TACKLEY WATER GARDEN (Grade II* Listed)3.14 miles
CRECY HILL (MANAGED BY TACKLEY PARISH COUNCIL)3.35 miles
SALTWAY3.38 miles
ROUSHAM (Grade I Listed)3.51 miles
BLENHEIM PALACE3.79 miles
BLENHEIM PALACE (Grade I Listed)3.96 miles
KIRTLINGTON QUARRY4.16 miles
HEYTHROP PARK (Grade II* Listed)4.97 miles
KIRTLINGTON PARK (Grade II Listed)5.18 miles
GREAT TEW (Grade II Listed)5.27 miles
CORNBURY PARK (Grade II* Listed)5.69 miles
MIDDLETON PARK (Grade II Listed)5.84 miles
WYCHWOOD6.75 miles
Shop
Groceries
SSU Service Station2.07 miles
Woodleys, Woodstock, Oxford, Oxfordshire OX20 1HT
Londis Banbury Road Londis2.71 miles
Banbury Road, Bicester, OX25 5QQ
Co-op Woodstock3.75 miles
Woodstock, OX20 1TG
Londis Five Ways Stores4.77 miles
Strut Road, Chipping Norton, OX7 3SX
Co-op Chipping Norton4.83 miles
Charlbury, OX7 3QR
Co-op Witney5.14 miles
Main Road, OX29 8BD
Co-op Witney5.17 miles
Long Hanborough, OX29 8BD
Co-op Oxford5.76 miles
Kidlington Swift, OX2 7BY
Co-op Banbury6.17 miles
Deddington, OX15 0SB
Iceland Kidlington6.36 miles
19/23 High Street, Kidlington, Oxford, OX5 2DH
Tesco Kidlington (Metro)6.38 miles
71 High St, Kidlington, Oxfordshire, OX5 2DN
Co-op Kidlington6.40 miles
Oxford Road, OX5 1DZ
Co-op Kidlington6.41 miles
Kidlington, OX5 2DH
Budgens Yarnton6.82 miles
Blenheim Service Station, 93 Woodstock Road, Yarnton, Oxfordshire, OX5 1PT
M&S Family Farm Bicester Bp7.09 miles
Bicester Road Weston-on-the-green, Bicester, OX25 3QQ
Sainsbury's Kidlington7.47 miles
289 Oxford Road, Kidlington, OX5 2PE
Transport
Airport
London Oxford Airport5.28 miles
Coventry Baginton Airport32.69 miles
Gloucestershire Airport33.97 miles
Birmingham International Airport Terminal 241.08 miles
Birmingham International Airport41.17 miles
Birmingham International Airport Terminal 141.19 miles
East Midlands Airport64.17 miles
Southampton Airport65.53 miles
Bus Stop
New Road (E)0.58 miles
New Road (W)0.60 miles
School (SW)1.02 miles
Glympton Turn (N)1.26 miles
Glympton Turn (S)1.29 miles
Kiddington Turn (SE)1.33 miles
Kiddington Turn (NW)1.33 miles
Church (SE)1.65 miles
Church (NW)1.66 miles
West End (NE)1.95 miles
West End (SW)1.95 miles
The Duke of Marlborough PH (SE)2.04 miles
Church (W)2.05 miles
Church (E)2.05 miles
The Duke of Marlborough PH (NW)2.05 miles
Fox Inn DEL (N)2.07 miles
Railway Station
Tackley Rail Station3.53 miles
Heyford Rail Station3.55 miles
Combe (Oxon) Rail Station4.63 miles
Hanborough Rail Station5.08 miles
Finstock Rail Station5.10 miles
Charlbury Rail Station5.20 miles
Islip Rail Station7.73 miles
Oxford Parkway Rail Station7.83 miles
Ascott-under-Wychwood Rail Station8.33 miles
Kings Sutton Rail Station9.39 miles
Shipton Rail Station9.54 miles
Bicester North Rail Station9.60 miles
Bicester Village Rail Station9.67 miles
Kingham Rail Station10.80 miles
Oxford Rail Station10.99 miles
Banbury Rail Station11.35 miles
Crime
Flood Data
Flood Risk Per Year (OX20 1A*)
Number of Properties in Catchment202
Very Low Risk (<0.1% chance of flooding)0
Low Risk (0.1% < 1% chance of flooding)0
Medium Risk (1% < 3.3% chance of flooding)0
High Risk (>3.3%)0
Property Sales
4, LUDWELL FARM COTTAGES
GLYMPTON
WOODSTOCK
OXFORDSHIRE
OX20 1AZ		£950,000
2021-09-22
semidetached
freehold
ESTATE OFFICE
GLYMPTON
WOODSTOCK
OXFORDSHIRE
OX20 1AH		£2,000,000
2021-02-26
otherPropertyType
freehold
PHILIP JEBB HOUSE
GLYMPTON
WOODSTOCK
OXFORDSHIRE
OX20 1AU		£27,529,091
2021-02-26
otherPropertyType
freehold
THE RECTORY
GLYMPTON
WOODSTOCK
OXFORDSHIRE
OX20 1AL		£3,076,000
2018-12-13
detached
freehold
3, LUDWELL FARM COTTAGES
GLYMPTON
WOODSTOCK
OXFORDSHIRE
OX20 1AZ		£550,000
2005-07-05
semidetached
freehold
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