Area Info for Swinbrook and Widford (Oxfordshire)

Swinbrook and Widford (Oxfordshire, UK)

Swinbrook and Widford are small villages located in Oxfordshire, England. These villages are part of the civil parish of Witney, which is situated in the West Oxfordshire district. The area is known for its picturesque countryside, historic buildings, and traditional English village charm.

Location and Geography

Swinbrook is positioned near the River Windrush and is approximately 2 miles east of Witney town centre. Widford is located nearby, to the south of Swinbrook, and is also within close proximity to Witney. The landscape surrounding these villages features rolling hills, farmland, and woodland, typical of the Oxfordshire countryside.

History and Heritage

Both villages have a rich history dating back several centuries. Swinbrook is notable for its historic church, St Mary’s Church, which has origins dating back to the medieval period. The villages have retained many traditional features, including historic cottages and farm buildings. Swinbrook is also known for its association with the famous Mitford family, who lived at Swinbrook House.

Community and Amenities

The villages are primarily residential and rural, with limited local amenities. Residents often rely on nearby Witney for shopping, schools, and other services. Despite their small size, Swinbrook and Widford maintain a close-knit community atmosphere, with local events and activities often centred around the churches and village halls.

Transport

Transport links are mainly via road, with the A40 and A4095 providing access to larger towns and cities. Public transport options are limited, so most residents use private vehicles for commuting and travel.

Notable Features

Swinbrook is renowned for its scenic beauty and historic architecture. The village has been featured in various publications for its quintessential English village appearance. The surrounding area offers opportunities for walking, cycling, and exploring the rural landscape.
Education
School
Burford Primary School1.90 miles
Priory Lane, Burford, Oxfordshire, OX18 4SG
Burford School2.15 miles
Cheltenham Road, Burford, Oxfordshire, OX18 4PL
St Kenelm's Church of England (VC) School2.46 miles
Wenrisc Drive, Minster Lovell, Witney, Oxfordshire, OX29 0SP
Leafield Church of England (Controlled) Primary School2.62 miles
The Green, Leafield, Witney, Oxfordshire, OX29 9NP
Wychwood Church of England Primary School3.15 miles
Milton Road, Shipton-under-Wychwood, Chipping Norton, Oxfordshire, OX7 6BD
St John the Evangelist CofE VA Primary School3.15 miles
Bluebell Way, Shilton Park, Carterton, Oxfordshire, OX18 1JF
Carterton Community College3.46 miles
Upavon Way, Carterton, Oxfordshire, OX18 1BU
Carterton Primary School3.61 miles
Burford Road, Carterton, Oxfordshire, OX18 3AD
Brize Norton Primary School3.66 miles
Station Road, Brize Norton, Carterton, Oxfordshire, OX18 3PL
Windrush Valley School3.76 miles
The Green, London Lane, Ascott-under-Wychwood, Chipping Norton, Oxfordshire, OX7 6AN
St Joseph's Catholic Primary School, Carterton3.82 miles
Lawton Avenue, Carterton, Oxfordshire, OX18 3JY
Edith Moorhouse Primary School3.95 miles
Lawton Avenue, Carterton, Oxfordshire, OX18 3HP
Gateway Primary School3.96 miles
Netheravon Close, Carterton, Oxfordshire, OX18 3SF
West Witney Primary School4.24 miles
Edington Road, Witney, Oxfordshire, OX28 5FZ
Our Lady of Lourdes Catholic Primary School, Witney4.50 miles
Curbridge Road, Witney, Oxfordshire, OX28 5JZ
Hailey Church of England Primary School4.55 miles
Hailey, Witney, Oxfordshire, OX29 9UB
Health
Clinic
Deer Park Medical Centre4.16 miles
6 Edington Square, Witney, Oxfordshire, OX28 5YT
Specsavers Hearcare - Box - Witney4.92 miles
Welch Way, Witney, Oxfordshire, OX28 6JS
Windrush Medical Practice4.92 miles
Welch Way, Witney, Oxfordshire, OX28 6JS
Nuffield Health Centre5.03 miles
Welch Way, Witney, Oxfordshire, OX28 6JQ
Scrivens Opticians & Hearing Care - Witney5.13 miles
16A High Street, Witney, Oxfordshire, OX28 6HB
Cogges Surgery Witney5.66 miles
Community Nursing Team based at Cogges Surgery, 12 Cogges Hill Road, Witney, Oxfordshire, OX28 3FS
George Moore Community Clinic8.36 miles
Station Road, Bourton-On-The-Water, Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, GL54 2AA
George Moore Community Clinic8.48 miles
Moore Road, Bourton-On-The-Water, Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, GL54 2AZ
Ace Centre8.76 miles
Burford Road, Chipping Norton, Oxfordshire, OX7 5DZ
Scrivens Opticians & Hearing Care - Chipping Norton9.02 miles
8 High Street, Chipping Norton, Oxfordshire, OX7 5AD
Specsavers Hearcare - Box - Chipping Norton9.13 miles
White House Surgery, Horsefair, Chipping Norton, Oxfordshire, OX7 5AL
Chipping Norton War Memorial Community Hospital Out-Patient and Maternity Unit9.28 miles
Russell Way, London Road, Chipping Norton, Oxfordshire, OX7 5FA
Chipping Norton Ambulatory Care Centre9.28 miles
Russell Way, Chipping Norton, Oxfordshire, OX7 5FA
Station Point9.57 miles
Old Station Way, Eynsham, Witney, Oxfordshire, OX29 4TL
Faringdon Health Centre11.32 miles
Volunteer Way, Faringdon, Oxfordshire, SN7 7YU
Oxford Autism & Diagnostic Research Centre11.57 miles
Springhill Road, Begbroke, Kidlington, Oxfordshire, OX5 1RX
GP
Sheep Street Surgery Burford1.94 miles
Burford Surgery, 59 Sheep Street, Burford, Oxon, OX18 4LS
The Wychwood Surgery3.33 miles
The Wychwood Surgery, Meadow Lane, Shipton Under Wychwood, Chipping Norton, OX7 6BW
Dr F C Clough And Partners3.48 miles
Broadshires Health Centre, Broadshires Way, Carterton, Oxon, OX18 1JA
Bampton Medical Practice3.90 miles
Carterton Health Centre, Alvescot Road, Carterton, Carterton, Oxford, OX18 3LJ
Sheep Street Surgery Burford3.90 miles
Carterton Health Centre, 17 Alvescot Road, Carterton, OX18 3LJ
Deer Park Medical Centre4.16 miles
6 Edington Square, Witney, Oxfordshire, OX28 5YT
Windrush Medical Practice4.92 miles
Windrush Health Centre, Welch Way, Witney, Oxon, OX28 6JS
Nuffield Health Centre5.03 miles
Nuffield Health Centre, Welch Way, Witney, OX28 6JQ
Cogges Surgery5.66 miles
Cogges Surgery, 12 Cogges Hill Road, Witney, Oxon, Oxfordshire, OX28 3FS
Bampton Medical Practice6.25 miles
Bampton Surgery, Landells, Bampton, Bampton, Oxford, OX18 2LJ
Charlbury Medical Centre6.31 miles
The Charlbury Medical Centre, Enstone Road, Charlbury, Chipping Norton, OX7 3PQ
Long Hanborough Surgery8.48 miles
56 Churchill Way, Long Hanborough, Oxford, OX29 8JL
Cotswold Medical Practice8.48 miles
Moore Health Centre, Moore Road, Bourton-on-The-Water, Cheltenham, GL54 2AZ
Dr J A Walton And Partners8.90 miles
West Street Surgery, 12 West Street, Chipping Norton, Oxon, OX7 5AA
Dr D R Edwards And Partners9.13 miles
White House Surgery, Horsefair, Chipping Norton, OX7 5AL
Dr Thomson & Partners9.15 miles
The Medical Centre, Oak Street, Lechlade, Glos, GL7 3RY
Hospital
Witney Community Hospital4.88 miles
Welch Way, Witney, Oxfordshire, OX28 6JJ
Fairford Hospital10.78 miles
The Croft,, GL7 4BB
North Cotswold Hospital12.59 miles
Stow Road, Moreton-In-Marsh, Gloucestershire, GL56 0DS
Abingdon Community Hospital16.05 miles
Marcham Road, Abingdon, Oxfordshire, OX14 1AG
John Radcliffe Hospital16.42 miles
John Radcliffe Hospital, Headley Way, Headington, Oxford, Oxfordshire, OX3 9DU
Warneford Hospital16.53 miles
Warneford Lane, Headington, Oxford, Oxfordshire, OX3 7JX
Nuffield Health, The Manor Hospital, Oxford16.65 miles
Beech Road, Headington, Oxford, Oxfordshire, OX3 7RP
Churchill Hospital16.86 miles
Old Road, Headington, Oxford, Oxfordshire, OX3 7LE
Wantage Community Hospital17.31 miles
Garston Lane, Wantage, Oxfordshire, OX12 7AS
Ellen Badger Hospital17.45 miles
Stratford Road, Shipston-on-Stour, Warwickshire, CV36 4AX
Cirencester Hospital17.78 miles
Tetbury Road,, GL7 1UY
Bicester Community Hospital19.48 miles
Piggy Lane, Bicester, Oxfordshire, OX26 6HT
Horton General Hospital19.81 miles
Oxford Road, Banbury, Oxfordshire, OX16 9AL
Foscote Court (Banbury) Trust19.93 miles
Foscote Hospital, 2 Foscote Rise, Banbury, Oxfordshire, OX16 9XP
The Great Western Hospital19.96 miles
Marlborough Road, Swindon, Wiltshire, SN3 6BB
Didcot Community Hospital20.43 miles
Wantage Road, Didcot, Oxfordshire, OX11 0AG
Pharmacy
Reavley S&c1.88 miles
124 High Street, Burford, Oxfordshire, OX18 4QR
Wychwood Pharmacy3.33 miles
Wychwood Surgery, Meadow Lane, Shipton Under Wychwood, Oxfordshire, OX7 6BW
Broadshire Pharmacy3.48 miles
Broadshires Health Centre, Broadshires Way, Carterton, Oxfordshire, OX18 1JA
Lloydspharmacy3.81 miles
7 Burford Road, Carterton, Oxfordshire, OX18 3AG
Lloydspharmacy3.86 miles
4 Stretfield House, Alvescot Road, Carterton, Oxfordshire, OX18 3XZ
Boots4.14 miles
3 Edington Square, Witney, Oxfordshire, OX28 5YP
Rowlands Pharmacy5.03 miles
Nuffield Health Centre, Welch Way, Witney, Oxfordshire, OX28 6JQ
Boots5.13 miles
2 - 8 High Street, Witney, OX28 6HA
Lloydspharmacy5.13 miles
24-26 High Street, Witney, Oxfordshire, OX28 6HB
Sainsbury's Pharmacy5.38 miles
Witan Way, Witney, Oxfordshire, OX28 4FF
Lloydspharmacy5.66 miles
Cogges Surgery, 12 Cogges Hill Road, Witney, Oxfordshire, OX28 3FP
Salts Medilink5.71 miles
Unit 8, Southill Business Park, Cornbury Park,Charlbury, Oxfordshire, OX7 3EW
The Co-Operative Pharmacy6.23 miles
19 Market Street, Charlbury, Oxfordshire, OX7 3PL
Bampton Health Care Ltd6.25 miles
Landells, Bampton, Oxfordshire, OX18 2LJ
Rowlands Pharmacy8.46 miles
3 The Chestnuts, Bourton-on-The-Water, Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, GL54 2AN
Hanborough Pharmacy8.53 miles
56 Churchill Way, 56 Churchill Way, Long Hanborough, Oxfordshire, OX29 8JL
Leisure
Park
SHIPTON COURT (Grade II Listed)2.79 miles
THE JAPANESE GARDEN AT THE NEW HOUSE (Grade II* Listed)3.05 miles
WYCHWOOD4.26 miles
BARRINGTON PARK (Grade II* Listed)4.94 miles
CORNBURY PARK (Grade II* Listed)5.35 miles
GREAT RISSINGTON MANOR (Grade II Listed)5.90 miles
SARSDEN HOUSE (Grade II* Listed)6.41 miles
SHERBORNE HOUSE (Grade II Listed)7.04 miles
EYNSHAM HALL (Grade II Listed)7.21 miles
SALTWAY7.61 miles
LODGE PARK (Grade I Listed)8.33 miles
DAYLESFORD HOUSE (Grade II* Listed)8.45 miles
DITCHLEY PARK (Grade II* Listed)8.51 miles
CORNWELL MANOR (Grade II Listed)8.82 miles
ADLESTROP PARK AND HOUSE (Grade II* Listed)8.92 miles
KELMSCOTT MANOR (Grade II Listed)8.98 miles
Shop
Groceries
Co-op Burford1.85 miles
Burford, OX18 4QF
Londis Parkview Service Station2.22 miles
Burford Road, Witney, Burford Road
SPAR Witney2.48 miles
Spar Store, 4 Brize Norton Road, Oxfordshire, OX29 0SE
Co-op Carterton3.21 miles
Centrum Square, OX18 1JY
Co-op Chipping Norton3.38 miles
Milton Under Wychwood, OX7 6JH
SPAR Carterton3.57 miles
Spar Store, Carterton Road, Oxfordshire, OX18 3LY
ALDI Alvescote Road3.92 miles
Carterton, OX18 3JH
Morrisons Carterton3.96 miles
Black Bourton Road, Carterton, Oxfordshire, OX18 3HA
ASDA Carterton3.96 miles
Brize Norton Road, Carterton, OX18 3HQ
Tesco Witney (Express)4.15 miles
Valence Crescent, 1 Edington Square, Witney, Oxfordshire, OX28 5YP
Tesco Witney (Express)4.40 miles
1-3 Fettiplace Rd, Witney, Oxfordshire, OX28 5AP
SPAR Witney4.85 miles
Spar Store, Burwell Drive, Oxfordshire, OX28 5LP
Londis Shell Witney Service Station4.86 miles
Welch Way, Witney, OX28 6JL
SPAR Witney4.89 miles
Spar Store, 92 Hailey Road, Oxfordshire, OX28 1HQ
Londis, Witney4.92 miles
107 Hailey Road, Witney, OX28 1HJ
Lidl Witney5.02 miles
Ducklington Lane, Witney, OX28 4JF
Transport
Airport
London Oxford Airport12.13 miles
Gloucestershire Airport25.26 miles
Coventry Baginton Airport38.53 miles
Birmingham International Airport Terminal 244.34 miles
Birmingham International Airport44.42 miles
Birmingham International Airport Terminal 144.47 miles
Bus Stop
Fordwells Turn (NW)0.26 miles
Fordwells Turn (SW)0.27 miles
Post Office (SE)0.57 miles
Post Office (NW)0.57 miles
The Swan Inn PH (N)0.70 miles
The Swan Inn PH (S)0.70 miles
The Maytime PH (E)1.16 miles
The Maytime PH (W)1.16 miles
War Memorial (W)1.32 miles
War Memorial (E)1.41 miles
The Carpenters Arms PH (NE)1.57 miles
The Carpenters Arms PH (SW)1.57 miles
Church (N)1.72 miles
Church (S)1.73 miles
Church Lane (S)1.80 miles
Church Lane (N)1.81 miles
Ferry Port
Sharpness Old Docks38.44 miles
Railway Station
Shipton Rail Station3.49 miles
Ascott-under-Wychwood Rail Station3.84 miles
Finstock Rail Station5.96 miles
Charlbury Rail Station5.99 miles
Kingham Rail Station6.19 miles
Combe (Oxon) Rail Station8.66 miles
Hanborough Rail Station9.48 miles
Moreton-in-Marsh Rail Station13.04 miles
Tackley Rail Station13.49 miles
Oxford Parkway Rail Station13.71 miles
Heyford Rail Station14.52 miles
Oxford Rail Station14.52 miles
Islip Rail Station15.25 miles
Radley Rail Station17.58 miles
Culham Rail Station18.96 miles
Swindon Rail Station19.08 miles
Crime
Flood Data
Flood Risk Per Year (OX18 4EE)
Number of Properties in Catchment13
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)1
High Risk (>3.3%)0
Property Sales
WYCHWOOD COTTAGE
SWINBROOK
BURFORD
OXFORDSHIRE
OX18 4EE		£675,000
2024-12-20
detached
freehold
Sold 2000-03-13   £265,000
Sold 1997-10-31   £179,275
ILOTT COTTAGE
SWINBROOK
BURFORD
OXFORDSHIRE
OX18 4ED		£628,007
2024-06-14
detached
freehold
WYCHWOOD LODGE
SWINBROOK
BURFORD
OXFORDSHIRE
OX18 4ED		£3,900,000
2021-02-01
otherPropertyType
freehold
THE CHAPEL
SWINBROOK
BURFORD
OXFORDSHIRE
OX18 4EE		£287,500
2020-10-20
detached
freehold
Sold 2016-03-31   £295,000
Sold 2007-09-28   £249,000
Sold 2004-11-26   £195,000
Sold 1998-05-22   £125,000
GLEN COTTAGE
SWINBROOK
BURFORD
OXFORDSHIRE
OX18 4EE		£1,100,000
2017-07-17
detached
freehold
KEEPERS LODGE
SWINBROOK
BURFORD
OXFORDSHIRE
OX18 4ED		£1,262,500
2016-06-13
detached
freehold
COURT COTTAGE EAST
SWINBROOK
BURFORD
OXFORDSHIRE
OX18 4EE		£630,000
2015-05-08
detached
freehold
WENRISC COTTAGE
SWINBROOK
BURFORD
OXFORDSHIRE
OX18 4EE		£670,000
2014-07-29
detached
freehold
Sold 2010-07-16   £555,000
Sold 2003-09-04   £350,000
RETREAT COTTAGE
SWINBROOK
BURFORD
OXFORDSHIRE
OX18 4EE		£925,000
2013-11-29
detached
freehold
BUNKERS HILL COTTAGE
SWINBROOK
BURFORD
OXFORDSHIRE
OX18 4EF		£640,000
2013-02-15
detached
freehold
Sold 1997-04-16   £210,000
COURT COTTAGE WEST
SWINBROOK
BURFORD
OXFORDSHIRE
OX18 4EE		£680,000
2008-07-25
detached
freehold
Sold 2007-07-16   £620,000
THE OLD FORGE
SWINBROOK
BURFORD
OXFORDSHIRE
OX18 4ED		£760,000
2006-09-15
detached
freehold
Sold 1996-11-08   £300,000
YEW TREE COTTAGE
SWINBROOK
BURFORD
OXFORDSHIRE
OX18 4ED		£495,000
2005-04-12
detached
freehold
Sold 2001-04-04   £236,000
STREAM COTTAGE
SWINBROOK
BURFORD
OXFORDSHIRE
OX18 4ED		£530,000
2004-05-14
detached
freehold
Sold 1998-02-16   £365,000
SUMMER HAZE
SWINBROOK
BURFORD
OXFORDSHIRE
OX18 4EE		£195,000
2003-07-23
semidetached
freehold
CULVERS CLOSE
SWINBROOK
BURFORD
OXFORDSHIRE
OX18 4ED		£200,000
1997-03-17
detached
freehold
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