Appleford-on-Thames
Appleford-on-Thames is a village and civil parish on the south bank of the River Thames about 2 miles (3 km) north of Didcot, in the Vale of White Horse district, in Oxfordshire.
Appleford-on-Thames is a village and civil parish on the south bank of the River Thames about 2 miles (3 km) north of Didcot, in the Vale of White Horse district, in Oxfordshire. It was part of Berkshire until the 1974 local government boundary changes. The 2011 Census recorded the parish's population as 350. On 1 April 2000 the civil parish was renamed from "Appleford" to "Appleford on Thames".
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Worth seeing in and around Appleford-on-Thames
10 places within 25 km that the world writes about, in the order of how widely: the ones a visitor has heard of first, then the ones only a local would name.
- 01The Abbey, Sutton Courtenay
The Abbey in Sutton Courtenay is a medieval courtyard house in the English county of Oxfordshire. It is located in the Vale of White Horse near the River Thames, across the road from the twelfth-century Norman Hall and the Manor House.
2.4 km · Grade I listed English country house in Sutton Courtenay, Vale of White Horse, Oxfordshire, England, UK · Wikipedia - 02Didcot Railway Centre
Didcot Railway Centre is a railway museum and preservation engineering site in Didcot, Oxfordshire, England. The site was formerly a Great Western Railway engine shed and locomotive stabling point.
2.9 km · railway museum in Didcot, Oxfordshire, United Kingdom · Wikipedia - 03All Saints' Church, Sutton Courtenay
The Church of All Saints, Sutton Courtenay is the Church of England parish church of Sutton Courtenay in Oxfordshire, England. Extant since at least the 12th century, the church has been Grade I listed since 1966.
2.3 km · church in Sutton Courtenay, Oxfordshire, England, UK · Wikipedia - 04Clifton Hampden Bridge
Clifton Hampden Bridge is a road bridge crossing the River Thames in Clifton Hampden, Oxfordshire, England, situated on the reach below Clifton Lock. Originally it joined Oxfordshire on the north bank with Berkshire on the south but in 1974 the area on the south bank was transferred from Berkshire to Oxfordshire.
2.7 km · bridge in Clifton Hampden, South Oxfordshire, England, UK · Wikipedia - 05Culham Bridge
Culham Bridge is a medieval bridge crossing a present backwater of the River Thames in England at Culham, Oxfordshire, near the town of Abingdon. The bridge crosses Swift Ditch which was at one time the main navigation channel of the River Thames until Abingdon Lock was built in 1790.
3.4 km · bridge in Oxfordshire, England, UK · Wikipedia - 06Manor House
The Manor House, Sutton Courtenay, is a Grade II* listed building in the Oxfordshire village, located southwest of the village green and hidden from the main road by trees. It is across the street from The Abbey, Sutton Courtenay, a medieval courtyard house.
2.5 km · historic building in Sutton Courtenay, Oxfordshire, England, United Kingdom · Wikipedia - 07Pendon Museum
Pendon Museum is a museum in Long Wittenham, Oxfordshire, England, that displays scale models, in particular a large scene representing parts of the Vale of White Horse in the 1920s and 1930s. The scene, under construction since the 1950s and with parts dating back earlier, was inspired by detailed research into the architecture and landscape of the vale, with some models of cottages taking hundreds of hours to complete.
1.5 km · museum in Oxfordshire, England, United Kingdom · Wikipedia - 08Appleford Railway Bridge
Appleford Railway Bridge carries the Cherwell Valley Line from Didcot to Oxford across the River Thames near the village of Appleford-on-Thames, Oxfordshire, England. It crosses the Thames on the reach between Clifton Lock and Culham Lock.
500 m · bridge in United Kingdom · Wikipedia - 09Clifton Hampden Manor
Clifton Hampden Manor is a country house in the village of Clifton Hampden, Oxfordshire, England, overlooking the River Thames. It has been a Grade II listed building since 1987.
2.9 km · manor house in Clifton Hampden, South Oxfordshire, England, UK · Wikipedia - 10Nuneham Viaduct
Nuneham Viaduct, also known as Nuneham Railway Bridge and the Black Bridge is near the town of Abingdon-on-Thames in Oxfordshire, England. It is a two-span, bowstring truss bridge that carries the Didcot to Oxford section of the Cherwell Valley Line across the River Thames between Abingdon Lock and Sandford Lock.
3.4 km · bridge in United Kingdom · Wikipedia
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Getting to Appleford-on-Thames
- Airports
- London Heathrow (LHR), 57 km · London Luton (LTN), 65 km · London Gatwick (LGW), 91 km
- Stations
- Didcot Parkway railway station, 3 km · Culham railway station, 1.7 km · Abingdon Junction railway station, 3.9 km
- London → Appleford-on-Thames78 km · quickest by road, 2h 15m · £8–11
- Luton, Luton → Appleford-on-Thames63 km · quickest by road, 2h 6m · £7–10
- Birmingham, West Midlands → Appleford-on-Thames104 km · quickest by road, 2h 32m · £13–17
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Our researched notes are written from a sourced entry: every shared taxi, boat and village bus with its operator, its rule, its fare and the year we saw it, and what could not be confirmed. Nobody has done that work for Appleford-on-Thames. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.
- Get in() at Kidlington is used mainly for private and charter aircraft and has only intermittently had scheduled airline flights; it is useful only if you fly your own plane, or are able to charter a small aircraft.
- Get inBirmingham Airport has its own railway station called Birmingham International, which is connected to the airport terminal building via the free AirRail Link cable car shuttle, taking 1–2 min.
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Next door to Appleford-on-Thames
Appleford-on-Thames is 28 km from Reading, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.
- Didcottown and civil parish in Oxfordshire, UK; formerly in Berkshire3.7 km
- Sutton Courtenayvillage and civil parish in Vale of White Horse district, Oxfordshire, England2.5 km
- Culhamvillage and civil parish in South Oxfordshire, England2.3 km
- Long Wittenhamvillage and civil parish in South Oxfordshire, England; formerly part of Berkshire2 km
- Clifton Hampdenvillage and civil parish in South Oxfordshire, England3.7 km
- Little Wittenhamvillage and civil parish in South Oxfordshire, England3.8 km