Aston Upthorpe
Aston Upthorpe is a village and civil parish about 3 miles (5 km) southeast of Didcot in South Oxfordshire.

Aston Upthorpe is a village and civil parish about 3 miles (5 km) southeast of Didcot in South Oxfordshire. It was part of Berkshire until the 1974 boundary changes transferred it to Oxfordshire. The motion picture National Lampoon's European Vacation (1985) - Stonehenge Scene was filmed a mile to the south of the village on the ancient downland. The 2011 Census recorded the parish's population as 179.
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Worth seeing in and around Aston Upthorpe
One place 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.
- 01South Moreton Castle
South Moreton Castle was an 11th-century castle in the village of South Moreton, Oxfordshire,, England. The name can also refer to a nearby siege-castle, probably from the 12th century.
1.7 km · castle in South Moreton, Oxfordshire, England, UK · Wikipedia
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Getting to Aston Upthorpe
- Airports
- London Heathrow (LHR), 53 km · London Luton (LTN), 67 km · London Gatwick (LGW), 85 km
- Stations
- Cholsey railway station, 3.3 km
- London → Aston Upthorpe75 km · quickest by road, 2h 6m · £8–10
- Luton, Luton → Aston Upthorpe64 km · quickest by road, 2h 3m · £9–12
- Birmingham, West Midlands → Aston Upthorpe112 km · quickest by road, 2h 21m · £14–18
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No local-transport research exists yet for Aston Upthorpe
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 Aston Upthorpe. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.
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Next door to Aston Upthorpe
Aston Upthorpe is 21 km from Reading, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.
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- Aston Tirroldvillage and civil parish in South Oxfordshire district, South Oxfordshire, England700 m
- North Moretonvillage and civil parish in South Oxfordshire, England3.2 km
- East Hagbournevillage and civil parish in South Oxfordshire, England3 km
- South Moretonvillage and civil parish in South Oxfordshire, England1.9 km