Brightwell-cum-Sotwell
Brightwell-cum-Sotwell is a twin-village and civil parish in the Upper Thames Valley in South Oxfordshire.
Brightwell-cum-Sotwell is a twin-village and civil parish in the Upper Thames Valley in South Oxfordshire. It lies between Didcot to the west and the historic market town of Wallingford to the east. In 1974 it was transferred from Berkshire to the county of Oxfordshire, and from Wallingford Rural District to the district of South Oxfordshire.
Adapted from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Worth seeing in and around Brightwell-cum-Sotwell
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.
- 01Wallingford Castle
Wallingford Castle is a medieval castle situated in Wallingford in the English county of Oxfordshire, adjacent to the River Thames. Established in the 11th century as a motte-and-bailey design within an Anglo-Saxon burgh, it grew to become what historian Nicholas Brooks has described as "one of the most powerful royal castles of the 12th and 13th centuries".
3 km · castle in Wallingford, Oxfordshire, England, UK · Wikipedia - 02Dorchester Abbey
The Abbey Church of St Peter and St Paul, more usually called Dorchester Abbey, is a Church of England parish church in Dorchester on Thames, Oxfordshire, about 8 miles southeast of Oxford. It was formerly a Norman abbey church and was built on the site of a Saxon cathedral.
3.4 km · church in South Oxfordshire, England, UK · Wikipedia - 03South 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.
3.6 km · castle in South Moreton, Oxfordshire, England, UK · Wikipedia - 04St Mary's Church, Newnham Murren
St Mary's Church is a redundant Anglican church in the hamlet of Newnham Murren, Oxfordshire, England. It is recorded in the National Heritage List for England as a designated Grade II* listed building, and is under the care of the Churches Conservation Trust.
3.8 km · church in South Oxfordshire, England, UK · Wikipedia - 05Wallingford Museum
Wallingford Museum is a museum with collections of local interest in the town of Wallingford in the English county of Oxfordshire. The museum has an extensive collection relating to the town's history.
2.8 km · Local museum in Wallingford, England, United Kingdom · Wikipedia - 06Little Wittenham Bridge
Little Wittenham Bridge is a footbridge across the River Thames in England near Dorchester-on-Thames, Oxfordshire. It is just downstream of Day's Lock on the reach above Benson Lock and connects Little Wittenham to Dorchester.
3 km · bridge in United Kingdom · Wikipedia - 07Corn Exchange Theatre
The Corn Exchange is a commercial building in the Market Place, Wallingford, Oxfordshire, England. The structure, which is used as a theatre, is a Grade II listed building.
3 km · meeting hall, concert hall and theatre in Wallingford, Oxfordshire, England, UK · Wikipedia - 08St Mary-le-More, Wallingford
St Mary-le-More is a Church of England parish church in Wallingford, Oxfordshire, England. The church is situated in the centre of The Marketplace, just behind the Town Hall.
3 km · church in Wallingford, South Oxfordshire, England, UK · Wikipedia - 09
- 10The Bull Croft
Wallingford is a market town and civil parish on the River Thames in South Oxfordshire, England, 12 miles north of Reading, 13 miles south of Oxford and 11 miles north west of Henley-on-Thames. Although belonging to the historic county of Berkshire, it is within the ceremonial county of Oxfordshire for administrative purposes as a result of the Local Government Act 1972.
2.7 km · park in Wallingford, Oxfordshire, England, UK · Wikipedia
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Getting to Brightwell-cum-Sotwell
- Airports
- London Heathrow (LHR), 51 km · London Luton (LTN), 62 km · London Gatwick (LGW), 85 km
- Stations
- Wallingford railway station, 2.5 km
- London → Brightwell-cum-Sotwell72 km · quickest by road, 2h 3m · £7–10
- Luton, Luton → Brightwell-cum-Sotwell58 km · quickest by road, 2h · £9–12
- London, Essex → Brightwell-cum-Sotwell72 km · quickest by road, 2h 3m · £7–10
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No local-transport research exists yet for Brightwell-cum-Sotwell
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 Brightwell-cum-Sotwell. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.
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Next door to Brightwell-cum-Sotwell
Brightwell-cum-Sotwell is 22 km from Reading, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.
- Wallingfordtown and civil parish in South Oxfordshire, England3 km
- Dorchester on Thamesvillage in Oxfordshire, UK3.5 km
- Bensonvillage and civil parish in South Oxfordshire, England3.7 km
- Warboroughvillage and civil parish in South Oxfordshire, England3.4 km
- North Moretonvillage and civil parish in South Oxfordshire, England2.3 km
- South Moretonvillage and civil parish in South Oxfordshire, England3.3 km