Cherwell (district)
Cherwell is a local government district in northern Oxfordshire, England.

Cherwell is a local government district in northern Oxfordshire, England. The district was created in 1974 and takes its name from the River Cherwell, which drains south through the region to flow into the River Thames at Oxford. Towns in Cherwell include Banbury, where the council is based, Bicester and Kidlington.
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Worth seeing in and around Cherwell (district)
2 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.
- 01Ardley Castle
Ardley Castle was a castle to the southwest of the village of Ardley, Oxfordshire, England. At present only some of its ruins, most notably an oval enclosure one hundred yards in diameter, with a shallow ditch with an average depth of three feet, a derelict moat and the earthworks remain.
2.4 km · castle in the UK · Wikipedia - 02Church of the Annunciation to the Blessed Virgin Mary
The Parish Church of the Annunciation to the Blessed Virgin Mary is the Church of England parish church of Souldern, a village in Oxfordshire about 7 miles northwest of Bicester and a similar distance southeast of Banbury.
3.5 km · parish church of Souldern in Oxfordshire, England, UK · Wikipedia
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Getting to Cherwell (district)
- Airports
- London Luton (LTN), 61 km · Birmingham (BHX), 66 km · London Heathrow (LHR), 76 km
- Stations
- Ardley railway station, 2.6 km
- London → Cherwell (district)92 km · quickest by road, 2h 18m · £10–13
- Luton, Luton → Cherwell (district)56 km · quickest by road, 1h 28m · £7–9
- Birmingham, West Midlands → Cherwell (district)73 km · quickest by road, 1h 48m · £9–12
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No local-transport research exists yet for Cherwell (district)
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 Cherwell (district). What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.
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Next door to Cherwell (district)
Cherwell (district) is 54 km from Coventry, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.
- Upper Heyfordvillage and civil parish in Cherwell district, Oxfordshire, England2.8 km
- Somertonvillage and civil parish in Cherwell district, Oxfordshire, England1.8 km
- Fritwellvillage and civil parish in Cherwell district, Oxfordshire, England1.6 km
- Souldernvillage and civil parish in Cherwell district, Oxfordshire, England3.4 km
- Ardleyvillage and civil parish in Cherwell district, Oxfordshire, England3 km
- Heyford Parkcivil parish in Cherwell, Oxfordshire, England2.6 km