Clifton Hampden
Clifton Hampden is a village and civil parish on the north bank of the River Thames, just over 3 miles (5 km) east of Abingdon in Oxfordshire.
Clifton Hampden is a village and civil parish on the north bank of the River Thames, just over 3 miles (5 km) east of Abingdon in Oxfordshire. Since 1932 the civil parish has included the village of Burcot, 1 mile (1.6 km) east of Clifton Hampden. The 2011 census recorded the parish population as 662.
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Worth seeing in and around Clifton Hampden
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.
- 01Dorchester 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.
3.5 km · church in South Oxfordshire, England, UK · Wikipedia - 02Old All Saints Church, Nuneham Courtenay
Old All Saints Church, or Harcourt Chapel, is a redundant Church of England church near the village of Nuneham Courtenay, 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.
2.7 km · church in Nuneham Courtenay, Oxfordshire, England, UK · Wikipedia - 03Nuneham House
Nuneham House is an eighteenth century villa in the Palladian style, set in parkland at Nuneham Courtenay in Oxfordshire, England. It is currently owned by Oxford University and is used as a retreat centre by the Brahma Kumaris World Spiritual University.
2.4 km · country house in Nuneham Courtenay, Oxfordshire, England, UK · Wikipedia - 04Pendon 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.
2.2 km · museum in Oxfordshire, England, United Kingdom · Wikipedia - 05Clifton 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.
300 m · bridge in Clifton Hampden, South Oxfordshire, England, UK · Wikipedia - 06Appleford 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.
2.6 km · bridge in United Kingdom · Wikipedia - 07Little 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 - 08Carfax Conduit
The Carfax Conduit was a water conduit that supplied the city of Oxford with water from 1610 until 1869. The conduit ran in an underground lead pipe from a spring on Hinksey Hill above the village of North Hinksey, beneath Seacourt Stream and the River Thames, to a building at Carfax in the centre of Oxford.
2.3 km · Grade I listed building in Nuneham Courtenay, Oxfordshire, England, UK · Wikipedia - 09Dorchester Abbey Museum
Dorchester Abbey Museum is a local museum in the village of Dorchester, Oxfordshire, England. It is attached to Dorchester Abbey.
3.4 km · Local museum in Dorchester, England, United Kingdom · Wikipedia - 10Clifton 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.
100 m · manor house in Clifton Hampden, South Oxfordshire, England, UK · Wikipedia
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Getting to Clifton Hampden
- Airports
- London Heathrow (LHR), 56 km · London Luton (LTN), 63 km · London Gatwick (LGW), 91 km
- Stations
- Radley railway station, 3.8 km · Appleford railway station, 2.9 km · Culham railway station, 1.9 km · Abingdon Junction railway station, 2.9 km
- London → Clifton Hampden77 km · quickest by road, 2h 11m · £8–11
- Luton, Luton → Clifton Hampden60 km · quickest by road, 1h 57m · £7–9
- Birmingham, West Midlands → Clifton Hampden103 km · quickest by road, 2h 31m · £13–17
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No local-transport research exists yet for Clifton Hampden
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 Clifton Hampden. 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 Clifton Hampden
Clifton Hampden is 28 km from Reading, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.
- Dorchester on Thamesvillage in Oxfordshire, UK3.4 km
- Berinsfieldvillage and civil parish in South Oxfordshire, England2.5 km
- Culhamvillage and civil parish in South Oxfordshire, England3.9 km
- Long Wittenhamvillage and civil parish in South Oxfordshire, England; formerly part of Berkshire2.3 km
- Appleford-on-Thamesvillage and civil parish in Vale of White Horse district, Oxfordshire, England2.9 km
- Nuneham Courtenayvillage and civil parish in South Oxfordshire, England3.6 km