Dorchester on Thames
Dorchester on Thames is a historic village and civil parish in South Oxfordshire, England.
Dorchester on Thames is a historic village and civil parish in South Oxfordshire, England. It is situated approximately 9 miles southeast of Oxford and 3 miles northwest of Wallingford, positioned at the confluence of the River Thame and the River Thames.
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Worth seeing in and around Dorchester 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.
- 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.
100 m · church in South Oxfordshire, England, UK · Wikipedia - 02Pendon 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.
3.7 km · museum in Oxfordshire, England, United Kingdom · Wikipedia - 03Clifton 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.
3.3 km · bridge in Clifton Hampden, South Oxfordshire, England, UK · Wikipedia - 04Little 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.
1.2 km · bridge in United Kingdom · Wikipedia - 05Brightwell Manor
Brightwell Manor is a country house in the village of Brightwell-cum-Sotwell in Oxfordshire, England. It has been a Grade II listed building since 1952, and is owned by the former British prime minister Boris Johnson and his wife, Carrie Johnson.
3.5 km · manor house in Brightwell-cum-Sotwell, South Oxfordshire, England, UK · Wikipedia - 06Clifton 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.
3.3 km · manor house in Clifton Hampden, South Oxfordshire, England, UK · Wikipedia - 07Brightwell Castle
Brightwell Castle was in the village of Brightwell-cum-Sotwell, between the towns of Didcot and Wallingford, now in Oxfordshire but until 1974 in Berkshire, in England. The castle was built in 1145 by King Stephen.
3.4 km · castle in the United Kingdom · Wikipedia - 08Little Wittenham SSSI
Little Wittenham SSSI is a 68.9-hectare biological Site of Special Scientific Interest north-east of Didcot in Oxfordshire. It is also a Special Area of Conservation.
1.6 km · UK Site of Special Scientific Interest · Wikipedia - 09Dorchester Abbey Museum
Dorchester Abbey Museum is a local museum in the village of Dorchester, Oxfordshire, England. It is attached to Dorchester Abbey.
100 m · Local museum in Dorchester, England, United Kingdom · Wikipedia - 10Shillingford Bridge
Shillingford Bridge is Grade II* listed road bridge near Shillingford, Oxfordshire, carrying an unclassified road across the River Thames in England on the reach above Benson Lock. The bridge provides access between Shillingford to the north of the river and Wallingford to the south.
2.8 km · bridge in Warborough, South Oxfordshire, England, UK · Wikipedia
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Getting to Dorchester on Thames
- Airports
- London Heathrow (LHR), 52 km · London Luton (LTN), 61 km · London Gatwick (LGW), 88 km
- London → Dorchester on Thames74 km · quickest by road, 2h 6m · £8–10
- Luton, Luton → Dorchester on Thames58 km · quickest by road, 1h 57m · £7–9
- Birmingham, West Midlands → Dorchester on Thames105 km · quickest by road, 2h 30m · £13–17
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No local-transport research exists yet for Dorchester on Thames
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 Dorchester 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 Dorchester on Thames
Dorchester on Thames is 25 km from Reading, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.
- Berinsfieldvillage and civil parish in South Oxfordshire, England2.1 km
- Long Wittenhamvillage and civil parish in South Oxfordshire, England; formerly part of Berkshire3.2 km
- Warboroughvillage and civil parish in South Oxfordshire, England2.1 km
- Brightwell-cum-Sotwellvillage and civil parish in South Oxfordshire, England2.8 km
- Clifton Hampdenvillage and civil parish in South Oxfordshire, England4 km
- Newingtonvillage and civil parish in South Oxfordshire, England3.8 km