Launton
Launton is a village and civil parish on the eastern outskirts of Bicester, Oxfordshire, England.
Launton is a village and civil parish on the eastern outskirts of Bicester, Oxfordshire, England. The 2011 Census recorded the parish's population as 1,204.
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Worth seeing in and around Launton
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.
- 01Arncott Bridge Meadows
Arncott Bridge Meadows is an 8.7-hectare biological Site of Special Scientific Interest in Arncott in Oxfordshire. The site is adjacent to the River Ray and in its flood plain.
3.4 km · UK Site of Special Scientific Interest · Wikipedia
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Getting to Launton
- Airports
- London Luton (LTN), 51 km · London Heathrow (LHR), 65 km · Birmingham (BHX), 76 km
- Stations
- Bicester Village railway station, 2.2 km · Bicester North railway station, 2.6 km · Bicester Airfield, 2.9 km · Blackthorn railway station, 2.2 km
- London → Launton81 km · quickest by road, 2h 17m · £9–13
- Luton, Luton → Launton48 km · quickest by road, 1h 29m · £6–8
- Birmingham, West Midlands → Launton84 km · quickest by road, 1h 57m · £10–13
- Plan a tripFrom anywhereThe planner compares every way there from wherever you are.
Road and air are today’s quick answer; timetabled trains, buses and ferries load on the results page from the operators’ feeds.
No local-transport research exists yet for Launton
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 Launton. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.
- Get inA new off-road cycleway connects Buckingham to Winslow via Padbury and Adstock, following the route of the A413.
From Wikivoyage: Buckingham, CC BY-SA. Not yet checked by us; that article was last edited 2026-09.
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Next door to Launton
Launton is 50 km from Reading, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.
- Bicestertown and civil parish in Cherwell district, Oxfordshire, England2.5 km
- Marsh Gibbonvillage and civil parish in Buckinghamshire, UK4 km
- Ambrosdenvillage and civil parish in Cherwell district, Oxfordshire, England, UK1.9 km
- Blackthornvillage and civil parish in Cherwell district, Oxfordshire, England, UK2.9 km