Shippon
Shippon is a village in Oxfordshire, England, 1 mile west of Abingdon.
Shippon is a village in Oxfordshire, England, 1 mile west of Abingdon. It is the largest village in the civil parish of St. Helen Without, in Vale of White Horse District. It was in Berkshire until it was transferred to Oxfordshire in 1974. The Dalton Barracks are located in the village. The name was recorded in the Domesday Book as Scipene, meaning "cattle-shed". It was a manor in the large parish of St Helen's, Abingdon, and was held by Abingdon Abbey until the Dissolution in 1538. It was then acquired by the Duchy of Cornwall, which still owns it.
Shippon became a separate ecclesiastical parish in 1865. The parish church of St Mary Magdalene was built in 1855 to a design of Gilbert Scott.
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Worth seeing in and around Shippon
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.
- 01Abingdon-on-Thames
Abingdon-on-Thames, commonly known as Abingdon, is a historic market town and civil parish on the River Thames in the Vale of the White Horse district of Oxfordshire, England. The historic county town of Berkshire, the area was occupied from the early to middle Iron Age and the remains of a late Iron Age and Roman defensive enclosure lies below the town centre.
1.7 km · market town in Vale of White Horse, England, UK · Wikipedia - 02Abingdon Abbey
Abingdon Abbey was a Benedictine monastery in Abingdon-on-Thames in the modern county of Oxfordshire in the United Kingdom. Situated near to the River Thames, it was founded in c.
2 km · Grade I listed abbey in Abingdon, Oxfordshire, England, United Kingdom · Wikipedia - 03FitzHarris Castle
FitzHarris Castle was a medieval castle located near Abingdon, Oxfordshire, England.
1.4 km · castle in the United Kingdom · Wikipedia - 04St Helen's Church, Abingdon
St Helen's Church is a Church of England parish church in Abingdon on the bank of the River Thames in Oxfordshire, England. The church is thought to occupy the site of the Anglo-Saxon Helenstowe Nunnery.
1.6 km · church in Abingdon on Thames, Oxfordshire, England, UK · Wikipedia - 05St Nicolas' Church
The Church of Saint Nicolas is a Church of England parish church in Abingdon in the English county of Oxfordshire.
1.6 km · church in Abingdon in the English District of Oxfordshire, England, UK · Wikipedia - 06Culham Bridge
Culham Bridge is a medieval bridge crossing a present backwater of the River Thames in England at Culham, Oxfordshire, near the town of Abingdon. The bridge crosses Swift Ditch which was at one time the main navigation channel of the River Thames until Abingdon Lock was built in 1790.
2.6 km · bridge in Oxfordshire, England, UK · Wikipedia - 07Manor House
The Manor House, Sutton Courtenay, is a Grade II* listed building in the Oxfordshire village, located southwest of the village green and hidden from the main road by trees. It is across the street from The Abbey, Sutton Courtenay, a medieval courtyard house.
4 km · historic building in Sutton Courtenay, Oxfordshire, England, United Kingdom · Wikipedia - 08Abingdon County Hall Museum
Abingdon County Hall Museum is a local museum in Abingdon, Oxfordshire, England. The museum is run by Abingdon Town Council and supported by Abingdon Museum Friends, a registered charity.
1.6 km · Local Authority Museum in South East England, United Kingdom · Wikipedia - 09Culham Court
Culham Court is a Grade II listed house in Culham, Oxfordshire, England.
3.3 km · house in Culham, South Oxfordshire, England, UK · Wikipedia - 10Sutton Bridge
Sutton Bridge is a road bridge across the River Thames near the village of Sutton Courtenay, Oxfordshire, England. It is a stone structure built in 1807 with three arches over the main river and two smaller ones across the flood plain.
3.8 km · grade II listed bridge in Oxfordshire, England, UK · Wikipedia
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Getting to Shippon
- Airports
- London Heathrow (LHR), 63 km · London Luton (LTN), 68 km · Birmingham (BHX), 92 km
- London → Shippon84 km · quickest by road, 2h 16m · £9–12
- Luton, Luton → Shippon65 km · quickest by road, 2h 3m · £8–11
- Birmingham, West Midlands → Shippon98 km · quickest by road, 2h 22m · £13–17
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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 Shippon
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 Shippon. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.
- Get inOxford Airport (OXF) 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.
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Next door to Shippon
Shippon is 33 km from Reading, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.
- Culhamvillage and civil parish in South Oxfordshire, England3.6 km
- Sunningwellvillage and civil parish in Vale of White Horse district, Oxfordshire, England3.2 km
- Marchamvillage and civil parish in Vale of White Horse district, Oxfordshire, England3 km
- Draytonvillage and civil parish in Vale of White Horse district, Oxfordshire, England3.2 km
- Woottonvillage and civil parish in Vale of White Horse, Oxfordshire, England3.6 km
- St. Helen Withoutcivil parish in Vale of White Horse district, Oxfordshire, England, UK1.8 km