Shipton under Wychwood
Shipton-under-Wychwood is a village and civil parish in the Evenlode valley about 4 miles (6.4 km) north of Burford, in the West Oxfordshire district, in the county of Oxfordshire, England.
Shipton-under-Wychwood is a village and civil parish in the Evenlode valley about 4 miles (6.4 km) north of Burford, in the West Oxfordshire district, in the county of Oxfordshire, England. The village is one of three named after the ancient forest of Wychwood. The others are Milton-under-Wychwood immediately to the west of the village and Ascott-under-Wychwood about 1.5 miles (2.4 km) to the east. The 2011 Census recorded Shipton-under-Wychwood's parish population as 1,244.
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Worth seeing in and around Shipton under Wychwood
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.
- 01Ascot d'Oilly Castle
Ascot d'Oilly Castle is situated north of the village of Ascott-under-Wychwood in north west Oxfordshire. The site is a scheduled ancient monument.
2.4 km · castle in Oxfordshire, England, UK · Wikipedia - 02Ascott Earl Castle
Ascott Earl Castle was a castle in the village of Ascott Earl, Oxfordshire, England.
1.8 km · motte-and-bailey castle in Ascott-under-Wychwood, West Oxfordshire, England, UK · Wikipedia
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Things to do
Walk part of the Oxfordshire Way, which passes through the village on its route from Bourton-on-the-Water to Henley-on-Thames. Explore Wychwood Forest, now fragmented but still accessible in nearby Cornbury Park and Wychwood Wild Garden.
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Getting to Shipton under Wychwood
- Airports
- Birmingham (BHX), 67 km · London Luton (LTN), 84 km · London Heathrow (LHR), 90 km
- Stations
- Ascott-under-Wychwood railway station, 2.3 km · Shipton railway station, 700 m
- London → Shipton under Wychwood109 km · quickest by road, 2h 48m · £11–15
- Birmingham, West Midlands → Shipton under Wychwood72 km · quickest by road, 2h 9m · £9–12
- Luton, Luton → Shipton under Wychwood81 km · quickest by road, 2h 20m · £9–13
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No local-transport research exists yet for Shipton under Wychwood
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 Shipton under Wychwood. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.
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Next door to Shipton under Wychwood
- Ascott-under-Wychwoodvillage and civil parish in West Oxfordshire, England2.5 km
- Lynehamvillage and civil parish in West Oxfordshire, England2.7 km
- Milton-under-Wychwoodvillage in Oxfordshire, England, UK2.5 km
- Bruerncivil parish in West Oxfordshire, Oxfordshire, England2.9 km
- Ascott Earlvillage in Oxfordshire, England1.8 km
- Ascott d'Oyleyvillage in Oxfordshire, England2.5 km