South Leigh
South Leigh is a village in the civil parish of South Leigh and High Cogges, in the West Oxfordshire district, in Oxfordshire, England, on Limb Brook, a small tributary of the River Thames, about 2+1⁄2 miles (4 km) east of Witney.
South Leigh is a village in the civil parish of South Leigh and High Cogges, in the West Oxfordshire district, in Oxfordshire, England, on Limb Brook, a small tributary of the River Thames, about 2+1⁄2 miles (4 km) east of Witney. The 2011 Census recorded the parish's population as 336. On 1 January 2024 the parish was renamed from "South Leigh" to "South Leigh and High Cogges".
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Worth seeing in and around South Leigh
3 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.
- 01Church of Holy Trinity
Holy Trinity Church, Wood Green, is a Grade II listed Victorian church in Witney, Oxfordshire. The Church was built in 1848–9, on land given by the bishop of Winchester and the duke of Marlborough; the cost was met largely from subscriptions, and a gift from the rector Charles Jerram.
3.6 km · Grade 2 listed Victorian church in Witney, Oxfordshire, England, UK · Wikipedia - 02Eynsham Hall
Eynsham Hall is a Grade II listed mansion near North Leigh in Oxfordshire, England. The original house dating from the 1770s was largely rebuilt in the early 20th century by Ernest George.
3.4 km · country house in North Leigh, Oxfordshire, England, UK · Wikipedia - 03Ducklington Mead
Ducklington Mead is a 4.6-hectare biological Site of Special Scientific Interest east of Ducklington in Oxfordshire. This traditionally managed meadow has diverse flora, such as the rare and declining snake's-head fritillary.
3.1 km · UK Site of Special Scientific Interest · Wikipedia
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Getting to South Leigh
- Airports
- London Luton (LTN), 74 km · London Heathrow (LHR), 75 km · Birmingham (BHX), 78 km
- London → South Leigh96 km · quickest by road, 2h 24m · £10–13
- Luton, Luton → South Leigh72 km · quickest by road, 2h 8m · £10–13
- Birmingham, West Midlands → South Leigh84 km · quickest by road, 2h 25m · £12–16
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No local-transport research exists yet for South Leigh
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 South Leigh. 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 South Leigh
South Leigh is 48 km from Reading, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.
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- Stanton Harcourtvillage and civil parish in West Oxfordshire, England3.8 km
- Ducklingtonvillage and civil parish in West Oxfordshire, England3.7 km
- Coggessuburb in Witney, Oxfordshire, England, UK3.2 km
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