South Moreton
South Moreton is a village and civil parish in South Oxfordshire, England, about 3 miles (5 km) east of Didcot, 4 miles (6.4 km) west of Wallingford, and 7 miles (11 km) south of Abingdon.
South Moreton is a village and civil parish in South Oxfordshire, England, about 3 miles (5 km) east of Didcot, 4 miles (6.4 km) west of Wallingford, and 7 miles (11 km) south of Abingdon. It is only separated by the Great Western Railway cutting from its twin village of North Moreton, a quarter of a mile to the north. Mortune took its name in the Domesday Book from the houses on the ridge above the moor of Hakka's Brook, and was part of Berkshire until the 1974 boundary changes. The 2011 census recorded the parish population as 420.
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Worth seeing in and around South Moreton
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.
- 01South Moreton Castle
South Moreton Castle was an 11th-century castle in the village of South Moreton, Oxfordshire,, England. The name can also refer to a nearby siege-castle, probably from the 12th century.
400 m · castle in South Moreton, Oxfordshire, England, UK · Wikipedia - 02Brightwell 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.
3.1 km · manor house in Brightwell-cum-Sotwell, South Oxfordshire, England, UK · Wikipedia - 03Brightwell 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.
3.2 km · castle in the United Kingdom · Wikipedia
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Getting to South Moreton
- Airports
- London Heathrow (LHR), 52 km · London Luton (LTN), 65 km · London Gatwick (LGW), 85 km
- Stations
- Cholsey railway station, 3.2 km · Wallingford railway station, 4 km
- London → South Moreton76 km · quickest by road, 2h 6m · £8–10
- Luton, Luton → South Moreton63 km · quickest by road, 2h 3m · £9–12
- Birmingham, West Midlands → South Moreton109 km · quickest by road, 2h 37m · £13–18
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No local-transport research exists yet for South Moreton
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 Moreton. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.
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If you know how people move in South Moreton – the stand, the rule, the fare – tell us, and the note gets an entry.
Next door to South Moreton
South Moreton is 21 km from Reading, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.
- Didcottown and civil parish in Oxfordshire, UK; formerly in Berkshire4 km
- Cholseyvillage and civil parish in South Oxfordshire district, South Oxfordshire, England3.2 km
- Blewburyvillage and civil parish in Vale of White Horse district, Oxfordshire, England3.4 km
- Aston Tirroldvillage and civil parish in South Oxfordshire district, South Oxfordshire, England2.2 km
- Brightwell-cum-Sotwellvillage and civil parish in South Oxfordshire, England3.9 km
- Aston Upthorpevillage and civil parish in South Oxfordshire district, South Oxfordshire, England1.9 km