Stanford in the Vale
Stanford in the Vale is a village and civil parish in the Vale of White Horse about 3+1⁄2 miles (5.6 km) southeast of Faringdon and 5 miles (8 km) northwest of Wantage.

Stanford in the Vale is a village and civil parish in the Vale of White Horse about 3+1⁄2 miles (5.6 km) southeast of Faringdon and 5 miles (8 km) northwest of Wantage. It is part of the historic county of Berkshire, however since 1974, it has been administered as a part of Oxfordshire. The 2021 census recorded the parish's population as 2,302.
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Worth seeing in and around Stanford in the Vale
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.
- 01Charney Manor
Charney Manor is a 13th-century manor house at Charney Bassett now in the English county of Oxfordshire. It is a grade I listed building.
3.7 km · Grade I listed English country house in Vale of White Horse, United Kingdom · Wikipedia
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Getting to Stanford in the Vale
- Airports
- London Heathrow (LHR), 74 km · London Luton (LTN), 82 km · Bristol (BRS), 89 km
- London → Stanford in the Vale97 km · quickest by road, 2h 38m · £11–14
- Luton, Luton → Stanford in the Vale80 km · quickest by road, 2h 18m · £11–14
- Bristol → Stanford in the Vale78 km · quickest by road, 1h 45m · £8–11
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No local-transport research exists yet for Stanford in the Vale
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 Stanford in the Vale. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.
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Next door to Stanford in the Vale
Stanford in the Vale is 41 km from Reading, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.
- Vale of White Horselocal government district of Oxfordshire in England3.7 km
- Shellingfordvillage and civil parish in Vale of White Horse district, Oxfordshire, England3.1 km
- Baulkingvillage and civil parish in Vale of White Horse district, Oxfordshire, England3.4 km
- Charney Bassettvillage and civil parish in Vale of White Horse district, Oxfordshire, England3.6 km
- Denchworthvillage and civil parish in Vale of White Horse district, Oxfordshire, England3.5 km
- Gooseyvillage and civil parish in Vale of White Horse district, Oxfordshire, England1.5 km