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Steeple Barton

Steeple Barton is a civil parish and scattered settlement on the River Dorn in West Oxfordshire, about 8+1⁄2 miles (13.7 km) east of Chipping Norton, a similar distance west of Bicester and 9 miles (14 km) south of Banbury.

Steeple Barton
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The place

Steeple Barton is a civil parish and scattered settlement on the River Dorn in West Oxfordshire, about 8+1⁄2 miles (13.7 km) east of Chipping Norton, a similar distance west of Bicester and 9 miles (14 km) south of Banbury. Most of the parish's population lives in the village of Middle Barton, about 1 mile (1.6 km) northwest of the settlement of Steeple Barton. The 2011 Census recorded the parish's population as 1,523. Much of the parish's eastern boundary is formed by the former turnpike between Oxford and Banbury, now classified the A4260 road. The minor road between Middle Barton and Kiddington forms part of the western boundary. Field boundaries form most of the rest of the boundaries of the parish.

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What is there

Worth seeing in and around Steeple Barton

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.

  1. 01
    Rousham House

    Rousham House is a country house at Rousham in Oxfordshire, England. The house, which has been continuously in the ownership of one family, was built circa 1635 and remodelled by William Kent in the 18th century in a free Gothic style.

    3.3 km · Grade I listed English country house in West Oxfordshire, England, UK · Wikipedia
  2. 02
    Barton Abbey

    Barton Abbey is a privately owned house in Oxfordshire, England, in the parish of Steeple Barton. Parts of the building date from the 16th century but the majority of the structure is Victorian.

    600 m · Grade II listed country house in Steeple Barton, West Oxfordshire, England, UK · Wikipedia
  3. 03
    Church of St Martin, Sandford St Martin

    St Martin’s Church is a Church of England parish church in the village of Sandford St Martin, Oxfordshire, England. It serves both the village and the neighbouring hamlet of Ledwell, and has been part of the Barton Benefice of five parishes and six churches since 1975.

    3.2 km · church in Oxfordshire, England, UK · Wikipedia

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Getting to Steeple Barton

Airports
Birmingham (BHX), 65 km · London Luton (LTN), 68 km · London Heathrow (LHR), 79 km
Stations
Heyford railway station, 3.6 km
  • London → Steeple Barton
    96 km · quickest by road, 2h 29m · £10–14
  • Birmingham, West Midlands → Steeple Barton
    73 km · quickest by road, 2h 4m · £9–12
  • Luton, Luton → Steeple Barton
    64 km · quickest by road, 1h 48m · £8–10
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Not yet researched

No local-transport research exists yet for Steeple Barton

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 Steeple Barton. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.

The nearest places where the work is done
  1. 01
    Isle of WightGB

    11 ways of moving, 22 sources

    137 km
  2. 02
    LundyGB

    7 ways of moving, 11 sources

    244 km
  3. 03
    VlielandNL

    10 ways of moving, 47 sources

    453 km
  4. 04
    Isle of ArranGB

    10 ways of moving, 31 sources

    476 km
  5. 05
    Tarbert, Loch Fyne and KintyreGB

    9 ways of moving, 15 sources

    512 km

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Around it

Next door to Steeple Barton

Steeple Barton is 55 km from Coventry, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.

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  • Duns Tewvillage and civil parish in Cherwell district, Oxfordshire, England3.7 km
  • Sandford St. Martinvillage and civil parish in West Oxfordshire, England3.3 km
  • Roushamvillage and civil parish in West Oxfordshire, England3.4 km