Sunningwell
Sunningwell is a village and civil parish about 3+1⁄2 miles (6 km) south of Oxford, England.
Sunningwell is a village and civil parish about 3+1⁄2 miles (6 km) south of Oxford, England. The parish includes the village of Bayworth and the eastern part of Boars Hill. The parish was part of Berkshire until the 1974 boundary changes transferred it to Oxfordshire. The 2011 Census recorded the parish population as 904.
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Worth seeing in and around Sunningwell
10 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.
- 01Abingdon-on-Thames
Abingdon-on-Thames, commonly known as Abingdon, is a historic market town and civil parish on the River Thames in the Vale of the White Horse district of Oxfordshire, England. The historic county town of Berkshire, the area was occupied from the early to middle Iron Age and the remains of a late Iron Age and Roman defensive enclosure lies below the town centre.
3.3 km · market town in Vale of White Horse, England, UK · Wikipedia - 02Abingdon Abbey
Abingdon Abbey was a Benedictine monastery in Abingdon-on-Thames in the modern county of Oxfordshire in the United Kingdom. Situated near to the River Thames, it was founded in c.
3.4 km · Grade I listed abbey in Abingdon, Oxfordshire, England, United Kingdom · Wikipedia - 03St Nicolas' Church
The Church of Saint Nicolas is a Church of England parish church in Abingdon in the English county of Oxfordshire.
3.4 km · church in Abingdon in the English District of Oxfordshire, England, UK · Wikipedia - 04St Helen's Church, Abingdon
St Helen's Church is a Church of England parish church in Abingdon on the bank of the River Thames in Oxfordshire, England. The church is thought to occupy the site of the Anglo-Saxon Helenstowe Nunnery.
3.7 km · church in Abingdon on Thames, Oxfordshire, England, UK · Wikipedia - 05FitzHarris Castle
FitzHarris Castle was a medieval castle located near Abingdon, Oxfordshire, England.
2.9 km · castle in the United Kingdom · Wikipedia - 06Abingdon County Hall Museum
Abingdon County Hall Museum is a local museum in Abingdon, Oxfordshire, England. The museum is run by Abingdon Town Council and supported by Abingdon Museum Friends, a registered charity.
3.4 km · Local Authority Museum in South East England, United Kingdom · Wikipedia - 07Jarn Mound
Jarn Mound is a mound on Boars Hill which was completed in 1931. It was commissioned by Sir Arthur Evans to provide and preserve the view of the "dreaming spires" of Oxford and the surroundings which the poet Matthew Arnold had immortalised in his poem Thyrsis in 1865.
2 km · artificial hill in Oxfordshire, England · Wikipedia - 08Kennington Railway Bridge
Kennington Railway Bridge is a railway bridge over the River Thames near Kennington, Oxfordshire between Sandford Lock and Iffley Lock. It carries the freight railway branch line that serves the BMW Mini factory at Cowley.
3.6 km · bridge in United Kingdom · Wikipedia - 09Albert Park
Albert Park is a park on Park Road in the northwest of the town of Abingdon, Oxfordshire, England.
3.2 km · park in Abingdon, Oxfordshire, England, UK · Wikipedia - 10Isis Bridge
Isis Bridge is a modern road bridge across the River Thames just south of Oxford, England. It carries the Oxford Ring Road, part of the A423 road, across the Thames on the reach between Sandford Lock and Iffley Lock.
3.9 km · bridge in United Kingdom · Wikipedia
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Getting to Sunningwell
- Airports
- London Heathrow (LHR), 62 km · London Luton (LTN), 66 km · Birmingham (BHX), 90 km
- Stations
- Radley railway station, 3.4 km
- London → Sunningwell83 km · quickest by road, 2h 13m · £9–12
- Luton, Luton → Sunningwell62 km · quickest by road, 2h · £7–10
- Birmingham, West Midlands → Sunningwell96 km · quickest by road, 2h 20m · £12–16
- Plan a tripFrom anywhereThe planner compares every way there from wherever you are.
Road and air are today’s quick answer; timetabled trains, buses and ferries load on the results page from the operators’ feeds.
No local-transport research exists yet for Sunningwell
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 Sunningwell. 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 Sunningwell
Sunningwell is 35 km from Reading, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.
- Radleyvillage and civil parish in Vale of White Horse district, Oxfordshire, England3.3 km
- Kenningtonvillage and civil parish in Vale of White Horse, Oxfordshire, England, UK2.9 km
- Sandford-on-Thamesvillage and civil parish in South Oxfordshire, England3.8 km
- Woottonvillage and civil parish in Vale of White Horse, Oxfordshire, England2.2 km
- Boars Hillvillage in Oxfordshire, United Kingdom2.2 km
- St. Helen Withoutcivil parish in Vale of White Horse district, Oxfordshire, England, UK2.5 km