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Uffington, Oxfordshire

Uffington is a village and civil parish in Oxfordshire, about 4 miles (6.4 km) south of Faringdon and 6 miles (10 km) west of Wantage.

Uffington, Oxfordshire
Uffington, Oxfordshire · Train Photos
The place

Uffington is a village and civil parish in Oxfordshire, about 4 miles (6.4 km) south of Faringdon and 6 miles (10 km) west of Wantage. The 2011 Census recorded the parish's population as 783. Lying within the historic county boundaries of Berkshire, in 1974 it was transferred for local government purposes to Oxfordshire under the Local Government Act 1972. Uffington is most commonly known for the Uffington White Horse hill figure on the Berkshire Downs in the south of the parish.

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What is there

Worth seeing in and around Uffington, Oxfordshire

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
    Whitehorse Hill

    Whitehorse Hill is a hill in the Berkshire Downs in Oxfordshire, England, west of Wantage. At 261 metres, it is the highest point in Oxfordshire.

    3.6 km · hill in Oxfordshire, England · Wikipedia
  2. 02
    Dragon Hill

    Dragon Hill is a small hillock immediately below the Uffington White Horse on the border of the civil parishes of Uffington and Woolstone in the English county of Oxfordshire. In 1974, it was transferred from Berkshire.

    3.5 km · hill near Uffington, Oxfordshire, England, UK · Wikipedia
  3. 03
    Uffington Museum

    Tom Brown's School Museum is a local museum in the village of Uffington, Oxfordshire, England. It was opened in 1984.

    1 km · museum in Uffington, Oxfordshire, England, UK · Wikipedia

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Getting to Uffington, Oxfordshire

Airports
London Heathrow (LHR), 78 km · Bristol (BRS), 84 km · London Luton (LTN), 87 km
  • London → Uffington, Oxfordshire
    100 km · quickest by road, 2h 40m · £11–15
  • Bristol → Uffington, Oxfordshire
    73 km · quickest by road, 1h 38m · £8–11
  • Luton, Luton → Uffington, Oxfordshire
    85 km · quickest by road, 2h 30m · £11–15
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Not yet researched

No local-transport research exists yet for Uffington, Oxfordshire

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 Uffington, Oxfordshire. 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

    104 km
  2. 02
    LundyGB

    7 ways of moving, 11 sources

    221 km
  3. 03
    VlielandNL

    10 ways of moving, 47 sources

    480 km
  4. 04
    Isle of ArranGB

    10 ways of moving, 31 sources

    500 km
  5. 05
    Tarbert, Loch Fyne and KintyreGB

    9 ways of moving, 15 sources

    536 km

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Around it

Next door to Uffington, Oxfordshire

Uffington, Oxfordshire is 44 km from Reading, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.

  • Kingston Lislevillage and civil parish in Vale of White Horse, Oxfordshire, England3.3 km
  • Shellingfordvillage and civil parish in Vale of White Horse district, Oxfordshire, England3.6 km
  • Baulkingvillage and civil parish in Vale of White Horse district, Oxfordshire, England1.6 km
  • Longcotvillage and civil parish in Vale of White Horse district, Oxfordshire, England3.2 km
  • Woolstonevillage and civil parish in Vale of White Horse, Oxfordshire, England2.8 km
  • Fernhamvillage and civil parish in Vale of White Horse district, Oxfordshire, England2.1 km