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Chipping Norton
Market town in West Oxfordshire, England

Chipping Norton

Chipping Norton is a market town and civil parish in the Cotswolds in the West Oxfordshire district of Oxfordshire, England, about 12 miles (19 km) south-west of Banbury and 18 miles (29 km) north-west of Oxford.

Plan a trip to Chipping Norton→From Birmingham, West Midlands

The 2011 Census recorded the civil parish population as 5,719. It was estimated at 6,254 in 2019.

Get in

Getting to Chipping Norton

For those living close by, there are several bus services that meet at Chipping Norton, most notably the S3 (that travels to Oxford, stopping off at Woodstock, Enstone and other places) and the number 50 to Stratford. For those coming from further afield, coming into Chippy by car is best advised.

See

Worth seeing

  1. 01
    The Chipping Norton Museum

    This museum is not the most impressive in size (it is essentially just a large room), but it does house a selection of interesting artefacts chronicling the town's history.

  2. 02
    Parish Church of St Mary

    The Gothic nave, rebuilt circa 1485, retains one of the finest 15th-century interiors amongst English churches.

  3. 03
    Town Hall

    Built in 1842.

  4. 04
    Almhouses

    Built in 1640.

  5. 05
    Guildhall

    The medieval guildhall is one of the oldest buildings in the town and now functions as a tourist information office.

  6. 06
    Rollright Stones
Do

Things to do

  1. 01
    The Theatre

    The Theatre has a fantastic show case of home made productions, touring shows and recordings for radio programmes of all genres, as well as nationally renowned (and invariably ridiculous) panto.

  2. 02
    The Lido

    An outdoor heated swimming pool open in the summer months.

  3. 03
    Chipping Norton Leisure Centre

    A health and sports centre including a gym, squash courts and an indoor heated swimming pool.

Eat

Where to eat

  1. 01
    The Old Mill

    A bistro that serves basic sausage and chips type food, but is by no means a bad café.

  2. 02
    Spice of India

    6 West St, OX7 5AA,.

  3. 03
    Whistlers Restaurant

    9 Middle Row, OX7 5NH, whistlers.info@gmail.com.

  4. 04
    Bitter and Twisted

    1 Middle Row, OX7 5NH,.

Text adapted from Wikipedia and Wikivoyage, CC BY-SA 4.0. Photograph: Julian Herzog (see Commons), Wikimedia Commons.