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Witney
Town in West Oxfordshire, England

Witney

Witney is a market town on the River Windrush in West Oxfordshire in the county of Oxfordshire, England.

Plan a trip to Witney→From London

It is 12 miles (19 km) west of Oxford.

Get in

Getting to Witney

The town lies on the A40 London to Fishguard main road. 12½ miles from Oxford, 30 miles from Cheltenham and 25 miles from Swindon (via the A4095 and A420). The main buses to and from Oxford are the Stagecoach S1 and S2 from Carterton via Witney to Oxford.

  1. 01
    Long Hanborough Railway Station

    Probably the nearest railway station to the town but is a small station with limited services.

  2. 02
    Oxford Railway Station

    Larger and more mainline station with more frequent services.

See

Worth seeing

  1. 01
    Holy Trinity Parish Church

    Woodgreen, Witney, OX28 1DN,.

  2. 02
    Town Hall

    Market Square, Witney OX28 6AG.

  3. 03
    Oxford Bus & Morris Motors Museum

    Main Rd, Long Hanborough OX29 8LA, info@oxfordbusmuseum.org.uk.

  4. 04
    Bishop's Palace

    Mount House, Church Green, Witney OX28 4AZ, museums.resource.centre@oxfordshire.gov.uk.

  5. 05
    Witney Museum

    Gloucester Court Mews, 75 High St, Witney OX28 6JA, witney.museum@btconnect.com.

  6. 06
    North Leigh Roman Villa

    North Leigh, OX29 6PZ (4½ miles NE of town).

Do

Things to do

  1. 01
    World Pooh Sticks Championship

    Crown Lane, near Cogges Manor Farm, Church Ln, Witney OX28 3LA (Close to Windrush Leisure Centre), enquiries@oxfordspiresrotary.org.uk.

  2. 02
    Forest of Wychwood
  3. 03
    Cogges Manor Farm

    Historic farmyard, feed the animals, explore the manor house and grounds.

Eat

Where to eat

  1. 01
    The Oxfordshire Yeoman

    2 The Plough (Restaurant & Pub), 98 High St, Witney OX28 6HL, bookings@theploughwitney.co.uk.

  2. 02
    The Hollybush
  3. 03
    Il Gusto

    Charming rustic Italian restaurant with pizza and pasta along with a large wine selection.

How locals move

Getting around Witney the local way

  • 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.

From Wikivoyage: Oxfordshire, CC BY-SA. Not yet checked by us. Last edited 2025-07.

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