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MAIN TOWNS/AREAS IN OXFORDSHIRE:
Abingdon
Bampton
Banbury
Bicester
Burford
Charlbury
Chilterns
Chinnor
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Norton
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in finding and acquiring prime country houses & estates, farm
& equestrian property and waterside homes throughout OXFORDSHIRE,
the UK, London and Cape Town South Africa for retained private
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About the County of Oxfordshire
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MAIN TOWNS/AREAS IN OXFORDSHIRE: Abingdon,
Bampton,
Banbury,
Bicester,
Burford,
Charlbury,
Chilterns,
Chinnor,
Chipping
Norton, Didcot,
Faringdon,
Hambledon
Valley, Henley,
Henley-On-Thames,
Kidlington,
Kingston
Bagpuize,
Lower Shiplake,
Marston, Oxford,
Shiplake,
Thame,
Wallingford,
Wantage,
Watlington, Witney,
Woodcote,
Woodstock,
Wychwood.
A prosperous county within easy reach from London, Oxfordshire
boasts a good supply of cottages and farmhouses and a smaller
number of manor houses.
Oxfordshire is one of the most popular
counties in southern England. It is far enough from London to
have its own identity; it has excellent communications and Oxford
is one of the very few cities in England, outside the metropolis,
which offers beauty, culture and quality of life.
Oxfordshire falls into four main parts from
a residential point of view. The first is the Chilterns and M40
corridor, the second is Oxford itself, the third is the Thames
Valley and fourth is the Cotswolds. Each attracts a different
sort of buyer who is looking for different things.
The Chilterns and the M40 corridor, which runs
up to Banbury, is very commutable, both by rail into Marylebone
and Paddington, and by the M40, which gives it the best road link
into the West End of London. The Chilterns are probably the first
real countryside you come to outside London and the valleys and
villages are both very pretty, with brick and flint houses and
expensive properties. Though much of the countryside is flat from
the edge of the Chilterns up to Oxford, it is much in demand as
the road system means that it is possible to access more of southern
England from here than almost anywhere else. It is good commuting
country.
Oxford itself is probably the only city in England,
other than London, where properties regularly sell for in excess
of £1m. The university is an obvious draw bringing in wealthy
foreign academics, older students remembering their university
days, and families looking to be near some of the best schools
in the country. Houses within a 15-minute radius of Oxford with
an easy school-run command a premium. Residential Oxford is predominantly
Victorian with few of the Georgian terraces similar to Cambridge
and Bath. What a lot of people forget is that the outskirts are
now home to a thriving business, science and medical community.
The Cowley car-works and its housing cover much of south-eastern
Oxford.
The Thames Valley and the Vale of the White
Horse take up most of South Oxfordshire, much of which is flat
until it rises into the Ridgeway and the Berkshire Downs. Didcot
is the focus for commuting with fast trains running into Paddington
in 45 minutes. Unfortunately, most of the surrounding area is
visually dominated by the cooling towers of Didcot Power Station.
However, this ease of commuting keeps prices higher than the natural
beauty of the landscape would warrant, though many of the villages
are pretty and unspoiled.
The prettiest part of the county is the Cotswolds,
centred on Chipping Norton. This is outside comfortable commuting
range but has all the cachet of the Cotswolds with their pretty
stone villages, rolling landscapes and pretty market towns like
Burford and Woodstock. This is classic English countryside with
stone-walls and large manor houses but suffers like many beauty
spots from an excess of tourists and antique shops.
Bounded by the Chilterns and the Cotswolds, two spectacular upland
Areas of Outstanding Natural Beauty, Oxfordshire is a prosperous
county within easy reach of London. Communications have been improved
further by the M40, which runs from London to Birmingham to the
east of the county.
In the centre of Oxfordshire is the flat countryside
of the Vale of the White Horse, over which there are far-reaching
views from the surrounding hills. This is where the county and
university town of Oxford lies, on the banks of the river Thames,
known here as the Isis.
The vale has many tracts of ancient woodland,
marshland and water meadows, but relatively few villages. Although
cottages and farmhouses are in good supply, there are a smaller
number of large manor houses with spacious reception rooms.
Building materials vary from stone in the west
to brick and timber in the east and south: there are also a number
of early timber-framedhouses, often thatched. The most sought-after
areas in which to live include the Chilterns, regarded by many
as the nearest good countryside to London, and the Hambledon Valley.
MAIN TOWNS/AREAS IN OXFORDSHIRE:
Abingdon, Bampton,
Banbury,
Bicester,
Burford,
Charlbury,
Chilterns,
Chinnor,
Chipping
Norton, Didcot,
Faringdon,
Hambledon
Valley, Henley,
Henley-On-Thames,
Kidlington,
Kingston
Bagpuize,
Lower Shiplake,
Marston, Oxford,
Shiplake,
Thame,
Wallingford,
Wantage,
Watlington, Witney,
Woodcote,
Woodstock,
Wychwood.
Transport links
Train: Paddington to Oxford 1hr, day return
£30.00; Marylebone to Banbury, 1hr 10mins, day return £41.80;
Paddington to Henley-on-Thames 56min, £10.90 day return.
Car: Oxford is 57 miles from central London
and Banbury 81 miles, via the M40. Henley-on-Thames is 28 miles,
via the M4 and A423.
Public schools
Abingdon School +44 (0)1235 521563. Boys only,
age range 11-18, day and boarding. www.abingdon.org.uk
Bloxham School, Banbury +44 (0)1295 720206. Co-educational, ages
11-18, day and boarding. www.bloxhamschool.com
Cherwell School, Oxford +44 (0)1865 558719. Co-educational, age
range 13-18, day. www.cherwell.oxon.sch.uk
Dragon School, Oxford +44 (0)1865 315400. Co-educational, age
range 3-13, day and boarding. www.dragonschool.org
Headington School, Oxford +44 (0)1865 741968. Girls only, age
range 3-18 (boys, 3-4), day and boarding. www.headington.org
Magdalen College School, Oxford +44 (0)1865 242191. Boys only,
age range 9-18, day. www.magdalen.oxon.sch.uk
Oxford High School (01865 559888). Girls only, age range 3-18
(boys, 3-7), day. www.gdst.net/oxfordhigh/
Radley College, Abingdon +44 (0)1235 543000. Boys only, age range
13-18, boarding. www.radley.org.uk/
Summer Fields, Oxford (01865 554433). Boys only, age range 7-13,
boarding. www.summerfields.oxon.sch.uk/
Tudor Hall School, Banbury +44 (0)1295 263434. Girls only, age
range 11-18, day and boarding. www.tudorhall.oxon.sch.uk/
Leisure
Golf courses: North Oxford (01865 554415); Southfield,
Oxford (01865 242158); Chesterton, Bicester (01869 241204)
Hunts: the Heythrop; the Bicester and Whaddon
Chase; the VWH.
Fishing: rivers Cherwell, Thame, Windrush and
Thames.
THE BEST OXFORDSHIRE COUNTRY
HOUSES FOR SALE
(A breakdown of what was for sale & purchase prices)
Buckland Park, Faringdon (Grade II* Palladian mansion, 20 acres):
£3.95m
Bolney Court, Lower Shiplake (Thameside Arts and Crafts house,
11.49 acres): £7.5m
Lock End, Shiplake (6 bed mansion, 6.25 acres): £4.5m
Cherbury House, Kingston Bagpuize (traditional 7 bed farmhouse,
105 acres, stabling): £3.75m
The Old Rectory, Longworth, Abingdon (Grade II* manor with lordship,
31 acres): £3.25m
Cote House, Bampton (7 bed, Elizabethan/Jacobean manor, 5.5 acres):
£3m
Shilton Manor, Burford (edge of village manor, 5.5 acres): £2m
HIGHEST VALUE STREETS IN OXFORDSHIRE
1 Chadlington Road, Oxford OX2 £2,026,010
2 Bradmore Road, Oxford OX2 £1,936,384
3 Benhams Lane, Henley-On-Thames RG9 £1,783,867
4 Over Worton, Chipping Norton OX7 £1,664,721
5 Satwell Close, Henley-On-Thames RG9 £1,572,818
6 Upper Bolney Road, Henley-On-Thames RG9 £1,552,252
7 Linton Road, Oxford OX2 £1,526,935
8 Caps Lane, Wallingford OX10 £1,487,770
9 Crick Road, Oxford OX2 £1,449,550
10 Harpsden Way, Henley-On-Thames RG9 £1,437,303
HIGHEST VALUE AREAS IN OXFORDSHIRE
!
1 RG9 (Henley-On-Thames) £493,646
2 OX2 (Oxford) £406,807
3 OX49 (Watlington) £385,356
4 OX13 (Abingdon) £333,470
5 OX44 (Oxford) £332,577
6 OX33 (Oxford) £323,055
7 OX1 (Oxford) £316,909
8 OX15 (Banbury) £315,664
9 OX25 (Bicester) £305,156
10 OX20 (Woodstock) £302,532
HIGHEST VALUE TOWNS IN OXFORDSHIRE
1 Henley-On-Thames £486,924
2 Burford £399,485
3 Watlington £380,506
4 Woodstock £307,311
5 Chinnor £297,905
6 Chipping Norton £297,730
7 Bampton £297,523
8 Wallingford £296,476
9 Oxford £296,331
10 Thame £276,705
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