Shipton under Wychwood
Towns & Villages
Heart of the Oxfordshire Cotswolds and still a place of mystery, the area was once the ancient Royal Hunting Forest of Wychwood, much of which survives. Shipton is the largest of the Wychwoods (the others are Ascott and Milton), each having their own considerable attractions. Shipton has a wide village green, railway station and access to the Oxfordshire Way long-distance footpath.
On the village green there is an obelisk, a tragic memorial to 17 parishioners who set out to emigrate to New Zealand in 1874 but perished (along with 470 fellow passengers) when the ship they were travelling on caught fire and sank in the South Atlantic.
As well as downloadable public transport leaflet (pdf 209k) showing local bus services and giving the phone numbers of local taxis.
There are two downloadable cycle rides passing through the village:
Burford-Stow on the Wold (pdf 159k)
Witney-Bourton on the Water (pdf 209k)
What's Nearby
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Ascott-under-Wychwood - Holy Trinity Church
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The Wychwood Golf Club
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Foxholes Nature Reserve
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Leafield - St Michael and All Angels Church
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Idbury - St Nicholas Church
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Shorthampton - All Saints Church
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Fulbrook - St James the Great Church
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Swinbrook - St Mary's Church
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Widford - St Oswald's Church
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Churchill - All Saints Church
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Burford - St John the Baptist Church
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Tolsey Museum
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Churchill & Sarsden Heritage Centre
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Asthall - St Nicholas Church
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Burford Golf Club
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Charlbury - St Mary the Virgin Church
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Charlbury Museum
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Minster Lovell - St Kenelm's Church
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Minster Lovell Hall and Dovecote
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Finstock - Holy Trinity Church
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Witney Lakes Resort Golf
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Crocodiles of the World
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Hailey - St John the Evangelist Church
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Chipping Norton Leisure Centre
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Wilcote - St Peter's Church
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Kilkenny Lane Country Park
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The Lido at Chipping Norton
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Chipping Norton Museum of Local History
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Westwell - St Mary's Church
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Cotswold Cycle Hire
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Shilton - Holy Rood Church
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The Theatre
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Chipping Norton - St Mary the Virgin Church
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Holwell - St Mary's Church
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Cotswold Wildlife Park & Gardens
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Carterton Leisure Centre
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Cotswolds Club
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