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Oxfordshire is a county in the southeast England. It is surrounded by the counties Warwickshire and Northamptonshire in the North, Buckinghamshire in the East, Berkshire and Wiltshire in the south as well Gloucestershire in the West.
Regions
The county is divided into five districts: Oxford, Cherwell, West Oxfordshire, South Oxfordshire and Vale of White Horse.
places
- Oxford - world famous, very beautiful, old university town
- Abingdon
- Banbury
- Bicester
- Chipping Norton
- Didcot
- Henley-on-Thames
- Shillingford
- Thame
- Wallingford
- Witney
Other goals
- Blenheim Palace near Woodstock, the palace is a World Heritage Site
- White Horse Hill, the highest point in the county with the Uffington White Horse, an ancient scratch pattern
- Didcot Railway Center, Museum of the Great Western Railway
- the Cotswolds, the range of hills is known as the "Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty (AONB)". It extends from Chipping Campden until after Bath.
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getting there
By public transport from London: The train runs from London Paddington to Oxford in around an hour. Info via www.bahn.de However, the more frequent buses that run from Victoria train station to Oxford are cheaper. However, this can take 2 ½ hours during rush hour. Buses also run at night. There are frequent direct and frequent buses to Oxford (The Oxford Bus Company, £ 20 return) from Heathrow Airport, which also take packaged bicycles with them. Gatwick Airport does not run as often.
