A report on Vale of White Horse, Oxfordshire, Berkshire and Uffington White Horse

Brasenose Lane in Oxford city centre, a street onto which three colleges back.
Windsor Castle, viewed from the Long Walk
Uffington White Horse, sketched by William Plenderleath in The White Horses of the West of England (1892)
The University of Oxford's Chemistry Research Laboratory.
Virginia Water Lake on the southern edge of Windsor Great Park
The head of the horse, with sheep grazing around it.
A panoramic view into the Vale; the White Horse is on the right and Dragon Hill centre right
The Abbey, Sutton Courtenay, a ‘textbook’ example of the English medieval manor house.
Historic map of Berkshire
White Horse Hill (left) and Dragon Hill (right)
Vale scene, with White Horse Hill on the horizon
Wantage Market Place
The Oracle Corporation campus
The Manger, with the White Horse at centre skyline and Dragon Hill (left)
The Uffington White Horse, as seen from an altitude of about 600 m (2000 ft), from the cockpit of a glider
Slough Trading Estate plays a major part in making Slough an important business centre in South East England
The Manger viewed from the White Horse
Farmland and White Horse Hill
The grandstand at Ascot Racecourse
The Giant's Stair, taken from White Horse Hill
The Select Car Leasing Stadium in Reading
View from Dragon Hill road
King Edward III of England
Catherine, HRH The Duchess of Cambridge
Ricky Gervais

The Vale of White Horse is a local government district of Oxfordshire in England.

- Vale of White Horse

It was historically a north-west projection of Berkshire.

- Vale of White Horse

The ceremonial county borders Warwickshire to the north-west, Northamptonshire to the north-east, Buckinghamshire to the east, Berkshire to the south, Wiltshire to the south-west and Gloucestershire to the west.

- Oxfordshire

The figure is situated on the upper slopes of White Horse Hill in the English civil parish of Uffington (in the ceremonial county of Oxfordshire and historic county of Berkshire), some 10 mi east of Swindon, 8 km south of the town of Faringdon and a similar distance west of the town of Wantage; or 2.5 km south of Uffington.

- Uffington White Horse

The hill forms a part of the scarp of the Berkshire Downs and overlooks the Vale of White Horse to the north.

- Uffington White Horse

The name refers to Uffington White Horse, a prehistoric hill figure.

- Vale of White Horse

All its zones south of the Thames: the Vale of White Horse and parts of South Oxfordshire were within the historic county of Berkshire, including the highest point, the 261 m White Horse Hill.

- Oxfordshire

The historic county, therefore, includes territory that is now administered by the Vale of White Horse and parts of South Oxfordshire in Oxfordshire, but excludes Caversham, Slough and five less populous settlements in the east of the Royal Borough of Windsor and Maidenhead.

- Berkshire

94 (Berkshire Yeomanry) Signal Squadron still keep the Uffington White Horse in their insignia, even though the White Horse is now in Oxfordshire.

- Berkshire

The county is divided into five local government districts: Oxford, Cherwell, Vale of White Horse (after the Uffington White Horse), West Oxfordshire and South Oxfordshire, which deal with such matters as town and country planning, waste collection, and housing.

- Oxfordshire

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