A report on Oxfordshire, Bicester and River Cherwell

Brasenose Lane in Oxford city centre, a street onto which three colleges back.

The University of Oxford's Chemistry Research Laboratory.

Late 17th century house in Market Square

The River Cherwell near Edgcote, Northamptonshire

The Abbey, Sutton Courtenay, a ‘textbook’ example of the English medieval manor house.

View upstream as the River Cherwell (flowing under the bridge) is joined by the Oxford Canal (coming from the right)

Bicester Town railway station in 2010. It has since been rebuilt, and was re-opened on 26 October 2015 as part of the Oxford - Bicester - London Marylebone line, and renamed Bicester Village railway station.

The punt rollers at "Mesopotamia" on the River Cherwell in Oxford

Bicester is a town and civil parish in the Cherwell district of northeastern Oxfordshire in Southern England.

- Bicester

It rises near Hellidon, Northamptonshire and flows southwards for 40 mi to meet the Thames at Oxford in Oxfordshire.

- River Cherwell

As well as the city of Oxford, other centres of population are Banbury, Bicester, Kidlington and Chipping Norton to the north of Oxford; Carterton and Witney to the west; Thame and Chinnor to the east; and Abingdon-on-Thames, Wantage, Didcot, Wallingford and Henley-on-Thames to the south.

- Oxfordshire

The town became established as twin settlements on opposite banks of the River Bure, a tributary of the Ray, Cherwell and ultimately the River Thames.

- Bicester

Many smaller rivers in the county feed into the Thames, such as the Thame, Windrush, Evenlode and Cherwell.

- Oxfordshire

By the weir the railway's older line continues down the valley to Oxford; east of it, a more direct route (opened in 1910 by the Great Western Railway) runs via Bicester and High Wycombe to London, originally connecting Paddington station, succeeded by London's newest main terminus, Marylebone.

- River Cherwell

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Oxford

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City in England.

19th-century view of the High Street in Oxford.

Wellington Square, the name of which has become synonymous with the university's central administration

The Divinity School at the Bodleian Library

Oxford University Museum of Natural History

Galleries at the Museum of Natural History

Carfax Tower at Carfax, the junction of the High Street, Queen Street, Cornmarket and St Aldate's streets at what is considered by many to be the centre of the city

Night view of High Street with Christmas lights – one of Oxford's main streets

Floral display in Oxford city centre in 2001

The air traffic control tower at Oxford Airport

Oxford Bus Company hybrid bus on a park & ride service

Oxford Bus Company flywheel energy storage bus on a BrookesBus service

Oxford railway station, in the city centre

Oxford Parkway Station, on the outskirts near Kidlington

Somerville College, one of the constituent colleges of the University of Oxford

Keble College, one of the constituent colleges of the University of Oxford

All Souls' College looking east up the High Street from St Mary's Church

The Bridge of Sighs links sections of Hertford College: as seen from New College Lane with the Sheldonian Theatre in the background

University Church of St Mary the Virgin as seen from Radcliffe Square

Broad Street, showing the main entrances to Trinity and Balliol Colleges, and obliquely, the frontage of Exeter College from the Sheldonian Theatre

Merton College Chapel and Corpus Christi College as viewed from the Oriel Square entrance to Merton Street

High Street as viewed from St Mary's, looking east, with Magdalen College in the distant background

The Manor Ground off London Road in Headington.

Rowing at Summer Eights, an annual intercollegiate bumps race

Men's 1st VIII Summer Eights 2007 coxed by Acer Nethercott

Choir and organ of Christ Church Cathedral

It is the county town and only city of Oxfordshire.

Originally of strategic significance due to its controlling location on the upper reaches of the River Thames at its junction with the River Cherwell, the town grew in national importance during the early Norman period, and in the late 12th century became home to the fledgling University of Oxford.

Oxford is the junction for a short branch line to Bicester, a remnant of the former Varsity line to Cambridge.

Banbury

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The modern Castle Quay Shopping Centre alongside the Oxford Canal, with Banbury Museum in the background

Some old houses in Aynho, which is claimed to be in Banburyshire

The Jacobs Douwe Egberts factory in Banbury has been a major employer in the town since the mid-1960s.

A Stagecoach in Oxfordshire bus in Bridge Street on route B7 to Neithrop

The Fine Lady and Banbury Cross. The cross was designed by John Gibbs and erected in 1859.

Plaque at bridge 164 on the Oxford Canal, Banbury

St Mary's parish church, built in the 1790s to replace a Medieval predecessor

Banbury is a historic market town on the River Cherwell in Oxfordshire, South East England.

The main railway station, previously called Banbury General but now called simply Banbury, is now served by trains running from London Paddington via Reading and Oxford, from London Marylebone via High Wycombe and Bicester onwards to Birmingham and Kidderminster and by Cross Country Trains from Bournemouth to Birmingham and Manchester.

Parish church of St Mary the Virgin. Its tall spire is a local landmark, nicknamed "Our Lady's Needle"

Kidlington

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The site of former Kidlington railway station

Lady Anne Morton's almshouses, next to the parish church

Kidlington is a large village and civil parish in Oxfordshire, England, between the River Cherwell and the Oxford Canal, 5 mi north of Oxford and 7½ miles (12 km) south-west of Bicester.

Cherwell District

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Bicester, the second-largest settlement in the district

Kidlington, the third-largest settlement in the district and one of the largest villages in England

Cherwell is a local government district in northern Oxfordshire, England.

The district takes its name from the River Cherwell, which drains south through the region to flow into the River Thames at Oxford.

Towns in Cherwell include Banbury and Bicester.