South Oxfordshire

Local Authority District in England

Oxfordshire, South East

§ This page gives an overview of the South Oxfordshire local authority district, bringing together key facts, maps, and data to help you quickly understand the area. One of 361 district profiles on Baseview.

Overview ⁞ South Oxfordshire stretches from the Chiltern Hills in the east to the Thames Valley, with market towns and riverside villages. Henley-on-Thames is a highlight, famed for its regatta and riverside scenery, while Wallingford retains medieval streets and castle remains. Thame is a bustling market town, and numerous villages with traditional pubs and churches dot the countryside. The landscape includes chalk hills, beech woodlands, and the River Thames winding through meadows and pastures, giving South Oxfordshire a balance of rural beauty and historic charm.

The administrative boundary of South Oxfordshire can be viewed on OpenStreetMap: District Boundary of South Oxfordshire.

Map of South Oxfordshire — Administrative Boundary of South Oxfordshire (Local Authority District)

Key Facts about South Oxfordshire

What region is South Oxfordshire in? South Oxfordshire is in the South East of England, a region within the UK.

What county is South Oxfordshire in? South Oxfordshire is located in the county of Oxfordshire.

Is South Oxfordshire a city? No, South Oxfordshire is not a city. (Note: the UK has 76 officially designated cities.)

Who governs South Oxfordshire? The local authority for this district is: South Oxfordshire District Council - responsible for district-level services. Since Oxfordshire is a two-tier area, county-level services are handled by: Oxfordshire County Council.

▶ Official website of South Oxfordshire District Council 🔗 southoxon.gov.uk

Which police force covers South Oxfordshire? Policing in South Oxfordshire is provided by Thames Valley Police 🔗 thamesvalley.police.uk, which serves 13 local authority districts: Bracknell Forest ⁞ Buckinghamshire ⁞ Cherwell ⁞ Milton Keynes ⁞ Oxford ⁞ Reading ⁞ Slough ⁞ South Oxfordshire ⁞ Vale of White Horse ⁞ West Berkshire ⁞ West Oxfordshire ⁞ Windsor and Maidenhead ⁞ Wokingham.

This district page, South Oxfordshire, is a sub-page of this county page: Oxfordshire and this region page: South East. It zooms in to local authorities and parliamentary constituencies, and provides a list of wards in this district. We have this list page for easy browsing of all UK local authority districts: List of Local Authority Districts.

Constituencies in South Oxfordshire

A constituency is a specific geographical area that elects one Member of Parliament (MP) to represent them in the House of Commons. The United Kingdom is divided into 650 parliamentary constituencies. We have this list page for easy browsing of all UK parliamentary constituencies: List of Constituencies.

Wards in South Oxfordshire

South Oxfordshire is divided into 21 wards, listed below in alphabetical order.

Benson & Crowmarsh
Berinsfield
Chalgrove
Chinnor
Cholsey
Didcot North East
Didcot South
Didcot West
Forest Hill & Holton
Garsington & Horspath
Goring
Haseley Brook
Henley-on-Thames
Kidmore End & Whitchurch
Sandford & the Wittenhams
Sonning Common
Thame
Wallingford
Watlington
Wheatley
Woodcote & Rotherfield

In the UK, a ward is a subdivision of a local authority area, used mainly for electoral and statistical purposes. Defined by the ONS, wards represent the primary unit for local elections, each returning one or more councillors to the local council. Wards are also used as a key geography for presenting population and census data.

Parishes in South Oxfordshire

South Oxfordshire is part-parished: 87 civil parishes (listed A-Z below) alongside 1 unparished areas.

Adwell
Aston Rowant
Aston Tirrold
Aston Upthorpe
Beckley and Stowood
Benson
Berinsfield
Berrick Salome
Binfield Heath
Bix and Assendon
Brightwell Baldwin
Brightwell-cum-Sotwell
Britwell Salome
Chalgrove
Checkendon
Chinnor
Cholsey
Clifton Hampden
Crowell
Crowmarsh
Cuddesdon and Denton
Culham
Cuxham with Easington
Didcot
Dorchester
Drayton St. Leonard
East Hagbourne
Elsfield
Ewelme
Eye and Dunsden
Forest Hill with Shotover
Garsington
Goring Heath
Goring-on-Thames
Great Haseley
Great Milton
Harpsden
Henley-on-Thames
Highmoor
Holton
Horspath
Ipsden
Kidmore End
Lewknor
Little Milton
Little Wittenham
Long Wittenham
Mapledurham
Marsh Baldon
Moulsford
Nettlebed
Newington
North Moreton
Nuffield
Nuneham Courtenay
Pishill with Stonor
Pyrton
Rotherfield Greys
Rotherfield Peppard
Sandford-on-Thames
Shiplake
Shirburn
Sonning Common
South Moreton
South Stoke
Stadhampton
Stanton St. John
Stoke Row
Stoke Talmage
Swyncombe
Sydenham
Tetsworth
Thame
Tiddington-with-Albury
Toot Baldon
Towersey
Wallingford
Warborough
Waterperry with Thomley
Waterstock
Watlington
West Hagbourne
Wheatfield
Wheatley
Whitchurch-on-Thames
Woodcote
Woodeaton

A civil parish is the lowest tier of local government in England, used for villages, small towns, and suburbs. They have their own local authority, either a parish council or a parish meeting, which provides local services like managing parks, allotments, and streetlights, and represents the community's views to larger councils.

Built-up Areas in South Oxfordshire

South Oxfordshire covers 76 built-up areas, listed below in alphabetical order.

Abingdon-on-Thames *
Aston Rowant
Aston Tirrold and Aston Upthorpe
Beckley (South Oxfordshire)
Benson
Berinsfield
Binfield Heath
Bix
Brightwell-cum-Sotwell
Burcot (South Oxfordshire)
Caversham *
Chalgrove
Chalkhouse Green
Checkendon
Chinnor
Cholsey
Clifton Hampden
Cray's Pond
Crowmarsh Gifford
Culham
Didcot *
Dorchester (South Oxfordshire)
Drayton St Leonard
East Hagbourne
Ewelme
Forest Hill
Gallowstree Common
Garsington
Goring *
Great Haseley
Great Milton
Henley-on-Thames *
Horspath
Kidmore End
Kingston Blount
Lewknor
Little Milton
Long Wittenham
Lower Shiplake
Marsh Baldon
Milton Common
Moulsford
Nettlebed
North Moreton
Oxford *
Pangbourne *
Pyrton
Reading *
Rotherfield Peppard
Sandford-on-Thames
Shepherd's Green
Shiplake *
Sonning *
Sonning Common
South Moreton
South Stoke
Stadhampton
Stanton St John
Stoke Row
Streatley (West Berkshire) *
Sutton Courtenay *
Sydenham
Tetsworth
Thame
Tokers Green
Towersey
Wallingford
Warborough and Shillingford
Wargrave *
Watlington (South Oxfordshire)
West Hagbourne *
Wheatley
Whitchurch Hill
Whitchurch-on-Thames
Woodcote
Worminghall *

In the UK, a Built-up Area (BUA) is a continuous urban area of at least 20 hectares (0.2 km²), defined by the ONS as land where buildings are generally no more than 200 metres apart, such as towns, cities, or large villages. (Note: A BUA name marked with an asterisk (*) indicates that the area is situated partly in the district of South Oxfordshire.)