Vale of White Horse

Local Authority District in England

Oxfordshire, South East

§ This page gives an overview of the Vale of White Horse 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 ⁞ The Vale of White Horse, in southern Oxfordshire, is named after the prehistoric Uffington White Horse carved into the chalk downs. Abingdon-on-Thames is the main town, with its historic abbey ruins and riverside setting, while Wantage, the birthplace of King Alfred, adds Saxon heritage. The landscape is dominated by the rolling Berkshire Downs, river valleys, and farmland, with features such as the Ridgeway ancient trackway and the Vale’s broad, fertile fields. Villages and historic sites dot the district, combining heritage with rural beauty.

The administrative boundary of Vale of White Horse can be viewed on OpenStreetMap: District Boundary of Vale of White Horse.

Map of Vale of White Horse — Administrative Boundary of Vale of White Horse (Local Authority District)

Key Facts about Vale of White Horse

What region is Vale of White Horse in? Vale of White Horse is in the South East of England, a region within the UK.

What county is Vale of White Horse in? Vale of White Horse is located in the county of Oxfordshire.

Is Vale of White Horse a city? No, Vale of White Horse is not a city. (Note: the UK has 76 officially designated cities.)

Who governs Vale of White Horse? The local authority for this district is: Vale of White Horse 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 Vale of White Horse District Council 🔗 whitehorsedc.gov.uk

Which police force covers Vale of White Horse? Policing in Vale of White Horse 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, Vale of White Horse, 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 Vale of White Horse

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 Vale of White Horse

Vale of White Horse is divided into 24 wards, listed below in alphabetical order.

Abingdon Abbey Northcourt
Abingdon Caldecott
Abingdon Dunmore
Abingdon Fitzharris
Abingdon Peachcroft
Blewbury & Harwell
Botley & Sunningwell
Cumnor
Drayton
Faringdon
Grove North
Hendreds
Kennington & Radley
Kingston Bagpuize
Marcham
Ridgeway
Stanford
Steventon & the Hanneys
Sutton Courtenay
Thames
Wantage & Grove Brook
Wantage Charlton
Watchfield & Shrivenham
Wootton

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 Vale of White Horse

Vale of White Horse is fully parished: 70 civil parishes, listed A-Z below.

Abingdon on Thames
Appleford-on-Thames
Appleton-with-Eaton
Ardington
Ashbury
Baulking
Besselsleigh
Blewbury
Botley and North Hinksey
Bourton
Buckland
Buscot
Charney Bassett
Childrey
Chilton
Coleshill
Compton Beauchamp
Cumnor
Denchworth
Drayton
East Challow
East Hanney
East Hendred
Eaton Hastings
Fernham
Frilford
Fyfield and Tubney
Garford
Goosey
Great Coxwell
Great Faringdon
Grove
Harwell
Hatford
Hinton Waldrist
Kennington
Kingston Bagpuize with Southmoor
Kingston Lisle
Letcombe Bassett
Letcombe Regis
Little Coxwell
Littleworth
Lockinge
Longcot
Longworth
Lyford
Marcham
Milton
Pusey
Radley
Shellingford
Shrivenham
South Hinksey
Sparsholt
St Helen Without
Stanford in the Vale
Steventon
Sunningwell
Sutton Courtenay
Uffington
Upton
Wantage
Watchfield
West Challow
West Hanney
West Hendred
Western Valley
Woolstone
Wootton
Wytham

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 Vale of White Horse

Vale of White Horse covers 48 built-up areas, listed below in alphabetical order.

Abingdon-on-Thames *
Appleton
Ashbury
Bayworth
Blewbury
Boars Hill
Bourton (Vale of White Horse)
Buckland (Vale of White Horse)
Chawley
Childrey
Chilton (Vale of White Horse)
Cothill
Cumnor
Didcot *
Drayton (Vale of White Horse)
East Challow
East Hanney
East Hendred
Faringdon
Farmoor *
Frilford
Grove (Vale of White Horse)
Harwell
Hinton Waldrist
Kennington
Kingston Bagpuize
Letcombe Regis
Longcot
Longworth
Marcham
Milton (Vale of White Horse)
Milton Hill
Oxford *
Radley
Shippon
Shrivenham and Watchfield
South Hinksey
Sparsholt (Vale of White Horse)
Stanford in the Vale
Steventon
Sutton Courtenay *
Uffington (Vale of White Horse)
Upton (Vale of White Horse)
Wantage
West Hagbourne *
West Hanney
West Hendred
Wootton (Vale of White Horse)

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 Vale of White Horse.)