West Oxfordshire
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West Oxfordshire covers a largely rural area stretching into the Cotswolds. Witney, the main town, is known for its blanket-making heritage, while Chipping Norton and Burford are charming Cotswold towns with stone houses and historic streets. The River Windrush and Evenlode valleys shape the landscape, while Blenheim Palace, a UNESCO World Heritage Site near Woodstock, is a landmark estate with parkland and lakes. Rolling hills, meadows, and Cotswold villages make this district quintessentially rural and scenic.
The local authority for this district is: West Oxfordshire District Council - responsible for district-level services. Since Oxfordshire is a two-tier area, county-level services are handled by: Oxfordshire County Council.
Constituencies in West Oxfordshire
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Wards in West Oxfordshire
West Oxfordshire is divided into 27 wards, listed below in alphabetical order.
- Alvescot and Filkins
- Ascott and Shipton
- Bampton and Clanfield
- Brize Norton and Shilton
- Burford
- Carterton North East
- Carterton North West
- Carterton South
- Chadlington and Churchill
- Charlbury and Finstock
- Chipping Norton
- Ducklington
- Eynsham and Cassington
- Freeland and Hanborough
- Hailey, Minster Lovell and Leafield
- Kingham, Rollright and Enstone
- Milton-under-Wychwood
- North Leigh
- Standlake, Aston and Stanton Harcourt
- Stonesfield and Tackley
- The Bartons
- Witney Central
- Witney East
- Witney North
- Witney South
- Witney West
- Woodstock and Bladon