West Oxfordshire

Local Authority District in England

Oxfordshire, South East

§ This page gives an overview of the West 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 ⁞ 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 administrative boundary of West Oxfordshire can be viewed on OpenStreetMap: District Boundary of West Oxfordshire.

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

Key Facts about West Oxfordshire

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

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

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

Who governs West Oxfordshire? 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.

▶ Official website of West Oxfordshire District Council 🔗 westoxon.gov.uk

Which police force covers West Oxfordshire? Policing in West 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, West 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 West 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 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

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 West Oxfordshire

West Oxfordshire is fully parished: 83 civil parishes, listed A-Z below.

Alvescot
Ascott-under-Wychwood
Asthall
Aston, Cote, Shifford and Chimney
Bampton
Black Bourton
Bladon
Blenheim
Brize Norton
Broadwell
Bruern
Burford
Carterton
Cassington
Chadlington
Charlbury
Chastleton
Chilson
Chipping Norton
Churchill
Clanfield
Combe
Cornbury and Wychwood
Cornwell
Crawley
Curbridge
Ducklington
Enstone
Eynsham
Fawler
Fifield
Filkins and Broughton Poggs
Finstock
Freeland
Fulbrook
Glympton
Grafton and Radcot
Great Tew
Hailey
Hanborough
Hardwick-with-Yelford
Heythrop
Holwell
Idbury
Kelmscott
Kencot
Kiddington with Asterleigh
Kingham
Langford
Leafield
Lew
Little Faringdon
Little Tew
Lyneham
Milton-under-Wychwood
Minster Lovell
North Leigh
Northmoor
Over Norton
Ramsden
Rollright
Rousham
Salford
Sandford St. Martin
Sarsden
Shilton
Shipton-under-Wychwood
South Leigh and High Cogges
Spelsbury
Standlake
Stanton Harcourt
Steeple Barton
Stonesfield
Swerford
Swinbrook and Widford
Tackley
Taynton
Westcot Barton
Westwell
Witney
Woodstock
Wootton
Worton

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 West Oxfordshire

West Oxfordshire covers 54 built-up areas, listed below in alphabetical order.

Alvescot
Ascott-under-Wychwood
Aston (West Oxfordshire)
Bampton (West Oxfordshire)
Black Bourton
Bladon *
Bledington *
Brighthampton
Brize Norton
Burford
Carterton
Cassington
Chadlington
Charlbury
Chipping Norton
Churchill (West Oxfordshire)
Clanfield (West Oxfordshire)
Combe
Cornwell
Curbridge (West Oxfordshire)
Delly End
Ducklington
Enstone
Eynsham
Farmoor *
Filkins
Finstock
Freeland
Fulbrook
Gagingwell
Great Rollright
Hailey
Hardwick (West Oxfordshire)
Kencot
Kingham
Langford (West Oxfordshire)
Leafield
Little Tew
Long Hanborough
Middle Barton
Milton-under-Wychwood and Shipton-under-Wychwood
Minster Lovell
North Leigh
Over Norton
Ramsden
Standlake
Stanton Harcourt
Stonesfield
Sutton (West Oxfordshire)
Tackley
Upper Rissington *
Witney
Woodstock *
Wootton (West Oxfordshire)

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 West Oxfordshire.)