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Burford
A Cotswold wool town whose broad high street drops steeply to a medieval bridge over the Windrush.
11 km · about 20 min drive
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Witney
England, United Kingdom · Europe
About Witney
Witney works well as a base: 10 minutes from Minster Lovell, 11km from Burford.
Witney is in England, United Kingdom, with about 29,000 people. You drive on the left here. The nearest town is Minster Lovell, about 4 km away.
Witney is a market town on the River Windrush in West Oxfordshire in the county of Oxfordshire, England. It is 12 miles (19 km) west of Oxford.
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What is there to see near Witney?
Within an hour or so of Witney: Burford (11 km), Bodleian Library Divinity School (Hogwarts infirmary) (16 km), Christ Church Oxford (Great Hall inspiration and staircase) (16 km), New College Cloister, Oxford (Moody's ferret scene) (16 km).
Are there any good drives near Witney?
The nearest famous roads are A466 Wye Valley (Chepstow to Monmouth), Cheddar Gorge Road (B3135) and Rhinefield Ornamental Drive.
Where is Witney?
Witney is in England, United Kingdom, about 4 km from Minster Lovell.
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Quick Information
- Population
- 29,103
- Continent
- Europe
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Region
- England
- Timezone
- Europe/London
- Coordinates
- 51.7836, -1.4854
Emergency & Services
Essential numbers in United Kingdom
112 also works. NHS non-emergency medical advice: 111. National Highways breakdown assistance on motorways: 0300 123 5000.
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Worth the detour from Witney
8 notable places within an hour's drive.
film location
Bodleian Library Divinity School (Hogwarts infirmary)
Oxford's 15th-century Divinity School was the Hogwarts hospital wing, and Duke Humfrey's Library above it the Hogwarts library.
16 km · about 20 min drive
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Christ Church Oxford (Great Hall inspiration and staircase)
The college's hall inspired the Hogwarts Great Hall set, and its 16th-century fan-vaulted Bodley staircase appears as the entry where McGonagall greets first-years.
16 km · about 20 min drive
film location
New College Cloister, Oxford (Moody's ferret scene)
The cloister and its ancient holm oak are where Mad-Eye Moody transfigures Draco Malfoy into a ferret in Goblet of Fire.
16 km · about 20 min drive
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Bourton-on-the-Water
Picturesque Cotswolds village known as the 'Venice of the Cotswolds' for its elegant low bridges spanning the River Windrush.
22 km · about 25 min drive
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Stow-on-the-Wold
The highest Cotswold town, famed for its ancient market square and the yew-flanked north door of St Edward's Church.
23 km · about 25 min drive
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Upper and Lower Slaughter
Two exceptionally unspoilt Cotswold villages linked by a mile-long riverside path along the River Eye.
23 km · about 25 min drive
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Bibury
Charming Cotswolds village famously described by William Morris as the most beautiful village in England, home to the iconic Arlington Row.
24 km · about 30 min drive
Driving roads near Witney
7 named roads, passes and coastal drives within 150km.
- 40 kmCleeve HillThe highest point of the Cotswolds at 330 m, an open common above Cheltenham with views to the Malverns and Wales.
Driving in United Kingdom
- Drives on
- the left
- Petrol
- ~€1.73/litre
- Motorway tolls
- None
When to drive here
April to October
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