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Bicester Heritage
A former RAF bomber station transformed into the UK's hub for historic motoring excellence with specialist workshops and regular Scramble events.
13 km · about 25 min drive
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Oakley
England, United Kingdom · Europe
About Oakley
Oakley works well as a base: 10 minutes from Long Crendon, 30km from The Silverstone Experience.
Oakley is in England, United Kingdom, with about 1,000 people. You drive on the left here. The nearest town is Long Crendon, about 6 km away.
Oakley is a village and civil parish in Buckinghamshire, England. It has an area of 2,206 acres (893 ha) and includes about 400 households. The 2021 Census recorded the population as 1,128.
At one time it was thought Oakley held a rare (and possibly unique) double distinction, in that a Victoria Cross recipient,Read more
Edward Brooks, and a Medal of Honor recipient, James J. Pym, were both born in the village. However, the latter, a namesake of a contemporary James Pym from Oakley, has been found to be from Garsington, a village 10 miles (16 km) away in Oxfordshire.
In 1963 Oakley was centre of national and international news, when Leatherslade Farm, near Oakley, was used as a hideout by the criminal gang involved in the Great Train Robbery.
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What is there to see near Oakley?
Within an hour or so of Oakley: Bicester Heritage (13 km), New College Cloister, Oxford (Moody's ferret scene) (13 km), Bodleian Library Divinity School (Hogwarts infirmary) (14 km), Christ Church Oxford (Great Hall inspiration and staircase) (14 km).
Are there any good drives near Oakley?
The nearest famous roads are Crystal Palace Circuit, Goodwood Festival of Speed and A466 Wye Valley (Chepstow to Monmouth).
Where is Oakley?
Oakley is in England, United Kingdom, about 6 km from Long Crendon.
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Quick Information
- Population
- 1,007
- Continent
- Europe
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Region
- England
- Timezone
- Europe/London
- Coordinates
- 51.8041, -1.0726
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 Oakley
8 notable places within an hour's 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.
13 km · about 25 min 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.
14 km · about 25 min drive
film location
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.
14 km · about 25 min drive
museum
The Silverstone Experience
Immersive museum at the home of British motorsport telling the story of the past, present, and future of racing.
30 km · about 35 min drive
racetrack
Silverstone Circuit
The home of British motorsport, hosting the first ever F1 World Championship race in 1950
31 km · about 35 min drive
museum
Bletchley Park
Victorian estate where Alan Turing and thousands of codebreakers cracked the German Enigma cipher, arguably shortening WWII by years. Restored huts, working Bombe machine, and the National Museum of Computing next door.
31 km · about 35 min drive
cafe
Super Sausage Cafe
Legendary transport cafe on the A5 Watling Street near Potterspury, a favourite fry-up stop for bikers and classic car runs heading between London and the Midlands since the 1960s.
33 km · about 40 min drive
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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