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Where is Banbury?

Banbury is located in the county of Oxfordshire, South East England, eight miles west of the town of Brackley, 22 miles north of the major city of Oxford, and 64 miles north-west of London. Banbury lies roughly one mile south-west of the Northamptonshire border. Banbury falls within the district council of Cherwell, under the county council of Oxfordshire. It is in the OX16 postcode district. The post town for Banbury is Banbury.

Banbury on a map

Map showing extent of Banbury as bounding box
Bounding box showing extent of Banbury
Map showing location of Banbury within the UK
Location of Banbury within the UK

Which county is Banbury in?

Banbury is in the ceremonial county of Oxfordshire, the historic county of Oxfordshire, and the administrative county of Oxfordshire.

Ceremonial CountyOxfordshire
Historic CountyOxfordshire
Administrative CountyOxfordshire

Where is Banbury in Oxfordshire?

Banbury is situated towards the northernmost extremity of Oxfordshire, and roughly centrally between the easternmost and westernmost extremities of Oxfordshire.

Map showing location of Banbury within Oxfordshire
Location of Banbury within Oxfordshire

What is the postcode for Banbury?

The nearest postcode to the centre of Banbury is OX16 5QB.

Where is Banbury in OX16?

Banbury is situated roughly centrally between the southernmost and northernmost extremities of the OX16 postcode district, and roughly centrally between the easternmost and westernmost extremities of the OX16 postcode district.

Map showing location of Banbury within OX16
Location of Banbury within OX16

What is the post town for Banbury?

The post town for Banbury is Banbury. Banbury is in the OX16 postcode district, which corresponds to the post town of Banbury.

What is the latitude and longitude of Banbury?

The centre of Banbury is located at position 52.06213° latitude and -1.3336° longitude.

Latitude52.06213°
Longitude-1.3336°

What is the easting and northing of Banbury?

The centre of Banbury is located at the grid reference easting 445783 and northing 240626 within the British National Grid (OSGB36) system.

Easting445783
Northing240626

What are the nearest towns to Banbury?

Position of Banbury relative to nearby towns. Distance is measured from the centre of Banbury to the centre of the town.

west
8m
Banbury is 8 miles west of Brackley
north-east
12m
Banbury is 12 miles north-east of Chipping Norton
east
12m
Banbury is 12 miles east of Shipston-on-Stour
south
13m
Banbury is 13 miles south of Southam
north-west
14m
Banbury is 14 miles north-west of Bicester
north-east
15m
Banbury is 15 miles north-east of Charlbury
north
15m
Banbury is 15 miles north of Woodstock
west
15m
Banbury is 15 miles west of Buckingham
south-west
15m
Banbury is 15 miles south-west of Daventry
west
15m
Banbury is 15 miles west of Towcester

What are the nearest cities to Banbury?

Position of Banbury relative to nearby cities. Distance is measured from the centre of Banbury to the centre of the city.

north
22m
Banbury is 22 miles north of Oxford
west
25m
Banbury is 25 miles west of Milton Keynes
south
25m
Banbury is 25 miles south of Coventry
south-east
38m
Banbury is 38 miles south-east of Birmingham
east
39m
Banbury is 39 miles east of Worcester
south
40m
Banbury is 40 miles south of Leicester
east
41m
Banbury is 41 miles east of Gloucester
north-west
48m
Banbury is 48 miles north-west of St Albans
south-east
48m
Banbury is 48 miles south-east of Lichfield
south-east
50m
Banbury is 50 miles south-east of Wolverhampton

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