Why visit Marcham
Townapedia lists 3 museums and landmarks, 9 parks and trails, 6 places to eat, 1 place to stay and 5 attractions in and around town.
Highlights include Abingdon Bridge, Abingdon Lock, Abingdon County Hall Museum and Parsonage Moor.
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About Marcham
Marcham is a village and civil parish about 2 miles (3 km) west of Abingdon, Oxfordshire. The 2011 census recorded the parish's population as 1,905. The parish includes the hamlets of Cothill 1+3⁄4 miles (2.8 km) east-northeast of the village, and Gozzard's Ford 1+1⁄2 miles (2.4 km) northeast of the village. Frilford and Garford used to be townships of Marcham parish, but are now separate civil parishes.
From the Wikipedia article Marcham (this version), under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Things to do5
Abingdon Bridge
Bridge · 2.7 mi
Bridge over the River Thames at the town of Abingdon-on-Thames, England
Museums and landmarks3
Abingdon County Hall Museum
Museum · 2.6 mi
Local Authority Museum in South East England, United Kingdom
Parks, trails and playgrounds9
Parsonage Moor
Park · 2.0 mi
Nature reserve in Oxfordshire, England, UK
Dry Sandford Pit
Park · 1.8 mi
UK Site of Special Scientific Interest
Lashford Lane Fen
Park · 2.8 mi
Nature reserve in Dry Sandford, Oxfordshire, UK
Restaurants and cafes6
Where to stay1
Churches and places of worship5
Shopping1
Gas and EV charging2
Schools, colleges and libraries2
Marcham Church of England (Voluntary Controlled) Primary School
School · Anglican
Morland Road, Abingdon
Healthcare1
Map of Marcham
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Getting there and nearby towns
RAF Benson (BEX) is the nearest airport with scheduled flights listed in OpenStreetMap, 11 miles away.
- Abingdon 3 mi east, about 4 min by car
- Steventon 3 mi south, about 5 min by car
- Standlake 5 mi northwest, about 9 min by car
- Didcot 6 mi southeast, about 10 min by car
- Oxford 7 mi northeast, about 11 min by car
- Wantage 7 mi southwest, about 10 min by car
- Cowley 7 mi northeast, about 12 min by car
- Witney 10 mi northwest, about 16 min by car
- Wallingford 10 mi southeast, about 17 min by car
- Kidlington 11 mi north, about 18 min by car
Drive times are estimates from straight-line distance, not routes.
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Photo credits
- AbingdonBrBu02, Motmit ( talk ), CC BY-SA 3.0
- AbingdonLock01, Motmit, CC BY-SA 3.0
- DSCN3060-abingdon-market-hall, William M. Connolley, CC BY-SA 3.0
- Old Culham Bridge (North Side), MrBalintore, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Southern damselfly (Coenagrion mercuriale) male Parsonage Moor, Charles J. Sharp, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Street-level photo, thx, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Street-level photo, southglos, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Street-level photo, iknowjoseph, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Street-level photo, iknowjoseph, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Street-level photo, southglos, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Street-level photo, southglos, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Street-level photo, iknowjoseph, CC BY-SA 4.0
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