Website of Harwell Village Parish Council

About our Village

Aerial view of Harwell Village Harwell is a village in southern Oxfordshire. The A417 runs east-west (lower left of picture) and most of the village lies north of that road.

The Map Reference of the War Memorial, which is roughly in the centre of the village, is SU 491 892. The village is 260 feet above sea-level, although the sea is over 50 miles away.

We are about 60 miles north of the Isle of Wight, 60 miles west of London, 60 miles east of Bristol, and 60 miles south of Coventry.

Historically we have always been a Berkshire village, but since 1974 we have been part of Oxfordshire, and are on the east of the Vale of White Horse. We are roughly half way between Oxford (north) and Newbury (south), and between Reading (east) and Swindon (west), and we are at the northern edge of the Wessex Downs Area of Natural Beauty

We are close to the North South trunk road, the A34, and a few miles from Didcot (new shops), and the railway at Didcot Parkway station for trains to London Paddington, the west country, and the north via Oxford and Birmingham..

The boundaries of the Parish reach beyond the village, from the Harwell Science and Innovation Campus in the south, to the Milton Trading Estate in the north.

Locator Map
More facts about Harwell
District Vale of White Horse
District Council Ward Harwell
Shire county
Oxfordshire
County division Sutton Courtenay and Harwell
Ceremonial county Oxfordshire
Parliamentary constituency Wantage County
Region South East
Country England
Sovereign state United Kingdom
Post town DIDCOT
EU Parliament South East England
Postcode unit OX11
Dialling code 01235
Police Thames Valley
Fire Service
Oxfordshire
Ambulance South Central
Primary Care TrustOxfordshire
ITV Region
Meridian
Bus Region (Stagecoach)West Midlands
Map Reference
SU 491 892
Lat/Long 51.6°N 1.29°W
Populationabout 2400
No of housesabout 1000
2001 Census 
Total / Male / Female2354 / 1132 / 1222
Households977
Area of Outstanding Natural Beautyland south of the A417 is in the North Wessex Downs AONB

(thanks to Wikipedia for some of these, and the map)


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