Watchfield

Watchfield
Oxford Square, Watchfield
Watchfield is located in Oxfordshire
Watchfield
Watchfield
Location within Oxfordshire
Population2,222 (2001 census)[1]
OS grid referenceSU248904
Civil parish
  • Watchfield
District
Shire county
Region
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townSwindon
Postcode districtSN6
Dialling code01793
PoliceThames Valley
FireOxfordshire
AmbulanceSouth Central
UK Parliament
WebsiteWatchfield Parish Council
List of places
UK
England
Oxfordshire
51°36′43″N 1°38′28″W / 51.612°N 1.641°W / 51.612; -1.641

Watchfield is a village and civil parish in the Vale of White Horse in on the edge of southwest Oxfordshire, southern England, about 3 miles (4.8 km) southeast of Highworth in neighbouring Wiltshire. Watchfield is about 1 mile (1.6 km) north of the village of Shrivenham. Both villages used to be on the main road between Oxford and Swindon, which is now the A420 road. The Vale of White Horse was part of Berkshire until the 1974 boundary changes administratively transferred it to Oxfordshire.

  1. ^ "Area: Shrivenham CP (Parish): Parish Headcounts". Neighbourhood Statistics. Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 8 March 2010.