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Banbury

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Also known as Banbury, Oxfordshire

Banbury is an historic market town and civil parish on the River Cherwell in Oxfordshire, South East England. The parish had a population of 54,335 at the 2021 Census.

Key facts

UK place.official_name
Banbury
UK place.static_image_caption
Clockwise, from top: Banbury Town Hall; The Fine Lady statue and Banbury Cross; Banbury Market Place
UK place.label_position
left
UK place.area_total_km2
21.04
UK place.population_ref
54,335 (Parish, 2021)
UK place.shire_district
Cherwell
UK place.shire_county
Oxfordshire
UK place.region
South East England
UK place.type
Market town
UK place.country
England
UK place.constituency_westminster
Banbury
UK place.post_town
BANBURY
UK place.postcode_district
OX16
UK place.postcode_area
OX
UK place.dial_code
01295
UK place.os_grid_reference
SP4540
UK place.london_distance_mi
64
UK place.london_direction
SE

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Encyclopedic overview

35 sections
Contents
  • Toponymy
  • History
  • Banburyshire
  • Governance
  • Administrative history
  • Geography
  • Industry and commerce
  • Motorsport
  • Employment
  • Companies and charities
  • Cattle market
  • Transport
  • Railway
  • Buses and coaches
  • Roads
  • Canal
  • Media
  • Places of interest
  • Banbury Cross
  • Banbury Museum & Gallery
  • Tooley's Boatyard
  • Spiceball Centre and Park
  • Other recreational areas and parks
  • Notable place names
  • Education
  • Religion
  • Demographics
  • Sport
  • Twinning
  • Notable people
  • Arms
  • See also
  • References
  • Further reading
  • External links

Banbury is an historic market town and civil parish on the River Cherwell in Oxfordshire, South East England. The parish had a population of 54,335 at the 2021 Census.

Banbury is a significant commercial and retail centre for the surrounding area of north Oxfordshire and southern parts of Warwickshire and Northamptonshire which are predominantly rural. Banbury's main industries are motorsport, car components, electrical goods, plastics, food processing and printing. Banbury is home to the Jacobs Douwe Egberts factory which was previously the world's largest coffee-producing facility, built in 1964. The town is famed for Banbury cakes, a spiced sweet pastry.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Banbury” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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