Traditional county: Oxfordshire · District / Borough: Cherwell · Region: South East
Explore Ardley, Oxfordshire with this interactive street and satellite map. You can “grab” the Ardley map and move it around to re-centre it. You can change between standard map view and satellite map view by clicking the small square in the bottom left-hand corner of the map. You can use the zoom buttons on the lower right side of the map to zoom in or out to street-level detail. You will find live weather, local and world news below.
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| Place | Ardley |
| Traditional County | Oxfordshire |
| District / Borough | Cherwell |
| Region | South East |
| Country | England, United Kingdom |
| Latitude | 51.941752 |
| Longitude | -1.211924 |
| Place Type | Village |
Ardley holds the quiet gravity of a limestone plateau, where the open Oxfordshire sky presses close against the rolling fields. It lies 4.0 miles north-west of Bicester (from Bicester: bearing 321°T, OS grid SP 542 273), and is situated south-south-east of Fewcott village. The landscape here is defined by the underlying strata, as the earth beneath Ardley reveals prehistoric secrets within the Ardley Cutting And Quarry SSSI. Layers of Jurassic rock, once hidden, now offer a stark, pale geometry to the horizon that catches the late afternoon sun in sharp, silvery relief. Just a short distance away, the grass-covered mounds of the Ardley Castle site suggest a forgotten medieval vigilance over the surrounding pastures. These earthworks, alongside the nearby ringwork, anchor the geography in a history that feels less like a narrative and more like a permanent physical presence. Modernity brushes against this antiquity, yet the wind across the open plains remains the primary inhabitant, shifting the light over the stone walls with a restless, rhythmic grace.
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Explore Ardley, Oxfordshire, with an embedded street and satellite map - switch between views using the small square in the bottom left-hand corner of the map. Coordinates: 51.941752, -1.211924. Live weather conditions and 7-day forecasts are provided through Open-Meteo, while real-time local and world news feeds help keep the page current. Wikipedia and editorial summaries provide additional local information and context.
Location data is sourced from OS Open Names © Crown copyright and database rights 2024, Ordnance Survey, Open Government Licence v3.0, and verified by coordinates.
| Page built | August 2026 |
| Location data | OS Open Names © Crown copyright and database rights 2024. Ordnance Survey. Open Government Licence v3.0. |
| County data | Traditional county boundaries. Modern unitary authority: OS Open Names / ONS Geography. |
| Coordinates | WGS84 decimal degrees derived from OS National Grid (OSGB36) |
| Wikipedia validation | Article content matched by Wikipedia category membership (e.g. “Villages in Derbyshire”) and name verification against OS Open Names data. |