Traditional county: Oxfordshire · District / Borough: Cherwell · Region: South East
Explore Balscote, Oxfordshire with this interactive street and satellite map. You can “grab” the Balscote 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 | Balscote |
| Traditional County | Oxfordshire |
| District / Borough | Cherwell |
| Region | South East |
| Country | England, United Kingdom |
| Latitude | 52.071873 |
| Longitude | -1.431561 |
| Place Type | Village |
Balscote holds the quiet stillness of ironstone cottages that seem to have grown directly from the earth’s own amber-coloured marrow. It lies 4.2 miles west of Banbury (from Banbury: bearing 279°T, OS grid SP 390 416), and is situated north-north-east of Shutford village. The light here catches the rough-hewn stone of local walls, casting long shadows that stretch toward the subtle, ancient depressions of the Castle Bank Enclosure. Beyond these historic earthworks, the land rolls toward the hollow of Padsdon Bottom, where the air grows damp and heavy with the scent of damp moss and cooling clay. Balscote maintains a modest dignity in its architecture, favouring the honeyed warmth of local limestone that glows with a particular, pale intensity during the late afternoon. The horizon is defined by the steady, rising contours of Round Hill, acting as a silent sentinel over the fields that have been worked by generations of hands. Such geography dictates the pace of life, where the slow, rhythmic turning of the seasons feels more pressing than the frantic ticking of a clock. Every lane in Balscote carries the weight of this landscape, anchoring the houses to the limestone shelf that defines the broader character of the Cherwell district.
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Explore Balscote, 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: 52.071873, -1.431561. 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. |