Traditional county: Oxfordshire · District / Borough: Cherwell · Region: South East
Explore Blackthorn, Oxfordshire with this interactive street and satellite map. You can “grab” the Blackthorn 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.
This interactive map shows the street layout and satellite imagery for Blackthorn, Oxfordshire, England. Use the Map and Satellite buttons above to switch between street map and aerial imagery views. Use the + and − buttons to zoom in or out, or scroll your mouse wheel while holding the Control key to zoom. On a touchscreen, use a two-finger pinch gesture to zoom in and out.
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| Place | Blackthorn |
| Traditional County | Oxfordshire |
| District / Borough | Cherwell |
| Region | South East |
| Country | England, United Kingdom |
| Latitude | 51.870598 |
| Longitude | -1.101576 |
| Place Type | Village |
Blackthorn gathers the low light of the Oxfordshire sky across its quiet, sprawling pastures. It lies 2.8 miles south-east of Bicester (from Bicester: bearing 130°T, OS grid SP 619 194), and is situated east of Ambrosden village. The land here remains stubbornly flat, defined by the slow, deliberate pulse of Blackthorn Brook as it carves a path through the heavy clay. Winter frosts often cling to the reeds, turning the margins of the water into a brittle, silvered lattice. To the north-west, the rise of Blackthorn Hill offers a modest vantage point from which to observe the horizon, where the air feels thin and sharp against the face. Beyond the immediate fields, the Arncott Bridge Meadows Sssi preserves a fragile, damp ecosystem where wildflowers bloom in defiance of the modern world. Blackthorn maintains a character defined more by the reach of the wind and the depth of the soil than by the bustle of nearby commerce. Residents look out over a landscape that asks for little, offering instead a profound and heavy silence that settles deep into the marrow of the day.
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Explore Blackthorn, 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: 51.870598, -1.101576. 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. |