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Chipping Norton Town Oxfordshire Cotswolds

About Chipping Norton

Welcome to the Chipping Norton edition of The Oxford Magazine.

Although it’s just a small town, most people in the UK know about Chipping Norton from the “Chipping Norton Set” – a loose association of local movers and shakers including the former Prime Minister David Cameron, the Murdoch Family and the former editor of the Sun newspaper.

Besides this connection Chipping Norton or “Chippy” to the locals, is a very charming market town, well-known for its antique shops, and it’s own theatre which hosts original productions and touring companies. It also lays claim to being the highest town in Oxfordshire.

St Mary the Virgin is a quintessential Cotswold church with the inside flooded with light because of its uninterrupted clerestory windows. In the lush and verdurous countryside outside the town, you’ll find the Rollright Stones, a Neolithic and Bronze Age stone circle.

Local news & stories

Lionhearth Group will open the doors to The Black Horse in Salford this weekend.
/ Food & Drink

Lionhearth Group will open the doors to The Black Horse in Salford this weekend

Lionhearth Group, the new Cotswolds pub group, will open the doors of The Black Horse in Salford (near Chipping Norton) for the first time on Wednesday, 20 September.
Spy Princess: The Life Noor Inayat Khan with Shrabani Basu
/ Arts & Entertainment

Best-selling author Shrabani Basu to give talk on WW2 ‘Spy Princess’ at Ditchley Park

Best-selling author Shrabani Basu will give a talk on the story of Noor Inayat Khan, the first woman radio operator to be infiltrated into occupied France in 1943 based on interviews with her family, colleagues and secret service records.
Chastleton’s Best Garden lives up to its name after restoration.
/ Arts & Entertainment

Best Garden at Chastleton lives up to its name after restoration

Now officially opened, the four-year project returns the Best Garden at Chastleton to its original Jacobean format of concentric circles of beds radiating from a central sundial.
Big Feastival 2023 unveils an unmissable wave of entertainment
/ Arts & Entertainment

Big Feastival 2023 unveils an unmissable wave of entertainment

Big Feastival has announced another wave of entertainment for this summer’s edition, which includes more names for the music, culinary and family lineup across the festival’s diverse stages.
The Living Room Cinema Chipping Norton has announced its grand opening
/ Arts & Entertainment

The Living Room Cinema Chipping Norton announces its grand opening

The Living Room Cinema Chipping Norton has announced its grand opening on Friday, 14 July 2023 in support of local charity Thrive North Ox.
Cotswolds Distillery launches summer of entertainment with ‘Alfresco at the Distillery’
/ Arts & Entertainment

Cotswolds Distillery launches summer of entertainment with ‘Alfresco at the Distillery’

Cotswolds Distillery, home to the award-winning gin and whisky, is celebrating the spirit of summer by launching a new outdoor entertainment programme, ‘Alfresco at the Distillery’.
Lionhearth pub group reveals pipeline of new openings in 2023 and beyond. Image: The Swan in Ascott-under-Wychwood
/ Food & Drink

Lionhearth Group reveals pipeline of new openings in 2023 and beyond

Lionhearth, the new pub group behind the Cotswold favourites, The Chequers in Churchill and The Swan in Ascott-under-Wychwood, is launching into the market with a pipeline of new openings in 2023 and beyond.
The future stars of dance head to Oxfordshire in Ballet Central Tour 2023
/ Arts & Entertainment

The future stars of dance head to Oxfordshire in Ballet Central Tour 2023

The future stars of dance are headed out on a major UK tour, including one night only at Chipping Norton Theatre on Saturday, 17 June.
Big Feastival announces lineup with more music, food and family entertainment for 2023
/ Arts & Entertainment

Big Feastival announces lineup with more music, food and family entertainment for 2023

Big Feastival has revealed further entertainment lineup for 2023, including the Main Stage hosts, Cheese Hub DJs and another round of Music Acts set to appear across the weekend.
Wilderness announces more extraordinary talent for Season Twelve in 2023
/ Arts & Entertainment

Wilderness festival announces more extraordinary talent for Season Twelve

Wilderness festival announces more extraordinary talent for Season Twelve in 2023 – including Arlo Parks, Laurent Garnier, Honey Dijon, Franc Moody and Todd Terry – joining already announced headliners The Chemical Brothers, Christine and the Queens, and Fatboy Slim.