The village of Standlake has a lot of activity and facilities for somewhere that feels so peaceful and rural. A great community is here to be enjoyed. Within easy walking distance one can do all hosts of sporting activity, from sailing, fishing, water-skiing, there are stables and horse-riding available to all, an award winning cricket club, a fantastic tennis club, bird hides, numerous gastro pubs of high calibre and of course all the wonders that rural living can provide such as farmers markets, wooded walks, riverside walks on the Thames path, beautiful allotments and a host of seasonal fairs and fetes.
For a place offering quintessential Oxfordshire village life, it also has many benefits rarely found in rural villages now. If you’ve run out of milk on a Sunday morning, never fear, you don’t need to use the car till after the weekend! The village shop sells all you need including the Sunday papers. The allotments are within a one minute walk and if you don’t fancy growing your own you can buy directly from a stall where fresh seasonal vegetables are sold 365days of the year.
A regular bus service serves the cultural hub of Oxford and the market town of Witney throughout the day until the last bus back from Oxford at 18:05 and the last bus back from Witney at 19:23. The village post office’s proprietor is also a taxi man who is happy to bring you back from an evening out with prices for a pick up in Oxford about £25.
For a place offering quintessential Oxfordshire village life, it also has many benefits rarely found in rural villages now. If you’ve run out of milk on a Sunday morning, never fear, you don’t need to use the car till after the weekend! The village shop sells all you need including the Sunday papers. The allotments are within a one minute walk and if you don’t fancy growing your own you can buy directly from a stall where fresh seasonal vegetables are sold 365days of the year.
A regular bus service serves the cultural hub of Oxford and the market town of Witney throughout the day until the last bus back from Oxford at 18:05 and the last bus back from Witney at 19:23. The village post office’s proprietor is also a taxi man who is happy to bring you back from an evening out with prices for a pick up in Oxford about £25.
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