Kidlington
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Kidlington is a town in the Cherwell district of Oxfordshire, England (as of the 19th February 2026). In February 2026, Kidlington Parish Council voted unanimously to change its status from a village to a town.
Key facts
- UK place.official_name
- Kidlington
- UK place.static_image_name
- Kidlington old village.jpg
- UK place.static_image_caption
- Church Street, Kidlington
- UK place.os_grid_reference
- SP4914
- UK place.label_position
- left
- UK place.population
- 13,600
- UK place.population_ref
- (2021 Census)
- UK place.civil_parish
- Kidlington
- UK place.shire_district
- Cherwell
- UK place.shire_county
- Oxfordshire
- UK place.region
- South East England
- UK place.country
- England
- UK place.post_town
- Kidlington
- UK place.postcode_district
- OX5
- UK place.postcode_area
- OX
- UK place.dial_code
- 01865
- UK place.constituency_westminster
- Bicester and Woodstock
- UK place.type
- Town
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- civil parish
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Located in
- Cherwell
- Population
- 13719
- Area
- 912.49
- Shares border with
- Islip
- Official website
- www.kidlington-pc.gov.uk/index.asp
- Image
- Kidlington old village.jpg
- Dialing code
- 01865
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- Commons category
- Kidlington
- OS grid reference
- SP4914
- postal code
- OX5
- P8168
- peptidoglycan
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Encyclopedic overview
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- Proposed Oxford United stadium
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Kidlington is a town in the Cherwell district of Oxfordshire, England (as of the 19th February 2026). In February 2026, Kidlington Parish Council voted unanimously to change its status from a village to a town.
It is situated between the River Cherwell and Oxford Canal, north of Oxford and south-west of Bicester. It had a population of 13,600 at the 2021 Census.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Kidlington” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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