- Leafield
Leafield is a village and
civil parish in theWest Oxfordshire district ofOxfordshire ,England within the historic area ofWychwood forest.It lies at the eastern edge of the Cotswold Hills, 18 miles north-west of Oxford, in the middle of a rural area bounded by the towns of
Witney ,Burford andCharlbury . The roman roadAkeman Street runs to the north.The parish church, dedicated to
St Michael and All Angels was designed in 1859 by SirGeorge Gilbert Scott .At 650 feet above sea level, the village was the highest point in Oxfordshire prior to county boundary changes in 1974.
It is on the course of the Wychwood Way, a 37-mile circular walking trail.
A nearby
Royal Air Force station,RAF Akeman Street , operated from 1940 to 1947.A large site near to the west near the hamlet of Langley has had industrial uses since 1912, originally as a large radio transmission station, then a
BT Group training college. From 1993 it was developed byTom Walkinshaw Racing (TWR) as a motorsport development centre for theArrows Formula One team.Leafield Technical Centre is now the headquarters of theSuper Aguri F1 team.Leafield is a close neighbour of the other ancient Wychwood villages:
Milton-under-Wychwood ,Shipton-under-Wychwood ,Ascott-under-Wychwood , Fifield andIdbury .External links
* [http://www.leafieldvillage.co.uk/ Leafield Village website]
* [http://www.thewychwood.co.uk The Wychwood Magazine Online]
* [http://www.saf1.co.jp/en/team/factory/index.html Super Aguri factory]
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