Burford (/ ˈ b ɜːr f ər d /) is a town on the River Windrush, in the Cotswold hills, in the West Oxfordshire district of Oxfordshire, England. It is often referred to as the 'gateway' to the Cotswolds.

2024年8月30日 · Known as the Gateway to the Cotswolds, Burford is one of the most picturesque towns in Oxfordshire, famous for its steep high street which sweeps downhill towards the River Windrush past Cotswold stone cottages, Georgian townhouses, a medieval church, shops, tearooms and historic pubs.

Burford’s famous High Street sweeps downhill towards the River Windrush, its three-arched medieval bridge and its impressive church, both sides of the street flanked by an unbroken line of ancient houses and shops.

Burford is situated in north Oxfordshire, twenty miles west of Oxford, and is considered the southern gateway to the Cotswolds. A beautiful old Cotswold town, its High Street sloping from the high Wolds, where you have beautiful views over the open countryside, down to the willow fringed River Windrush in the pretty Windrush valley.

2024年11月8日 · Burford is an extremely popular town in the Oxfordshire Cotswolds which lies just off the main Oxford to Cheltenham A40. In 2009 it was voted the 6th best place to live in the world by Forbes magazine. Burford's prosperity over the …

With its medieval bridge, old stone houses and attractive Tudor and Georgian frontages, Burford is justifiably called one of the most picturesque towns in England.

2023年5月1日 · Burford is on the east side a range of limestone hills home to some of the prettiest countryside in England. The Cotswolds are an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty, a bit like a national park, and are ecologically valuable for their Jurassic limestone bedrock, giving rise to a rare kind of grassland habitat.

2025年1月13日 · Burford, town (parish), West Oxfordshire district, administrative and historic county of Oxfordshire, southern England. It is located on the River Windrush, in the Cotswolds. The town was acquired by Robert FitzHamon, earl of Gloucester, who granted it a market in 1088 and England’s earliest.