Where Is Leafield?

The West Oxfordshire district of Oxfordshire in England has a village Leafield. It is also a civil parish. It is situated at an altitude of 650 feet and falls in the area of Wychwood Forest.

To its western edge are the Costwold Hills. Oxford is 18 miles south-east of Leafield. It is enveloped by the towns of Witney, Burford, Charlbury. The ancient Wychwood villages of Milton-under Wychwood, Shipton-under-Wychwood, Ascott-under-Wychwood, Fifield and Idbury are other villages in the vicinity of Leafield.

Sir George Gilbert Scott designed the Parish church in 1859. It is constructed in the memory of St Michael.

In the west of the village is "hamlet of Langey" harbours a large site which was commercially important since 1912. Initially, it was a radio transmission centre and now, a training college for the BT group. It was also a centre for Arrows Formula One Team since 1993. Now, the Super Aguri F1 team is headquartered here in the Leafield Technical Centre.

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