The gateway to the Cotswolds — a steep, handsome high street of honey stone tumbling down to the River Windrush.
Burford wears its beauty lightly: antique shops, a very good bakery, the garden company everyone drives out for, and the river at the bottom of the hill.
The Bull and The Angel on the high street; Huffkins for breakfast and cake.
The Lamb Inn's snug; the Royal Oak for a local.
Along the Windrush to Swinbrook and Widford's lost-in-a-field church.
Burford Garden Company, the antique shops, and the Cotswold Wildlife Park just south.
The Lamb Inn and The Bay Tree, for visiting friends.
Burford School (state, all-through, well regarded); prep at St Hugh's and Kitebrook; Oxford's schools 30 minutes.
20 minutes from Oxford; the A40 to London; rail at Charlbury or Kingham.