Aynho

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Aynho (formerly spelt Aynhoe) is a village in South Northamptonshire, England. It is located five miles (eight kilometres) south of Banbury, close to the border with Oxfordshire. Along with its neighbour Croughton, Northamptonshire (two kilometres to the east) it is one of the two southernmost villages in Northamptonshire. Aynho lies close to the River Cherwell.

The village was once served by two rail stations, both operated by the Great Western Railway. Aynho station was on the main Oxford-Banbury GWR route, constructed in the 1850s. It was closed in 1964, and is still intact today. Aynho Park Halt was on the Bicester cut-off constructed by the GWR in 1910, approximately a quarter of a mile to the east of Aynho station. It was closed in 1963, and its station building remains intact as well. The nearby flying junction between the two GWR main lines is still in use today, traversed by a variety of traffic operating from Birmingham and the North of England to Oxford, Reading, London and the south coast of England.

The village also enjoys interchange with the Oxford Canal at Aynho Wharf, near Aynho station.

Prominent residents have included mathematician Mary Cartwright, 17th century politician Sir Ralph Winwood, and architect Philip Speakman Webb.