| South Oxfordshire District | |
|---|---|
| — Non-metropolitan district — | |
| South Oxfordshire shown within Oxfordshire | |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Constituent country | England |
| Region | South East England |
| Non-metropolitan county | Oxfordshire |
| Status | Non-metropolitan district |
| Admin HQ | Crowmarsh Gifford |
| Incorporated | 1 April 1974 |
| Government | |
| • Type | Non-metropolitan district council |
| • Body | South Oxfordshire District Council |
| • Leadership | Leader & Cabinet (Conservative) |
| • MPs | John Howell Ed Vaizey |
| Area | |
| • Total | 262 sq mi (678.54 km2) |
| Area rank | 55th (of 326) |
| Population (2010 est.) | |
| • Total | 131,000 |
| • Rank | 157th (of 326) |
| • Density | 500/sq mi (193.1/km2) |
| • Ethnicity | 95.2% White 1.7% S.Asian 1.0% Black British 1.0% Chinese or Other |
| Time zone | GMT (UTC0) |
| • Summer (DST) | BST (UTC+1) |
| ONS code | 38UD |
| OS grid reference | SU6571895057 |
| Website | www.southoxon.gov.uk |
South Oxfordshire is a local government district in Oxfordshire, England. Its council is based in Crowmarsh Gifford, just outside Wallingford.
The district was formed on 1 April 1974, under the Local Government Act 1972, from the municipal boroughs of Henley-on-Thames and Wallingford, Thame urban district, and Wallingford Rural District, Bullingdon Rural District and Henley Rural District. The Wallingford parts were previously part of the administrative county of Berkshire.
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The River Thames flows for approximately 47 miles through South Oxfordshire[1] and it is joined by the River Thame within the district. A characteristic of the rivers within the district is that they have wide floodplains with few houses on them so that fluvial flooding is a lesser problem than flash flooding.[2]
The towns in the district are Didcot, Henley-on-Thames, Thame, Wallingford and Watlington.
The larger villages in the district include:
See List of civil parishes in South Oxfordshire
In May 2006, a report commissioned by British Gas[3] showed that housing in South Oxfordshire produced the 5th highest average carbon emissions in the country at 7,356 kg of carbon dioxide per dwelling.
The 2001 Census recorded a population of just over 128,000 in the district. This was an increase of 7% since 1991. Much of the district is rural in nature, with the land in agricultural use and around 70% of the district has a green belt or AONB designation (The northeast of the district forms part of the Oxford Green Belt). 50% of the district’s population lives outside its four main towns of Didcot, Henley, Thame and Wallingford.
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