Vale of White Horse

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Vale of White Horse is a local government district in Oxfordshire, England, named after the prehistoric Uffington White Horse hill figure and known for its rural landscapes and historic market towns.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf local government district
non-metropolitan district
borderedBy Oxford
South Oxfordshire
Swindon
West Berkshire
West Oxfordshire
Wiltshire NERFINISHED
containsLandmark The Ridgeway
Uffington Castle
Uffington White Horse
Vale of White Horse self-linksurface differs
surface form: Vale of White Horse (vale)

White Horse Hill
containsSettlement Abingdon
surface form: Abingdon-on-Thames

Botley
Drayton
Faringdon
Grove
Kennington
Kingston Bagpuize
Milton
Shrivenham
Stanford in the Vale
Aston
surface form: Steventon

Uffington
Wantage
country United Kingdom
createdBy Local Government Act 1972
dateEstablished 1974
formedFrom Faringdon Rural District
Wantage Rural District
Abingdon
surface form: municipal borough of Abingdon
governingBody Vale of White Horse District Council
governmentType non-metropolitan district council
hasAdministrativeCentre Abingdon
surface form: Abingdon-on-Thames
hasCharacteristic historic market towns
rural landscape
hasHistoricCounty Berkshire
hasPostalArea OX
hasTimeZone GMT
hasTimeZoneDST BST
locatedIn Oxfordshire
South East England
locatedOn north side of the Berkshire Downs
namedAfter Uffington White Horse
Vale of White Horse self-linksurface differs
surface form: Vale of White Horse (geographical vale)
partOf Oxfordshire
surface form: ceremonial county of Oxfordshire
region South East England
traversedBy River Ock
Thames
surface form: River Thames

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OX adminDistrictCoverage Vale of White Horse
Cherwell borderedBy Vale of White Horse
South Oxfordshire borderedBy Vale of White Horse
West Oxfordshire borderedBy Vale of White Horse
Vale of White Horse containsLandmark Vale of White Horse self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Vale of White Horse (vale)
Wantage district Vale of White Horse
Abingdon governedBy Vale of White Horse
this entity surface form: Vale of White Horse District Council
Wantage hasCategory Vale of White Horse
Wantage locatedNear Vale of White Horse
Vale of White Horse namedAfter Vale of White Horse self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Vale of White Horse (geographical vale)