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67-519: The Cotswold Wildlife Park & Gardens exhibits over 260 different species of animals. The park is set in 160 acres (0.65 km) of landscaped parkland and gardens 2 miles south of Burford , on the A361 , Oxfordshire , England . Around 350,000 people visited the park in 2012. In 1804 the estate's owner William Hervey had the current manor house called Bradwell Grove Manor House designed by William Atkinson and built by Richard Pace of Lechlade , in

134-674: A fig tree , and the third for nectarines and peaches. The water supply for the Walled Garden came from a central well now covered over but still marked. There was a cricket pitch on what is now the grass car park, and two grass tennis courts outside the drawing room and brass-rubbing room. Many years ago, there was even a private nine-hole golf course covering what is now the ostrich enclosure and surrounding area. The manor house now has various roles, with its many rooms being used as visitor areas. The old dining room – still with its original curtains, panelling and fireplace – has become

201-479: A semi-trailer , whether permanently attached to the frame (as on a single trailer) or making up the dolly that can be hitched and unhitched as needed when hitching up a second or third semi-trailer (as when pulling doubles or triples ). Some tanks and other tracked vehicles have bogies as external suspension components (see armoured fighting vehicle suspension ). This type of bogie usually has two or more road wheels and some type of sprung suspension to smooth

268-538: A swivel , as traditionally on a railway carriage or locomotive, additionally jointed and sprung (as in the landing gear of an airliner ), or held in place by other means (centreless bogies). Although bogie is the preferred spelling and first-listed variant in various dictionaries, bogey and bogy are also used. A bogie in the UK, or a railroad truck , wheel truck , or simply truck in North America,

335-624: A component of the vast majority of mainline locomotive designs. The first use of bogie coaches in Britain was in 1872 by the Festiniog Railway.The first standard gauge British railway to build coaches with bogies, instead of rigidly mounted axles, was the Midland Railway in 1874. Bogies serve a number of purposes: Usually, two bogies are fitted to each carriage , wagon or locomotive , one at each end. Another configuration

402-472: A frame, attached under a vehicle by a pivot. Bogies take various forms in various modes of transport. A bogie may remain normally attached (as on many railroad cars and semi-trailers ) or be quickly detachable (as for a dolly in a road train or in railway bogie exchange ). It may include suspension components within it (as most rail and trucking bogies do), or be solid and in turn be suspended (as are most bogies of tracked vehicles). It may be mounted on

469-671: A glossary to explain George Ridler’s Oven, one of the folk songs he collected. In the late 19th century, the Cotswolds assumed a Sleeping Beauty charm, akin to that of Burne-Jones’s Legend of the Briar Rose at Buscot Park in the Thames Valley." Burford Priory is a country house that stands on the site of a 13th-century Augustinian priory hospital. In the 1580s an Elizabethan house was built incorporating remnants of

536-467: A kitchen garden, the area now houses the marmosets and tamarins , contained cold fruit frames full of parma violets and other delicate plants, and on the site of the gardeners' greenhouse stood two structures reputed to be the oldest greenhouses in Oxfordshire. The Tropical House has taken the place of three adjoining greenhouses, the first for carnations , the second for rare hot-house plants and

603-549: A mixed comprehensive school , is the town's secondary school. The primary school fête , held every summer, includes a procession (including a dragon) down High Street to the school, where there are stalls and games. The Blue Cross National Animal Welfare Charity is based at Burford. In September 2001 Burford was twinned with Potenza Picena , a small town in the Marche , on the Adriatic coast of Italy. In April 2009 Burford

670-439: A retrograde step, as it leads to more wear of both track and wheels and also significantly reduces the speed at which a tram can round a curve. In the past, many different types of bogie (truck) have been used under tramcars (e.g. Brill , Peckham, maximum traction). A maximum traction truck has one driving axle with large wheels and one nondriving axle with smaller wheels. The bogie pivot is located off-centre, so more than half

737-430: A small rail car with axles at either end. The same effect that causes the bogies to rub against the rails at longer radius causes each of the pairs of wheels to rub on the rails and cause the screeching. Articulated bogies add a second pivot point between the two axles ( wheelsets ) to allow them to rotate to the correct angle even in these cases. In trucking , a bogie is the subassembly of axles and wheels that supports

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804-437: A speciality. There is a huge pair of Californian redwood trees, imposing tree ferns and giant rhubarb with unusual foliage. The exotic birds and animals are complemented by flamboyant planting schemes. The South Terrace has been given a period feel, although in fact the terrace, balustrade and pond were constructed in 1989, thanks to a generous legacy from a regular visitor to the park, Miss Daisy Louise Eley. By contrast,

871-413: Is a specialized type of bogie that is inserted under the wheels of a rail wagon/car, usually to convert for another track gauge . Transporter wagons carry the same concept to the level of a flatcar specialized to take other cars as its load. In archbar or diamond frame bogies, the side frames are fabricated rather than cast . Tram bogies are much simpler in design because of their axle load, and

938-465: Is a structure underneath a railway vehicle (wagon, coach or locomotive) to which axles (hence, wheels) are attached through bearings . In Indian English , bogie may also refer to an entire railway carriage . In South Africa , the term bogie is often alternatively used to refer to a freight or goods wagon (shortened from bogie wagon ). A locomotive with a bogie was built by engineer William Chapman in 1812. It hauled itself along by chains and

1005-770: Is a town on the River Windrush , in the Cotswold hills, in the West Oxfordshire district of Oxfordshire , England. It is often referred to as the 'gateway' to the Cotswolds. Burford is located 18 miles (29 km) west of Oxford and 22 miles (35 km) southeast of Cheltenham , about 2 miles (3 km) from the Gloucestershire boundary. The toponym derives from the Old English words burh meaning fortified town or hilltown and ford ,

1072-436: Is any one of a number of bogie designs that allow railway equipment to safely turn sharp corners, while reducing or eliminating the "screeching" normally associated with metal wheels rounding a bend in the rails. There are a number of such designs, and the term is also applied to train sets that incorporate articulation in the vehicle, as opposed to the bogies themselves. If one considers a single bogie "up close", it resembles

1139-564: Is called Bella in memory of one of the original pair of white rhinos at the park, Bella and Bull, which arrived in 1972 from the Umfolozi Game reserve in South Africa. The engine was built by Alan Keef Ltd in 2003, and remains in service, though the dome has been reduced in height. The park is well known for its exotic planting, particularly in the favourable micro-climate of the Walled Garden, where bananas and cannas are

1206-523: Is currently dark green. The locomotive Beaver was originally built during World War II for the United Kingdom Ministry of Supply and used to operate trains transporting ammunition on gun ranges and airfields. It was sold in the 1970s and was re-bodied with a steam outline, subsequently serving at Cotswold Wildlife Park from 1974. The engine was withdrawn and sold through Alan Keef Ltd, moving to New Zealand in 1984. The rebuilt engine

1273-565: Is known for its merchants' guild chapel, memorial to Henry VIII's barber-surgeon, Edmund Harman , featuring South American Indians and Kempe stained glass. In 1649 the church was used as a prison during the Civil War , when the New Model Army Banbury mutineers were held there. Some of the 340 prisoners left carvings and graffiti, which still survive in the church. The town centre also has some 15th-century houses and

1340-411: Is often used in articulated vehicles , which places the bogies (often Jacobs bogies ) under the connection between the carriages or wagons. Most bogies have two axles, but some cars designed for heavy loads have more axles per bogie. Heavy-duty cars may have more than two bogies using span bolsters to equalize the load and connect the bogies to the cars. Usually, the train floor is at a level above

1407-538: Is over 40 metres high and can be seen on the skyline from many miles away. In 1923 the house and estate were purchased by Colonel Heyworth-Savage, and on his death when killed in action in North Africa on 28 December 1941 the estate was passed to his grandson John Heyworth. John Heyworth was born in the manor house on 21 August 1925 and when he left school he served from 1943 to 1947 in the Royal Dragoons ,

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1474-564: Is still in service, and since 2012 has been at the Blenheim Riverside Railway on South Island, New Zealand. The locomotive Oliver was originally supplied to the Great Ouse River Authority , Ely , in 1953, where it operated until 1977. The Simplex was then rebodied with a steam outline and named Oliver for use at Cotswold Wildlife Park. The engine eventually fell into disrepair, and arrived at

1541-429: Is the studbook holder for the red-crested turaco and Mount Omei babbler . In addition, both the crested pigeon and blue-winged kookaburra are monitored species. In August 2015, the park announced that a second white rhinoceros had been born at the park. All photographs were taken in the park. Those listed in italics contain more than 5000 animals Burford Burford ( / ˈ b ɜːr f ər d / )

1608-560: The Oxfordshire Guardian and Witney Gazette . The Bridge Magazine is a local community magazine produced by and for the people of Burford and surrounding villages in West Oxfordshire. Local legend tells of a fiery coach containing the judge and local landowner Sir Lawrence Tanfield of Burford Priory and his wife flying around the town that brings a curse upon all who see it. Ross Andrews speculates that

1675-572: The Banbury mutiny is commemorated as 'Levellers Day'. Burford has twice had a bell foundry : one run by the Neale family in the 17th century and another run by the Bond family in the 19th and 20th centuries. Henry Neale was a bell founder between 1627 and 1641 and also had a foundry at Somerford Keynes in Gloucestershire . Edward Neale had joined him as a bell-founder at Burford by 1635 and continued

1742-471: The Bredgar and Wormshill Light Railway in 2010, where it has been restored to original condition and renamed Bicknor . The engine Otis was built for Cotswold Wildlife Park Railway (the first purpose-built locomotive) by Alan Keen Ltd in 1985. It returned to the builder in 2023 for a major overhaul, including the replacement of the diesel engine and transmission, and remains in service. The primary engine

1809-689: The Dissolution of the Monasteries by King Henry VIII . The modern priory building was constructed some 40 years later, in around 1580. The town centre's most notable building is the Church of St John the Baptist , a Church of England parish church , which is a Grade I listed building . Described by David Verey as "a complicated building which has developed in a curious way from the Norman ", it

1876-536: The baroque-style townhouse that is now Burford Methodist Church . Between the 14th and 17th centuries Burford was important for its wool trade. The Tolsey , midway along Burford's High Street, which was once the focal point for trade, is now a museum. The authors of Burford: Buildings and People in a Cotswold Town (2008) argue that Burford should be seen as less a medieval town than an Arts and Crafts town. A 2020 article in Country Life magazine summarized

1943-858: The River Windrush. During droughts locals would fill the river from buckets to ensure that the bottle did not rise above the surface and free the spirit. Burford is the main setting for The Wool-Pack , a historical novel for children by Cynthia Harnett . The author J. Meade Falkner , best known for the novel Moonfleet , is buried in the churchyard of St John the Baptist. Burford was referred to as Beorgford in The Saxon Stories by Bernard Cornwell . Bogie A bogie ( / ˈ b oʊ ɡ i / BOH -ghee ) (or truck in North American English) comprises two or more wheelsets (two wheels on an axle ), in

2010-530: The Virgin , a community of Church of England nuns. In 1987, n declining numbers, it became a mixed community including Church of England Benedictine monks . In 2008 the community relocated and sold the property which is now a private dwelling. A Time Team excavation of the Priory in 2010 found pottery sherds from the 12th or 13th century. On 17 May 1649, three soldiers who were Levellers were executed on

2077-600: The West Saxons, then tributary to the Mercians, not being able to endure any longer the cruelty and base exactions of King Æthelbald, met him in the open field with an army and beat him, taking his standard, which was a portraiture of a golden dragon." The origin of the golden dragon standard is attributed to that of Uther Pendragon , the father of King Arthur of whom Geoffrey of Monmouth wrote: [Uther Pendragon] "... ordered two dragons to be fashioned in gold, in

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2144-664: The animals. The bamboo grows well here because of regular mulching of rhino manure. There is prairie-style planting around the rhino paddock to echo the African plains. The remains of a huge cedar of Lebanon in the Adventure Playground now supports the children's tree house and slide. As of October 2006, the Cotswold Wildlife Park holds 40 species, which are part of either an ESB (European Studbook ) or EEP ( European Endangered Species Programme ). It

2211-406: The anniversary of the battle. Camden wrote: "There has been a custom in the town of making a great dragon yearly, and carrying it up and down the streets in great jollity on St John's Eve ". The field traditionally claimed to be that of the battle is still called Battle Edge . According to Reverend Francis Knollis' description of the discovery, "On 21 November 1814 a large freestone sarcophagus

2278-401: The apparition may have been caused by a local tradition of burning effigies of the unpopular couple that began after their deaths. In real life Tanfield and his second wife Elizabeth Evans are known to have been notoriously harsh to their tenants. The visitations were reportedly ended when local clergymen trapped Lady Tanfield's ghost in a corked glass bottle during an exorcism and cast it into

2345-536: The bogies, but the floor of the car may be lower between bogies, such as for a bilevel rail car to increase interior space while staying within height restrictions , or in easy-access, stepless-entry, low-floor trains. Key components of a bogie include: The connections of the bogie with the rail vehicle allow a certain degree of rotational movement around a vertical axis pivot (bolster), with side bearers preventing excessive movement. More modern, bolsterless bogie designs omit these features, instead taking advantage of

2412-447: The brass-rubbing centre; the drawing room is used for meetings, exhibitions and conferences; the library is now a bar area; the original kitchen has been turned into a storeroom and a self-contained flat; and other rooms are used as administration and maintenance offices, storerooms and staff accommodation. Even the maze of cellars is used for hibernating certain species from the reptile collection. The old stables and other out-buildings now

2479-697: The building. It was remodelled in Jacobean style , probably after 1637, by which time the estate had been bought by William Lenthall , Speaker of the House of Commons in the Long Parliament . After 1912 the house and later the chapel were restored for the philanthropist Emslie John Horniman , MP, by the architect Walter Godfrey . From 1949 Burford Priory housed the Society of the Salutation of Mary

2546-599: The business until 1685. Numerous Neale bells remain in use, including at St Britius, Brize Norton , St Mary's, Buscot , and St James the Great, Fulbrook . A few Neale bells that are no longer rung are displayed in Burford parish church. Henry Bond had a bell foundry at Westcot from 1851 to 1861. He then moved it to Burford where he continued until 1905. He was then succeeded by Thomas Bond, who continued bell-founding at Burford until 1947. Bond bells still in use include four of

2613-437: The carriages were painted in a two-tone livery of beige and cream. The coaches were replaced with new vehicles supplied by Alan Keef Ltd , maintaining the original beige livery, with a cream relief band. These new coaches were subsequently upgraded, with new doors. Four coaches are in service - a 20 seat saloon, two with 16 seats and a guard’s compartment, and one with 16 seats plus a wheelchair accessible compartment. The line

2680-454: The community's recent history: "Burford, similarly, had bustled during the coaching era, but coaching inns such as Ramping Cat and the Bull were diminished or closed when the railways came. Agriculture remained old-fashioned, if not Biblical, and was badly affected by the long agricultural depression that started in the 1870s. The local dialect was so thick that, in the 1890s, Gibbs had to publish

2747-484: The crossing of a river. The 2011 Census recorded the population of Burford parish as 1,422. The town began in the middle Saxon period with the founding of a village near the site of the modern priory building. This settlement continued in use until just after the Norman Conquest of England when the new town of Burford was built. On the site of the old village a hospital was founded which remained open until

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2814-453: The current station round the manor house to a second station beside the giant tortoise enclosure. It opened officially on 27 April 1975, with the first passengers carried following an opening ceremony by Dr Desmond Morris. The original locomotive was a red-liveried steam-outline four-wheel diesel engine. Passengers travelled in bogie carriages of over-sized width, with transverse bench seating, clerestory roofs, and end balconies for loading;

2881-413: The edge of the woods between the owl aviaries and the Walled Garden, which is equipped with wooden platforms (one each for boarding and alighting passengers), two large waiting shelters, a staff room, and a large booking office. Tickets for train travel are purchased separately from park admission tickets. Construction of the railway began in 1974, with the end-to-end line arranged in a horseshoe shape from

2948-591: The end Æthelhum, the Mercian standard-bearer who carried the flag with a golden dragon on it, was killed by the lance of his Saxon rival. The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle records "A.D 752. This year Cuthred , king of the West Saxons, in the 12th year of his reign, fought at Burford, against Æthelbald king of the Mercians, and put him to flight." The historian William Camden (1551–1623) wrote "... in Saxon Beorgford [i.e. Burford], where Cuthred, king of

3015-419: The exclusion of air from the sarcophagus." The coffin is now preserved in Burford churchyard, near the west gate. "Whose fame is in that dark green tomb? Four stones with their heads of moss stand there. They mark the narrow house of death. Some chief of fame is here! Raise the songs of old! Awake their memory in the tomb." – Ossian Burford County Primary School is the town's primary school. Burford School ,

3082-541: The fact of the Synod being held at Burford, that the Britons in some numbers had settled in the town and neighbourhood. This Synod was attended by Æthelred , King of Mercia , and his nephew Berthwald (who had been granted the southern part of his uncle's kingdom); Theodore , Archbishop of Canterbury ; Bosel , Bishop of Worcester ; Seaxwulf , Bishop of Lichfield ; Aldhelm , Abbot of Malmesbury ; and many others. Aldhelm

3149-597: The individual axles to align with curves in addition to the bogie frame as a whole pivoting. For non-radial bogies, the more axles in the assembly, the more difficulty it has negotiating curves, due to wheel flange to rail friction. For radial bogies, the wheel sets actively steer through curves, thus reducing wear at the wheel's flange-to-rail interface and improving adhesion. In the US, radial steering has been implemented in EMD and GE locomotives. The EMD version, designated HTCR,

3216-491: The likeness of the one which he had seen in the ray which shone from that star. As soon as the Dragons had been completed this with the most marvellous craftsmanship – he made a present of one of them to the congregation of the cathedral church of the see of Winchester . The second one he kept for himself, so that he could carry it around to his wars." In the late 16th or early 17th century the people of Burford still celebrated

3283-476: The orders of Oliver Cromwell in the churchyard at Burford following a mutiny started over pay and the prospect of being sent to fight in Ireland. Corporal Church, Private Perkins, and Cornet Thompson were the key leaders of the mutiny and, after a brief court-martial, were put up against the wall in the churchyard at Burford and shot.  The remaining soldiers were pardoned. Each year on the nearest weekend to

3350-528: The planting around the West Terrace, in front of and around the restaurant is more contemporary. In May the front of the restaurant is draped in wisteria flowers. The 'Winter Garden', between the owls and the siamang gibbons is planted with a wide range of perennials, bulbs and woody plants with an emphasis on providing interest in winter. Bamboo is a particular favourite at the park, with over fifty varieties planted. They are cut regularly for browse for

3417-447: The principle of radial steering. The Cleminson system involved three axles, each mounted on a frame that had a central pivot; the central axle could slide transversely. The three axles were connected by linkages that kept them parallel on the straight and moved the end ones radially on a curve, so that all three axles were continually at right angles to the rails. The configuration, invented by British engineer John James Davidge Cleminson,

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3484-464: The regiment which had been commanded by his father. The house was rented out for twenty years to Oxford Regional Hospital Board , until in 1969 John Heyworth decided to open the gardens to the public, and since 1970 the house has been the heart of the Wildlife Park. John Heyworth died on 24 November 2012, and now the managing director is his son Reggie Heyworth. The Walled Garden was originally

3551-418: The reptile and bat houses, classrooms, offices and the quarantine area. The billiard room is now the restaurant kitchen, and its billiard table was turned into the lower tier of the waterfall in the penguin enclosure. The Cotswold Wildlife Park Railway (CWP) is a 2 ft ( 610 mm ) narrow gauge railway operating around the wildlife park. Journeys begin and end at Bradwell Grove Station, located on

3618-643: The ring of six at St John the Evangelist, Taynton , one and a Sanctus bell at St Nicholas, Chadlington and one each at St Mary the Virgin, Chalgrove and St Peter's, Whatcote in Warwickshire . For many years before the 7th century there had been strife between the Celtic Church and the Early Church over the question of when Easter Day should be celebrated. The Britons adhered to

3685-665: The rule laid at the Council of Arles in 314, that Easter Day should be the 14th day of the Paschal moon , even if the moon were on a Sunday. The Roman Church had decided that when the 14th day of the Paschal moon was a Sunday, Easter Day should be the Sunday after. Various Synods were held in different parts of the kingdom with the object of settling this controversy, and one was held for this object at Burford in 685. Monk deduces from

3752-517: The running wheels, as well. The unusually large flanges on the steel wheels guide the bogie through standard railroad switches , and in addition keep the train from derailing in case the tires deflate . To overcome breaks of gauge some bogies are being fitted with variable gauge axles (VGA) so that they can operate on two different gauges. These include the SUW 2000 system from ZNTK Poznań . Radial-steering trucks, also known as radial bogies, allow

3819-541: The sideways movement of the suspension to permit rotational movement. Modern diesel and electric locomotives are mounted on bogies. Those commonly used in North America include Type A , Blomberg , HT-C and Flexicoil trucks. On a steam locomotive , the leading and trailing wheels may be mounted on bogies like Bissel trucks (also known as pony trucks ). Articulated locomotives (e.g. Fairlie , Garratt or Mallet locomotives) have power bogies similar to those on diesel and electric locomotives. A rollbock

3886-421: The then-fashionable Georgian Gothic style. This followed the example of Strawberry Hill , Horace Walpole 's masterpiece at Twickenham. The house replaced an original 17th-century Jacobean residence, part of which was incorporated into the north service wing. Hervey also planted a great number of trees in the park, many of which can still be seen including a huge wellingtonia tree on the west lawn. This tree

3953-471: The tighter curves found on tramways mean tram bogies almost never have more than two axles. Furthermore, some tramways have steeper gradients and vertical as well as horizontal curves, which means tram bogies often need to pivot on the horizontal axis, as well. Some articulated trams have bogies located under articulations, a setup referred to as a Jacobs bogie . Often, low-floor trams are fitted with nonpivoting bogies; many tramway enthusiasts see this as

4020-419: The weight rests on the driving axle. The retractable stadium roof on Toronto's Rogers Centre used modified off-the-shelf train bogies on a circular rail. The system was chosen for its proven reliability. Rubber-tyred metro trains use a specialised version of railway bogies. Special flanged steel wheels are behind the rubber-tired running wheels, with additional horizontal guide wheels in front of and behind

4087-426: Was discovered near Battle Edge 3 feet (0.91 m) below ground, weighing 16 long hundredweight (1,800 lb; 810 kg) with the feet pointing almost due south. The interior is 6 feet (1.8 m) long and 2 feet 2 inches (0.66 m) wide. It was found to contain the remains of a human body, with portions of a leather cuirass studded with metal nails. The skeleton was found in near perfect state due to

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4154-522: Was extended and upgraded from 2006-2007, with the track extended between the two stations to complete the circuit, and Bradwell Grove Station extensively rebuilt. The station and the extended line were officially opened by the local MP , the Rt. Hon. David Cameron , on 5 May 2007. All four locomotives to have operated on the line have been diesel powered, but with steam outline (S/O) appearance, to resemble steam engines. The livery for locomotives, originally red,

4221-773: Was first granted a patent in the UK in 1883. The system was widely used on British narrow-gauge rolling stock, such as on the Isle of Man and Manx Northern Railways . The Holdfast Bay Railway Company in South Australia , which later became the Glenelg Railway Company, purchased Cleminson-configured carriages in 1880 from the American Gilbert & Bush Company for its 1600 mm ( 5 ft 3 in ) broad-gauge line. An articulated bogie

4288-870: Was made standard equipment for the SD70 series , first sold in 1993. The HTCR in operation had mixed results and relatively high purchase and maintenance costs. EMD subsequently introduced the HTSC truck, essentially the HTCR stripped of radial components. GE introduced their version in 1995 as a buyer option for the AC4400CW and later Evolution Series locomotives. However, it also met with limited acceptance because of its relatively high purchase and maintenance costs, and customers have generally chosen GE Hi-Ad standard trucks for newer and rebuilt locomotives. A 19th century configuration of self-steering axles on rolling stock established

4355-556: Was not successful, but Chapman built a more successful locomotive with two gear-driven bogies in 1814. The bogie was first used in America for wagons on the Quincy Granite Railroad in 1829. The first successful locomotive with a bogie to guide the locomotive into curves while also supporting the smokebox was built by John B. Jervis in 1831. The concept took decades before it was widely accepted but eventually became

4422-499: Was ordered at this conference to write a book against the error of the Britons in the observance of Easter. At this Synod Berthwald gave 40 cassates of land (a cassate is enough land to support a family) to Aldhelm who afterwards became Bishop of Shereborne. According to Spelman, the notes of the Synod were published in 705. Malmesbury and other chroniclers record a battle between the West Saxons and Mercians at Burford in 752. In

4489-568: Was ranked sixth in Forbes magazine's list of "Europe's Most Idyllic Places To Live". Local news and television programmes are provided by BBC South and ITV Meridian . Television signals are received from the Oxford TV transmitter. Local radio stations are BBC Radio Oxford , Heart South , Greatest Hits Radio South (formerly Jack FM ) and Witney Radio, a community-based station which broadcast from Witney . The town's local newspapers are

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