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Guide Price£5,750,000

Lew, Bampton, Oxfordshire, OX18

Land size
68.5 acres

Description

Lower Farm provides a well-established leisure business based around a multi property site at Lew near Bampton and is a superb venue for family holidays, celebrations, stag and hen parties and corporate events.

In all extending to about 68.50 acres (27.72 ha)

For sale by private treaty as a whole.

Location
Lew is 3.5 miles from the market town of Witney and the A40 with Burford 8 miles west and the historic City of Oxford 15 miles east. The property has excellent access to a host of prime Cotswold locations including Daylesford, Chipping Norton, Great Tew and Charlbury.

Amenities
The nearby market town of Witney provides a good range of local shopping and facilities with more comprehensive services available in Oxford. Burford, The Gateway to the Cotswolds, is also only a short 15 minute drive away. The property is surrounded by open countryside, with far reaching views and good connections to a network of footpaths and bridleways. Recreational facilities in the area include Witney Lakes Resort and Spa, with 18 hole golf course, Oxfordshire Outdoor Pursuits offering laser clay shooting and falconry, Huntersfield Equestrian Centre and Hardwick Parks watersports centre. Blenheim Palace is a stones throw away in nearby Woodstock, and racing is available at Cheltenham.

Overview
Set in just under 70 acres (28 ha) of beautiful parkland near Bampton Lower Farm incorporates 10 individual properties of varying sizes and accommodation styles and is a superb venue for family holidays, celebrations, stag and hen parties and corporate events. Larger groups can be accommodated by booking more than one property.

Each property has fast WiFi and includes a private garden with exclusive use of a hot-tub, picnic table with BBQ and are designed to ensure all guests can dine and socialise together, most bedrooms can be set up with single or double beds. All properties are heated with high efficiency electric radiators.

There is a Games Barn to the northerly section of the property which includes pool table, table tennis, air-hockey, table football and sports equipment.

The parkland has three wildlife ponds, streams, vineyard, orchard and a bluebell wood and can be used for activities including Zorbing, ‘Hen/Stag party Olympics’, archery, Laser clay pigeon shooting & team building.

Method of Sale
This property is offered for sale by private treaty as a whole.

Tenure & Possession
Freehold and vacant possession available upon completion.

Planning
The properties have all relevant planning consents for the change of use of the buildings to holiday lets. Further details are available via the planning portal.

Designations
The property is located within Nitrate Vulnerable Zones.

Tupe
There are staff currently employed on the property and Tupe is to be discussed as part of the property sale. Further details available on request.

Services
Barring drainage which is to a private system the property has all mains services connected.

Wayleaves Easements & Rights of Way
The property is sold subject to the benefit of all rights including rights of way, whether public or private, light, support, drainage, water and electricity supplies and other rights and obligations, easements and proposed wayleaves from masts, pylons, stays, cables, drains, water, gas and other pipes whether specifically referred to or not.

A footpath crosses Lower Farm in the north western corner of the property, running in a north easterly direction over the field.

Health & Safety
All viewings are carried out at the sole risk of the viewer and neither the selling agent nor the vendor takes responsibility.

VAT
Any guide prices discussed are exclusive of VAT. In the event that a sale of the property or any lot or part of the property or entitlements become a chargeable supply for the purposes of VAT, such tax will be payable (or becomes payable by the purchaser) in addition to the purchase price.

Local authority
West Oxfordshire District Council

Viewings
With the exception of footpath access viewings are strictly by appointment and to be accompanied by the Selling Agent.

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Property details

Tenure
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Council Tax Band
TBC
Date Posted
2026-07-21

Market Value Analysis

Compared with 4 Holiday Lets listings in South East England (1+ acres).

This Property£83,942 / acre
Holiday Lets Average (1+ acres) £114,033 / acre
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Utilities & Restrictions

Utilities

Electricity
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Water
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Heating
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Broadband
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Sewerage
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Rights & Restrictions

Public Rights of Way
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Private Rights of Way
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Listed status, conservation areas and planning constraints for this location are in the full report.

Property Features

Accessibility
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Parking
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Garden
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Beyond the particulars: planning activity, flood history, heritage and ground risks, checked for this exact spot.

Connectivity

Broadband

Fastest speed available at this postcode

1 Gbps

Gigabit full fibre

Suitable for

  • 4K streaming on every screen
  • Full-time home working
  • Online gaming & big downloads

Mobile signal

CallsDataEE Good GoodO2 Good GoodThree Good GoodVodafone Good Good

Outdoor predictions; indoor signal depends on building materials.

Ofcom Connected Nations postcode-level predictions. Speeds and signal are modelled, not measured, and vary between addresses and providers.

Signal is the easy part. Planning activity, flood history and protected designations here are in the full report.

Nearest Schools

Primary

  • Ducklington Primary School1.7 milesNo Ofsted rating
    Ages
    2 to 11
    Pupils
    190
    Type
    Voluntary controlled school
    Faith
    Church of England
  • Bampton CofE Primary School1.9 milesOfsted: Good
    Ages
    3 to 11
    Pupils
    189
    Type
    Academy converter
    Faith
    Church of England
  • Windrush Church of England Primary School1.9 milesOfsted: Good
    Ages
    2 to 11
    Pupils
    188
    Type
    Free schools
    Faith
    Church of England
  • Our Lady of Lourdes Catholic Primary School, Witney2 milesNo Ofsted rating
    Ages
    2 to 11
    Pupils
    247
    Type
    Academy converter
    Faith
    Roman Catholic
  • Queen Emma's Primary School2.1 milesOfsted: Good
    Ages
    4 to 11
    Pupils
    179
    Type
    Academy converter

Secondary

  • The Henry Box School2.3 milesNo Ofsted rating
    Ages
    11 to 18
    Pupils
    1,027
    Type
    Academy converter
  • Wood Green School3.4 milesNo Ofsted rating
    Ages
    11 to 18
    Pupils
    1,335
    Type
    Academy converter
  • Carterton Community College3.5 milesOfsted report card · Apr 2026
    Ages
    11 to 18
    Pupils
    774
    Type
    Community school
  • Burford School6.2 milesNo Ofsted rating
    Ages
    11 to 18
    Pupils
    1,452
    Type
    Academy converter
  • Bartholomew School6.3 milesOfsted: Outstanding
    Ages
    11 to 18
    Pupils
    1,390
    Type
    Academy converter

Distances are straight-line from the advertised location. Source: the national school registers (DfE, Welsh Government, Scottish Government) and Ofsted.

Schools are just the start: sold prices nearby, planning activity and any flood history are in the full report.

Amenities

Supermarket

Lidl New Close Lane Witney, Ducklington1.8 miles
Little Waitrose Shell Ducklington, Ducklington1.8 miles
Spar - Witney, Witney2 miles

GP surgery

Bampton Surgery2.2 miles

Pharmacy

Bampton Health Care Ltd2.2 miles

Hospital

Witney Community Hospital2.6 miles

Straight-line distances from the advertised location. Sources: NHS records, Geolytix supermarket locations, OS Open Greenspace and the national trails registers.

The area stacks up? Now check the location itself: planning nearby, protected designations and past flooding.

Getting Around

Nearest station

Finstock Rail Station7.1 miles

Nearest bus stop

Holy Trinity Church808 metres

Typical drive times

Witney9 min · 3.7 miles
Burford15 min · 8.3 miles
Carterton11 min · 4.9 miles
Faringdon18 min · 9.6 miles
Oxford (city)33 min · 17 miles

Straight-line distances from the advertised location; drive times are typical free-flow times over OpenStreetMap road data, so allow more at peak. Public transport locations from DfT NaPTAN.

Easy to reach matters. So do planning activity, flood history and ground risks: all in the full report.

Flood Risk

From Environment Agency flood map open data, checked around the advertised map pin and allowing for the listed acreage where known. This summary comes from LandSale, the advertising platform, not from the listing agent, and is not part of the agent's particulars. Risk can vary across a single holding, so verify anything critical through your own searches before committing.

Rivers and the sea

Flood Zone 1Lower risk

Surface water

A 1 in 30 or greater chance each yearHigher risk

The detail behind these bandings

The full report pinpoints where this location sits on the flood maps, and runs the deeper checks that usually only surface after an offer.

  • Exact flood zones & annual chances (included in the full report)
  • Any recorded past flooding (included in the full report)
  • Planning activity nearby (included in the full report)
  • Heritage & conservation (included in the full report)
  • Protected nature designations (included in the full report)
  • Ground risks (included in the full report)
  • Sold prices nearby (included in the full report)

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