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Bicester Aerodrome, formerly RAF Bicester, is a private airfield on the outskirts of the English town of Bicester in Oxfordshire. Dating back to 1916, it is notable as the location of the first flight of the prototype Handley Page Halifax in 1939. It was originally established as a military airfield, used by Royal Air Force until 2004. Historic England notes that Bicester Aerodrome is: "The most complete and strongly representative example of an RAF airbase from the interwar expansion, built as a bomber station as part of the 1920s Home Defence Expansion Scheme."The airfield consists of 400 acres (160 ha) of well-drained short-mown grass, with two mown grass runways of 06/24 (650 m (2,133 ft)) and 16/34 (790 m (2,592 ft)) long. The airfield surface is bumpy in places, due to collapsing field drains, requiring care on the part of pilots operating aircraft in those areas.

Fringford is a village and civil parish in Oxfordshire, about 4 miles (6.4 km) northeast of Bicester. The parish is bounded to the east by the Roman road that linked Alchester Roman Town with Roman Towcester, to the south by a brook that joins the River Bure, to the north mostly by a brook that is a tributary of the River Great Ouse, and to the west by field boundaries. Fringford village is in the north of the parish, surrounded on two sides by a bend in the tributary of the Great Ouse. The 2011 Census recorded the parish's population as 602.

Launton railway station served the village of Launton in Oxfordshire. It was on the Varsity Line between Bletchley and Oxford. The station opened in 1850; British Railways closed Launton station, and withdrew passenger services at the end of 1967.

The Bicester Motion fire broke out at around 18:39 BST on 15 May 2025, at Hangar 79 at the Bicester Motion site on Bicester Airfield in Bicester, Oxfordshire. As of August 2025, the cause of the fire is unknown, with Thames Valley Police's Major Crime Unit continuing to investigate. The hangar held various vintage vehicles, including a Bedford 1960's mobile cinema bus, a 1968 Bristol RELH Red & White coach, and a Thirstywagon 1920's mobile bar. The fire killed three people – firefighters Jennie Logan and Martyn Sadler, and a member of the public, Bicester businessman and "close friend of the site" David Chester. Two other firefighters were taken to hospital with serious injuries, and have since been discharged. Tributes were paid to those who died, including church services and a moment of silence.

The Cooper School is a co-educational secondary school and sixth form with academy status, located in the northern side of Bicester, Oxfordshire.

Hethe is a village and civil parish about 4.5 miles (7.2 km) north of Bicester in Oxfordshire, England.

Shelswell is a hamlet in Oxfordshire about 4 miles (6.4 km) south of Brackley in neighbouring Northamptonshire.

Launton is a village and civil parish on the eastern outskirts of Bicester, Oxfordshire, England. The 2011 Census recorded the parish's population as 1,204.

Newton Purcell with Shelswell is a civil parish in Oxfordshire, England. It was formed in 1932 by merger of the parishes of Newton Purcell (grid reference SP6230) and Shelswell (grid reference SP6030).

Bainton is a hamlet comprising a cluster of farms in the civil parish of Stoke Lyne, about 3 miles (5 km) north of the centre of Bicester.

Bicester North ( BIST-ər) is a station on the Chiltern Main Line, one of two stations serving Bicester in Oxfordshire. Services operated by Chiltern Railways run south to London Marylebone and north to Banbury, Birmingham Snow Hill and Stratford-upon-Avon. Bicester North is one of Bicester's two stations. The other is Bicester Village on the Oxford to London Marylebone Line.

Caversfield is a village and civil parish about 1+1⁄2 miles (2.4 km) north of the centre of Bicester. In 1844 Caversfield became part of Oxfordshire, but until then it was always an exclave of Buckinghamshire. The 2011 Census recorded the parish's population as 1,788.