Banbury
(at Banbury Cross, which is usually considered the centre).
Wards, neighbourhoods, and suburbs
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Bretch Hill*Calthorpe
*Cherwell Heights
*Easington
*Grimsbury
*Hardwick
*Hanwell Fields (under construction)
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Neithrop*Ruscote
*Timms Estate
*Poets Corner
*College Fields (construction proposed, despite large local opposition)
Banbury has a thriving sporting culture and is home to many teams who play at both local and national levels.
Banbury Rugby Union Football Club play at Bodicote Park, in Bodicote.
Banbury Cricket Club also have their homeground in Bodicote, at the Pavilion.
Banbury is also home to a football team known formally as
Banbury United Football Club who play at the Spencer Stadium located within Banbury, and informally as The Puritans, a reminder of Banbury's strong historical link to Puritanism.
Many of these sporting clubs have close ties with local schools, encouraging children of all abilities to particpate. Blessed George Napier RC Secondary School in Banbury was recently granted specialist status as a sports college.
*A celebrated past resident is the novelist
Anthony Burgess, who taught at the now-defunct Banbury Grammar School for several years during the 1950s.
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John Brooke-Little was a former
officer of arms who lived in Banbury at the end of his life.
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Richie Hawtin – better known as Plastikman – was born in the town in 1970.
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Gordon Ramsay went to local secondary school Drayton in Banbury.
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Larry Grayson was born in Banbury but grew up in
Nuneaton.
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Benjamin Geen was born in Banbury and employed as a staff nurse at the
Horton General Hospital. During December 2003 and January 2004 Geen poisoned 17 patients so he could get a thrill from trying to resuscitate them. He was found guilty of two murders and 15 charges of grievous bodily harm in April 2006.
Sources: the Banbury Guardian newspaper [1], BBC News [2].*
Gary Glitter, born Paul Francis Gadd,
glam rock star and convicted paedophile.
Banbury is
twinned with:
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Hennef,
Germany*
Ermont,
France*
Banbury town council*
A Banbury website*
About Banbury*
Banbury nightlife*
A Banbury community website*
Banbury's online music community*
Banbury school homepage
