Known as the land of 'dreaming spires', Oxfordshire is a mix of university grandeur, up and coming towns and gateways to the nearby Cotswolds.
The main towns include the academic centre of Oxford, the bustling riverside at Henley-on-Thames and the Cotswold influenced Burford and Chipping Norton.
Industry is mainly agricultural but car manufacturing, and paper production are also part of the economy.
This is the part of the world where Winston Churchill was born and a great day out for all the family can be enjoyed at Blenheim Palace.
Kids will also enjoy Cotswold Wildlife Park near Burford and shoppers will be in heaven with a trip to the designer factory outlet retail village at Bicester.
Add to that gentle, rolling countryside and mysterious sites like the 2,000 year old White Horse of Uffington and Oxfordshire has plenty besides academia.
