Thame (England)

Thame (pronounced like tame) is a town in Oxfordshire.

Understand
The Birdcage
Phoenix Trail

Thame is a small town lying on the River Thame. Habitation at the site dated back to Anglo-Saxon times and there have been finds of jewellery & pottery.

In 1940 a couple walking their dog inadvertently discovered "the Thame Hoard" (they were looking for a stone to throw for their dog). Maybe not the largest "Hoard" found in the UK, it comprised of five medieval gold rings and ten silver groats (c.1351 – c.1457) and can be seen today in the Ashmolean Museum in Oxford.

Get in

By road

Good link to the M40 motorway, 6 miles on A418 to the W and A418 to Aylesbury 10 miles E.

By train

🌍 Haddenham & Thame Parkway, Thame Rd, Haddenham HP17 8EP (2 miles NE of Thame). A good railway service through Chiltern Railways. (updated Jun 2017)

By bus

Thame is served by the 280 & X8 buses which runs along the A418 from Aylesbury to Oxford.

By bicycle

On foot

Get around
The Phoenix Trail enters Thame

The town is small enough to see on foot.

See
Buttermarket
St Mary Church

Do
  • 🌍 Thame Farmers Market (Weekly Livestock Market), North St, Thame OX9 3FP, ☎ +44 1844 217437, e-mail: . F gates open 7AM, auctions start 10:30AM. Whilst targeted at local farmers and visitors will be unlikely to be wanting to purchase livestock, it can be interesting to watch a rural agricultural livestock auction. (updated Jun 2017)
  • Thame Carnival. Annual, early summer. Parade and all sorts of fun competitions, etc. (updated Jun 2017)
  • 🌍 Tiggywinkles (Wildlife Hospital/Rescue Visitors Centre), Aston Rd Haddenham HP17 8AF (3½ miles E of Thame), ☎ +44 1844 292292, e-mail: . Easter Weekend-end of Sept: daily 10AM-4PM; Oct-Easter: M-F 10AM-4PM. Adult £5.10; children £3.20; under 4 and over 65 - free. (updated Jun 2017)
  • 🌍 Wizz Kids (Children's Indoor Activity Centre), 2-6 Jefferson Way, Thame OX9 3SZ, ☎ +44 1844 217555, e-mail: . M-F 9:30AM-6PM; Sa Su 10AM-6PM. (updated Jun 2017)
  • 🌍 Midsomer Murders Walking Tours, leave from Thame Museum, 79 High St, Thame OX9 3AE. On set days, W tours leave 11AM, Sa tours leave 2:30PM. The town was used extensively for location filming for the UK TV detective series Midsomer Murders. Many Thame landmarks feature in the series. (updated Jun 2017)
  • 🌍 Phoenix Trail (Cycle Path). Between Thame & Princes Risborough, 5 miles (8 km). Being on a dismantled railway, not too many hills! (updated Jun 2017)

Buy

Eat

Drink

Thame has a large number of pubs for a small town.

Sleep

Connect
  • 🌍 Post Office, 3 High St, Thame OX9 2BU. M-Sa 6AM-6:30PM; Su 7AM-4PM. (updated Jun 2017)

Go next
Routes through Thame

Birmingham ← Oxford ←  NW  SE  → High Wycombe → London


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