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Banbury, unlike some towns, has attempted to treat the canal as an attraction to be encouraged, rather than an eyesore to be shunned, and an old boatyard has been incorporated into the development as Tooley's Historic Boatyard.
Since July 2000 Banbury has hosted a unique gathering of traditional mock animals, from around the UK, at the annual Banbury Hobby Horse Festival.
The Kraft Foods factory in Banbury has been a major employer in the town since the mid-1960s.
Banbury has rail services run by Chiltern Railways to and Birmingham, both running to London Marylebone via the non-electrified Chiltern Main Line.
Banbury has one of the UK's lowest unemployment rates, dipping as low as 1 % in 2005, although it has since risen due to the recession which began in 2008. with a resultant high demand for labour.
Banbury has two local newspapers:
Banbury has a museum in the town centre near Spiceball Park, replacing the old museum near Banbury Cross.
Within Formula One, two teams have had their base of operations in Banbury, the former Simtek team which competed in the 1994 and 1995 F1 World Championships was based on the Wildmere Industrial Estate, whilst the current Virgin Racing team has it's manufacturing and production facility sited on Thorpe Way Industrial Estate, utilising the building formerly owned by Ascari Cars, a luxury sports car manufacturer.
* Since 1999 bridge 164 on the Oxford Canal in Banbury has borne Tom Rolt's name in commemoration of his book Narrow Boat ( as does the Tom Rolt Centre at the Ellesmere Port section of the National Waterways Museum ).
The town also has three secondary schools-North Oxfordshire Academy, Banbury School and Blessed George Napier Roman Catholic School and Sports College-and a number of primary schools.
Banbury has had several notable mayors over the years since the post was created in 1607.
Banbury has several sporting clubs, most notably Banbury United football club.
* John Craven-BBC Countryfile presenter resides in the Banbury area and has often presented Countryfile stories and features from around the area.
The original custard factory has long ceased to exist, but the larger factory Bird's opened in Gibb Street remains ( production was relocated to Banbury in 1964, along with the factory gates, featuring the company logo ), and has been adapted as the Custard Factory arts centre.
This historic market centre is one of the fastest growing towns in Oxfordshire Development has been favoured by its proximity to junction 9 of the M40 motorway linking it to London, Birmingham and Banbury.
The town has numerous bus services and is connected to major towns and cities including Banbury ( 499, 500 ), Bicester, Buckingham, Towcester, Oxford and Northampton ( 8 ).
Morley has teamed up with The Auteurs ' James Banbury to form the band Infantjoy and in 2005 released an album entitled Where The Night Goes on Sony BMG.
Fairport's Cropredy Convention ( previously Cropredy Festival ) has been held every year since 1974 near Cropredy, a village five miles north of Banbury, Oxfordshire and attracts 20, 000 fans.

Banbury and bus
A bus belonging to Cheney Coaches in Banbury in 2001.
Regular bus services to Stratford upon Avon, Banbury and Leamington Spa are operated by Stagecoach and other independent companies.
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Banbury and service
The unit ran a brief experimental shuttle service between Oxford and Stratford-upon-Avon, via Warwick, Leamington Spa and Banbury, between 2002 and 2003.
A Chiltern Railways train runs into Banbury station on a service from Birmingham Snow Hill to London Marylebone
Banbury is also served by the National Express coach service which runs regular services in and out of Banbury, to and from major UK towns and cities.
Lieutenant-General Fleetwood began to draw together the midland contingents at Banbury, the London trained bands turned out for field service no fewer than 14, 000 strong.
The Stratford-upon-Avon service was transferred to Chiltern Railways in December 2004 with First Great Western Link ceasing to operate beyond Banbury.
On weekends in 2008 during engineering works on the WCML the line was used by Virgin Trains ' Euston-Birmingham International " Blockade Buster " service which ran to Euston via Willesden, Acton Main Line, Ealing Broadway, Greenford, High Wycombe, Banbury and Coventry using pairs of 5-car Voyager sets.

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Quiney was in London again in June, 1601, and in November, when he rode up, as Shakespeare must often have done, by way of Oxford, High Wycombe, and Uxbridge, and home through Aylesbury and Banbury.
From 1881 until 1962, Stow was served by Stow-on-the-Wold railway station which was on the Great Western Railway's Banbury and Cheltenham Direct Railway.
Plaque commemorating Banbury mutiny | three Levellers shot by Oliver Cromwell in Burford.
Shortly afterwards, Cromwell attacked the " Banbury mutineers ", 400 troopers who supported the Levellers and who were commanded by Captain William Thompson.
Barker was cremated at a private humanist funeral at Banbury Crematorium, which was attended only by family and close friends ( his son Adam did not attend as he was wanted by police for questioning over allegations of accessing child pornography via the internet ).
The play starred Michael and Vanessa Redgrave, among others, and was directed by Frith Banbury.
Located in North Oxford and adjacent to the neighbourhood of Jericho, the college was established and expanded by the gradual acquisition of Victorian houses between the Woodstock and Banbury roads.
Its grounds are bounded by Woodstock Road and Banbury Road to the west and east respectively, and Bevington Road to the north.
It is bordered by Banbury Road to the east, Woodstock Road to the west, St Margaret ’ s Road to the north ( the front entrance ) and Canterbury Road to the south ( the back gate ).
This house was situated on the corner of St Margaret's Road and Banbury Road, and was owned by University College.
The leasehold of No 82 Woodstock Road was gifted to the college by Dr Joan Evans in 1924 and No 89 Banbury Road was purchased from Lincoln College for £ 7, 000 in 1927.
The building at 52 Banbury Road, at the junction with Norham Gardens, was designed by Frederick Codd in 1868.
The building at 54 Banbury Road was designed by John Gibbs in 1866, with additions by William Wilkinson and Harry Wilkinson Moore in 1882 – 3.
* Jack Dean in The Tiger and the Horse by Robert Bolt ( which Redgrave also co-presented, directed by Frith Banbury ), Queen's Theatre August 1960
Construction soon started again and by 1778 the canal had reached Banbury.
This made Napton the head of navigation for coal supplies to be forwarded by road to Banbury, Bicester, Woodstock and Oxford until 1777, when the canal reached Fenny Compton which then took over as the transhipment point.
The booking hall and main entrance Banbury station, managed by Chiltern Railways.
The railway engineer John Rennie proposed a railway line from London to Birmingham in 1823, and formed a company to build it by a route through Oxford and Banbury, a route later taken by the Great Western Railway.
Banbury stands at the junction of two ancient roads: Salt Way ( used as a bridle path to the west and south of the town ), its primary use being transportation of salt ; and Banbury Lane, which began near Northampton and is closely followed by the modern 22-mile-long road.
Banbury Castle was built from 1135 by Alexander, Bishop of Lincoln, and survived into the Civil War, when it was besieged.

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