Let's move to Banbury, Oxfordshire | Money | The Guardian

Let's move to Banbury, Oxfordshire | Money | The Guardian

What's going for it? I'd never thought of Let's Move To… Banbury. Not very Guardian. Its position by the M40 and just shy of the Cotswolds means it attracts the more intrepid breed of posh commuters, the kind who find London so despicable they'd rather sit in a car for 75 minutes than face Acton. As a result, the town's acquired a middle-aged spread of executive homes and Lexuses. But, do you know, it's rather nice. I'm not sure whether the execs have ever left their Lexuses to pop into Horsefair to buy a banbury cake (like a chorley, only thinner; like an eccles, only oval), but they should. The centre's all higgledy-piggledy, with alleys, decent independent shops and a hefty market on Thursdays and Saturdays. They should chill out on a sunny evening down at the canal, too. Hell, they could even don a pair of leather trousers, buy a lute and rock out to Fairport Convention's Cropredy Convention in August. Ew, except UB40 are headlining this year. Stay in the car, chaps.

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