Thame (England)

Thame (pronounced like tame) is a small town lying on the River Thame in Oxfordshire.

Understand
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.

Visitor information

 * Thame visitor information

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

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

By bicycle

 * The National Byway cycle route passes 2½ miles to the N of the town.

Get around
The town is small enough to see on foot.

Do

 * Rugby Union: Chinnor RFC play in National League One, the third tier. Their home ground is on Kingsey Rd east edge of Thame.

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

Go next

 * Oxford
 * Aylesbury
 * Princes Risborough
 * High Wycombe
 * Bicester