Buckland is a village and civil parish about c.4m northeast of market towns Faringdon and c.8m west of Wantage, in the Vale of White Horse District. Buckland is an estate village, originally created to house those working at Buckland House. The River Thames forms the northern boundary of the parish, just over 1 mile (1.6 km) north of the village. The village benefits from a large Georgian stately home or manor house called Buckland House, a popular primary school and traditional country pub known as the Lamb Inn. There is a good range of state and private schools and an excellent range of local restaurants, country walks and are attractions. With excellent road access via the A420 Buckland is situated equidistant between Oxford and the commercial centre of Swindon c.16m via the A420, where both also benefit from main line train services to London (Paddington).