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The Oxfordshire Guardian Group was a collection of six
free newspapers Free newspapers are distributed free of charge, often in central places in cities and towns, on public transport, with other newspapers, or separately door-to-door. The revenues of such newspapers are based on advertising. They are published at ...
distributed throughout Oxfordshire in
England England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Wales to its west and Scotland to its north. The Irish Sea lies northwest and the Celtic Sea to the southwest. It is separated from continental Europe b ...
. Launched in July 2011 the papers circulation in Oxfordshire include editions for
Witney Witney is a market town on the River Windrush in West Oxfordshire in the county of Oxfordshire, England. It is west of Oxford. The place-name "Witney" is derived from the Old English for "Witta's island". The earliest known record of it is as ...
& Carterton,
Oxford Oxford () is a city in England. It is the county town and only city of Oxfordshire. In 2020, its population was estimated at 151,584. It is north-west of London, south-east of Birmingham and north-east of Bristol. The city is home to the ...
City, Abingdon,
Didcot Didcot ( ) is a railway town and Civil parishes in England, civil parish in the Ceremonial counties of England, ceremonial county of Oxfordshire and the Historic counties of England, historic county of Berkshire. Didcot is south of Oxford, eas ...
, Wallingford and
Wantage Wantage () is a historic market town and civil parish in Oxfordshire, England. Although within the boundaries of the historic county of Berkshire, it has been administered as part of the Vale of White Horse district of Oxfordshire since 1974. T ...
& Grove. The paper was published by independent publisher Taylor Newspapers and was a sister publication to the '' Basingstoke, Thatcham & Newbury Observer'' group of newspapers. The Oxfordshire Guardian claimed to be the highest circulation newspaper in Oxfordshire. The newspapers closed in May 2018.Oxfordshire Guardian newspaper announces closure
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See also

* ''
South Oxfordshire Courier The ''South Oxfordshire Courier'' was a free newspaper distributed throughout the towns of Abingdon, Wantage, Faringdon, Wallingford and Didcot in Oxfordshire, UK. It was owned by Courier Newspapers (Oxford) Ltd and later Tri-Media Publishin ...
'' * ''
Oxford Journal The ''Oxford Journal'' was a free newspaper distributed throughout the city of Oxford in the county of Oxfordshire, UK. It was published under licence by Taylor Newspapers Ltd (who also publish other free newspapers including the '' Basingstoke ...
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* Free newspapers Newspapers published in Oxfordshire {{UK-newspaper-stub