The River Cherwell rises at Hellidon [Map] in Northamptonshire and travels broadly south passing through, or near, Charwelton, Northamptonshire [Map], which gives the river its name, Woodford Halse, Northamptonshire [Map], West Farndon, Northamptonshire [Map], Cropredy, Oxfordshire [Map] Banbury, Oxfordshire [Map], Twyford Wharf, Oxfordshire [Map], Clifton, Oxfordshire [Map], Somerton, Oxfordshire [Map], Upper Heyford, Oxfordshire [Map] and Lower Heyford, Oxfordshire [Map], Enslow, Oxfordshire [Map], Shipton-on-Cherwell [Map], Hampton Poyle, Oxfordshire [Map] and Islip, Oxfordshire [Map] after which it joins the River Thames south-west of Oxford, Oxfordshire [Map]

Shipton-on-Cherwell [Map] is on the River Cherwell.