Amenities
Burford County Primary School is the town's primary school. Burford School, a mixed comprehensive school, is the town's secondary school. The primary school fete, held every summer, includes a procession (including a dragon) down High Street to the school, where there are stalls and games.
The Blue Cross National Animal Welfare Charity is based at Burford.
Burford was recently twinned with Potenza Picena, a small town in the Marche, on the Adriatic coast of Italy.
In April 2009 Burford was ranked sixth in Forbes Magazine's list of "Europe's Most Idyllic Places To Live".
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