The battle resulted in a standoff between the forces of King Charles I and the much larger Parliamentarian army under the command of the Earl of Essex.

After the Battle of Edgehill, King Charles captured Banbury and was greeted by cheering crowds as he arrived in Oxford on 29 October.

[6] With the end of the campaigning season close at hand, Charles decided not to press the issue and withdrew after a slight cannonade.

[3] The Parliamentarians secured the battlefield without fully engaging, which was probably fortunate for them, as many of their number had never seen a battle before and were not used to army discipline formations and deployments.

[4] Charles, once more contrary to Rupert's advice, retreated back up the Thames Valley towards Oxford, losing the possible chance for a flanking movement through loyal Kent.

The slightly shorter Royalist line started just south of today's Chiswick Park station and extended southwards to the modern Great West Road.