Swalcliffe is a village and civil parish about 5 miles (8 km) west of Banbury in Oxfordshire.

[1] The toponym "Swalcliffe" comes from the Old English swealwe and clif, meaning a slope or cliff frequented by swallows.

[13] The barn is open free of charge on Sundays from Easter to October and houses part of the Oxfordshire Museum's[14] collection of traditional agricultural and trade vehicles and an exhibition of 2,500 years of Swalcliffe history.

The building has similarities to the tithe barns at Adderbury and Upper Heyford, which also were built for New College around the beginning of the 15th century.

It is a specialist residential and day school for boys aged 11–19 who have needs arising from their Autistic Spectrum conditions.

In day and residential settings, the school emphasises the development of students' communication, independence, self-management and personalised achievement.

[19] On the 8 April 1986 an McAlpine Helicopters Ltd, Aérospatiale AS 355F1 Twin Squirrel (G-BKIH) was flying over Swalcliffe from Pangbourne to Alton Towers when the aircraft engine failed.