About 850 woman are expected to show their support for cancer research on June 1 by running around one of Oxfordshire's more beautiful landscapes.

Participants in the Race for Life will jog, or walk, 5km around Heythrop Park, near Enstone, to raise money for Cancer Research UK.

It will be the first time a race has taken place at the 440-acre parklands, although Race for Life has been running nationally since 1994.

About 3,000 women, some personally affected by cancer, will take part in an Oxford-based race, through the city's University Parks, on June 15. Last year's race in Oxford raised £190,000.