Headington

Headington is an eastern suburb of , in the county of , England. It is at the top of overlooking the city in the Thames valley below, and bordering to the north-west, to the south, and and Risinghurst to the east.
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  • Type: Suburb
  • Description: suburb of Oxford, Oxfordshire, England, UK
  • Also known as: “Headington, Oxfordshire”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Bury Knowle Park and John Radcliffe Hospital.

Park
Photo: Sarah Charlesworth, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Hospital
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is a large tertiary teaching hospital in , England. It is a part of the Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust and is named after John Radcliffe, an 18th-century physician and Oxford University graduate, who endowed the , the main hospital for Oxford from 1770 until 2007.

University
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, originally known as Ruskin Hall, Oxford, is a higher education institution and part of the University of West London, in , England.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Headington Hill and Barton.

Neighborhood
Photo: BrainVE, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is a hill in the east of , , in the suburb of Headington. The Headington Road goes up the hill leading out of the city. There are good views of the spires of Oxford from the hill, especially from the top of .

Suburb
Photo: David Hawgood, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is a village and suburb of , in , . It is 3 miles east of the centre of Oxford, just outside the Oxford Ring Road. It is near to Headington, Risinghurst and .

Quarter
Photo: Des Blenkinsopp, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is a suburb in northeast , , just inside the Oxford ring road. It is near and the . It mainly consists of social housing built by Oxford City Council in the 1950s, though many houses and apartments are now in private ownership.

Headington

Latitude
51.76017° or 51° 45′ 37″ north
Longitude
-1.21093° or 1° 12′ 39″ west
Elevation
318 feet (97 metres)
United Nations Location Code
GB HDG
Open location code
9C3WQQ6Q+3J
Open­Street­Map ID
node 14190971
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­suburb
Geo­Names ID
2647239
Wiki­data ID
Q3090863
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Armenian to Welsh—“Headington” goes by many names.
  • Armenian: “Հեդինգթոն”
  • Catalan: “Headington”
  • Chinese: “黑丁頓”
  • Chinese: “黑丁頓區”
  • Chinese: “黑丁顿”
  • Dutch: “Headington”
  • French: “Headington”
  • German: “Headington”
  • Hebrew: “הדינגטון”
  • Irish: “Headington”
  • Japanese: “ヘディントン”
  • Persian: “هدینگتون”
  • Polish: “Headington”
  • Portuguese: “Headington”
  • Russian: “Хедингтон”
  • Slovenian: “Headington”
  • Swedish: “Headington”
  • Welsh: “Headington”

Places with the Same Name

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Localities in the Area

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