River Cherwell
The River Cherwell is a tributary of the River Thames in central England. It rises near Hellidon, Northamptonshire and flows southwards for 40 miles to meet the Thames at Oxford in Oxfordshire.Photo: Rob Brewer, CC BY-SA 2.0.
- Type: Stream
- Description: tributary of the River Thames in central England
- Also known as: “Cherwell”
Places of Interest
Highlights include St Hugh’s College and St Antony’s College.
St Hugh’s College
University
Photo: Nigel Cox, CC BY-SA 2.0.
St Hugh's College is a constituent college of the University of Oxford. It is located on a 14.5-acre site on St Margaret's Road, to the north of the city centre.
St Antony’s College
University
Photo: Janet McKnight, CC BY 2.0.
St Antony's College is a constituent college of the University of Oxford in England. Founded in 1950 as the result of the gift of French merchant Sir Antonin Besse of Aden, St Antony's specialises in international relations, economics, politics, and area studies relative to Europe, Russia, former Soviet states, Latin America, the Middle East, Africa, Japan, China, and South and South East Asia.
Somerville College
University
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Somerville College is a constituent college of the University of Oxford in England. It was founded in 1879 as Somerville Hall, one of its first two women's colleges.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Park Town and Norham Manor.
Park Town
Neighborhood
Photo: Jpbowen, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Park Town is a small residential area in central North Oxford, a suburb of Oxford, England. It was one of the earliest planned suburban developments in the area and most of the houses are Grade II listed.
Norham Manor
Quarter
Photo: Jpbowen, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Norham Manor estate is a residential suburb in Oxford, England. It is part of central North Oxford. To the north is Park Town with its crescents, to the east is the River Cherwell, to the south are the University Parks and to the west is Walton Manor, on the other side of Banbury Road.
Waterways
Neighborhood
Photo: Bill Boaden, CC BY-SA 2.0.
The Waterways is housing estate in North Oxford, England. The Oxford Canal runs through the centre of the estate and it is bounded on the east by the Cherwell Valley railway line.
River Cherwell
- Categories: river and body of water
- Location: England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Satellite Map
Discover River Cherwell from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
In Other Languages
From Belarusian to Western Panjabi—“River Cherwell” goes by many names.
- Belarusian: “Чэруэл”
- Cebuano: “River Cherwell”
- Chinese: “切維爾河”
- Chinese: “切维尔河”
- Chinese: “查韋爾河”
- Chinese: “查韦尔河”
- Dutch: “Cherwell”
- Finnish: “Cherwell”
- Finnish: “Cherwelljoki”
- French: “Cherwell”
- German: “Cherwell”
- German: “River Cherwell”
- Greek: “Τσέργουελ”
- Hebrew: “נהר הצ’רוול”
- Hindi: “चारवेल नदी”
- Indonesian: “Sungai Cherwell”
- Japanese: “チャーウェル川”
- Macedonian: “Чарвел”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Cherwell”
- Persian: “رودخانه چرول”
- Polish: “Cherwell”
- Russian: “Чаруэлл”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Cherwell”
- Slovenian: “Cherwell”
- Spanish: “Cherwell”
- Swedish: “River Cherwell”
- Turkish: “Cherwell Nehri”
- Ukrainian: “Чарвелл”
- Welsh: “Afon Cherwell”
- Western Panjabi: “چرول دریا”
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Walton Manor and Summertown.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Radcliffe Infirmary and Acland Hospital The.
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