Oxford
Oxford is a locality in Oxfordshire, South East England, England. Oxford is situated nearby to the neighborhood Headington Hill, as well as near the quarter Grandpont.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest
Highlights include Somerville College and Balliol College.
Somerville College
University
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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.
Balliol College
University
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Balliol College is a constituent college of the University of Oxford, England. Founded in 1263 by nobleman John I de Balliol, it has a claim to be the oldest college in Oxford and the English-speaking world.
Oxford University Museum of Natural History
Museum
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The Oxford University Museum of Natural History is a museum displaying many of the University of Oxford's natural history specimens, located on Parks Road in Oxford, England.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Oxford and Sandford-on-Thames.
Oxford
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Oxford is the oldest university city in the United Kingdom, some 50 miles to the west of the capital London in its own county of Oxfordshire, on the rivers Thames and Cherwell.
Sandford-on-Thames
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Sandford-on-Thames is a village in Oxfordshire, just south of Oxford. It combines the charming peace of a small old-English village with easy access to the nearby city centre, making it a pleasant base from where to explore both Oxford and the surrounding English landscapes.
Cowley
Suburb
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Cowley is a residential and industrial area in Oxford, in the county of Oxfordshire, England. Cowley's neighbours are Rose Hill and Blackbird Leys to the south, Headington to the north and the villages of Horspath and Garsington across fields to the east.
Oxford
- Type: Locality with 161,000 residents
- Also known as: “Oxford District”
- Location: Oxfordshire, South East England, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
51.7532° or 51° 45′ 11″ northLongitude
-1.2385° or 1° 14′ 19″ westPopulation
161,000Elevation
203 feet (62 metres)Open location code
9C3WQQ36+7HGeoNames ID
7290621
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