South East England
Oxfordshire
South Oxfordshire District

Whitchurch-on-Thames

Whitchurch-on-Thames is a village and civil parish in the South Oxfordshire district, in , England, on the bank of the , about 5.5 miles northwest of , in close proximity to .
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  • Type: Village with 841 residents
  • Description: village and civil parish in South Oxfordshire district, Oxfordshire, England
  • Also known as: “Whitchurch on Thames”, “Whitchurch-on-Thames, Oxfordshire”, “Whitchurch-on-Thames, Oxon”, “Whitchurch, Oxfordshire”, and “Whitchurch, Oxon”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Beale Wildlife Park and Pangbourne railway station.

Zoo
Photo: Brian Robert Marshall, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is situated by the , between the villages of and in , . It has three main areas of attraction: collections of small exotic animals, farm animals and birds; landscaped gardens and woodlands; and children's play areas.

Railway station
Photo: Chris j wood, CC BY-SA 4.0.
serves the village of in the county of , and across the the village of Whitchurch-on-Thames, in .

Lock
Photo: Nancy, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a lock and weir on the in . It is a pound lock, built by the Thames Navigation Commissioners in 1787. It is on an island near the village of Whitchurch-on-Thames and is accessible only by boat.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Goring and Streatley and Pangbourne.

Photo: Mariegriffiths, CC BY-SA 4.0.
are twin villages in the Chilterns Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty on the boundary of and respectively, in .

Village
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Reading is a large, historic town in in the South East of . It is one of the largest towns without city status in the United Kingdom with just under 235,000 inhabitants.

Village
Photo: Geoff Pick, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is a village and civil parish in , England. Purley is centred 3 miles north-west of , 1 mile east of , and 22 miles south-east of .

Whitchurch-on-Thames

Latitude
51.491° or 51° 29′ 28″ north
Longitude
-1.0853° or 1° 5′ 7″ west
Population
841
Elevation
157 feet (48 metres)
Open location code
9C3WFWR7+CV
Open­Street­Map ID
node 22948611
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­village
Geo­Names ID
7292130
Wiki­data ID
Q2415951
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In Other Languages

From Cebuano to Turkish—“Whitchurch-on-Thames” goes by many names.
  • Cebuano: “Whitchurch-on-Thames”
  • Chinese: “Whitchurch-on-Thames”
  • Dutch: “Whitchurch-on-Thames”
  • French: “Whitchurch-on-Thames”
  • French: “Whitchurch”
  • Irish: “Whitchurch-on-Thames”
  • Japanese: “ウィッチチャーチ＝オン＝テムズ”
  • Ladin: “Whitchurch-on-Thames”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Whitchurch-on-Thames”
  • Polish: “Whitchurch-on-Thames”
  • Swedish: “Whitchurch-on-Thames”
  • Turkish: “Whitchurch-on-Thames”
  • “Whitchurch-on-Thames”

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Localities in the Area

Explore places such as Whitchurch Hill and Path Hill.

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include The Ruth Popper Playground and Whitchurch on Thames Cricket Club.

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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Whitchurch-on-Thames”. Photo: Sealman, Public domain.