Dorchester
Dorchester is a locality in South Oxfordshire District, Oxfordshire, England. Dorchester is situated nearby to the hamlet Overy, as well as near the locality Bridge End.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest
Highlights include Dorchester Abbey and Dorchester Abbey Museum.
Dorchester Abbey
Church
Photo: JohnArmagh, Public domain.
The Abbey Church of St Peter and St Paul, more usually called Dorchester Abbey, is a Church of England parish church in Dorchester on Thames, Oxfordshire, about 8 miles southeast of Oxford.
Dorchester Abbey Museum
Museum
Photo: Colin Smith, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Dorchester Abbey Museum is a local museum in the town of Dorchester, Oxfordshire, England. It is attached to Dorchester Abbey. The museum occupies two buildings on the site of Dorchester Abbey.
Brightwell Barrow
Peak
Photo: Bill Nicholls, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Brightwell Barrow is a Bronze Age round barrow in the civil parish of Brightwell-cum-Sotwell in the English county of Oxfordshire. It lies just under a kilometre from Wittenham Clumps.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Wallingford and Dorchester on Thames.
Wallingford
Photo: Sciencebloke, Public domain.
Wallingford is a market town and civil parish on the River Thames in South Oxfordshire, England, 12 miles north of Reading, 13 miles south of Oxford and 11 miles north west of Henley-on-Thames.
Dorchester on Thames
Village
Photo: Roger Davies, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Dorchester on Thames is an historic village and civil parish in South Oxfordshire, Oxfordshire, England, located about 9 miles southeast of Oxford at the confluence of the River Thames and River Thame.
Berinsfield
Village
Photo: Andrew Smith, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Berinsfield is an English village and civil parish in South Oxfordshire, about 7 miles southeast of Oxford. The 2011 Census recorded the parish population as 2,806.
Dorchester
- Type: Locality
- Location: South Oxfordshire District, Oxfordshire, South East England, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
51.6464° or 51° 38′ 47″ northLongitude
-1.1631° or 1° 9′ 47″ westElevation
164 feet (50 metres)Open location code
9C3WJRWP+HQGeoNames ID
7296992
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