Kelmscott

Kelmscott is a village and civil parish on the River Thames in West Oxfordshire, about 2 miles east of Lechlade in neighbouring Gloucestershire. Since 2001 it has absorbed Little Faringdon, which had been a separate civil parish.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Kelmscott Manor and Grafton Lock.

Kelmscott Manor

Photo: Boerkevitz, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Kelmscott Manor is a limestone manor house in the Cotswolds village of Kelmscott, in West Oxfordshire, southern England, close to the River Thames. It dates from around 1570, with a late 17th-century wing, and is listed Grade I on the National Heritage List for England.

Grafton Lock

Lock

Photo: Andrew Smith, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Grafton Lock is a lock on the River Thames in Oxfordshire, England. It is on the northern bank between Kelmscott and Radcot, about 1 mile south of the hamlet of Grafton.

Plough Cottage The Plough Inn

Heritage site

Photo: No Swan So Fine, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Plough Cottage The Plough Inn is a heritage site.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Faringdon and Lechlade.

Faringdon

Photo: Daderot, Public domain.

Faringdon is a historic market town in the Vale of White Horse, Oxfordshire, England, 18 miles south-west of Oxford, 10 miles north-west of Wantage and 12 miles east-north-east of Swindon.

Lechlade

Town

Photo: Philip Pankhurst, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Lechlade is a town at the edge of the Cotswolds in Gloucestershire, England, 55 miles south of Birmingham and 68 miles west of London. It is the highest point at which the River Thames is navigable, although there is a right of navigation that continues south-west into Cricklade, in the neighbouring county of Wiltshire. Lechlade is situated 2½ miles west of Kelmscott.

Kelmscott

Type: Locality
Location: West Oxfordshire District, Oxfordshire, South East England, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

51.6935° or 51° 41′ 37″ north

Longitude

-1.6358° or 1° 38′ 9″ west

Elevation

230 feet (70 metres)

Open location code

9C3WM9V7+CM

GeoNames ID

7298371

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