Kennington
Kennington is a village and civil parish in the Vale of White Horse district of Oxfordshire, just south of Oxford. The village occupies a narrow stretch of land between the River Thames and the A34 dual carriageway.Photo: Motacilla, CC BY-SA 3.0.
- Type: Village with 4,130 residents
- Description: village and civil parish in Vale of White Horse, Oxfordshire, England, UK
- Also known as: “Kennington, Oxfordshire” and “Kennington, Oxon”
- Neighbors: Sandford-on-Thames
Places of Interest
Highlights include St Swithun’s Church and Kennington War Memorial, Oxfordshire.
Rose Isle
Islet
Photo: Motmit, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Rose Isle is an island in the River Thames in England just downstream of Kennington Railway Bridge on the reach above Sandford Lock, near Kennington, Oxfordshire.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Sandford-on-Thames and Rose Hill.
Sandford-on-Thames
Photo: Simon Burchell, CC BY-SA 4.0.
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.
Rose Hill
Suburb
Rose Hill is a residential area, with some housing that has been council-owned, on the southern outskirts of Oxford, England. According to the 2021 Census, the population of Rose Hill and the adjoining village of Iffley was 7,100, with 4,000 living within Rose Hill.
Littlemore
Suburb
Photo: Andrew Smith, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Littlemore is a district and civil parish in Oxford, England. The civil parish includes part of Rose Hill. It is about 2+1⁄2 miles southeast of the city centre of Oxford, between Rose Hill, Blackbird Leys, Cowley, and Sandford-on-Thames.
Kennington
- Categories: civil parish and locality
- Location: Kennington, Vale of White Horse District, Oxfordshire, South East England, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
51.71651° or 51° 42′ 59″ northLongitude
-1.24516° or 1° 14′ 43″ westPopulation
4,130Elevation
230 feet (70 metres)Open location code
9C3WPQ83+JWOpenStreetMap ID
node 16342053OpenStreetMap feature
place=villageGeoNames ID
12262597Wikidata ID
Q3407596
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Basque to Welsh—“Kennington” goes by many names.
- Basque: “Kennington (Oxfordshire)”
- Basque: “Kennington”
- Bengali: “কেন্নিংটন”
- Cebuano: “Kennington (parokya)”
- Cebuano: “Kennington”
- Chinese: “Kennington”
- Chinese: “肯宁顿”
- Chinese: “肯寧頓”
- Czech: “Kennington”
- Dutch: “Kennington”
- French: “Kennington”
- German: “Kennington”
- Gujarati: “કેનિંગ્ટન”
- Irish: “Kennington”
- Japanese: “ケニングトン”
- Kannada: “ಕೆನ್ನಿಂಗ್ಟನ್”
- Korean: “케닝턴”
- Ladin: “Kennington (Berkshire)”
- Ladin: “Kennington”
- Lithuanian: “Keningtonas”
- Min Nan Chinese: “Kennington (Oxfordshire)”
- Polish: “Kennington”
- Portuguese: “Kennington”
- Russian: “Кеннингтон”
- Slovak: “Kennington”
- Spanish: “Kennington”
- Swedish: “Kennington (parish)”
- Swedish: “Kennington, Oxfordshire”
- Tamil: “கென்னிங்டன்”
- Telugu: “కెన్నింగ్ టన్”
- Turkish: “Kennington, Oxfordshire”
- Urdu: “کیننینجٹن”
- Welsh: “Kennington, Swydd Rydychen”
- Welsh: “Kennington”
- “Kennington”
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Localities in the Area
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Old St Swithun’s Church and Kennington Village Hall.
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