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Blackbird Leys

Blackbird Leys

Blackbird Leys is a civil parish and ward in , England. According to the 2011 census, the population of the ward stood at 6,077. Unlike most parts of the City of Oxford, the area has a civil parish, which was created in 1990.
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  • Type: Suburb with 13,500 residents
  • Description: civil parish and ward in Oxford, England
  • Also known as: “Blackbird Leys (civil parish), Oxfordshire” and “Blackbird Leys, Oxfordshire”
  • Neighbors:

Places of Interest

Highlights include Church of the Holy Family and Kassam Stadium.

Church
Photo: Steve Daniels, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Stadium
Photo: Nigel Cox, CC BY-SA 2.0.
The is the home of Oxford United F.C., and is named after the ground's owner and former chairman of the football club, Firoz Kassam. The was built whilst Oxford United played in Division Two; however, Oxford were relegated to Division Three the season before the new stadium was built and were further relegated to the Conference National in 2005–06.

Stadium
is a greyhound racing and speedway venue in Oxford, located in Sandy Lane, Cowley. As of 2024, greyhound races are held on Monday, Friday and Saturday with speedway meetings held on Wednesday, Thursday and Sunday.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Cowley and Littlemore.

Suburb
Photo: Motacilla, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is a residential and industrial area in , in the county of , England. 's neighbours are Rose Hill and Blackbird Leys to the south, to the north and the villages of and across fields to the east.

Suburb
Photo: Andrew Smith, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is a district and civil parish in , England. The civil parish includes part of . It is about 2+1⁄2 miles southeast of the city centre of Oxford, between Rose Hill, Blackbird Leys, Cowley, and .

Neighborhood
is a major road in Cowley, , , leading from Rose Hill to Cowley Centre. It continues as Between Towns Road.

Blackbird Leys

Latitude
51.72155° or 51° 43′ 18″ north
Longitude
-1.19766° or 1° 11′ 52″ west
Population
13,500
Elevation
226 feet (69 metres)
Open location code
9C3WPRC2+JW
Open­Street­Map ID
node 14191304
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­suburb
Geo­Names ID
13266773
Wiki­data ID
Q2404781
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In Other Languages

From Bengali to Urdu—“Blackbird Leys” goes by many names.
  • Bengali: “ব্ল্যাকবার্ড লেজ”
  • Catalan: “Blackbird Leys”
  • Cebuano: “Blackbird Leys”
  • Chinese: “Blackbird Leys”
  • Chinese: “黑鳥利斯”
  • Chinese: “黑鸟利斯”
  • Dutch: “Blackbird Leys”
  • French: “Blackbird Leys”
  • German: “Blackbird Leys”
  • Greek: “Μπλακμπιρντ Λέις”
  • Gujarati: “બ્લેકબર્ડ લીસ”
  • Irish: “Blackbird Leys”
  • Italian: “Blackbird Leys”
  • Japanese: “ブラックバード・レイズ”
  • Kannada: “ಬ್ಲ್ಯಾಕ್ಬರ್ಡ್ ಲೇಸ್”
  • Korean: “브랙버드 레이스”
  • Lithuanian: “Blakbird Leisas”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Blackbird Leys”
  • Portuguese: “Blackbird Leys”
  • Russian: “Блэкберд-Лейс”
  • Spanish: “Blackbird Leys”
  • Swedish: “Blackbird Leys”
  • Tamil: “பிளாக்பேர்ட் லேய்ஸ்”
  • Telugu: “బ్లాక్ బర్డ్ లేస్”
  • Turkish: “Blackbird Leys”
  • Urdu: “بلیک برڈ لییس”

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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 “Blackbird Leys”. Photo: Nigel Cox, CC BY-SA 2.0.