Headington Hill
Headington Hill is a hill in the east of Oxford, England, in the suburb of Headington. The Headington Road goes up the hill leading out of the city. There are good views of the spires of Oxford from the hill, especially from the top of South Park.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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Places of Interest
Highlights include South Park and Headington Hill Park.
South Park
Park
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South Park is a park on Headington Hill in east Oxford, England. It is the largest park within Oxford city limits. A good view of the city centre with its historic spires and towers of Oxford University can be obtained at the park's highest point, a favourite location for photographers.
Headington Hill Park
Park
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Headington Hill Park is a park on Headington Hill in the east of Oxford, England. The park is part of the grounds of Headington Hill Hall, previously owned by the Morrell family, bought by Oxford City Council, and leased to Oxford Brookes University since 1992.
University College
University
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University College, formally The Master and Fellows of the College of the Great Hall of the University commonly called University College in the University of Oxford and colloquially referred to as "Univ", is a constituent college of the University of Oxford in England.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Northway and Wood Farm.
Northway
Suburb
Photo: Des Blenkinsopp, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Northway is a suburb in northeast Oxford, England, just inside the Oxford ring road. It is near Marston and the John Radcliffe Hospital. It mainly consists of social housing built by Oxford City Council in the 1950s, though many houses and apartments are now in private ownership.
Wood Farm
Suburb
Wood Farm is a suburb of Oxford, England, 3.5 miles southeast of the city centre. It is mainly made up of social housing built in the 1950s to 1960s, originally to house workers of the nearby car factory. It is near to Headington, Cowley and Morrell Avenue.
Oxford
Photo: Diliff, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Oxford is the oldest university city in the United Kingdom, some 50 miles to the west of the capital London in its own county of Oxfordshire, on the rivers Thames and Cherwell.
Headington Hill
- Type: Neighborhood
- Description: hill and area in Oxford, England, UK
- Categories: hill, suburb, and locality
- Location: Oxford, Oxfordshire, South East England, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
51.75566° or 51° 45′ 20″ northLongitude
-1.22649° or 1° 13′ 35″ westElevation
207 feet (63 metres)Open location code
9C3WQQ4F+7COpenStreetMap ID
node 8622034998OpenStreetMap feature
place=neighbourhood
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In Other Languages
From Chinese to Swedish—“Headington Hill” goes by many names.
- Chinese: “黑丁頓山”
- Dutch: “Headington Hill”
- Swedish: “Headington Hill”
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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 “Headington Hill”. Photo: BrainVE, CC BY-SA 4.0.