Lock Wood Island

Lock Wood Island is an island in the River Thames in England just downstream of Nuneham House on the reach above Abingdon Lock. The island sits on a sharp bend in the river.

Photo: Motmit, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Carfax Conduit and Old All Saints Church.

Carfax Conduit

Monument

Photo: Motmit, CC BY-SA 3.0.

The Carfax Conduit was a water conduit that supplied the city of Oxford with water from 1610 until 1869. The conduit ran in an underground lead pipe from a spring on Hinksey Hill above the village of North Hinksey, beneath Seacourt Stream and the River Thames, to a building at Carfax in the centre of Oxford.

Old All Saints Church

Church

Photo: Bill Nicholls, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Old All Saints Church, or Harcourt Chapel, is a redundant Church of England church near the village of Nuneham Courtenay, Oxfordshire, England. It is recorded in the National Heritage List for England as a designated Grade II* listed building, and is under the care of the Churches Conservation Trust.

Radley railway station

Railway station

Photo: William Grimes, Public domain.

Radley railway station serves the villages of Radley and Lower Radley, as well as the town of Abingdon, in Oxfordshire, England. It is on the Cherwell Valley Line between Culham and Oxford, 58 miles 35 chains measured from London Paddington.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Radley and Burcot.

Radley

Village

Photo: Motacilla, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Radley is a village and civil parish about 2 miles northeast of the centre of Abingdon, Oxfordshire. The parish includes the hamlet of Lower Radley on the River Thames.

Burcot

Hamlet

Photo: Shaun Ferguson, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Burcot is a hamlet in the civil parish of Clifton Hampden, in the South Oxfordshire district of Oxfordshire, England. It is on the left bank of the River Thames. In 1931 the parish had a population of 187. Burcot is situated 1½ miles southeast of Lock Wood Island.

Abingdon-on-Thames

Photo: Andrew Gray, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Abingdon-on-Thames is in Oxfordshire on the River Thames about 7 miles south of Oxford. It is a busy market town with a good choice of shops, pubs and restaurants. It sits aside the River Thames and having an attractive County Hall.

Lock Wood Island

Type: Islet
Description: island in the River Thames in England
Categories: river island, forest, locality, and landform
Location: Nuneham Courtenay, South Oxfordshire District, Oxfordshire, South East England, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

51.674° or 51° 40′ 26″ north

Longitude

-1.2292° or 1° 13′ 45″ west

Elevation

187 feet (57 metres)

Open location code

9C3WMQFC+H8

OpenStreetMap ID

way 55754979

OpenStreetMap feature

natural=wood

OpenStreetMap feature

place=islet

GeoNames ID

13284406

Wikidata ID

Q6665262

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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Dutch to German—“Lock Wood Island” goes by many names.

Dutch: “Lock Wood Island”
French: “Lock Wood Island”
German: “Lock Wood Island”

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Localities in the Area

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Lock Wood and Ewer’s Copse.

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