J.R.R. Tolkien

J.R.R. Tolkien is a memorial in Oxford, Oxfordshire, England. J.R.R. Tolkien is situated nearby to St Andrew’s Church, as well as near Bishop’s Garden.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Wolfson College and St Andrew’s Church.

Wolfson College

University

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Wolfson College is a constituent college of the University of Oxford in England. Wolfson is a graduate college, with particular strengths in areas like global health, environmental studies, economics, and humanities. Wolfson College is situated 1,300 feet east of J.R.R. Tolkien.

St Andrew’s Church

Church

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St Andrew's Church, Oxford is an evangelical Church of England parish church in Oxford, England. It was consecrated in 1907 and is located on the southeast corner of Linton Road and Northmoor Road in the suburb of North Oxford. St Andrew’s Church is situated 490 feet southeast of J.R.R. Tolkien.

St Hugh’s College

University

Photo: Nigel Cox, CC BY-SA 2.0.

St Hugh's College is a constituent college of the University of Oxford. It is located on a 14.5-acre site on St Margaret's Road, to the north of the city centre. St Hugh’s College is situated 1,900 feet south of J.R.R. Tolkien.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Park Town and Norham Manor.

Park Town

Neighborhood

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Park Town is a small residential area in central North Oxford, a suburb of Oxford, England. It was one of the earliest planned suburban developments in the area and most of the houses are Grade II listed.

Norham Manor

Quarter

Photo: Jpbowen, CC BY-SA 3.0.

The Norham Manor estate is a residential suburb in Oxford, England. It is part of central North Oxford. To the north is Park Town with its crescents, to the east is the River Cherwell, to the south are the University Parks and to the west is Walton Manor, on the other side of Banbury Road.

Summertown

Suburb

Photo: Sarah Charlesworth, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Summertown in North Oxford is a suburb of Oxford, England. Summertown is a one-mile square residential area, north of St Giles, the boulevard leading out of Oxford's city centre.

J.R.R. Tolkien

Type: Memorial
Inscription: “J.R.R. TOLKIEN Author of The Lord of the Rings Lived here 1930-1947”
Category: historic site
Location: Oxford, Oxfordshire, South East England, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

51.77105° or 51° 46′ 16″ north

Longitude

-1.26023° or 1° 15′ 37″ west

Operator

Oxfordshire Blue Plaques Board

Open location code

9C3WQPCQ+CW

OpenStreetMap ID

node 2383701916

OpenStreetMap feature

historic=memorial

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