LW579 51 Squadron memorial
LW579 51 Squadron memorial is a historic site in Lewknor, South Oxfordshire District, England. LW579 51 Squadron memorial is situated nearby to the forest Cowleaze Wood, as well as near White’s Wood.Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Chiltern Hills and Cowleaze Wood.
Chiltern Hills
The Chiltern Hills span the area between Wessex in the South West and Hitchin in Hertfordshire - across much of Buckinghamshire and Bedfordshire. These rolling hills feature swathes of habitat-rich grassland, broken up by ancient beech, ash and box woodland.
Cowleaze Wood
Forest
Photo: Roger Cornfoot, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Cowleaze Wood is a 70-acre woodland in the Chiltern Hills, a chalk ridge in South East England. The wood is in the civil parish of Lewknor, in Oxfordshire, about 1+1⁄4 miles southeast of the village.
Garsington Opera
Theater building
Garsington Opera is an annual summer opera festival founded in 1989 by Leonard Ingrams. The Philharmonia Orchestra and The English Concert are its two resident orchestras. Garsington Opera is situated 1 mile southeast of LW579 51 Squadron memorial.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Lewknor and Christmas Common.
Lewknor
Village
Photo: UKgeofan, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Lewknor is a village and civil parish about 5 miles south of Thame in Oxfordshire. The civil parish includes the villages of Postcombe and South Weston. The 2011 Census recorded the parish's population as 663.
Christmas Common
Hamlet
Photo: Andrew Smith, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Christmas Common is a hamlet in Watlington civil parish, Oxfordshire about 7+1⁄2 miles south of Thame in Oxfordshire, close to the boundary with Buckinghamshire. Christmas Common is situated 1½ miles southwest of LW579 51 Squadron memorial.
Shirburn
Hamlet
Photo: ChurchCrawler, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Shirburn is a village and civil parish about 6 miles south of Thame in Oxfordshire. It contains the Grade I listed, 14th-century Shirburn Castle, along with its surrounding, Grade II listed park, and a parish church, the oldest part of which is from the Norman period. Shirburn is situated 2 miles west of LW579 51 Squadron memorial.
LW579 51 Squadron memorial
- Type: Tourist attraction
- Categories: tourism, historic site, and memorial
- Location: Lewknor, South Oxfordshire District, Oxfordshire, South East England, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
51.65428° or 51° 39′ 15″ northLongitude
-0.94712° or 0° 56′ 50″ westOpen location code
9C3XM333+P5OpenStreetMap ID
node 6441388731OpenStreetMap feature
historic=memorialOpenStreetMap feature
tourism=attraction
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Highlights include White’s Wood and Bald Hill.
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