Boars Hill Reservoir
Boars Hill Reservoir is a waterworks in Wootton, Vale of White Horse District, England. Boars Hill Reservoir is situated nearby to the peak Pickett’s Heath, as well as near the building Youlbury House.Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Jarn Mound and Youlbury House.
Jarn Mound
Jarn Mound is a mound on Boars Hill which was completed in 1931. It was commissioned by Sir Arthur Evans to provide and preserve the view of the "dreaming spires" of Oxford and the surroundings which the poet Matthew Arnold had immortalised in his poem Thyrsis in 1865. Jarn Mound is situated 2,500 feet south of Boars Hill Reservoir.Youlbury House
Building
Photo: TudorTulok, CC0.
Youlbury House is a Grade II listed modernist residence located in Youlbury Woods, near the Youlbury Scout Activity Centre and the hamlet of Boars Hill in Oxfordshire, England. Youlbury House is situated 1,200 feet northwest of Boars Hill Reservoir.
Church of St Peter
Church
Photo: Motacilla, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Church of St Peter is situated 1 mile southwest of Boars Hill Reservoir.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Boars Hill and Chilswell.
Boars Hill
Hamlet
Photo: Derek Harper, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Boars Hill is a hamlet 3 miles southwest of Oxford, straddling the boundary between the civil parishes of Sunningwell and Wootton. It consists of about 360 dwellings spread over an area of nearly two square miles as shown on this map from the long established Boars Hill Association.
Chilswell
Hamlet
Photo: ceridwen, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Chilswell is a small settlement in the parish of Cumnor, Oxfordshire. It lies between the village of South Hinksey and Boars Hill. In 1974, it was transferred from Berkshire.
Henwood
Hamlet
Henwood is a hamlet in the civil parish of Cumnor, in the Vale of White Horse district, in Oxfordshire, England, about 3.5 miles south-west of Oxford. Historically, Henwood was a single farm in the parish of Cumnor.
Boars Hill Reservoir
- Type: Waterworks
- Category: industry
- Location: Wootton, Vale of White Horse District, Oxfordshire, South East England, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
51.72334° or 51° 43′ 24″ northLongitude
-1.30118° or 1° 18′ 4″ westOpen location code
9C3WPMFX+8GOpenStreetMap ID
way 1210790288OpenStreetMap feature
man_made=water_works
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Boars Hill Reservoir and Pickett’s Heath.
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