Grimsbury Reservoir
Grimsbury Reservoir is a relatively small reservoir owned by Thames Water just off Hennef Way, near the Grimsbury estate of Banbury, Oxfordshire. A waterworks was built prior to 1947 and was expanded in the early 1960s, when Grimsbury Reservoir was built.Places of Interest
Highlights include Banbury railway station and Castle Quay Shopping Centre.
Banbury railway station
Railway station
Photo: Andy F, Public domain.
Banbury railway station serves the historic market town of Banbury in Oxfordshire, England. The station is a stop on the Chiltern Main Line; it is operated by Chiltern Railways and has four platforms in use.
Castle Quay Shopping Centre
Shopping center
Photo: Alan Cooper, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Castle Quay Shopping Centre is a shopping centre in the town of Banbury, North Oxfordshire, England. The shopping centre is located in the centre of Banbury by the Oxford Canal, off Castle Street. Banbury Museum and Tooley's Boatyard are also located here.
Tooley’s Boatyard
Museum
Tooley's Boatyard is a dockyard on the Oxford Canal in the centre of the town of Banbury, Oxfordshire, England. The opening of the Oxford Canal from Hawkesbury Junction to Banbury on 30 March 1778 gave the town a cheap and reliable supply of Warwickshire coal.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Middleton Cheney and Overthorpe.
Middleton Cheney
Village
Photo: John Salmon, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Middleton Cheney is a large village and civil parish in West Northamptonshire, England. The village is about 3 miles east of Banbury in Oxfordshire and about 6 miles west-northwest of Brackley.
Overthorpe
Village
Overthorpe is a village and civil parish in West Northamptonshire, about 2 miles east of Banbury in Oxfordshire and 1 mile southeast of junction 11 of the M40 motorway.
Drayton
Village
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Drayton is a village and civil parish in the valley of the Sor Brook in Oxfordshire, about 2 miles northwest of Banbury. The 2011 Census recorded the parish's population as 242.
Grimsbury Reservoir
- Type: Reservoir
- Description: reservoir in Oxfordshire, England, UK
- Category: body of water
- Location: Banbury, Cherwell, Oxfordshire, South East England, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
52.0757° or 52° 4′ 33″ northLongitude
-1.3308° or 1° 19′ 51″ westOpen location code
9C4W3MG9+7MOpenStreetMap ID
way 121084383OpenStreetMap feature
natural=waterOpenStreetMap feature
water=reservoirWikidata ID
Q5609304
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In Other Languages
“Grimsbury Reservoir” goes by many names.
- French: “Grimsbury Reservoir”
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Hanwell View and Grimsbury.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Grimsbury Woodland Nature Reserve and Banbury Power Station.
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