Giant Tortoise

Giant Tortoise is a building in Shilton, West Oxfordshire District, England. Giant Tortoise is situated nearby to the grassland Anniversary Lawn, as well as near the garden Red Pandas.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Cotswold Wildlife Park and Church of St Mary.

Cotswold Wildlife Park

Zoo

Photo: ciukes, CC BY 2.0.

The Cotswold Wildlife Park & Gardens exhibits over 260 different species of animals. The park is set in 160 acres of landscaped parkland and gardens 2 miles south of Burford, on the A361, Oxfordshire, England. Around 350,000 people visited the park in 2012. Cotswold Wildlife Park is situated 710 feet south of Giant Tortoise.

Church of St Mary

Church

Photo: Tom Robinson, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Church of St Mary is situated 1½ miles northwest of Giant Tortoise.

Church of the Holy Rood

Church

Photo: John Salmon, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Church of the Holy Rood is situated 1½ miles east of Giant Tortoise.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Holwell and Signet.

Holwell

Village

Photo: Jonathan Billinger, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Holwell is a village and civil parish about 2 miles south of Burford in West Oxfordshire. The 2001 Census recorded the parish's population as 17.

Signet

Hamlet

Signet is a hamlet on the A361 road just over 1 mile south of Burford in Oxfordshire, England. Until 1954 Signet was part of the civil parish of Upton and Signet, which was absorbed into Burford to create the civil parish of Burford and Upton and Signet.

Westwell

Village

Photo: Tom Robinson, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Westwell is a small village and civil parish about 2 miles southwest of the market town of Burford in Oxfordshire. It is the westernmost village in the county, close to the border with Gloucestershire.

Giant Tortoise

Type: Building
Location: Shilton, West Oxfordshire District, Oxfordshire, South East England, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

51.77303° or 51° 46′ 23″ north

Longitude

-1.65448° or 1° 39′ 16″ west

Open location code

9C3WQ8FW+66

OpenStreetMap ID

way 166173567

OpenStreetMap feature

building=yes

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