Castrol Technology Centre
The Castrol Technology Centre is a research institute owned by BP in South Oxfordshire, north of Whitchurch-on-Thames.- Type: Industry
- Description: research institute owned by BP
- Also known as: “BP Castrol Technology Centre”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include St John the Baptist, Whitchurch Hill and Whitchurch Lock.
St John the Baptist, Whitchurch Hill
Church
Photo: Bill Nicholls, CC BY-SA 2.0.
St John the Baptist, Whitchurch Hill is situated 2,300 feet north of Castrol Technology Centre.
Whitchurch Lock
Lock
Photo: Nancy, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Whitchurch Lock is a lock and weir on the River Thames in England. It is a pound lock, built by the Thames Navigation Commissioners in 1787. It is on an island near the Oxfordshire village of Whitchurch-on-Thames and is accessible only by boat. Whitchurch Lock is situated 1 mile south of Castrol Technology Centre.
Pangbourne railway station
Railway station
Photo: Chris j wood, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Pangbourne railway station serves the village of Pangbourne in the county of Berkshire, and across the River Thames the village of Whitchurch-on-Thames, in Oxfordshire. Pangbourne railway station is situated 1 mile southwest of Castrol Technology Centre.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Whitchurch Hill and Pangbourne.
Whitchurch Hill
Village
Photo: Pam Brophy, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Whitchurch Hill is a village in the Chiltern Hills in Oxfordshire, about 5.5 miles northwest of Reading, Berkshire, near Whitchurch-on-Thames. The Church of England parish church of Saint John the Baptist was designed by the architect Francis Bacon and built in 1883.
Pangbourne
Village
Photo: Chris j wood, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Reading is a large, historic town in Berkshire in the South East of England. It is one of the largest towns without city status in the United Kingdom with just under 235,000 inhabitants.
Crays Pond
Hamlet
Crays Pond is a hamlet situated in the parish of Goring Heath in South Oxfordshire. Crays Pond is about 2.4 miles northeast of Goring-on-Thames and about 7.0 miles northwest of Reading, Berkshire.
Castrol Technology Centre
Latitude
51.49915° or 51° 29′ 57″ northLongitude
-1.08019° or 1° 4′ 49″ westOpen location code
9C3WFWX9+MWOpenStreetMap ID
way 223053519OpenStreetMap feature
landuse=industrialWikidata ID
Q27958093
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In Other Languages
“Castrol Technology Centre” goes by many names.
- Polish: “Centrum Technologiczne BP Castrol”
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Highlights include Whitchurch Maze and Goring Heath Parish Hall.
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