Old Observatory
Old Observatory is an observatory in Oxford, Oxfordshire, England. Old Observatory is situated nearby to the pitch Old Parks, as well as near Sherardian Library of Plant Taxonomy.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Oxford University Museum of Natural History and Pitt Rivers Museum.
Oxford University Museum of Natural History
Museum
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The Oxford University Museum of Natural History is a museum displaying many of the University of Oxford's natural history specimens, located on Parks Road in Oxford, England. Oxford University Museum of Natural History is situated 710 feet southwest of Old Observatory.
Pitt Rivers Museum
Museum
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Pitt Rivers Museum is a museum displaying the archaeological and anthropological collections of the University of Oxford in England. The museum is located to the east of the Oxford University Museum of Natural History, and can only be accessed through that building. Pitt Rivers Museum is situated 580 feet southwest of Old Observatory.
St John’s College
University
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St John's College is a constituent college of the University of Oxford. Founded as a men's college in 1555, it has been coeducational since 1979. Its founder, Sir Thomas White, intended to provide a source of educated Roman Catholic clerics to support the Counter-Reformation under Queen Mary. St John’s College is situated 1,400 feet southwest of Old Observatory.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Norham Manor and Park Town.
Norham Manor
Quarter
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The Norham Manor estate is a residential suburb in Oxford, England. It is part of central North Oxford. To the north is Park Town with its crescents, to the east is the River Cherwell, to the south are the University Parks and to the west is Walton Manor, on the other side of Banbury Road.
Park Town
Neighborhood
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Park Town is a small residential area in central North Oxford, a suburb of Oxford, England. It was one of the earliest planned suburban developments in the area and most of the houses are Grade II listed.
Oxford
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Oxford is the oldest university city in the United Kingdom, some 50 miles to the west of the capital London in its own county of Oxfordshire, on the rivers Thames and Cherwell.
Old Observatory
- Type: Observatory
- Categories: building, tourist attraction, and tourism
- Location: Oxford, Oxfordshire, South East England, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
51.75997° or 51° 45′ 36″ northLongitude
-1.2534° or 1° 15′ 12″ westOperator
University of OxfordOpen location code
9C3WQP5W+XJOpenStreetMap ID
way 227776224OpenStreetMap feature
building=yesOpenStreetMap feature
man_made=observatory
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