South East England
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Oxford Castle

Oxford Castle is a large, partly ruined medieval castle on the western side of central in , England. Most of the original moated, wooden motte and bailey castle was replaced in stone in the late 12th or early 13th century and the castle played an important role in the conflict of the Anarchy.
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  • Type: Commercial area
  • Description: castle in Oxford incorporated into a now closed prison
  • Also known as: “Oxford Castle & Prison” and “Oxford Castle Quarter”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Balliol College and Jesus College.

University
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is a constituent college of the University of Oxford, England. Founded in 1263 by nobleman John I de Balliol, it has a claim to be the oldest college in Oxford and the English-speaking world. is situated 1,600 feet northeast of Oxford Castle.

University
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is one of the constituent colleges of the University of Oxford in England. It is in the centre of the , on a site between Turl Street, Ship Street, and Market Street. is situated 1,300 feet northeast of Oxford Castle.

University
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is one of the constituent colleges of the University of Oxford in the . It began as Brasenose Hall in the 13th century, before being founded as a college in 1509. is situated 1,800 feet east of Oxford Castle.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Oxford and Grandpont.

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is the oldest university city in the , some 50 miles to the west of the capital in its own county of , on the rivers Thames and Cherwell.

Quarter
is a mainly residential area in south Oxford, England. It is west of Abingdon Road, and consists mainly of narrow streets that run at right angles to the main road, with terraced late-Victorian and Edwardian houses.

Suburb
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is a historic suburb of the English city of . It consists of the streets bounded by the , , Walton Street and Walton Well Road.

Oxford Castle

Latitude
51.7516° or 51° 45′ 6″ north
Longitude
-1.26256° or 1° 15′ 45″ west
Open location code
9C3WQP2P+JX
Open­Street­Map ID
way 29089712
Open­Street­Map feature
landuse=­retail
Wiki­data ID
Q2600886
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Swedish—“Oxford Castle” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “قلعة أوكسفورد”
  • Catalan: “Castell d’Oxford”
  • Cebuano: “Oxford Castle”
  • Chinese: “牛津城堡”
  • Danish: “Oxford Castle”
  • Dutch: “Oxford Castle”
  • French: “château d’Oxford”
  • French: “Château d’Oxford”
  • Galician: “Castelo de Oxford”
  • German: “Oxford Castle”
  • Greek: “Κάστρο της Οξφόρδης”
  • Hungarian: “Oxfordi vár”
  • Italian: “castello di Oxford”
  • Italian: “Castello di Oxford”
  • Italian: “Oxford Castle”
  • Japanese: “オックスフォード城”
  • Korean: “옥스퍼드성”
  • Portuguese: “Castelo de Oxford”
  • Russian: “Оксфордский замок”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Oxfordski zamak”
  • Spanish: “Castillo de Oxford”
  • Spanish: “Oxford Castle”
  • Swedish: “Oxford Castle”

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Oxford Castle and Prison and Castle Yard.

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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Oxford Castle”. Photo: Tejvan Pettinger, CC BY 2.0.