Boars Hill Reservoir
Boars Hill Reservoir is a reservoir in Wootton, Vale of White Horse District, England. Boars Hill Reservoir is situated nearby to the neighborhood Old Boars Hill, as well as near the hamlet Chilswell.Places of Interest
Highlights include Jarn Mound and Lashford Lane Fen.
Jarn Mound
Jarn Mound is a mound on Boars Hill which was completed in 1931. It was commissioned by Sir Arthur Evans to provide and preserve the view of the "dreaming spires" of Oxford and the surroundings which the poet Matthew Arnold had immortalised in his poem Thyrsis in 1865.Lashford Lane Fen
Nature reserve
Photo: Steve Daniels, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Lashford Lane Fen is a 7-hectare nature reserve north of Dry Sandford in Oxfordshire. It is managed by the Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire Wildlife Trust.
Raleigh Park
Park
Raleigh Park is a park of about 27 acres in North Hinksey, Oxfordshire, just west of Oxford. The land was formerly part of the estates of the Harcourt family.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Oxford and Sandford-on-Thames.
Oxford
Photo: Diliff, CC BY-SA 3.0.
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.
Sandford-on-Thames
Photo: Simon Burchell, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Sandford-on-Thames is a village in Oxfordshire, just south of Oxford. It combines the charming peace of a small old-English village with easy access to the nearby city centre, making it a pleasant base from where to explore both Oxford and the surrounding English landscapes.
Abingdon-on-Thames
Photo: Andrew Gray, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Abingdon-on-Thames is in Oxfordshire on the River Thames about 7 miles south of Oxford. It is a busy market town with a good choice of shops, pubs and restaurants. It sits aside the River Thames and having an attractive County Hall.
Boars Hill Reservoir
- Type: Reservoir
- Category: body of water
- Location: Wootton, Vale of White Horse District, Oxfordshire, South East England, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
51.7234° or 51° 43′ 24″ northLongitude
-1.3013° or 1° 18′ 5″ westOpen location code
9C3WPMFX+9FOpenStreetMap ID
way 55788525OpenStreetMap feature
man_made=reservoir_covered
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