Parsonage Moor
Parsonage Moor is a 6-hectare nature reserve north-west of Abingdon-on-Thames in Oxfordshire, United Kingdom. It is managed by the Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire Wildlife Trust.Places of Interest
Highlights include Hitchcopse Pit and Dry Sandford Pit.
Hitchcopse Pit
Nature reserve
Hitchcopse Pit is a 3-hectare nature reserve north-west of Abingdon-on-Thames in Oxfordshire. It is managed by the Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire Wildlife Trust.
Dry Sandford Pit
Nature reserve
Photo: Des Blenkinsopp, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Dry Sandford Pit is a 4.2-hectare biological and geological Site of Special Scientific Interest north-west of Abingdon-on-Thames in Oxfordshire. It is a Geological Conservation Review site and it is managed as a nature reserve by the Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire Wildlife Trust.
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.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Abingdon-on-Thames and Marcham.
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.
Marcham
Village
Photo: Bill Nicholls, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Marcham is a village and civil parish about 2 miles west of Abingdon, Oxfordshire. The 2011 Census recorded the parish's population as 1,905. The parish includes the hamlets of Cothill 1+3⁄4 miles east-northeast of the village, and Gozzard's Ford 1+1⁄2 miles northeast of the village. Frilford and Garford used to be townships of Marcham parish, but are now separate civil parishes.
Appleton
Village
Photo: Motacilla, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Appleton is a village in the civil parish of Appleton-with-Eaton, about 4 miles northwest of Abingdon. Appleton was part of Berkshire until the 1974 boundary changes transferred it to Oxfordshire.
Parsonage Moor
- Type: Nature reserve
- Description: nature reserve in Oxfordshire, England, UK
- Categories: wetland, raised bog, and recreation area
- Location: Marcham, Vale of White Horse District, Oxfordshire, South East England, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
51.6956° or 51° 41′ 44″ northLongitude
-1.3372° or 1° 20′ 14″ westOperator
BBOWTOpen location code
9C3WMMW7+64OpenStreetMap ID
way 58216492OpenStreetMap feature
leisure=nature_reserveWikidata ID
Q24679221
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Swedish—“Parsonage Moor” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Parsonage Moor”
- Cebuano: “Parsons Moor”
- Swedish: “Parsonage Moor”
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Localities in the Area
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Highlights include Cothill House and Church of St Helen.
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