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The floodplains for Oxford's two rivers reach right into the heart of the city, providing a wealth of green spaces. The University Parks; The University Botanic Garden; Christ Church Meadow; Port Meadow; Mesopotamia; Angel & Greyhound Meadow; Cutteslowe Park; South Park; Warneford Meadow; Punts in Oxford
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The Valley Gardens at Windsor Great Park Natural History Museum, London British Museum, London. This article lists the most-visited attractions in the United Kingdom, including art galleries, gardens, zoos, theatres, libraries and museums.
The Oxford University Parks, commonly referred to locally as the University Parks, or just The Parks, is a large parkland area slightly northeast of the city centre in Oxford, England. The park is bounded to the east by the River Cherwell , though a small plot of land called Mesopotamia sits between the upper and lower levels of the river.
View of Botley Park, October 2024. The park is located off Botley Road, behind the West Oxford Community Centre. [1] It was established in 1922 by the Oxford City Council to provide a leisure and recreation area for the burgeoning population in the western area of Oxford.
This area used to be the basin at the end of the Oxford Canal. View south from the bridge on Park End Street of the Castle Mill Stream, a branch of the River Thames. Park End Street is a street in central Oxford, England, [1] to the west of the centre of the city, close to the railway station at its western end.
The slaughtering of animals in the street was outlawed by the Oxford Mileways Act 1771 (11 Geo. 3. c. 19) and the butchers moved to the Covered Market. The street was then named Queen Street after Queen Charlotte, who visited Oxford with her husband, King George III, in 1785. There were many gabled and timber-framed buildings here until the ...
The park was bought by the City Council in 1953 and landscaped with trees and ornamental shrubs. [6] Headington Hill Park is located between the Marston Road and London Road. St Clement's links the park with central Oxford. On the other side of London Road is South Park, also owned by the Morrell family until 1939. Headington Hill Park is ...