Bablock Hythe
Bablock Hythe is a hamlet in Oxfordshire, England, some five miles west of Oxford city centre, and located in Northmoor parish, West Oxfordshire district.
Bablock Hythe is a hamlet in Oxfordshire, England, some five miles west of Oxford city centre, and located in Northmoor parish, West Oxfordshire district. Cumnor and Appleton-with-Eaton parishes in Vale of White Horse district are on the other side of the River Thames. There was a ferry across the Thames at Bablock Hythe from the 13th century. The hand-propelled cable ferry was said to be the first along the river and was still in use for cars and other road vehicles up until 1959.
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Worth seeing in and around Bablock Hythe
4 places within 25 km that the world writes about, in the order of how widely: the ones a visitor has heard of first, then the ones only a local would name.
- 01Cumnor Hill
Cumnor Hill is a hill in the civil parish of Cumnor, to the west of the city of Oxford, in the English county of Oxfordshire. In 1974 it was transferred from Berkshire.
3.4 km · hill and settlement in Oxfordshire, England, UK · Wikipedia - 02Farmoor Reservoir
Farmoor Reservoir is a public supply reservoir at Farmoor, Oxfordshire, England, about 5 miles west of Oxford. It is adjacent to the River Thames.
2.5 km · lake in the United Kingdom · Wikipedia - 03St Giles' Church, Standlake
The Parish Church of Saint Giles, Standlake is the Church of England parish church of Standlake, a village about 5 miles southeast of Witney in Oxfordshire. Since 1976 St Giles' parish has been a member of the Lower Windrush Benefice along with the parishes of Northmoor, Stanton Harcourt and Yelford.
3.8 km · church in Standlake, Oxfordshire, England, UK · Wikipedia - 04Appleton Manor
Appleton Manor is a manor house in Appleton, Oxfordshire, England. Dating from around 1200, it is among the oldest inhabited manor houses in England, described by Sir Nikolaus Pevsner as "an amazing survival".
2.8 km · manor house in Appleton, Oxfordshire, England, UK · Wikipedia
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Getting to Bablock Hythe
- Airports
- London Heathrow (LHR), 69 km · London Luton (LTN), 71 km · Birmingham (BHX), 84 km
- London → Bablock Hythe90 km · quickest by road, 2h 29m · £10–13
- Luton, Luton → Bablock Hythe68 km · quickest by road, 2h 13m · £10–13
- Birmingham, West Midlands → Bablock Hythe90 km · quickest by road, 2h 30m · £12–16
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No local-transport research exists yet for Bablock Hythe
Our researched notes are written from a sourced entry: every shared taxi, boat and village bus with its operator, its rule, its fare and the year we saw it, and what could not be confirmed. Nobody has done that work for Bablock Hythe. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.
- Get inOxford Airport (OXF) at Kidlington is used mainly for private and charter aircraft and has only intermittently had scheduled airline flights; it is useful only if you fly your own plane, or are able to charter a small aircraft.
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Next door to Bablock Hythe
Bablock Hythe is 42 km from Reading, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.
- Stanton Harcourtvillage and civil parish in West Oxfordshire, England2.6 km
- Cumnorvillage and civil parish in Vale of White Horse district, Oxfordshire, England2.7 km
- Standlakevillage and civil parish in West Oxfordshire, England4 km
- Northmoorvillage and civil parish in West Oxfordshire, England, UK2 km
- Besselsleighhamlet and civil parish in Vale of White Horse, Oxfordshire, England3.1 km
- Appletonvillage in Oxfordshire, United Kingdom2.9 km