North Hinksey
North Hinksey is a village in the civil parish of Botley and North Hinksey, in the Vale of White Horse district, in Oxfordshire, England, on the west side of the Thames flood plain immediately opposite the city of Oxford.
North Hinksey is a village in the civil parish of Botley and North Hinksey, in the Vale of White Horse district, in Oxfordshire, England, on the west side of the Thames flood plain immediately opposite the city of Oxford. The civil parish includes the large settlement of Botley, effectively an isolated suburb of Oxford, with the Botley Road as the sole highway link across the flood plain. North Hinksey was in all respects part of Berkshire until the 1974 boundary changes transferred administration of the Vale of White Horse district to Oxfordshire County Council; it remains part of the historic county of Berkshire however, since the 1974 act did not change the ancient county boundaries. The village of North Hinksey has a manor house, The Fishes public house, a Church of England primary school and a Church of England parish church, St. Lawrence's, which dates back to at least the 12th century. Four of the older houses have thatched roofs.
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Worth seeing in and around North Hinksey
10 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.
- 01University of Oxford
The University of Oxford is a collegiate research university in Oxford, England. There is evidence of teaching as early as 1096, making it the oldest university in the English-speaking world and the world’s second-oldest university in continuous operation.
2.6 km · collegiate research university in Oxford, England · Wikipedia - 02Oxford University Press
Oxford University Press is the publishing house of the University of Oxford. It is the largest university press in the world.
1.9 km · publishing arm of the University of Oxford · Wikipedia - 03Bodleian Library
The Bodleian Library is the main research library of the University of Oxford. Founded in 1602 by Sir Thomas Bodley, it is one of the oldest libraries in Europe.
2.6 km · main research library of the University of Oxford · Wikipedia - 04Ashmolean Museum
The Ashmolean Museum of Art and Archaeology on Beaumont Street in Oxford, England, is Britain's first public museum. Its first building was erected in 1678–1683 to house the cabinet of curiosities that Elias Ashmole gave to the University of Oxford in 1677.
2.3 km · museum in Oxford, England, UK · Wikipedia - 05Somerville College
Somerville College is a constituent college of the University of Oxford in England. It was founded in 1879 as Somerville Hall, one of its first two women's colleges.
2.3 km · college of the University of Oxford · Wikipedia - 06Christ Church
Christ Church is a constituent college of the University of Oxford in England. Founded in 1546 by King Henry VIII, the college is uniquely a joint foundation of the university and the cathedral of the Oxford diocese, Christ Church Cathedral, which also serves as the college chapel and whose dean is ex officio the college head.
2.5 km · constituent college of the University of Oxford in England · Wikipedia - 07Balliol College
Balliol College 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.
2.4 km · constituent college of the University of Oxford · Wikipedia - 08All Souls College
All Souls College is a constituent college of the University of Oxford in England. Unique to All Souls, all of its members automatically become fellows.
2.7 km · college of the University of Oxford · Wikipedia - 09Brasenose College
Brasenose College, formally The Principal and Scholars of the King's Hall and College of Brasenose in Oxford, or BNC, is one of the constituent colleges of the University of Oxford in England. Founded in 1509 by Bishop of Lincoln William Smyth and Sir Richard Sutton, it traces its origins to an eponymous 13th-century medieval academic hall.
2.6 km · college of the University of Oxford · Wikipedia - 10University College, Oxford
University College, formally The Master and Fellows of the College of the Great Hall of the University commonly called University College in the University of Oxford and colloquially referred to as "Univ", is a constituent college of the University of Oxford in England. It has a claim to being the oldest college of the university, having been founded by William of Durham in 1249.
2.8 km · Constituent College of Oxford University · Wikipedia
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Getting to North Hinksey
- Airports
- London Luton (LTN), 65 km · London Heathrow (LHR), 65 km · Birmingham (BHX), 84 km
- Stations
- Oxford railway station, 1.6 km
- London → North Hinksey84 km · quickest by road, 2h 10m · £9–12
- Luton, Luton → North Hinksey61 km · quickest by road, 1h 50m · £9–12
- Birmingham, West Midlands → North Hinksey92 km · quickest by road, 2h 7m · £11–15
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No local-transport research exists yet for North Hinksey
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 North Hinksey. 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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