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RAF Bampton Castle

RAF Bampton Castle was a non-flying Royal Air Force station in Oxfordshire. It was the home of numbers 2 and 81 signals units, which dealt with High Frequency radio communications. It's now a business centre and all of the antennas have been removed.

Located at 51.7119, -1.54361 (Lat. / Lng.), about 2 miles away.
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Royal Air Force stations in Oxfordshire

Cokethorpe School

Cokethorpe School is an independent school near Witney, founded in 1957 by Francis Brown. It is a member of HMC, IAPS and The Society of Heads (formerly known as SHMIS). The school has approximately 660 pupils, ranging in age from four to eighteen. The Junior School and the Senior School are located on the same site. At the heart of the school is an early 18th century Grade II* listed Queen Anne style country house.

Located at 51.753, -1.465 (Lat. / Lng.), about 3 miles away.
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Independent schools in Oxfordshire, Member schools of the Headmasters' and Headmistresses' Conference, Member schools of the Society of Headmasters & Headmistresses of Independent Schools, Grade II* listed buildings in Oxfordshire, Grade II* listed educational buildings, 1957 establishments in England, Educational institutions established in 1957, People educated at Cokethorpe School

Shifford Lock

Shifford Lock is a lock on the River Thames in England. It is in the centre of a triangle formed by the small villages of Shifford, Duxford and Chimney in Oxfordshire. It is at the start of a navigation cut built with the lock by the Thames Conservancy in 1898. It replaced a flash lock in a weir about 3/4 mile downstream. There is a small weir beside the lock and a larger weir on the old course of the river upstream at the top of the lock cut.

Located at 51.7065, -1.46595 (Lat. / Lng.), about 2 miles away.
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Locks on the River Thames

Rushey Lock

Rushey Lock is a lock on the River Thames in England. It is on the northern bank of the river in Oxfordshire, at a considerable distance from any village, the nearest being Buckland Marsh, a hamlet on the road to Buckland to the south of the river. The lock was built in stone in 1790 by the Thames Navigation Commission. The weir is adjacent to the lock on the other side of the lock island.

Located at 51.6978, -1.53405 (Lat. / Lng.), about 2 miles away.
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Locks on the River Thames

Tadpole Bridge

Tadpole Bridge is a road bridge across the River Thames in Oxfordshire, England, carrying a road between Bampton to the north and Buckland to the south. It crosses the Thames on the reach above Shifford Lock. The bridge dates from the late 18th century, the earliest reference to it being in 1784. It is built of stone, and consists of one large arch. There is a public house near Tadpole Bridge called The Trout. Thacker noted that at one time the legend over the door read "The Trout, kept by A.

Located at 51.7022, -1.51664 (Lat. / Lng.), about 2 miles away.
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Bridges across the River Thames, Bridges in Oxfordshire

Tenfoot Bridge

Tenfoot Bridge is a wooden footbridge across the River Thames in Oxfordshire, England. It is situated on the reach above Shifford Lock and was built in 1869. It connects Buckland on the south bank to Chimney on the north. The name derives from a pre-existing weir which had a 10-foot-wide flash lock in it. In 1867 there were complaints about the state of the weir bridge and after a dispute, the Thames Conservancy removed the weir and built the bridge two years later.

Located at 51.6942, -1.48989 (Lat. / Lng.), about 2 miles away.
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Pedestrian bridges across the River Thames, Bridges in Oxfordshire, Bridges completed in 1869

Hardwick-with-Yelford

Hardwick-with-Yelford is a civil parish in West Oxfordshire. The parish includes the villages of Hardwick (Ordnance Survey grid reference SP379060) and Yelford (OS grid ref. SP359047). It was formed in 1932 from the parish of Yelford, most of the parish of Hardwick, and parts of the parishes of Ducklington and Standlake.

Located at 51.76, -1.466 (Lat. / Lng.), about 3 miles away.
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Civil parishes in Oxfordshire, West Oxfordshire