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Discover Horspath
Horspath in Oxfordshire (England) is a place in United Kingdom about 48 mi (or 77 km) west of London, the country's capital city.
Current time in Horspath is now 02:28 AM (Monday). The local timezone is named Europe / London with an UTC offset of zero hours. We know of 11 airports near Horspath, of which 5 are larger airports. The closest airport in United Kingdom is Oxford (Kidlington) Airport in a distance of 9 mi (or 15 km), North-West. Besides the airports, there are other travel options available (check left side).
There are several Unesco world heritage sites nearby. The closest heritage site in United Kingdom is Blenheim Palace in a distance of 24 mi (or 39 km), East. Also, if you like playing golf, there are a few options in driving distance. If you need a hotel, we compiled a list of available hotels close to the map centre further down the page.
While being here, you might want to pay a visit to some of the following locations: Oxford, Frilford, Upper Basildon, Farnborough and Tilehurst. To further explore this place, just scroll down and browse the available info.
Local weather forecast
Todays Local Weather Conditions & Forecast: 8°C / 46 °F
Morning Temperature | 8°C / 46 °F |
Evening Temperature | 7°C / 44 °F |
Night Temperature | 10°C / 50 °F |
Chance of rainfall | 7% |
Air Humidity | 83% |
Air Pressure | 1012 hPa |
Wind Speed | Fresh Breeze with 14 km/h (8 mph) from North-East |
Cloud Conditions | Overcast clouds, covering 100% of sky |
General Conditions | Moderate rain |
Tuesday, 19th of November 2024
3°C (38 °F)
-0°C (32 °F)
Light rain, fresh breeze, overcast clouds.
Wednesday, 20th of November 2024
4°C (39 °F)
2°C (36 °F)
Rain and snow, moderate breeze, clear sky.
Thursday, 21st of November 2024
3°C (38 °F)
1°C (34 °F)
Snow, fresh breeze, broken clouds.
Hotels and Places to Stay
Old Bank
Belmond Le Manoir aux Quat' Saisons
Hill Farm
Oxford Spires Hotel
Mercure Oxford Eastgate Hotel
The Head of the River
Ethos
De Vere Oxford Thames
The Black Boy Pub & Hotel
Hawkwell House
Videos from this area
These are videos related to the place based on their proximity to this place.
2012 Non-League Speedway ~ Speedway returns to Oxford
https://sites.google.com/site/speedwayondvd/ 2012 Speedway Speedway returned to Oxford on Friday as the support class to the Flattrackuk Grand National Championship. Our cameras were there...
GRAND CHAMPION is TITANIC award
Robotscool Presents Santas Sumo Sleigh @Unipart House, Cowley, Oxford.
Wheatley Windmill Open Day June 2014
Wheatley Windmill Open Day June 2014. See the sails turning and the visitors watching. It was quite gusty, so the sail cloths were furled.
Wheatley Windmill viewed by Volunteers, March 2011
Wheatley Windmill, March 2011. Volunteers admiring the Mill turning for the first time in nearly 100 years.
Wheatley Windmill Open Day October 2012
Wheatley Windmill Open Day October 2012. Not enough wind to turn the sails, so the sail climbers try their best from the ground.
Reefed sails start to turn
Wheatley Windmill Milling Day. The brake is taken off and the reefed sails start to turn.
Main Shaft turning and powering the millstones.
Wheatley Windmill Milling Day. Main shaft truning and powering the millstones. The grain hopper is on the right.
Reefed sails turning
Wheatley Windmill Milling Day. The reefed sails turning. Note that 2 sails are reefed and 2 sails have no sail cloths on them.
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Attractions and noteworthy things
Distances are based on the centre of the city/town and sightseeing location. This list contains brief abstracts about monuments, holiday activities, national parcs, museums, organisations and more from the area as well as interesting facts about the region itself. Where available, you'll find the corresponding homepage. Otherwise the related wikipedia article.
Shotover
Shotover is a hill and forest in Oxfordshire, England. Shotover Hill is 3 miles east of Oxford. Its highest point is 557 feet above sea level.
Headington Rural District
Headington was a rural district in Oxfordshire, England from 1894 to 1932, based on the Headington rural sanitary district. It covered an area to the east of the city of Oxford. The parish of Headington was split out as a separate urban district in 1927. It was abolished under a County Review Order in 1932. Most went to form part of Bullingdon Rural District, with the parish of Horton cum Studley/Studley going to the new Ploughley Rural District.
The Kilns
The Kilns, which may also be known as C. S. Lewis House, is the house on the outskirts of Headington Quarry (where Lewis is buried at Holy Trinity Church) in the village of Risinghurst, Oxford, England, where the author C. S. Lewis wrote all of his famous Narnia books and other classics. The house itself was featured in the Narnia books. Lewis's gardener at The Kilns, Fred Paxford, is said to have inspired the character of Puddleglum the Marshwiggle in The Silver Chair.
Horspath Halt railway station
Horspath Halt was an intermediate station on the Wycombe Railway which served the Oxfordshire village of Horspath from 1908 to 1915, and then from 1933 to 1963. The opening of the halt was part of an attempt by the Great Western Railway to encourage more passengers on the line at a time when competition from bus services was drawing away patronage.
Morris Cowley railway station
Morris Cowley was an intermediate station on the Wycombe Railway which served the small town of Cowley, just outside Oxford, from 1908 to 1915, and again from 1928 to 1963. The station originally opened as part of an attempt by the Great Western Railway to enable more passengers access to the line, at a time when competition from bus services was drawing away patronage.
Forest Hill with Shotover
Forest Hill with Shotover is a civil parish in South Oxfordshire. It includes the village of Forest Hill (Ordnance Survey grid reference SP5807), hamlets of Shotover Cleve (OS Grid ref. SP560058) and Shotover Edge (SP557063) and country estate of Shotover House (SP584067). Forest Hill with Shotover was formed in 1881 by the merger of three smaller civil parishes: Forest Hill, Shotover and Shotover Hill Place.
Oxford City Athletic Club
The Oxford City Athletic Club is an athletics club in Oxford, England. The club is located at the Horspath Sports Ground by the BMW MINI factory. It is affiliated with the Oxfordshire Athletics Association, the South of England Athletic Association (SEAA), and UK Athletics. The club is accredited by England Athletics.
Wheatley Windmill, Wheatley, Oxfordshire
Wheatley Windmill is an 18th-century tower mill at grid reference SP 589 053 between the hamlet of Littleworth and Wheatley in Oxfordshire, England. The windmill has and octagonal plan that narrows to form the circular rotating cap.