Cowley
in Oxfordshire of England, United Kingdom
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Oxford (Kidlington) Airport (9 mi) - RAF Benson (9 mi)
- RAF Brize Norton (16 mi)
- RAF Fairford (25 mi)
- Blackbushe Airport (32 mi)
- RAF Odiham (36 mi)
- Farnborough Airport (37 mi)
- London Heathrow Airport (37 mi)
- London Luton Airport (37 mi)
- Lasham Airport (38 mi)
- Southampton Airport (54 mi)
- Blenheim Palace (Unesco heritage, 25 mi)
- City of Bath (Unesco heritage, 31 mi)
- Tower of London (Unesco heritage, 57 mi)
- Stonehenge, Avebury and Associated Sites (Unesco heritage, 59 mi)
- Palace of Westminster and Westminster Abbey including Saint Margaret’s Church (Unesco heritage, 59 mi)
- Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (Unesco heritage, 67 mi)
- Dorset and East Devon Coast (Unesco heritage, 71 mi)
- Blaenavon Industrial Landscape (Unesco heritage, 73 mi)
- Derwent Valley Mills (Unesco heritage, 94 mi)
- Liverpool – Maritime Mercantile City (Unesco heritage, 116 mi)
- Frilford Heath Golf Club (Golf course, 5 mi)
- Aylesbury Park Golf Club (Golf course, 17 mi)
- Ellesborough Golf Club (Golf course, 18 mi)
- Blue Mountain Golf and Conference Center (Golf course, 18 mi)
- Calcot Park Golf Club (Golf course, 21 mi)
- Downshire Golf Complex (Golf course, 21 mi)
- Castle Royle Golf Club (Golf course, 22 mi)
- Billingbear Park Golf Course (Golf course, 27 mi)
- Decimal Coordinates (Latitude, Longitude):
- 51.732 and -1.206 (Lat./Lng.)
- Coordinates by Time:
- N 51° 43' 55" and W -1° 12' 22"
- Currency and Currency Code:
- Pound - GBP
- Spoken languages:
- English, Welsh, Scottish Gaelic
- Local electricity:
- 230 V - 50 Hz (plugs: G)
- Mobile phone / cellular frequencies (MHz):
- 900 MHz, 1800 MHz, 3G, 4G
- Local Time: 03:57 AM (Friday)
- Timezone: Europe/London
- UTC/GMT offset: 0 hours
- Sunrise and Sunset:
- 5:57 am and 8:09 pm
- Antipode Coordinates:
- -43.750 and 173.083 (Lat./Lng.)
- Closest place to antipode coordinates:
Le Bons Bay - References
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- This place on Geonames.org
Safety Score: 3,0 of 5.0 based on data from 9 authorites. Meaning we advice caution when travelling to United Kingdom.
Travel warnings are updated daily. Source: Travel Warning United Kingdom. Last Update: 2024-04-18 08:12:24
Explore Cowley
Cowley in Oxfordshire (England) with it's 16,500 inhabitants is a city in United Kingdom about 49 mi (or 79 km) west of London, the country's capital.
Local time in Cowley is now 03:57 AM (Friday). The local timezone is named Europe / London with an UTC offset of one hour. We know of 11 airports in the vicinity of Cowley, of which 5 are larger airports. The closest airport in United Kingdom is Oxford (Kidlington) Airport in a distance of 9 mi (or 14 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 25 mi (or 41 km), East. Also, if you like golfing, there are multiple options in driving distance. If you need a place to sleep, we compiled a list of available hotels close to the map centre further down the page.
Depending on your travel schedule, you might want to pay a visit to some of the following locations: Oxford, Frilford, Farnborough, Upper Basildon and Winterbourne. To further explore this place, just scroll down and browse the available info.
Local weather forecast
Todays Local Weather Conditions & Forecast: 12°C / 53 °F
| Morning Temperature | 9°C / 47 °F |
| Evening Temperature | 8°C / 47 °F |
| Night Temperature | 6°C / 43 °F |
| Chance of rainfall | 1% |
| Air Humidity | 70% |
| Air Pressure | 1018 hPa |
| Wind Speed | Fresh Breeze with 14 km/h (9 mph) from South-East |
| Cloud Conditions | Overcast clouds, covering 98% of sky |
| General Conditions | Light rain |
Saturday, 20th of April 2024
10°C (49 °F)
2°C (36 °F)
Few clouds, moderate breeze.
Sunday, 21st of April 2024
9°C (49 °F)
3°C (37 °F)
Scattered clouds, moderate breeze.
Monday, 22nd of April 2024
10°C (50 °F)
5°C (41 °F)
Light rain, moderate breeze, scattered clouds.
Hotels and Places to Stay
Macdonald Randolph
George Street Hotel
Old Bank
Malmaison Oxford
Oxford Spires Hotel
Vanbrugh House Hotel
Ethos
The Head of the River
Mercure Oxford Eastgate Hotel
De Vere Oxford Thames
Videos from this area
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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...
This is the Cowley Road - This is Carnival
' This film, created by Nicola Armitage to celebrate and promote Cowley Road Carnival, was made as part of the CUSP artists project funded by Arts Council of England in 2014. Nicola, has sought...
Swan Motor Centre Cowley Oxford
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Kone (Modernised by Jackson) Lift in Castle Car Park, Cowley, Oxford
I previously filmed this lift two years ago in its original state (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aCvOqqinuhI), which makes it my first retake. Since then it has been modernised by Jackson,...
Nikki Loy, Che, Colin - Cape of Good Hope Cowley Road Carnival
Nikki Loy, Che and Colin performing at the Cowley Road Carnival 2014.
DJG at The Cowley Road Carnival
Playing at the Cowley Road Carnival out side Blanco on Cowley Rd.
London 2012 Torch Relay Oxford Plant Cowley 5
London 2012 Torch Relay Oxford Plant Cowley 5.
AFC Wimbledon 0 v 0 Oxford united 11/04/15
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Hawaiian Hoe-down
The City of Oxford Youth Band play Hawaiian Hoe-down in 1976. The conductor was Terry Brotherhood.
Pavement cyclist Hollow Way, Oxford 18th July 2012 #1
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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.
Kassam Stadium
The Kassam Stadium is the home of Oxford United Football Club and London Welsh Rugby Football Club, and is named after the ground's owner, and former chairman of the football club, Firoz Kassam. To date, the Kassam Stadium has staged nothing higher than fourth-tier league football, as Oxford were relegated to Division Three the season before the new stadium was built and were further relegated to the Conference National in 2005–06. The club was previously based at The Manor Ground.
Oxford Science Park
The Oxford Science Park (OSP) is a science and technology park located on the southern edge of the city of Oxford, England. It was founded jointly by Magdalen College, Oxford and Prudential in 1990. The park maintains strong links with the nearby University of Oxford and currently contains just over 60 companies.
Warneford Meadow
Warneford Meadow is an area of 20 acres of natural grassland immediately south-east of the Warneford Hospital, in Headington, east Oxford, England. The Warneford Meadow is a wild space within urban Oxford. The area has been used by local residents as a public space for recreation for over 50 years.
Oxford Business Park
The Oxford Business Park is a business park of 88 acres at Cowley on the eastern edge of Oxford, England. The park is immediately adjacent to the Oxford Ring Road. The park was developed on the site of Oxford Military College 1876-1896, later the original Morris Motors factory, sold in 1992 by British Leyland to the property group Arlington Securities. Arlington was itself sold to the Australian property company Macquarie Goodman, now the Goodman Group, in 2005.
Rose Hill cemetery
Rose Hill cemetery is located in Oxford, England. It was opened in 1889 and currently has more than 20,000 people buried there. It covers over 11 acres and has a beautiful Victorian chapel. It is currently not doing new burials. It is one of four big Victorian cemeteries in Oxford.
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.
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.
Morris Motors Sports Ground
Morris Motors Sports Ground was a cricket ground in Cowley, Oxfordshire. The ground was built by and initially owned by Morris Motors. The first recorded match on the ground was in 1954, when Oxfordshire played their first Minor Counties Championship match at the ground in the against Buckinghamshire. From 1954 to 1991, the ground hosted 32 Minor Counties Championship matches, with the final Minor Counties Championship match seeing Oxfordshire play Berkshire.
Oxford Military College
Oxford Military College was an all-male private boarding school and military academy in Cowley, Oxford, England, from 1876–1896. The military college opened on 7 September 1876. Prince George, Duke of Cambridge was the patron of the Oxford Military College. The military college was declared bankrupt in 1896. The college's 88 acres site later housed Morris Motors LImited (1929–32) and the Nuffield Press. The main college building (manor house) was demolished in 1957.
Templars Square
Templars Square is a shopping centre located in Cowley, Oxfordshire, England. It was opened in 1965 and was known as Cowley Centre until 1989. It is the largest enclosed shopping centre in Oxford.
Oxford Stadium
Oxford Stadium is former greyhound racing and speedway venue in Oxford, located in Sandy Lane, Cowley. Races were held every Saturday evening with afternoon BAGS (Bookmakers Afternoon Greyhound Service) racing on Friday and Sunday. Race evenings also included Tuesday, Thursday and Friday evenings at various times throughout the years.
These are some bigger and more relevant cities in the wider vivinity of Cowley.
- Oxford
- Frilford
- Farnborough
- Upper Basildon
- Winterbourne
- Tilehurst
- Welford
- Newbury
- Greenham
- Reading
- Remenham
- Sonning
- Hanwell
- Stratfield Mortimer
- Aylesbury
- Earley
- Wargrave
- Shinfield
- Woodley
- Twyford
- Swallowfield
- Hurley
- Winnersh
- Chilton Foliat
- Bisham
- Barkham
- Calverton
- Bishopstone
- Stony Stratford
- Wokingham
Oxford: Clarendon Building, Broad St, Oxford (source)
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