Horspath
in Oxfordshire of England, United Kingdom

How to get there and get around
Noteable things around
Location Summary
Decimal Coordinates (Latitude, Longitude):
51.738 and -1.174 (Lat./Lng.)
Coordinates by Time:
N 51° 44' 18" and W -1° 10' 25"
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: 05:51 PM (Friday)
Timezone: Europe/London
UTC/GMT offset: 0 hours
Sunrise and Sunset:
5:17 am and 8:44 pm
Antipode Coordinates:
-43.750 and 173.083 (Lat./Lng.)
Closest place to antipode coordinates:
Le Bons Bay
References
This place on Wikipedia
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Current travel safety evaluation for United Kingdom in Northern Europe

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: 2024-05-10 08:04:54

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 05:51 PM (Friday). The local timezone is named Europe / London with an UTC offset of one hour. 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: 22°C / 71 °F

Morning Temperature 13°C / 56 °F
Evening Temperature 19°C / 67 °F
Night Temperature 12°C / 54 °F
Chance of rainfall 0%
Air Humidity 60%
Air Pressure 1023 hPa
Wind Speed Gentle Breeze with 6 km/h (4 mph) from West
Cloud Conditions Broken clouds, covering 52% of sky
General Conditions Light rain

Saturday, 11th of May 2024

20°C (68 °F)
12°C (54 °F)
Light rain, gentle breeze, overcast clouds.

Sunday, 12th of May 2024

21°C (70 °F)
14°C (57 °F)
Moderate rain, gentle breeze, overcast clouds.

Monday, 13th of May 2024

14°C (58 °F)
11°C (52 °F)
Light rain, moderate breeze, overcast clouds.

Hotels and Places to Stay

Old Bank

Address
3,5 mi
High Street 92-94
OX1 4BJ Oxford
United Kingdom

Time Information

Checkout: 11:00 - Checkin: 15:00
Reception
Weekday: 0:00 - 24:00
Weekend: 0:00 - 24:00


Belmond Le Manoir aux Quat' Saisons

Address
3,8 mi
Church Road
OX44 7PD Great Milton
United Kingdom

Time Information

Checkout: 11:30 - Checkin: 15:00
Reception
Weekday: 0:00 - 24:00
Weekend: 0:00 - 24:00


Hill Farm

Address
4,3 mi
Mill Lane
OX3 0QF Oxford
United Kingdom

Time Information

Checkout: 10:00 - Checkin: 16:00
Reception
Weekday: -
Weekend: closed


Oxford Spires Hotel

Address
3,4 mi
Abingdon Road 1
OX1 4PS Oxford
United Kingdom

Time Information

Checkout: 12:00 - Checkin: 15:00
Reception
Weekday: 0:00 - 24:00
Weekend: 0:00 - 24:00


Mercure Oxford Eastgate Hotel

Address
3,4 mi
73 High Street Oxfordshire
OX1 4BE OXFORD
United Kingdom

Time Information

Checkout: 12:00 - Checkin: 14:00
Reception
Weekday: 0:00 - 24:00
Weekend: 0:00 - 24:00


The Head of the River

Address
3,6 mi
Folly Bridge
OX1 4LB Oxford
United Kingdom

Time Information

Checkout: 11:00 - Checkin: 14:00
Reception
Weekday: -
Weekend: closed


Ethos

Address
3,7 mi
59 Western Rd
OX1 4LF Oxford
United Kingdom

Time Information

Checkout: 10:00 - Checkin: 16:00
Reception
Weekday: 8:00 - 19:00
Weekend: closed


De Vere Oxford Thames

Address
3,0 mi
Henley Road 1
OX4 4GX Oxford
United Kingdom

Time Information

Checkout: 11:00 - Checkin: 15:00
Reception
Weekday: 12:00 - 12:00
Weekend: 12:00 - 12:00


The Black Boy Pub & Hotel

Address
2,4 mi
91 Old HIGH STREET
OX3 9HT Oxford
United Kingdom

Time Information

Checkout: 10:30 - Checkin: 13:00
Reception
Weekday: 7:00 - 22:30
Weekend: 8:30 - 22:30


Hawkwell House

Address
2,6 mi
Church Way
OX4 4DZ Oxford
United Kingdom

Time Information

Checkout: 11:00 - Checkin: 15:00
Reception
Weekday: 0:00 - 24:00
Weekend: 0:00 - 24:00


Videos from this area

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2012 Non-League Speedway ~ Speedway returns to Oxford

Published: June 20, 2012
Length: 25:03 min
Rating: 4 of 5
Author: speedwayondvd

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...


London 2012 Torch Relay Oxford Plant Cowley 5

Published: July 10, 2012
Length: 31:32 min
Rating: 0 of 5
Author: tomybartel

London 2012 Torch Relay Oxford Plant Cowley 5.


GRAND CHAMPION is TITANIC award

Published: January 06, 2015
Length: 00:00 min
Rating: 0 of 5
Author: James Kirk

Robotscool Presents Santas Sumo Sleigh @Unipart House, Cowley, Oxford.


Wheatley Windmill Open Day June 2014

Published: June 18, 2014
Length: 26:35 min
Rating: 0 of 5
Author: WheatleyWindMill

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

Published: July 12, 2012
Length: 42:16 min
Rating: 0 of 5
Author: WheatleyWindMill

Wheatley Windmill, March 2011. Volunteers admiring the Mill turning for the first time in nearly 100 years.


Wheatley Windmill Open Day October 2012

Published: October 19, 2012
Length: 29:08 min
Rating: 0 of 5
Author: WheatleyWindMill

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

Published: July 18, 2012
Length: 26:05 min
Rating: 0 of 5
Author: WheatleyWindMill

Wheatley Windmill Milling Day. The brake is taken off and the reefed sails start to turn.


Main Shaft turning and powering the millstones.

Published: August 24, 2012
Length: 06:12 min
Rating: 0 of 5
Author: WheatleyWindMill

Wheatley Windmill Milling Day. Main shaft truning and powering the millstones. The grain hopper is on the right.


Milling rye flour

Published: September 17, 2012
Length: 42:27 min
Rating: 0 of 5
Author: WheatleyWindMill

Wheatley Windmill. Milling rye flour 28/08/12.


Reefed sails turning

Published: July 18, 2012
Length: 25:43 min
Rating: 0 of 5
Author: WheatleyWindMill

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.

Located at 51.7494, -1.18167 (Lat. / Lng.), about 1 miles away.
Wikipedia Article, Homepage
Hills of Oxfordshire, Forests and woodlands of Oxfordshire, Sites of Special Scientific Interest in Oxfordshire, Country parks in Oxfordshire

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.

Located at 51.75, -1.16 (Lat. / Lng.), about 1 miles away.
Wikipedia Article
History of Oxfordshire, Local government in Oxfordshire, Districts of England created by the Local Government Act 1894, Rural districts of England

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.

Located at 51.7568, -1.19 (Lat. / Lng.), about 1 miles away.
Wikipedia Article
Houses completed in 1922, Buildings and structures in Oxford, Culture in Oxford, C. S. Lewis

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.

Located at 51.7374, -1.173 (Lat. / Lng.), about 0 miles away.
Wikipedia Article
Disused railway stations in Oxfordshire, Former Great Western Railway stations, Railway stations opened in 1908, Railway stations closed in 1915, Railway stations opened in 1933, Railway stations closed in 1963

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.

Located at 51.728, -1.1983 (Lat. / Lng.), about 1 miles away.
Wikipedia Article
Disused railway stations in Oxfordshire, Former Great Western Railway stations, Railway stations opened in 1908, Railway stations closed in 1915, Railway stations opened in 1928, Railway stations closed in 1963

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.

Located at 51.758, -1.165 (Lat. / Lng.), about 1 miles away.
Wikipedia Article
Civil parishes in Oxfordshire, South Oxfordshire

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.

Located at 51.7348, -1.19004 (Lat. / Lng.), about 1 miles away.
Wikipedia Article
Organisations based in Oxford, Sport in Oxford, Athletics clubs in England

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.

Located at 51.7427, -1.14875 (Lat. / Lng.), about 1 miles away.
Wikipedia Article, Homepage
Windmills in Oxfordshire