Waterways, Oxford
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| OS grid reference | SP502084 |
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| Civil parish | unparished |
| District | Oxford |
| Shire county | Oxfordshire |
| Region | South East |
| Country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | Oxford |
| Postcode district | OX2 |
| Dialling code | 01865 |
| Police | Thames Valley |
| Fire | Oxfordshire |
| Ambulance | South Central |
| EU Parliament | South East England |
| UK Parliament | Oxford West and Abingdon |
| Website | Waterways World |
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Coordinates: 51°46′19″N 1°16′23″W / 51.772°N 1.273°W
The Waterways is housing estate in North Oxford, England. The Oxford Canal runs through the centre of the estate and it is bounded on the east by the Cherwell Valley railway line.[1][2] To the west beyond the railway line are Port Meadow and the River Thames. The estate begins in the south as a continuation of Frenchay Road, part of Victorian North Oxford, and as Elizabeth Jennings Way connects with the Woodstock Road (A4144) at the northern end of the estate.
The estate was built between 2000 and 2006, on the site of the British Motor Corporation's former Osberton Radiator Factory.[3] There is a Waterways Residents Association (WRA).[4]
South of the estate a Town Green area called The Trap Grounds is a delightfully muddy wetland full of wildlife. The wetland is fed by the watercourse that runs through the estate from the 'lake' that was originally one of the North Oxford clay pits.
References
- ↑ "About the Waterways". Oxford, UK: The Waterways. Retrieved 6 September 2012. External link in
|publisher=(help) - ↑ The Waterways estate, Oxford, Wikimapia.
- ↑ "The Morris Motor Works (Osberton) by Woodstock Road and the Oxford Canal, Oxford, 1930 | Britain from Above". Britain from Above. Retrieved 2016-03-31.
- ↑ "Waterways Residents Association (WRA)". Oxford, UK: The Waterways. Retrieved 6 September 2012. External link in
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