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Magdalen Quarry

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Magdalen Quarry is one of 105 Sites of Special Scientific Interest in Oxfordshire. It is the smallest of them. Waterperry Wood and Port Meadow are among the SSSIs within 5 km. Oxford Station is about 4.8 km away to the west.

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Photo of University of Oxford Botanic Garden, a Grade I registered house & garden in Oxfordshire, south east England.Highlight

University of Oxford Botanic Garden

House & garden near Oxford

Britain's oldest botanic garden, a walled physic garden of 1621 by the Cherwell.

3.3 km W

Photo along the Thames Path, a 185-mile National Trail running from Kemble to London, England.Highlight

Thames Path

National Trail

The river from its Cotswold trickle to the Thames Barrier — the gentlest long walk in Britain.

3.8 km SW · spans 7 counties

Photo of the River Thames, a 135-mile river navigation running from Cricklade to Teddington, England.Highlight

River Thames

River navigation

The non-tidal Thames — 45 locks of managed river between Cricklade's meadows and the tideway at Teddington.

3.8 km SW · spans 7 counties

Photo of Carfax Tower, a landmark in Oxfordshire, south east England.Highlight

Carfax Tower

Landmark near Oxford

Surviving 12th-century tower of St Martin's church at Oxford's central crossroads, climbable for rooftop city views.

4 km W

Photo of Oxford Castle, a ruined castle in Oxfordshire, south east England.Highlight

Oxford Castle

Castle near Oxford

Norman castle and old county gaol, with a climbable Saxon tower.

4.3 km W

Photo of North Hinksey Conduit House, a landmark in Oxfordshire, south east England.

North Hinksey Conduit House

Landmark near Oxford

Small stone conduit house of the early 1600s on the slopes above North Hinksey, built to pipe spring water into Oxford's Carfax Conduit.

5.9 km W