Visit Hinksey Places

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The Walkfo guide to things to do & explore in Hinksey

  

Hinksey Places Overview: History, Culture & Facts about Hinksey

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Hinksey history

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The place-name is of Old English origin. It is first mentioned in the 10th century in the form Hengestesige. The Hinksey villages were not mentioned as separate villages until 1316.

Hinksey culture & places

The watercolour painter William Turner (1789–1862) painted Oxford from above Hinksey. Turner painted Oxford in 1789-1862.

Hinksey geography / climate

Hinksey Stream runs past the west of Oxford, a branch of the River Thames. North and south of Oxford are now two villages, North and South of Oxford. There is also an 11-acre park, which contains an open-air swimming pool.

You can visit Hinksey places with Walkfo Hinksey to hear history at Hinksey’s places whilst walking around using the free digital tour app. Walkfo Hinksey has 339 places to visit in our interactive Hinksey map, with amazing history, culture & travel facts you can explore the same way you would at a museum or art gallery with information audio headset. With Walkfo, you can travel by foot, bike or bus throughout Hinksey, being in the moment, without digital distraction or limits to a specific walking route. Our historic audio walks, National Trust interactive audio experiences, digital tour guides for English Heritage locations are available at Hinksey places, with a AI tour guide to help you get the best from a visit to Hinksey & the surrounding areas.

“Curated content for millions of locations across the UK, with 339 audio facts unique to Hinksey places in an interactive Hinksey map you can explore.”

Walkfo: Visit Hinksey Places Map
339 tourist, history, culture & geography spots

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Hinksey historic spots	Hinksey tourist destinations	Hinksey plaques	Hinksey geographic features
Walkfo Hinksey tourism map key: places to see & visit like National Trust sites, Blue Plaques, English Heritage locations & top tourist destinations in Hinksey

  

Best Hinksey places to visit

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Hinksey has places to explore by foot, bike or bus. Below are a selection of the varied Hinksey’s destinations you can visit with additional content available at the Walkfo Hinksey’s information audio spots:

Parson’s Pleasure Parson’s Pleasure in the University Parks at Oxford, England, was a secluded area for male-only nude bathing on the River Cherwell . It was located next to the path on the way to Mesopotamia at the south-east corner of the Parks . The facility closed in 1991 and the area now forms part of the parks .

Headington Hill Hall Headington Hill Hall was built in 1824 and the Morrell family remained in residence for 114 years . It became the home to Pergamon Press and to disgraced tycoon Robert Maxwell . It currently houses Oxford Brookes School of Law .

Cheney Student Village Cheney Student Village is one of the nine halls of residence at Oxford Brookes University . It houses 750 students in single study bedrooms with en suite shower rooms and self catered kitchens .

Holywell Manor, Oxford Holywell Manor is a historic building in central Oxford, England, in the parish of Holywell . It currently houses some of Balliol College’s postgraduate students .

Dyson Perrins Laboratory The Dyson Perrins Laboratory is in the science area of the University of Oxford . It was the main centre for research into organic chemistry from 1916 until 2003 . Parts of the building were used as teaching laboratories in which undergraduate students were trained in practical organic chemistry .

South Park, Oxford South Park is a park on Headington Hill in east Oxford, England . It is the largest park within Oxford city limits . A good view of the city centre with its spires and towers of Oxford University can be obtained at the park’s highest point .

Clarendon Laboratory The Clarendon Laboratory is part of the Department of Physics at Oxford University . It houses atomic and laser physics, condensed matter physics, and biophysics groups . The Oxford Centre for Quantum Computation is also housed in the laboratory .

Farmington Institute The Farmington Institute is based at Harris Manchester College, a constituent college of the University of Oxford . The Institute’s aim is to support, encourage and improve Christian education in schools, colleges and universities .

Holywell Music Room The Holywell Music Room is the city of Oxford’s chamber music hall . It is said to be the oldest purpose-built music room in Europe, and hence Britain’s first concert hall .

Department of Engineering Science, University of Oxford The Department of Engineering Science is part of the Mathematical, Physical and Life Sciences Division . The main building is the tall 1960s Thom Building that dominates the local landscape, especially the view from the University Parks to the east .

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