University Parks Area, Oxford
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University Parks Area, Oxford
Image: © David Hallam-Jones Taken: 31 Jul 2013
The entrance/exit in and out of Mesopotamia Walk, a thoroughfare for cyclists and pedestrians that connects this part of Oxford with Ferry Lane, New Marston. Behind the photographer St Cross Road and South Parks Road join at a right angle. The black gates visible on the left hand margin of the picture flag-up the entrance to "University Parks". This vast area of ‘green space’, totals 74 acres (30 ha.) and was purchased from Merton College between 1853-64. It is, to all intent and purpose, a huge public park. The building on the left is a lodge. The corner or the building on the right is part of Linacre College.
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Image Location
Latitude
51.759386
Longitude
-1.2506