IMAGES TAKEN NEAR TO
Windrush Valley Road, WITNEY, OX28 5AE

Introduction

This page details the photographs taken nearby to Windrush Valley Road, OX28 5AE by members of the Geograph project.

The Geograph project started in 2005 with the aim of publishing, organising and preserving representative images for every square kilometre of Great Britain, Ireland and the Isle of Man.

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Bench on the Lawn, Lancut Road
A grassy open space amongst the houses.
Image: © Des Blenkinsopp Taken: 15 Oct 2020
0.07 miles
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Local shops, Fettiplace Road, Witney
Behind the grassed area, is a parade of shops serving the surrounding housing estate. The shops include a local Tesco, the Oasis Coffee Shop, The Babywarehouse, Dolphin Fish Shop (fish and chips), States Fishing Tackle, and Betfred (bookmakers).
Image: © P L Chadwick Taken: 28 Aug 2011
0.09 miles
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The Rowing Machine, Fettiplace Road, Witney
This is a typical estate pub of the 1950's/1960's, and has had its ups & downs over the years. It has been part of the Hungry Horse chain of pub/restaurants for some years, but in December 2009 it re-opened under the direct control of the owners, brewery Greene King of Bury St. Edmunds in Suffolk. There were considerable improvements made at that time, including provision of a large restaurant. Despite that, there has been at least one change of landlord since then. In many ways, the middle of a housing estate is perhaps a strange place for a restaurant, as there would be no passing trade here. The pub's name is derived from Witney's famous former blanket making industry. Rowing is raising the nap on blankets. In Witney it was pronounced a bit like ploughing. At one time the pub was called the Flying Machine.
Image: © P L Chadwick Taken: 28 Aug 2011
0.11 miles
4
Houses at Tower Hill / Windrush Valley Road junction
There is an OS benchmark Image on the near corner, left hand face, of the house at the junction
Image: © Roger Templeman Taken: 4 Jan 2017
0.11 miles
5
Benchmark on #32 Tower Hill
Ordnance Survey cut mark benchmark described on the Bench Mark Database at http://www.bench-marks.org.uk/bm37239
Image: © Roger Templeman Taken: 5 Mar 2011
0.11 miles
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The Rowing Machine
A suburban local pub in the Hungry Horse estate. See Image for more info, including the unusual name.
Image: © Des Blenkinsopp Taken: 15 Oct 2020
0.11 miles
7
The Rowing Machine on Fettiplace Road
The Rowing Machine is a former Morrells pub.
Image: © Steve Daniels Taken: 26 May 2021
0.12 miles
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Benchmark on the garage of #103 Burford Road
Ordnanace Survey cut mark benchmark described on the Bench Mark Database at http://www.bench-marks.org.uk/bm37238
Image: © Roger Templeman Taken: 5 Mar 2011
0.14 miles
9
The Workhouse Chapel
The site of a 19th century workhouse is now housing. All that remains is the old chapel which has been converted to offices, and what looks like an old gateway.
Image: © Des Blenkinsopp Taken: 15 Oct 2020
0.17 miles
10
Arch and office building at junction of Union Way and Tower Hill
The history of the site which now has this converted chapel as offices is interesting. Witney Workhouse was built on Razor Hill (now Tower Hill) in 1835-36 by the architect George Wilkinson. It had four wings radiating from an octagonal central building. George's younger brother William added a separate chapel in 1860. During the First World War the workhouse housed prisoners of war. In 1940 it became Crawford Collets engineering factory which incorporated the chapel as the factory canteen. In 1979 Crawford Collets demolished the main buildings and replaced them with a modern factory but preserved the entrance gate and former chapel. In 2004 this factory was demolished for redevelopment. The gate and chapel were preserved and subsequently the chapel renovated to provide the offices of this photograph.
Image: © Roger Templeman Taken: 5 Mar 2011
0.17 miles
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