IMAGES TAKEN NEAR TO
Gidley Way, OXFORD, OX33 1TG
Introduction
This page details the photographs taken nearby to Gidley Way, OX33 1TG 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.
There are currently over 7.5m images from over14,400 individuals and you can help contribute to the project by visiting https://www.geograph.org.uk
Image Map
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Notes
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Image Listing (14 Images Found)
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The bricked up west portal of Horspath Tunnel
The former railway tunnel has been bricked up and is now a sanctuary for bats. The Princes Risborough to Oxford Railway ran through the tunnel until 1963. The tunnel is 520 yards long under a clay hill and is completely lined throughout.
Image: © Steve Daniels
Taken: 25 May 2011
0.16 miles
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Boggy wetland in the former railway cutting
The Nature Reserve is in the tunnel cutting of the former Princes Risborough to Oxford railway.
Image: © Steve Daniels
Taken: 25 May 2011
0.19 miles
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Boggy wetland in the former railway cutting
The Nature Reserve is in the tunnel cutting of the former Princes Risborough to Oxford railway.
Image: © Steve Daniels
Taken: 25 May 2011
0.19 miles
10
Horspath: Disused railway tunnel portal
This is the western portal of the Horspath Tunnel which formerly carried the Oxford to Princes Risborough railway line through the eastern end of Shotover Hill. The tunnel was (and still is) 475 metres (520 yards) long. The railway was closed in 1963, and the abandoned tunnel subsequently proved a popular venue for illegal raves in the 1980s and 1990s, as well as a popular roost for bats. However in 2002 the tunnel was taken over by Oxfordshire County Council, and formally turned into a bat hibernaculum, or winter hibernating refuge. Five species of bats, Daubenton’s, Brown Long-Eared, Natterer’s, Brandt’s, and Whiskered, are said to use the tunnel. This transformation was achieved with major financial assistance from the Esmée Fairbairn Foundation http://www.esmeefairbairn.org.uk/ and One World Wildlife (formerly The Biodiversity Trust).
The former trackbed immediately outside the tunnel is maintained as a Wildlife Conservation Area by Horspath Parish Council http://home.clara.net/shotover/horspath/hiber.htm and a volunteer member is hard at work.
(Mrs Albion was forcibly reminded of Henry the Green Engine with this image!)
Image: © Nigel Cox
Taken: 16 Jan 2008
0.19 miles