North Hinksey Conduit House, Oxfordshire FREE ENTRY
Details
Accessibility
2025-
Access to the conduit house is on foot only and is about a ten minute walk from the road.
Dogs on leads are welcome
Brief description
2025-
"The conduit house, which covers and protects a shallow well, was built in about 1617 as part of a system constructed to take clean drinking water from the springs at North Hinksey downhill to the Carfax Conduit, a fountain in the centre of Oxford.
The lawyer Otho Nicholson promoted the system, and erected the ornate fountain to mark James I’s visit to Oxford. The fountain was dismantled as part of street improvements in 1787, but re-erected in the same year by the second Lord Harcourt as an eye-catcher at Nuneham Park, a few miles outside the city.
The ditch through which water flowed downhill from North Hinksey is no longer visible at ground level and has been cut and removed at many points. The conduit house itself, however, survives in its original location as a fine example of early civic clean-water provision."
https://www.english-heritage.org.uk/visit/places/north-hinksey-conduit-house/history/
Address
Harcourt Hill, North Hinskey, Oxfordshire, OX2 9AS
Phone
2025-
0370 333 1181
Website
https://www.english-heritage.org.uk/visit/places/north-hinksey-conduit-house/
Directions
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"In North Hinksey off A34; 1 1⁄2 miles W of Oxford. Located off track leading from Harcourt Hill.
SAT NAV Postcode : OX2 9AS Latitude : 51.741293 Longtitude : -1.282723"
https://www.english-heritage.org.uk/visit/places/north-hinksey-conduit-house/directions/
Opening Times and Admission prices
2025-
Access to the interior of the conduit house is only possible during special events. The exterior is open 10am-4pm, Thursday to Sunday, from April until October and is also open on Bank Holidays during this period. The site is closed from October until April.
For up-to-date opening times see: https://www.english-heritage.org.uk/visit/places/north-hinksey-conduit-house/opening-times/
Admission Prices :
FREE
Always check with the venue directly for up-to-date information including opening times and admission charges as they may be subject to change
Transport
2025-
"BUS ACCESS
Heyfordian service 44; also Stagecoach Brookes bus service U1 passes within 3⁄4 mile
TRAIN ACCESS: Oxford 1 1⁄2 mile"
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Location
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*Distances are calculated in a straight line from the current venue, please allow extra time/distance based on available paths or roads.