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Headington Hill Oxfordshire Map

Traditional county: Oxfordshire · District / Borough: Oxford · Region: South East

Explore Headington Hill, Oxfordshire with this interactive street and satellite map. You can “grab” the Headington Hill map and move it around to re-centre it. You can change between standard map view and satellite map view by clicking the small square in the bottom left-hand corner of the map. You can use the zoom buttons on the lower right side of the map to zoom in or out to street-level detail. You will find live weather, local and world news below.

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PlaceHeadington Hill
Traditional CountyOxfordshire
District / BoroughOxford
RegionSouth East
CountryEngland, United Kingdom
Latitude51.751999
Longitude-1.237134
Place TypeSuburban Area

About Headington Hill

Headington Hill rises as a verdant, sloping threshold between the academic spires of the city and the rolling Oxfordshire countryside. It lies 0.9 miles east of Oxford (from Oxford: bearing 90°T, OS grid SP 527 061). The terrain here commands a sweeping view, where the light catches the limestone masonry of historic colleges, casting long, amber shadows across the incline as the sun descends. To the west, the ancient, sprawling expanse of Magdalen College provides a quiet, green anchor for the landscape, its deer park offering a tranquil counterpoint to the suburban bustle. Headington Hill remains defined by this steep transition, where the air feels thinner and sharper than the sheltered streets below. Residents often walk the perimeter of Headington Hill Park, a space where the mature canopy softens the noise of the main road into a distant, rhythmic hum. These elevated grounds hold a particular stillness, as if the earth itself pauses before dropping down toward the river meadows and the hidden, scientific quiet of the Magdalen Grove Sssi. The architecture here retains a Victorian gravity, with large, substantial houses that seem to observe the changing seasons with a permanent, stony composure.

Nearby Outdoor Places

  • Fellows Garden (Park) — 0.2 mi, 007° N
  • Headington Hill Park (Park) — 0.2 mi, 056° NE
  • Magdalen College (Historic Park or Garden (Grade I)) — 0.2 mi, 286° WNW · 18 ha
  • The Ultimate Picture Palace (Cinema) — 0.2 mi, 202° SSW
  • Magdalen Grove Sssi (Site of Special Scientific Interest) — 0.4 mi, 291° WNW
  • Oxford Botanic Garden (Historic Park or Garden (Grade I)) — 0.4 mi, 253° WSW · 3 ha
  • Figure (Archaean) (Public Artwork) — 0.4 mi, 310° NW
  • Oxford City Walls (Scheduled Monument) — 0.5 mi, 285° WNW
  • Site of the Morris Longwall Garage (Attraction) — 0.5 mi, 289° WNW
  • Jacqueline du Pré Music Building (Theatre) — 0.5 mi, 231° SW
  • University of Oxford Botanic Garden (Attraction) — 0.5 mi, 259° WSW
  • Corpus Christi (Historic Park or Garden) — 0.6 mi, 259° W
  • Tolkien's Table (Attraction) — 0.6 mi, 262° W
  • Michael Pilch Studio (Theatre) — 0.6 mi, 295° WNW
  • The Queen's College (Attraction) — 0.6 mi, 278° W
  • The Williams Reach (River) — 0.7 mi, 325° NW
  • Kingfisher Point (Viewpoint) — 0.7 mi, 217° SW
  • Christ Church Picture Gallery (Museum) — 0.7 mi, 263° W
  • Boathouse Corner (Viewpoint) — 0.8 mi, 214° SW
  • ST Lee Gallery and Treasury (Museum) — 0.8 mi, 286° WNW
  • Museum of the History of Science (Museum) — 0.8 mi, 281° WNW
  • Oxford Illusion Museum (Museum) — 0.8 mi, 270° W
  • New Marston Meadows Sssi (Site of Special Scientific Interest) — 0.9 mi, 340° NNW · 45 ha
  • Section Of The Grandpont Causeway (Scheduled Monument) — 0.9 mi, 237° WSW
  • Museum of Oxford (Museum) — 0.9 mi, 267° W
  • Castle Hill (Hill / Mountain) — 1.0 mi, 269° W
  • Shire Lake Ditch (River) — 1.0 mi, 195° SSW
  • Oxford Castle And Earlier Settlement Remains (Scheduled Monument) — 1.0 mi, 267° W · 1 ha
  • Martyrs' Memorial (Monument) — 1.0 mi, 283° WNW
  • The Oxford Cinema & Café (Cinema) — 1.0 mi, 281° W

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About This Headington Hill Map Page

Explore Headington Hill, Oxfordshire, with an embedded street and satellite map - switch between views using the small square in the bottom left-hand corner of the map. Coordinates: 51.751999, -1.237134. Live weather conditions and 7-day forecasts are provided through Open-Meteo, while real-time local and world news feeds help keep the page current. Wikipedia and editorial summaries provide additional local information and context.

Location data is sourced from OS Open Names © Crown copyright and database rights 2024, Ordnance Survey, Open Government Licence v3.0, and verified by coordinates.

Page builtAugust 2026
Location dataOS Open Names © Crown copyright and database rights 2024. Ordnance Survey. Open Government Licence v3.0.
County dataTraditional county boundaries. Modern unitary authority: OS Open Names / ONS Geography.
CoordinatesWGS84 decimal degrees derived from OS National Grid (OSGB36)
Wikipedia validationArticle content matched by Wikipedia category membership (e.g. “Villages in Derbyshire”) and name verification against OS Open Names data.