Donnington, Oxfordshire

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OS grid reference SP527044
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Sovereign state United Kingdom
Post town Oxford
Postcode district OX4
Dialling code 01865
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51°44′17″N1°14′02″W / 51.738°N 1.234°W / 51.738; -1.234

Donnington is a small housing estate in Oxford, England located adjacent to the River Thames in the post-war housing developments either side of Donnington Bridge and around Boundary Brook Road. It is bordered by Iffley Village to the south, Iffley Fields to the north and Cowley to the east. [1]

The City of Oxford Rowing Club is based by the Donnington Bridge.

People

The speedway rider George Major was born in Donnington

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References

  1. Oxford, Chipping Norton and Bicester (Landranger Maps) (D1 ed.), Ordnance Survey, 2006, ISBN   978-0-319-22913-2