Donnington, Oxfordshire

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Donnington
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Donnington
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Donnington
Location within Oxfordshire
OS grid reference SP527044
Civil parish
  • unparished
District
Shire county
Region
Country England
Sovereign state United Kingdom
Post town Oxford
Postcode district OX4
Dialling code 01865
Police Thames Valley
Fire Oxfordshire
Ambulance South Central
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UK
England
Oxfordshire
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

References

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