North Hinksey Conduit House OX2 9AS
Free for Everyone
Open: Seasonal - See website
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About:
North Hinksey Conduit House is located on a hillside with views over the busy Oxford ring road to the spires of the city below.
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.

Dog Friendly:
Dogs are allowed on leads.

Entry Charge:
Free for everyone (see website)

Parking:
Access to the Conduit House is on foot only and is about a ten minute walk from the road.

Facilities:
There are no facilities on site.

Notes:
here is no access to the interior of the conduit house.

Contact:
Website: www.english-heritage.org.uk
Tel: 0370 3331181