Wolvercote Walk

Wolvercote is a small village three mile from the center of Oxford.  It was incorporated into the city of Oxford in about 1930.  You enter the village from Woodstock Road at First Turn, taking a bridge across the railway tracks.

Continuing

 down the road

 is the local primary

 school established in 1814.

Across the street is the church, with a cemetery in the church yard.  The interior shows evidence of the rebuilding of the church in the 19th century.  The baptismal font was a part of the original church, from the 14th century.

Continuing down the road, you come to the convenience store in upper Wolvercote which includes a post office. The store is closed because I took this picture on Sunday.  Convenience means

 that it is opened after 5:30 a couple days a week.

Further down the hill is the one of three pubs in the village, the Plough.

The next feature of note is the canal, used until the mid 1800s when the railroads came through.  Today it is used as a tourist attraction with a number house boats, some of which are for rent.  

A real house boat, with a garden on the roof.

 A boat going through a small lock.

Coming up from the canal, we go through the business district of Lower Wolvercote.  This is the convenience store that I frequent.  The proprietor is a congenial person who already knows what my favorite candy bar is.

Continuing down Godstow Road, we pass a number of homes 

 the Baptist Church

go over the Mill Stream and pass the sheep pasture.

At the outskirts of Wolvercote, we arrive at the 

Trout Inn.  This is a popular setting for 

the Inspector Morse series.

Further down the road are the ruins of the Wovercote Nunnery, founded in 1139.  During the British Civil War, Crowmwell used the buildings as his headquarters. This area was the chapel.

 

On the way home we pass a community orchard.  The heritage apples are sold during a fall festival to finance the orchard.

 

Next to the orchard are the community garden plots

 or allotments as they are known here.

We return to the business area of Lower Wolvercote,  with  two pubs

                                                    and the village playground.

Down the block is the Chinese fish and chips shop.  My house is up the block from here.