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Little Wittenham SSSI is a Site of Special Scientific Interest and a Special Area of Conservation. [5] Day's Lock is north-east of the village. On the opposite bank to the north-east, a little distance from the river itself, is the town of Dorchester-on-Thames which can be reached on foot via Little Wittenham Bridge.
Dorchester on Thames (or Dorchester-on-Thames) is a village and civil parish in Oxfordshire, about 3 miles (5 km) northwest of Wallingford and 8 miles (13 km) southeast of Oxford. The town is a few hundred yards from the confluence of the River Thames and River Thame. A common practice of the scholars at Oxford was to refer to the river Thames ...
Most of this ancient wood is on acidic clay with flints, although some areas are on sandy clay or chalky silt. The acid soils have a sparse understorey but there is a diverse ground flora in the calcareous areas. Orchids include broad-leaved helleborine, green-flowered helleborine, bird's-nest orchid and narrow-lipped helleborine. [99] Hartslock
Wittenham Camp in 1939; aerial photograph by Major George Allen (1891–1940) Round Hill from the south at Wittenham Clumps Wittenham Clumps are a pair of wooded chalk hills in the Thames Valley, in the civil parish of Little Wittenham, in the historic county of Berkshire, although since 1974 administered as part of South Oxfordshire district.
There is marked variation in the use of conservation area status across England, with coverage ranging from 100% of properties in the Isles of Scilly (which is one large conservation area) through an average of 17% in London (although some boroughs have over 50% coverage) to under 5% in about 30% of local authority areas.
Just southeast of Lower Farm, about 1 + 1 ⁄ 2 miles (2.4 km) northwest of the present Nuneham Courtenay village, is the site of a former Romano-British pottery kiln.The kiln was about 1 + 1 ⁄ 2 miles (2.4 km) west of the Roman road that linked the Roman towns at Dorchester on Thames and Alchester.
Dorchester-on-Thames: House: 1610: 18 July 1963 1047840 ... Tower and Wall about 20m north-east of Rycote House: Rycote, Great Haseley: Country House: 1521: 18 July 1963
River Thames catchment area. The Goring Gap is a topographical feature on the course of the River Thames.The Gap is located in southern England where the river, flowing from north to south, cuts through and crosses a line of chalk hills in a relatively narrow gap between the Chiltern Hills and the Berkshire Downs.