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Blenheim Park is a 224.3-hectare (554-acre) biological Site of Special Scientific Interest in the civil parish of Blenheim, in the West Oxfordshire district, in Oxfordshire, England, on the outskirts of Woodstock. [1] [2] It occupies most of the grounds of Blenheim Palace. The park was once an Anglo-Saxon chase and then a twelfth-century deer park.
Blenheim Palace (/ ˈ b l ɛ n ɪ m / BLEN-im [1]) is a country house in Woodstock, Oxfordshire, England.It is the seat of the Dukes of Marlborough.Originally called Blenheim Castle, it has been known as Blenheim Palace since the 19th century. [2]
Woodstock is a market town and civil parish, 8 miles (13 km) north-west of Oxford in West Oxfordshire in the county of Oxfordshire, England. The 2021 census recorded a parish population of 3,521, [1] up from the previous 3,100 in 2011. [2] Blenheim Palace, a UNESCO World Heritage Site, is next to Woodstock, in the parish of Blenheim.
According to local tales, "Rosamund's bower" (probably an early version of the labyrinth) was demolished when Blenheim Palace was built. [5] Today, Fair Rosamund's Well ( 51°50′42″N 1°22′04″W / 51.845070°N 1.3677058°W / 51.845070; -1.3677058 ) is a paved spring in the park of Blenheim Palace in Woodstock , Oxfordshire
Blenheim is a civil parish in the West Oxfordshire district, in Oxfordshire, England, about 7 miles (11 km) north of Oxford. [1] At its edge is Blenheim Palace , which is the birthplace of Sir Winston Churchill and the ancestral home of the Dukes of Marlborough .
Botley West is a proposed £800m solar farm, covering about 1,000 hectares (2,471 acres) across three areas - north of Woodstock, west of Kidlington and west of Botley.
The Agria Blenheim Horse Trials is an annual international three-day event held in the park of Blenheim Palace, at Woodstock, England. It is rated CCI*** (the second highest level of eventing). Blenheim began in 1990, after the three-day event held at Chatsworth was ended.
Woodstock Palace was a royal residence in the English town of Woodstock, Oxfordshire. [ 1 ] Henry I of England built a hunting lodge here and in 1129 he built 7 miles (11 km) of walls to create the first enclosed park, where lions and leopards were kept.