Introduction

Introduction
South Hinksey Parish is located directly to the south of the City of Oxford and straddles the Southern ring road (A34) northwest of the Hinksey Hill Interchange. It comprises an area of approximately 343 hectares and is bordered to the northeast by the Hinksey Stream that runs parallel with the main railway line from Oxford to Didcot. The northern boundary is also aligned to the Hinksey Stream that flows under the A34 from higher ground to the west through woodland. The southwest boundary is defined by established hedgerows that divide arable farmland (Chilswell Farm) outside the parish from the Hinksey Heights Golf Course within the parish boundary.

The southern length of this boundary extends across Chilswell Valley a designated local nature reserve and Limekiln Copse both comprising wooded, valley stream courses. To the extreme south corner of the parish the boundary straddles house gardens fronting to Foxcombe Road and Hinksey Hill and extends around the eastern perimeter of the built residential developments of Badger Lane and Spring Copse. The eastern end of this boundary extends across the A34 and Oxford slip road to connect with the Hinksey Stream once again below Red Bridge Hollow a residential caravan park and nearby allotments.