Isisbridge

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Posted: 10 Jun 2013


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St Barnabas
church
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campanile
buttercup
yellow
flower
wild flower
spring
springtime
meadow
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Port Meadow
Oxford
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England
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SSSI
site of special scientific interest
CPRE
Campaign to Save Rural England
Protect Port Meadow from Oxford University
Protect Port Meadow
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St Barnabas in springtime

St Barnabas in springtime
a view that has now been lost since Oxford University built a row of ugly blocks at the southern end of Port Meadow

Howard Somerville has particularly liked this photo


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 Isisbridge
Isisbridge club
The Port Meadow is an ancient grassland on the river floodplain, which has been grazed for centuries and never ploughed. It is a Scheduled National Monument and Site of Scientific Interest, and an environmental haven for the people of Oxford.

But the meadow's wide open views have now been damaged by Oxford City Council allowing Oxford University to build a row of massive blocks around the south-eastern perimeter. This has been likened to building a skyscraper next to Stonehenge, and campaigners are fighting to have the top storeys removed.

www.oxfordtimes.co.uk/news/10943788.Planning_minister_tells_Oxford_City_Council_and_Oxford_University_they_should_be_ashamed_over_Castle_Mill_flats

St Barnabas in springtime (2013)
9 years ago. Edited 14 months ago.
 Studley
Studley
Golden blooms in a sun-kissed field
A hedge beyond that forms a shield,
Happier times from yesterday
Sadly lost and gone away.
8 years ago.
Isisbridge club has replied to Studley
The Meadow still has its golden bloom,
But yonder eyesore blocks now loom,
Since Oxford Uni spoiled the day
By building Roger Dudman Way.

picnic at Roger Dudman Meadow
8 years ago. Edited 20 months ago.
 Howard Somerville
Howard Somerville club
Sorry - what, where of who is "Uni"?
10 months ago.

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