Roger Bennion's photos

Happy Fence Friday, All Beecroft Building Oxford. From Wikipedia - en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beecroft_Building "The Beecroft Building is one of the buildings forming part of the Department of Physics, University of Oxford in Oxford, England. It was designed by Hawkins\Brown and completed in 2018. Planet Partitional was also involved with the contract. The budget was approximately £40 million. Adrian Beecroft was part-funder of the building." "The building is specifically focused on theoretical, condensed matter and quantum physics." The Beecroft Building has Oxford’s deepest basement at 16metres below-ground. If you want me to explain more about " theoretical, condensed matter and quantum physics" that would be difficult because we didn't do this subject at my school :-))) Have posted a number of shots of this building here. One from a similar viewpoint was posted in 2025 but it looks somewhat different. Perhaps the angle and framing I chose makes the difference :-))

Happy Fence Friday, All Merton St. Oxford. A very small part of Merton College :-)

Happy Fence Friday, All Part of the 'Oxford University Press' Building

Happy Fence Friday, All 'Tis still "bloomin'' hot here :-)) I am not too sure about this scene :-) This is definitely Oxford and this is somewhere near the end of the Oxford canal :-) But, there are no boats here and I am not even sure if a boat could get this far, anyway :-) Perhaps its a stream fed by the canal :-) Will have to investigate further on my next visit :-)

Happy Fence Friday, All Radcliffe Square, Oxford. From Wikipedia - en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Radcliffe_Square "Radcliffe Square is surrounded by historic Oxford University and college buildings. The square is cobbled, laid to grass surrounded by railings in the centre, and is pedestrianised except for access. The square is named after John Radcliffe, a student of the university who became doctor to the King, made a large fortune, and left a significant legacy to the University and his college (University College), which is nearby in the High Street to the south. The centrepiece of the square is the circular and imposing Radcliffe Camera, a library (originally for science) paid for by John Radcliffe's legacy, built 1737–48. This is part of the Bodleian Library, the main building of which is situated immediately to the north of the square. The two are connected by a tunnel and there are many books stored under the square (with space for around 600,000 volumes). These books may be requested by readers. There used to be a small underground railway to transport books between the Radcliffe Camera and the main Bodleian site. To the west is Brasenose College, one of Oxford's older colleges. To the east is All Souls College." A couple of years ago I bought a 10-20mm wide angle lens and I think I only used it once :-) I decided to give it another try :-) It's very difficult to include all of Radcliffe Square with any kind of standard lens so I tried the wide angle lens set at the 10.0 mm point :-) Maybe, view at full screen, please :-)

Happy Fence Friday, All The Grounds of New College, Oxford. From Wikipedia - en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_College,_Oxford "Despite its name, New College is one of the oldest of the Oxford colleges; it was founded in 1379 by William of Wykeham, Bishop of Winchester, as "Saint Mary College of Winchester in Oxenford", with both graduates and undergraduates. It became known as "New College" because there was already a college dedicated to St Mary in Oxford (Oriel College)".

Happy Fence Friday, All This is part of the Life and Mind Building in Oxford. In the background is the Sir William Dunn School of Pathology.

Happy Fence Friday, All Waddesdon Manor Grounds The walkway you follow to arrive at the Manor. You actually have to walk in the opposite direction :-))) These folks are on the way back to the car park :-) Also, added to Sight and Sound : Pictures & Music ♫ ♪ ♪ ♫ Listen here - Just the Two Of Us by Grover Washington Jr. feat. Bill Withers

Happy Fence Friday, All. They {whoever "they" are :-)} say you should always try and have a bit of red in a photo so here is a little bit of a red car :-) There were two 'County Council' buildings in Aylesbury. I live in Aylesbury. This is one of them. The original building on the opposite side of the road dates from the 1920's I think :-) I started my working life in the old building and then got moved to the new building here. First worked on the second floor and then they moved me to the 6th floor before I was lucky enough to be granted Early Retirement. This building is affectionately known as "Pooleys Palace" or "Pooley's Folly" :-)) Fred Pooley was the Architect :-) Note: The old building is now being converted into Flats :-) From Wikipedia - en.wikipedia.org/wiki/County_Hall,_Aylesbury "County Hall is a high-rise tower block in Walton Street in Aylesbury, in the county of Buckinghamshire in England. It was built to house the former Buckinghamshire County Council. Following local government reorganisation in 2020 the building is now owned by Buckinghamshire Council. County Hall continues to be used as offices by the new council".

Happy Fence Friday, All Was having trouble finding a shot for HFF so have chosen this one from a very, very, very, very long time ago :-))) I think this is a bridge in Windsor (UK)

Floods in Oxford quite some time ago :-) The dog was a little bit reluctant to follow it's owner :-)) Also, added to Sight and Sound : Pictures & Music ♫ ♪ ♪ ♫ Listen here - I Love My Dog by Cat Stevens

A smoke photo where I may have got a bit too carried away using filters in GIMP Photo Software .....maybe :-))) Maybe view on black, please :-)

Happy Fence Friday, All. Walking by Hereford College in Oxford.

Happy Fence Friday, All I think there is a 'concrete' 'fence' here :-))) Christ Church College, Oxford. 'The Tower here is known as 'Tom Tower' From Wikipedia - en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tom_Tower#Great_Tom "Tom Tower is a bell tower in Oxford, England, named after its bell, Great Tom. It stands over Tom Gate, on St Aldates, the main entrance of Christ Church, Oxford, which leads into Tom Quad. This square tower with an octagonal lantern and facetted ogee dome was designed by Christopher Wren and built 1681–82".

Happy Fence Friday, All Life & Mind Building, Oxford

Happy Fence Friday, All "Old & New" On the left is Blavatnik School of Government in Oxford. I think the building on the right is used by St. Paul's Day Nursery, possibly :-)

Happy Fence Friday, All Another shot of New College School, Oxford. From Wikipedia - en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_College_School "New College School (officially St Mary's College School) is a private preparatory school for boys aged 4 to 13 in Oxford. It was founded in 1379 by William of Wykeham to provide for the education of 16 choristers for the chapel of New College, Oxford."

Happy Fence Friday, All Ashridge Estate ~ Another old photo :-))) From Wikipedia - "Ashridge is a country estate in Hertfordshire, England. It is situated in the Chiltern Hills, an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty, about 2 miles (3.2 km) north of Berkhamsted and 23 miles (37 km) north west of London. The estate comprises 5,000 acres (20 km2) of woodlands (known as Ashridge Forest), commons and chalk downland which supports a rich variety of wildlife". Possibly best viewed Large :-)