path to the dreaming spires?

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

Even Councillor Bob Price admits they're ugly!

"Dear Resident, You wrote to me recently about the graduate flats that have been constructed on Roger Dudman Way. I do, of course, understand very well why many people are distressed about the effect of these buildings on the views from Port Meadow looking south towards the city. They are ugly and look out of place. The design of the development is clearly poor and fails to take adequate account of the surrounding area...."