Oxford England's industries include motor manufacturing, education, publishing, information technology and science.
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20 Facts About Oxford England
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Oxford England is 24 miles north-west of Reading, 26 miles north-east of Swindon, 36 miles east of Cheltenham, 43 miles east of Gloucester, 29 miles south-west of Milton Keynes, 38 miles south-east of Evesham, 43 miles south of Rugby and 51 miles west-north-west of London.
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The policy has been blamed for the large rise in house prices in Oxford England, making it the least affordable city in the United Kingdom outside of London, with estate agents calling for brownfield land inside the green belt to be released for new housing.
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Oxford England's economy includes manufacturing, publishing and science-based industries as well as education, research and tourism.
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Oxford England has been an important centre of motor manufacturing since Morris Motors was established in the city in 1910.
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Oxford England increasingly has a reputation for being a centre of digital innovation, as epitomized by Digital Oxford England.
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Oxford England has numerous major tourist attractions, many belonging to the university and colleges.
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Oxford England formed a partnership in 1782 with Mark and James Morrell, who eventually became the owners.
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Oxford England is a very green city, with several parks and nature walks within the ring road, as well as several sites just outside the ring road.
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Direct trains run from Oxford England station to London Paddington where there is an interchange with the Heathrow Express train links serving Heathrow Airport.
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Oxford England has one of the largest urban park and ride networks in the United Kingdom.
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In 2014 Oxford England Bus introduced a fleet of 20 new buses with flywheel energy storage on the services it operates under contract for Oxford England Brookes University.
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Oxford England is the junction for a short branch line to Bicester, a remnant of the former Varsity line to Cambridge.
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Oxford England was the original base of Salters Steamers, which was a leading racing-boat-builder that played an important role in popularising pleasure boating on the Upper Thames.
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Oxford England is home to many museums, galleries, and collections, most of which are free of admission charges and are major tourist attractions.
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The most notable Oxford England act is Radiohead, who all met at nearby Abingdon School, though other well known local bands include Supergrass, Ride, Swervedriver, Lab 4, Talulah Gosh, the Candyskins, Medal, the Egg, Unbelievable Truth, Hurricane No 1, Crackout, Goldrush and more recently, Young Knives, Foals, Glass Animals, Dive Dive and Stornoway.
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In 1997, Oxford England played host to Radio 1's Sound City, with acts such as Travis, Bentley Rhythm Ace, Embrace, Spiritualized and DJ Shadow playing in various venues around the city including Oxford England Brookes University.
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City's leading football club, Oxford England United, are currently in League One, the third tier of league football, though they enjoyed some success in the past in the upper reaches of the league.
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Oxford England Hawks has two astroturf pitches at Banbury Road North, by Cutteslowe Park to the north of the city.
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