Christ Church Meadow, Oxford

Eights Week and Torpids, Oxford University's two main rowing events, and Christ Church Regatta are held on the Thames here.

In past times, ornamental wooden barges were moored on the river here to store boats and house spectators.

[3] The balloon rose to a height of around 3,600 feet and landed six miles away near the village of Wood Eaton near Islip to the northeast of Oxford.

The Meadow was also the location where the medieval royal pretender John Deydras claimed to have been persuaded by the devil to impersonate Edward II in 1318.

[4] Postwar development planned for central Oxford included a relief road passing through the meadow and joining the district of St Ebbe's.