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42 locations with this as their nearest station.

  1. 1, St Giles (Balliol College)Main building stone. W. J. Arkell describes this stone as being an 'offensive chrome yellow colour'. This i…Sedimentary·Limestone·near Oxford
  2. 141, High Street (Black Sheep Coffee)Main building stone.Sedimentary·Limestone·near Oxford
  3. 3, George StreetCladding used around the shop front.Sedimentary·Limestone·near Oxford
  4. Ashmolean MuseumAxe-dressed Portland Stone used for the foundations on Beaumont Street. This is an unusual facies composed…Sedimentary·Limestone·near Oxford
  5. Ashmolean MuseumGrey limestone used for column, balusters and dressings.Sedimentary·Oolitic Limestone·near Oxford
  6. Ashmolean MuseumYellow limestone ashlar masonry.Sedimentary·Oolitic Limestone·near Oxford
  7. Ashmolean MuseumPaving at the back entrance to the Ashmolean Museum of St Giles'. Basalt cobbles with good examples of conc…Structure·Basalt·near Oxford
  8. Barclays Bank OxfordMain building stone at street level.Sedimentary·Oolitic Limestone·near Oxford
  9. Blenheim PalaceThe main building stone used here is Clypeus Grit quarried at Cornbury, but a mixture of other original and…Sedimentary·Oolitic Limestone·near Oxford
  10. Campion HallMain building stone. Small blocks of Bladon Stone, a variety of the Forest Marble, are used in Oxford's ea…Sedimentary·Oolitic Limestone·near Oxford
  11. Campion HallStone used for quoins and other dressings.Sedimentary·Limestone·near Oxford
  12. John Prestwich Commemorative PlaqueCommemorative plaque to John Prestwich, geologist and hydrogeologist who was responsible for improving the…near Oxford
  13. Lamb & Flag PassagePaving setts in the passage.Sedimentary·Sandstone·near Oxford
  14. Ministry of DefenceStone used around the doorways inside the portico on Horse Guards Avenue.Sedimentary·Oolitic Limestone·near Oxford
  15. Old Ashmolean MuseumMain building stone, also used for columns at the doorway.Sedimentary·Oolitic Limestone·near Oxford
  16. Oxford Town Hall & MuseumMain building stone.Sedimentary·Limestone·near Oxford
  17. Oxford University Divinity SchoolsMain building stone.Sedimentary·Oolitic Limestone·near Oxford
  18. Oxford University Museum of Natural HistoryMain building stone.Sedimentary·Limestone·near Oxford
  19. Oxford University Museum of Natural History ErraticAn erratic boulder of Shap Granite is displayed outside the OUMNH. Although originally from Shap Fell in Cu…Igneous·Granite·near Oxford
  20. Radcliffe CameraMain building stone used for the upper stories, a yellowish variety of Oxford Stone from the Taynton area.…Sedimentary·Oolitic Limestone·near Oxford
  21. Radcliffe CameraBuilding stone used for the large, grey ashlars forming the foundation course of the Camera.Sedimentary·Limestone·near Oxford
  22. Radcliffe CameraFace-bedded white limestone used as the lowest course of stone around the building.Sedimentary·Limestone·near Oxford
  23. Radcliffe SquareBlack sets on the path from the Radcliffe Camera to the Bodleian.Igneous·Dolerite·near Oxford
  24. Radcliffe SquareRed sets on the path from the Radcliffe Camera to the Bodleian.Igneous·Granite·near Oxford
  25. Radcliffe SquareRounded cobbles of beach flint used for paving.Sedimentary·Flint·near Oxford
  26. Rhodes HouseMain building stone. Small blocks of Bladon Stone, a variety of the Forest Marble, are used in Oxford's ea…Sedimentary·Oolitic Limestone·near Oxford
  27. Rhodes HouseStone used for quoins and other dressings.Sedimentary·Limestone·near Oxford
  28. Royal Oxford HotelMain building stone. W. J. Arkell describes this stone as being an 'offensive chrome yellow colour'. This i…Sedimentary·Limestone·near Oxford
  29. Said Business SchoolMain building stone.Sedimentary·Limestone·near Oxford
  30. Sheldonian TheatreMain building stone used at the back of the building, facing the Divinity schools. Here the stone is largel…Sedimentary·Oolitic Limestone·near Oxford
  31. Sheldonian TheatreStone used to reface the building.Sedimentary·Calcarenite Limestone·near Oxford
  32. St John's College Garden GatePaving setts in front of a red gate.Sedimentary·Sandstone·near Oxford
  33. St Michael's-at-the-NorthgateRubble masonry used to construct this Saxon Tower. Coral Rag is the predominant lithology used here.Sedimentary·Limestone·near Oxford
  34. St Michael's-at-the-NorthgateStone used for the quoins is mainly a white, oolitic limestone from the quarries in the Windrush Valley, su…Sedimentary·Oolitic Limestone·near Oxford
  35. University of Oxford Careers ServiceSerpentinite columns in the porch.Metamorphic·Bastite Serpentinite·near Oxford
  36. University of Oxford Earth Sciences DepartmentMain building stone at the rear of the building.Sedimentary·Limestone·near Oxford
  37. University of Oxford Earth Sciences DepartmentBuff-coloured stone used on the decorative friezes on the building facing Le Gros Park Place.Sedimentary·Limestone·near Oxford
  38. University of Oxford Earth Sciences DepartmentDark grey stone used on the decorative friezes on the building facing Le Gros Park Place.Sedimentary·Limestone·near Oxford
  39. University of Oxford Inorganic Chemistry LaboratoryMain building stone. Small blocks of Bladon Stone, a variety of the Forest Marble, are used in Oxford's ea…Sedimentary·Oolitic Limestone·near Oxford
  40. University of Oxford Inorganic Chemistry LaboratoryStone used for quoins and other dressings.Sedimentary·Limestone·near Oxford
  41. Vanbrugh House HotelThe facade of this building was once Taynton Stone, one of the traditional Oxford Stones, but it has now la…Sedimentary·Oolitic Limestone·near Oxford
  42. Vanbrugh House HotelThe facade of this building was once Taynton Stone, one of the traditional Oxford Stones, but it has now la…Sedimentary·Calcarenite Limestone·near Oxford

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