South Leigh
South Leigh is a Village in the county of Oxfordshire.
There are great places to visit near South Leigh including some great ancient sites, cities and shopping centres.
The area around South Leigh features a number of interesting ancient sites including The Rollright Stones, The King Stone, The Whispering Knights, and The Kings Men.
Oxford is one of South Leigh's best, nearby cities to visit in South Leigh.
Westgate Oxford is a great place to visit close to South Leigh if you like shopping centres.
South Leigh History
There are some historic monuments around South Leigh:
- Fawler Roman villa
- Section of the north Oxfordshire Grim's Ditch running east from the River Evenlode opposite Cornbury Park
- Section of the north Oxfordshire Grim's Ditch and a section of Akeman Street Roman road immediately south east of North Lodge in Blenheim Great Park
- Pair of Bronze Age round barrows and surrounding Civil War fieldworks 180m north-west of Park Farm
- Bowl barrow 400m north west of Ranger's Lodge in Cornbury Park
- Bowl barrow 200m west of Hawksnest Copse in Wychwood Forest
- A pair of Roman camps and a section of a post-medieval sunken road situated in the north eastern corner of Cornbury Park
- The Devil's Quoits
- Lee's Rest Earthwork: a probable Romano-Celtic temple 200m north east of Lee's Rest Farm
- Oaklands Farm Roman villa
- Pair of Bronze Age bowl barrows situated on Maple Hill in Wychwood Forest
- Round barrow cemetery 290m east of Old Shifford Farm
- Bishop of Winchester's Palace, 90m east of St Mary's Church
- Ring ditch near Long Hanborough
- 900m section of the north Oxfordshire Grim's Ditch 200m north of Grim's Dyke Farm, running north into Hark Wood
- Complex of rectangular enclosures, ring ditches and tracks
- Sites discovered by aerial photography, near Foxley Farm
- 80m section of the north Oxfordshire Grim's Ditch 150m WSW of Ditchley Gate in Blenheim Park
- Swinford Bridge
- Butter cross
- Eynsham market cross
- New Bridge
- Roman villa
- Ten medieval pillow mounds and part of an associated enclosure 300m north west of Combe Lodge
- 90m section of the north Oxfordshire Grim's Ditch 350m south of Grim's Dyke Farm
- Pair of bowl barrows immediately south of Blindwell Wood
- Bladon camp: a hillfort on Bladon Heath
- North Leigh Roman villa 300m NNE of Upper Riding Farm
- Bowl barrow 150m north-west of North Lodge, Cornbury Park
- Bowl barrow 150m east of Waterman's Lodge: one of a pair of Bronze Age barrows on the western edge of Wychwood Forest
- Blenheim Villa, a Roman villa and associated field system 200m north east of Little Cote
- Prehistoric and later settlements near Northmoor
- Earthwork 300m south west of Fair Rosamund's Well, Blenheim Park
- Great kitchen of manor house
- The remains of a medieval moated manor, priory, settlement and associated features, Cogges
- Waterman's Lodge bowl barrow, one of a pair of Bronze Age barrows on the western edge of Wychwood Forest
- Barn at Longworth House (hospital)
- 240m section of the north Oxfordshire Grim's Ditch between Grim's Dyke Farm and the B4437 Charlbury to Woodstock road
- Callow Hill Roman villa
- Section of the north Oxfordshire Grim's Ditch west of Common Farm
- Bowl barrow 350m south west of Furze Platt Farm in Blenheim Great Park
- Causewayed enclosure, 900m west of Chimney Farm
- Rectangular enclosure near New Inn
- Slatepits Copse long barrow, 1km SE of High Lodge in Wychwood Forest
- Stonesfield Roman villa
- Linear earthworks east of Callow Hill Roman villa forming part of the north Oxfordshire Grim's Ditch
- Eynsham Abbey (site of)
- Pair of bowl barrows at Hawksnest Copse in Wychwood Forest
- Ring ditches
- Long barrow 150m west of Churchill Copse in Wychwood Forest
- Civil War artillery fieldwork 370m NNW of Park Farm, Cornbury Park
- Rectangular earthwork, Hensington
- Brize's Lodge bowl barrow, 400m east of Gospel Oak
Places to see near South Leigh
Lakes near South Leigh
Canals near South Leigh
Rivers near South Leigh
- Thame upstream of Aylesbury
- Cuttle Brook
- Dorton, Chearsley and Waddesdon Brooks
- Stoke Brook Aylesbury
- Baldon Brook (South of Oxford)
- Holton Brook and tributaries
- Chinor Brook and Sydenham Brook
- Kingsey Cuttle Brook and tributaries at Thame
- Latchford Brook at Tetsworth
- Hardwick Brook (Source to Thame)
- Lewknor Brook
- Thame (Scotsgrove Brook to Thames)
- Scotsgrove Brook (upstream Kingsey Cuttle Brook)
- Peppershill and Shabbington Brooks
- Worminghall Brook and tributaries
- Thame (Aylesbury to Scotsgrove Brook)
- Haseley Brook
- Chalgrove Brook
- Bear Brook and Wendover Brook
- Fleet Marston Brook, Denham Brook, Pitchcott Brook west
- Berrick Stream and Lady Brook
- Wye (High Wycombe fire station to Thames)
- Sulham Brook
- Hamble Brook
- Mill Brook and Bradfords Brook system, Wallingford
- Cholsey Brook and tributaries
- Hughenden Stream
- Ewelme Stream (Source to Thames)
- Ewelme Stream (Source to Thames)
- Thames (Reading to Cookham)
- Wye (Source to High Wycombe fire station)
- Thames Wallingford to Caversham
- Pang
- Letcombe Brook
- Ock and tributaries (Land Brook confluence to Thames)
- Sandford Brook (source to Ock)
- Frilford and Marcham Brook
- Childrey Brook and Norbrook at Common Barn
- Ock (to Cherbury Brook)
- Childrey and Woodhill Brooks
- Stutfield Brook (source to Ock)
- Ginge Brook and Mill Brook
- Thames (Evenlode to Thame)
- Moor Ditch and Ladygrove Ditch
- Northfield Brook (Source to Thames) at Sandford
- Cow Common Brook and Portobello Ditch
- Cherwell (Bletchingdon to Ray)
- Bloxham Brook (Source to Sor Brook)
- Highfurlong Brook (to Cherwell)
- Hanwell Brook
- Tadmarton Stream (Source to Sor Brook)
- Upper Swere (Source to Wigginton)
- Hook Norton Brook (Source to Swere)
- Sor Brook (Broughton to Cherwell)
- Farthinghoe Stream (Source to Cherwell) and tributaries
- Swere (Wigginton to Cherwell)
- Ockley Brook and Croughton Brook (Source to Cherwell)
- Ashby Brook (Source to Cherwell)
- Bayswater Brook
- Deddington Brook (Source to Cherwell)
- Sor Brook (Source to Broughton)
- Cherwell (Ray to Thames) and Woodeaton Brook
- Cherwell (Source to Trafford Bridge)
- Chacombe Brook (Source to Cherwell)
- Cherwell (Ashby Brook to Cropredy)
- Clayton and Wormleighton Brook, Source to Highfurlong Brook
- Cherwell (Cropredy to Nell Bridge)
- Shutford Stream (Source to Sor Brook)
- Cherwell (Nell Bridge to Bletchingdon)
- Littlestock Stream to tributary of Evenlode at Shipton
- Evenlode (Source to Four Shires S) and Longborough Stream
- Glyme (Enstone to Dorn)
- Little Compton Brook and tributaries (Source to Evenlode)
- Evenlode (Bledington to Glyme confluence)
- Glyme (Dorn confluence to Evenlode)
- Evenlode (Compton Bk to Bledington Bk) and 4 Shires
- Heythorpe Stream and tributaries
- Cornwell Brook and tributaries (Source to Evenlode)
- Coldron and Taston Brooks
- Sars Brook (source to Evenlode downstream Bledington)
- Bledington Brook (Source to Evenlode)
- Evenlode (Glyme to Thames)
- Glyme (Source to Enstone)
- Westcote Brook (source to Evenlode at Bledington)
- Dorn (Source to Glyme)