Sheepwash Channel connects the

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to the west and the

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next to the

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to the east (linked through Isis Lock), in west

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. To the north are Cripley Meadow (largely allotments) and Fiddler's Island. To the south are Osney Island and the Botley Road. The Cherwell Valley Line and

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cross the channel just north of

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on Sheepwash Channel Railway Bridge. Just to the east, there is Rewley Road Swing Bridge, a

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for the former

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line of

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, that used to serve the

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, which was on the site of the

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. Rewley Road Bridge also crosses Sheepwash Channel. The Isis Lock just to the north of the eastern end of Sheepwash Channel connects the Castle Mill Stream and the Oxford Canal, allowing access between the Oxford Canal and the River Thames via the channel for boats. At the western end is a footbridge over Sheepwash Channel, forming part of the

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Gallery

File:Rail swing bridge , Oxford - geograph.org.uk - 1610161.jpg, The Sheepwash Channel with the old

and the newer railway bridge. File:Oxford - LNWR Swing Bridge - geograph.org.uk - 95063.jpg, The old swing bridge and the newer railway bridge over the Sheepwash Channel. File:Swing bridge over the canal - geograph.org.uk - 1405691.jpg, The swing bridge in the open position on the north bank of the Sheepwash Channel. File:Rail swing bridge , Oxford - geograph.org.uk - 1610155.jpg, View of the swing bridge over Sheepwash Channel in 1977 when it was still in operation. File:River Thames or Isis, Oxford - geograph.org.uk - 320200.jpg, The

just south of the western entrance to the Sheepwash Channel (under the arched footbridge). File:Isis Lock, Oxford - geograph.org.uk - 320206.jpg, The Isis Lock that connects the

with Sheepwash Channel via a short stretch of the

. File:Oxford railway station MMB 03.jpg, Looking north along the railway line from

over Sheepwash Channel Railway Bridge.

References

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