
Our Oxfordshire Church photos were often taken during the Winter since in the Spring and Summer the churches are difficult to photograph due to the heavy foliage from the surrounding trees and shrubs. From March through to the summer many of the churches graveyards and surrounds are covered in snowdrops, then bluebells, then daffodils and so on. The village lanes around our part of Oxfordshire are generally very quiet and therefore great for cyclists - a far better way to visit and enjoy the churches than by using a car. In our case though our favourite way of getting around the various locations is by making up circular walks using our National Trails like The Ridgeway and the Oxfordshire Way.
Many of our Oxfordshire villages have small and very old churches which quite often
can date back for 700 or 800 years - and quite probably the existing churches were built on religious sites which go back way before that. Despite the basic shape it is quite
surprising how different many of these churches actually are in design and how beautiful many of them are to look at. They often have at least one very
large yew tree nearby, lots of not so often seen wild flowers surrounding the edges of the graveyards and for (the benefit
of?) walkers and cyclists there are often wooden seats in the graveyards which provide a nice peaceful location for a picnic. When
out and about in Oxfordshire we
usually plan our walks to arrive by a church around lunch time if possible.
Quite a few people like to visit Waterperry Gardens in South Oxfordshire - there is a good nursery
(for gardeners not babysitting) there which we often use as well as tea rooms and excellent gardens to walk round (the
gardens have an entrance fee) however Waterperry's small church is barely visible.
Please also see our other series of Oxfordshire Churches - we also have many other church photos from other English Counties - please see
our Buckinghamshire Churches and/or our English Churches topics.
The following are our various English Church Photos:
Berkshire Churches,
Bucks Churches,
Gloucestershire Churches,
Northamptonshire Churches,
Oxfordshire Churches A-L,
Oxfordshire Churches M-Y,
Warwickshire Churches
&
Church Photos - other Counties
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