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Delve into Balking in United Kingdom
Balking in the region of England is located in United Kingdom - some 61 mi or ( 99 km ) West of London , the country's capital .
Local time in Balking is now 05:37 PM (Wednesday) . The local timezone is named " Europe/London " with a UTC offset of 0 hours. Depending on your mobility, these larger destinations might be interesting for you: Yelford, Wolverhampton, Welford, Wantage, and Wanborough. While being here, you might want to check out Yelford . We discovered some clip posted online . Scroll down to see the most favourite one or select the video collection in the navigation. Are you curious about the possible sightseeing spots and facts in Balking ? We have collected some references on our attractions page.
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Best Western Sudbury House Hotel, Faringdon
Nestling on the edge of the Cotswolds between Oxford and Swindon, within easy access of the M4 and M40, the hotel offers traditional comforts with modern facilities. 9 acres of beautiful grounds with ..
Uffington White Horse, Uffington, Oxfordshire, England
The Uffington White Horse is a 110 meter-long Bronze Age (~4500 year old) figure incised into the chalk hillside near a hilltop. It is visible in its entirety only from a distance or from the air. Som ..
Uffington White Horse & Dragon Hill - Silent
We spent the weekend hiking & camping on The Ridgeway next to Uffington Castle, White Horse & Dragon Hill. The weather was perfect, only covered about 8 miles total but had a great time. (note: there ..
Wayland's Smithy Long Barrow, Ashbury, Oxfordshire, England
[ Please forgive the poor sound in this video, due to the wind. ] Wayland's Smithy is a Neolithic (late Stone Age) burial chamber in southern England. Fascinating place. See en.wikipedia.org for furth ..
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Interesting facts about this location
Vale of White Horse
The Vale of White Horse is a local government district of Oxfordshire in England. The main town is Abingdon, other places include Faringdon and Wantage. There are 68 parishes within the district. The current Leader of the Council is Matthew Barber. It is a geographically distinct region, lying between the Berkshire Downs and the River Thames, named after the Bronze Age Uffington White Horse.
Located at 51.60 -1.50 (Lat./Long.); Less than 3 km away
Blowing Stone
The Blowing Stone is a perforated sarsen stone, located at grid reference SU324871 in a garden at the foot of Blowingstone Hill just south of the Icknield Way (B4507), at Kingston Lisle, near Uffington, in the English county of Oxfordshire.
Located at 51.58 -1.53 (Lat./Long.); Less than 4 km away
Westcot
WestCOT was a planned theme park that was to be built at the Disneyland Resort in Anaheim, California on the site of Disneyland Park's former parking lot. It was intended to be a west coast version of EPCOT Center, a theme park devoted to international science and knowledge at Walt Disney World Resort in Florida. The project was announced in 1991 as the centerpiece of the expansion of the resort into a multi-park, multi-hotel business model, similar to that at Walt Disney World.
Located at 51.59 -1.51 (Lat./Long.); Less than 4 km away
Dragon Hill, Uffington
Dragon Hill is a small hillock immediately below the Uffington White Horse on the border of the civil parishes of Uffington and Woolstone in the English county of Oxfordshire. In 1974 it was transferred from Berkshire. Dragon Hill is a natural chalk hill with an artificial flat-top, to which clings the legend that it was on its summit that Saint George slew the dragon. A bare patch of chalk upon which no grass will grow is purported to be where the dragon's blood spilled.
Located at 51.58 -1.57 (Lat./Long.); Less than 4 km away
Uffington White Horse
The Uffington White Horse is a highly stylized prehistoric hill figure, 110 m long (374 feet), formed from deep trenches filled with crushed white chalk. The figure is situated on the upper slopes of White Horse Hill in the English civil parish of Uffington, some 8 km south of the town of Faringdon and a similar distance west of the town of Wantage. The hill forms a part of the scarp of the Berkshire Downs and overlooks the Vale of White Horse to the north.
Located at 51.58 -1.57 (Lat./Long.); Less than 4 km away
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