Shiplake consists of three settlements: Shiplake, Shiplake Cross and Lower Shiplake. Together these villages form a civil parish situated beside the River Thames 2 miles (3 km) south of Henley-on-Thames, Oxfordshire, England. The river forms the parish boundary to the east and south, and also the county boundary between Oxfordshire and Berkshire. The villages have two discrete centres separated by agricultural land. The 2011 Census records the parish population as 1,954 and containing 679 homes. The A4155 main road linking Henley with Reading, Berkshire passes through the parish.
Parish church of Saint Peter and Paul
Shaft cross in the parish churchyard
A gold noble coin of Henry VI, dating from c. 1422 – c. 1427, found in Shiplake
The Plowden Arms
Oxfordshire is a ceremonial county in South East England. The county is bordered by Northamptonshire and Warwickshire to the north, Buckinghamshire to the east, Berkshire to the south, and Wiltshire and Gloucestershire to the west. The city of Oxford is the largest settlement and county town.
Image: Radcliffe Camera, Oxford Oct 2006
Image: Aerial view of Islip, Oxfordshire geograph.org.uk 3892478 (cropped)
Image: Uffington White Horse sat
Brasenose Lane in Oxford city centre, a street onto which three colleges back.