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Christ Church Meadow is a famous flood-meadow
Flood-meadow

A flood-meadow is an area of grassland or pasture beside a river, subject to seasonal flooding. Flood-meadows are distinct from water-meadows in that the latter are artificially created and maintained, with flooding controlled on a seasonal and even daily basis....
, and popular walking and picnic spot in Oxford
Oxford

Oxford is a City status in the United Kingdom, and the county town of Oxfordshire, in South East England. It has a population of 151,000. The rivers River Cherwell and River Thames run through Oxford and meet south of the city centre....
, England
England

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Approximately triangular in shape it is bounded by the River Thames
River Thames

The Thames is a major river flowing through southern England. While best known because its lower reaches flow through central London, the river flows through several other towns and cities, including Oxford, Reading, Berkshire and Windsor, Berkshire....
 (the stretch through Oxford being known as the Isis
The Isis

The Isis is the name given to the part of the River Thames above Iffley Lock which flows through the city of Oxford. The name is especially used in the context of Rowing at the University of Oxford....
), the River Cherwell
River Cherwell

The River Cherwell is a river which flows through the English Midlands of England. It is a major tributary of the River Thames.The general course of the River Cherwell is north to south and the 'straight-line' distance from its source to the Thames is about 40 miles....
, and Christ Church
Christ Church, Oxford

Christ Church , is one of the largest Colleges of the University of Oxford of the University of Oxford in England. As well as being a college, Christ Church is also the cathedral church of the diocese of Oxford, namely Christ Church Cathedral, Oxford....
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Chch Meadow
Christ Church Meadow, Oxford
Rowing On the Isis
Christ Church Meadow is a famous flood-meadow
Flood-meadow

A flood-meadow is an area of grassland or pasture beside a river, subject to seasonal flooding. Flood-meadows are distinct from water-meadows in that the latter are artificially created and maintained, with flooding controlled on a seasonal and even daily basis....
, and popular walking and picnic spot in Oxford
Oxford

Oxford is a City status in the United Kingdom, and the county town of Oxfordshire, in South East England. It has a population of 151,000. The rivers River Cherwell and River Thames run through Oxford and meet south of the city centre....
, England
England

native_name =|conventional_long_name = England|common_name = England|image_flag = Flag of England.svg|image_coat = England COA.svg|symbol_type = Royal Coat of Arms...
.

Approximately triangular in shape it is bounded by the River Thames
River Thames

The Thames is a major river flowing through southern England. While best known because its lower reaches flow through central London, the river flows through several other towns and cities, including Oxford, Reading, Berkshire and Windsor, Berkshire....
 (the stretch through Oxford being known as the Isis
The Isis

The Isis is the name given to the part of the River Thames above Iffley Lock which flows through the city of Oxford. The name is especially used in the context of Rowing at the University of Oxford....
), the River Cherwell
River Cherwell

The River Cherwell is a river which flows through the English Midlands of England. It is a major tributary of the River Thames.The general course of the River Cherwell is north to south and the 'straight-line' distance from its source to the Thames is about 40 miles....
, and Christ Church
Christ Church, Oxford

Christ Church , is one of the largest Colleges of the University of Oxford of the University of Oxford in England. As well as being a college, Christ Church is also the cathedral church of the diocese of Oxford, namely Christ Church Cathedral, Oxford....
. It provides access to many of the college boat houses which are on an island at the confluence of the two rivers. The lower sections of the meadow, close to the Thames, are grazed by cattle, while the upper sections have sports fields.

Christ Church Meadow is owned by Christ Church, and is therefore private property, but access is permitted during the day. Access starts very early to allow rowers to go to the boathouse
Boathouse

A boathouse is a building especially designed for the storage of boats, normally smaller craft for sports of leisure use. These are typically located by open water, such as on a river....
s. Eights Week
Eights Week

Summer Eights is a bumps race that constitutes University of Oxford's main intercollegiate Sport rowing event of the year. The regatta takes place in May every year, from the Wednesday to the Saturday of the fifth week of Trinity term....
 and Torpids
Torpids

Torpids is one of two bumps race held at Oxford University yearly, the other being Eights Week. Over 130 men's and women's crews race for their colleges in six men's divisions and five women's; almost 1200 participants in total....
, Oxford University's two main rowing events, and Christ Church Regatta
Christ Church Regatta

Christ Church Regatta is a boat race in the University of Oxford which is held annually during seventh week of Michaelmas term, in which novice crews representing each college, compete against each other....
 are held on the Thames here. In past times, ornamental wooden barge
Barge

A barge is a flat-bottomed boat, built mainly for river and canal transport of heavy goods. Most barges are not self-propelled and need to be towed by tugboats or pushed by towboats....
s were moored on the river here to store boats and house spectators. However these have all now been replaced by boathouses.

James Sadler
James Sadler (balloonist)

James Sadler was the first England balloon .Sadler was the second person to make a balloon ascent in England, very soon after the Tuscan Vincent Lunardi's flight on 15 September 1784 in the grounds of the Honourable Artillery Park at Moorfields....
 made the first ascent in a balloon by an Englishman
Englishman

Englishman may refer to:*English people*grey partridge* Jenny-Bea Englishman, real name of the Canadien singer Esthero...
 from the Meadow on 4 October 1784. The balloon rose to a height of around 3,600 feet and landed six miles away near the village of Wood Eaton near Islip
Islip, Oxfordshire

Islip is a village in Oxfordshire, England. It is situated on the western edge of the fens of Otmoor, on the River Ray and River Cherwell, just east of Kidlington, and about 10 km south west of Bicester....
 to the north-east of Oxford. A plaque notes the event.

Postwar development planned for central Oxford included a relief road
Bypass (road)

A bypass is a road or highway that avoids or "bypasses" a built-up area, town, or village, to let through traffic flow without interference from local traffic, to reduce congestion in the built-up area, and to improve road safety....
 passing through the meadow and joining the district of St Ebbe's. The proposal was defeated after vigorous opposition.

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