Interesting/Unusual Photo Locations Oxfordshire?

[Shamu]

Hi guys, quick question, also posted in the TV forum, but want maximum exposure me and a friend with a furby vrs want to find somewhere interesting/unusual to get some shots of our cars, anyone have any ideas?

Some ideas so far were, Kidlington grain silo, Upper Heyford(at the airbase), Somehow getting into blenheim place?!

Any ideas greatly appreciated

[hullbilly]

Go to Shenington, outside Banbury and try and get on the kart track. good shots there....

[Steamer]

The Didcot power station towers, if you like the 'springfield' look.

Edited by Steamer on Wednesday 26th May 15:57

[SJobson]

In front of the windmill at Brill (yes, I know it's just over the border into Bucks, but it's not that far from Oxford).

ETA: don't Autocar often take pics under the Bridge of Sighs in Oxford?

Edited by SJobson on Wednesday 26th May 16:04

[kVA]

Shamu said:

Somehow getting into blenheim place?!

It's really quite easy... You just drive up to the gates when it's open, hand over a few quid and Bob's your Uncle!

[camp freddie]

The raf base with the funny dishes and aerials off the a43 or perhaps Bicester Village? There's bound to be a couple of interesting characters at the latter;)

[kVA]

camp freddie said:

The raf base with the funny dishes and aerials off the a43 or perhaps Bicester Village? There's bound to be a couple of interesting characters at the latter;)

Ooohhh, can I come and watch if you try taking photos there? I'll open a book on how many seconds you get before some uniformed officers with guns 'politely' suggest you take photos somewhere else!

That is RAF Croughton and is one of the main 'listening posts' for the British security forces...

[Cock Womble 7]

kVA said:

That is RAF Croughton and is one of the main 'listening posts' for the British security forces...

Erm, American security forces, surely?

[Shamu]

yeah croughton i USAF, and funnily enough the first pace i ever drove a car! And yeah, taking pictures there would deffo be a no go...

[Byker28i]

There's a satellite earh station just around the corner though. Don't know if you can get in

http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?f=q&source=s_q&a...

[kVA]

Cock Womble 7 said:

kVA said:

That is RAF Croughton and is one of the main 'listening posts' for the British security forces...

Erm, American security forces, surely?

The signs now say RAF... Have done for a few years - since the USAF 'pulled out' of the UK


Yeah, right...

Actually, I know someone who accidentally drifted over there in a hot air balloon... He had to do some very fast talking to avoid being returned to terra-firma a little bit more rapidly than he would have liked!

[z06tim]

I believe it is still a USAFE run base at Croughton. Even when the USAFE had more of a presence in the UK all the bases they used were still referred to as RAF bases. Fairford and Upper Heyford are two prime examples.

[mrdelmonti]

Croughton is indeed still a USAF base, living pretty much next to it means I get to see a few tasty yank motors every now and again.

[kVA]

OK, cheers chaps - shows how easy it is to fool me then

[Gemm]

Bliss Mill near Chipping Norton is a very interesting building surrounded by hills. It would make a great background.

[llewop]

mrdelmonti said:

Croughton is indeed still a USAF base, living pretty much next to it means I get to see a few tasty yank motors every now and again.

not exclusively USAF - there was a 'true' RAF bit, at least up until a few years back when my dad retired from being the senior bod of it.

and as others have said, all USAF bases in UK have always been 'RAF' xyz...

Back O/T - What about somewhere like Harwell or Culham? At Harwell you have the new Diamond Light facility:

http://www.diamond.ac.uk/

[z06tim]

llewop said:

Back O/T - What about somewhere like Harwell or Culham? At Harwell you have the new Diamond Light facility:

That's a good idea. I was thinking along the lines of somewhere up on the Ridgeway in South Oxfordshire. White Horse Hill perhaps. But i would imagine it's difficult to get the cars positioned good for a shot.

Edited by z06tim on Tuesday 15th June 21:56

[llewop]

z06tim said:

llewop said:

Back O/T - What about somewhere like Harwell or Culham? At Harwell you have the new Diamond Light facility:

That's a good idea. I was thinking along the lines of somewhere up on the Ridgeway in South Oxfordshire. White Horse Hill perhaps. But i would imagine it's difficult to get the cars positioned good for a shot.

Edited by z06tim on Tuesday 15th June 21:56

must admit I've not tried - but it is outside of the licenced site so unless there is a fence round Diamond itself, should be able to get reasonably close, weekends would be best obviously as less workers in filling up any car parks.

[Byker28i]

South of Swindon you've got Hackpen hill, on the Broad Hinton to Rockley road:
http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?hl=en&ie=UTF8&am...

There's a white horse, a long winding road, a carpark at the top with long views over the valley

Or don't discount the top of carparks. They seem to work quite well.