Osney Mill Marina (aka Osney Marina) is a private

marina A marina (from Spanish , Portuguese and Italian : ''marina'', "coast" or "shore") is a dock or basin with moorings and supplies for yachts and small boats. A marina differs from a port in that a marina does not handle large passenger ships o ...

on a branch off the

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. It is located south from the Botley Road down Mill Street and close to the site of Osney Abbey and Oxford railway station to the north. The marina is located on a 500m long island created in the

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to provide water for Osney Mill to the north, now disused.Osney Mill MarinaBoatlaunch
Access to the Thames is at the southern end of the marina. To the northeast is

Osney Cemetery Osney Cemetery is a disused Church of England cemetery in Osney, west Oxford, England. It is in Mill Street south of Botley Road and near the site of Osney Abbey. It borders the Cherwell Valley Line railway a short distance south of Oxford ra ...

. Also to the north is Osney Lock.

References

External links

Osney Mill Marina website
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