Wood Farm is a residential district of

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, south of

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in the southeast of the city. It largely consists of

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built in the 1950s and 1960s, originally intended to house workers from the nearby

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. The Eastern By-Pass is to the east, Cowley is to the southwest and

Headington Quarry Headington Quarry is a residential district of Oxford, England, located east of Headington and west of Risinghurst, just inside the Oxford ring road in the east of the city. To the south is Wood Farm. Today the district is also known colloquial ...

is to the north.

Services

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organizes

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s in the area. Wood Farm has a

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in Titup Hall Drive. Wood Farm has a

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.Wood Farm School
/ref> The area also has regular bus services to Oxford city centre as well as Headington, Cowley, Botley, and Abingdon.

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