"The character of Oxford lies largely in her suddenness - suddenly there, in all her richness, surrounded by damp countryside - but only unshakeable hostility to the Philistines will keep her so, and prevent suburbia from blurring her outlines and her style" Oxford by Jan Morris. Oxford University Press, 2001
Here are recent pictures of some of the fields and land that frame Oxford and which will be lost for ever if the plans for the Northern Gateway go ahead.
