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Hinksey Hill
OS grid reference	SP5004
Civil parish	South Hinksey
District	South Oxfordshire
Shire county	Oxfordshire
Region	South East
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	Oxford
Postcode district	OX1
Dialling code	01865
Police	Thames Valley
Fire	Oxfordshire
Ambulance	South Central
EU Parliament	South East England
UK Parliament	Oxford West and Abingdon
Website	This is South Hinksey, Oxfordshire England
List of places UK England Oxfordshire 51°43′30″N 1°15′54″W / 51.725°N 1.265°W / 51.725; -1.265

Hinksey Hill is a hill and residential area 2 miles (3.2 km) south of the centre of Oxford. It is in South Hinksey civil parish, about 0.5 miles (800 m) south of the village. Hinksey Hill was part of Berkshire until the 1974 boundary changes transferred it to Oxfordshire.

At the foot of the hill is Hinksey Hill Interchange where the Abingdon By-Pass joins the Southern By-Pass Road. The road up the hill was the route of the A34 until the 1970s, when the Abingdon Bypass was completed. It is now an unclassified road.

At the summit of Hinksey Hill is the Old Berkeley Golf Course which was the former private golf course of Lord Berkeley of Berkeley Castle on Baors Hill. The land is now preserved as a nature reserve and it a great spot for dog walking and observing the great views of the cty of oxford painted many times by William Turner.

View of Oxford from Hinksey Hill by William Turner circa 1840