Hinksey Stream

Hinksey Stream is a branch of the River Thames to the west of the city of Oxford, England. It starts as Seacourt Stream to the north which flows past the village of Wytham and the site of the lost village of Seacourt and becomes Hinksey Stream at North Hinksey. It then flows between the village of South Hinksey to the west and the suburb of New Hinksey to the east. It rejoins the Thames south of the city, just above Kennington Railway Bridge. The Thames towpath crosses Hinksey Stream on a footbridge at this point, which is near the Oxford Ring Road junction with the Abingdon Road (A423 and A4144).

In Anglo-Saxon times the stream upstream of North Hinksey formed the border between Mercia and Wessex and until 1974 it was the boundary between Berkshire and Oxfordshire in the locality. Downstream of North Hinksey it was the boundary between Berkshire and Oxfordshire between 1889 (when New Hinksey was absorbed into Oxford) and 1974.

See also

• List of rivers of England