Attraction · near Boars Hill · Oxfordshire

Jarn Mound

Jarn Mound is an artificial hill. You will find it 100 m west of Boars Hill. 79 other places to visit are within 15 km, led by Ashmolean Museum (5 km).

Where

100 m

west of Boars Hill

How well known

Top 34%

#2,866 of 8,556 places we list

Warmest months

May–Sep

highs of 17–23°C

In brief

Attraction near Boars Hill

Just outside Boars Hill

Jarn Mound is 100 m west of Boars Hill. Towns near it ↓

Written from OpenStreetMap, Wikidata, the ONS built-up areas and Met Office 1991–2020 averages.

When to go

Picking your season

For warmth, aim for May to September (17–23°C highs in Boars Hill).

Jan8° / 2°65 mm

Feb8° / 1°47 mm

Mar11° / 3°43 mm

Apr14° / 4°50 mm

May17° / 7°55 mm

Jun20° / 10°51 mm

Jul23° / 12°55 mm

Aug22° / 12°63 mm

Sep19° / 10°54 mm

Oct15° / 7°77 mm

Nov11° / 4°74 mm

Dec8° / 2°65 mm

Green months are the warmest. Typical afternoon highs and night lows in Boars Hill, and rain in a month. Met Office HadUK-Grid 1991–2020 averages for Boars Hill. Opening times change through the year: check before you go. Boars Hill’s full climate →

About

Jarn Mound

There are Wikipedia articles on it in 3 languages.

Type: Attraction
Wikipedias: Covered in 3 languages
Town: 100 m west of Boars Hill

Facts: Wikidata (CC0) and OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors).

The map

Mapping Jarn Mound

Orange shows Jarn Mound; numbers mark the places near it.

Towns near it

Towns within reach of Jarn Mound

Among the 8, Oxford is the biggest, home to 170,799 people. The towns are in order of distance, its own town first.

1 · 100 m east of it

Boars Hill

540 people · 52 places to visit

2 · 600 m southwest of it

Wootton (Vale of White Horse)

2,428 people · 8 places to visit

3 · 2.1 km northeast of it

Oxford

170,799 people · 55 places to visit

4 · 2.3 km northwest of it

Chawley

1,127 people · 49 places to visit

Compare the 8 towns

Town	Where Jarn Mound is	People	Places to visit
Boars Hill	100 m east of it	540	52
Wootton (Vale of White Horse)	600 m southwest of it	2,428	8
Oxford	2.1 km northeast of it	170,799	55
Chawley	2.3 km northwest of it	1,127	49
Shippon	2.3 km south of it	1,894	6
Cumnor	2.5 km northwest of it	829	7
Abingdon-on-Thames	2.7 km south of it	33,179	8
Kennington	3 km east of it	4,595	53

Make a day of it

Around Jarn Mound

Within 15 km are 79 places, among them 4 museums, 2 historic houses and a castle.

MuseumAshmolean Museum5 km away 2

Historic houseBlenheim Palace15 km away 3

MuseumOxford University Museum of Natural History5.5 km away 4

CastleOxford Castle Motte4.6 km away 5

MuseumPitt Rivers Museum5.5 km away 6

Historic houseBeaumont Palace4.9 km away 7

GardenUniversity of Oxford Botanic Garden5.1 km away 8

MuseumMuseum of the History of Science5.1 km away

Within 15 km, close and well known first. Numbers match the map.

What people ask about Jarn Mound

Where is Jarn Mound?

Jarn Mound is 100 m west of Boars Hill, Oxfordshire.

What is Jarn Mound?

Artificial hill in Oxfordshire, England.

When is the best time to visit Jarn Mound?

May to September are the warmest months in Boars Hill, with afternoon highs of 17–23°C (Met Office 1991–2020 averages).

What else is there to see near Jarn Mound?

Within 15 km: Ashmolean Museum (5 km), Blenheim Palace (15 km), Oxford University Museum of Natural History (5.5 km) and Oxford Castle Motte (4.6 km).

Places: OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors, Open Database Licence) and Wikidata (CC0), placed in the ONS 2022 built-up area (Open Government Licence v3.0). Visitor counts are the latest Wikidata gives, with their year.

Photos: each place’s Wikidata image, from Wikimedia Commons under the licence below (our copy, resized).

Photo credits (8)

Ashmolean Museum: Lewis Clarke, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
Blenheim Palace: Jvhertum, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
Oxford University Museum of Natural History: The original uploader was MykReeve at English Wikipedia., CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
Oxford Castle Motte: Tejvan Pettinger, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
Pitt Rivers Museum: Rhododendrites, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
Beaumont Palace: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
University of Oxford Botanic Garden: JMski, CC0, Wikimedia Commons
Museum of the History of Science: Wiki alf at English Wikipedia, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons

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