Island

Fiddler's Island

Located in Oxford, Oxfordshire Coordinates: 51°45′39″ N 1°16′38″ W

Location in United Kingdom

Elevation: 58 m; above sea level
Nearest town: Oxford; 1.7 km SE
Local time: UTC+00:00; Europe/London · UTC+00:00
When to go: June–August; See the climate
Airports: LTN London Luton Airport64 km; LHR London Heathrow Airport65 km

About Fiddler's Island

Fiddler's Island is an island. Location: Oxford, Oxfordshire. The best months to visit are June–August. The nearest airport is London Luton Airport (64 km). Nearby sights include Ashmolean Museum and River Cherwell.

Photos of Fiddler's Island

Kassam Stadium Nigel Cox · CC BY-SA 2.0
Pitt Rivers Museum Rhododendrites · CC BY-SA 4.0
Ashmolean Museum Lewis Clarke · CC BY-SA 2.0

Climate of Fiddler's Island

Best months for sightseeing

Best months for sightseeing: June–August.

This month · November

A cold month

Day 10° · Night 4° · Rain 61 mm

Hottest month: July (day 22°)
Coldest month: February (night 2°)
Wettest month: December (64 mm)
Driest month: July (41 mm)

7° 2°

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10° 3°

13° 4°

17° 7°

20° 10°

22° 12°

19° 10°

14° 7°

10° 4°

8° 3°

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Bars: average monthly low and high temperature. Below: precipitation. Monthly averages for 1970–2000 at about 18 km resolution, adjusted for elevation. Highlighted months are mild and relatively dry. Source: WorldClim 2.1 (CC BY 4.0).

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Climate of Fiddler's Island
Month	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Average high (°C)	7°	8°	10°	13°	17°	20°	22°	22°	19°	14°	10°	8°
Average low (°C)	2°	2°	3°	4°	7°	10°	12°	12°	10°	7°	4°	3°
Precipitation (mm)	60	43	52	45	52	56	41	55	58	59	61	64

Other places to visit in this season: June July August

How to get to Fiddler's Island

The nearest airport is London Luton Airport (LTN), 64 km to the east as the crow flies. The nearest large city is Oxford, 2 km to the southeast.

Airports

London Luton Airport (LTN) Luton, Luton 64 kmeast
London Heathrow Airport (LHR) London 65 kmsoutheast
Birmingham Airport (BHX) Birmingham, West Midlands 84 kmnorth

Nearby large cities

Oxford Population: 162.1K 2 kmsoutheast
High Wycombe Population: 133.2K 39 kmeast
Reading Population: 318K 40 kmsoutheast
Swindon Population: 201.7K 42 kmsouthwest
Milton Keynes Population: 256.4K 48 kmnortheast

Straight-line distances; road distances are longer. Airport data: OurAirports.

Day trips from Fiddler's Island

Within 100 km: 931 historic and cultural sites, 848 natural sites, 266 lakes, rivers and coasts.

0–25 km76 places

Andersey Island Island 11 kmS
Rose Isle Island 5 kmSE
Lock Wood Island Island 10 kmS
Abbey Meadow Island 10 kmS

25–60 km453 places

The Lynch Island 40 kmSE
Windsor Racecourse Island Island 53 kmSE
Wargrave Island Island 39 kmSE
Loddon Island Island 43 kmSE

60–100 km1,516 places

White Hart Lane Landmark 86 kmE
Holm Island Island 63 kmSE
Sunbury Court Island 73 kmSE
Rivermead Island 72 kmSE

Straight-line distances.

Nearest towns and villages

Oxford City, Oxford
1.7 km SE
Wolvercote Neighbourhood, Oxford
2.8 km NW
Walton Manor Neighbourhood, Oxford
0.6 km E
Summertown Neighbourhood, Oxford
1.7 km NE
New Botley Neighbourhood, Oxford
1.1 km S
Norham Manor Neighbourhood, Oxford
1.2 km E

Fiddler's Island

Nearby attractions & nature

Everything nearby

Ashmolean Museum Museum, Oxford
1.3 km SE
River Cherwell River, England
1 km NE
Pitt Rivers Museum Museum, Oxford
1.5 km E
Isle of Rhea Island, Oxford
1.9 km NE
Rewley Abbey Historic site, Oxford
1 km SE
Oxford Castle Historic site, Oxford
1.2 km SE
Saint John's College, Oxford Historic site, Oxford
1.4 km E
Oxford Botanical Garden Attraction, Oxford
2.3 km SE

Fiddler's Island

Sources & licences

GeoNames, CC-BY-4.0 GeoNames (www.geonames.org), CC BY 4.0

Data last updated: November 3, 2026