Join us for a drop-in event at the North Hinksey Conduit House where a member of the OPT team, will be on hand to provide information and access. No advance booking is required, but if you're interested in attending, please email l.lockyer@oxfordpreservation.org.uk so we can gauge numbers.

Built in the early 17th century, this structure was part of a system designed to transport clean drinking water from the springs at North Hinksey to the Carfax Conduit, an elaborately decorated fountain in central Oxford. Resembling a miniature fortress, the conduit house enclosed and protected a 20,000-gallon lead cistern, which supplied water to the city until 1868. The building is a single-story structure and the walls feature some striking chiseled graffiti dating from the 17th and 18th centuries.

Please note: The site has an uneven grass surface, gateways, and a step-over threshold.