Risinghurst

Risinghurst is a quiet outlying residential area of Oxford, situated just outside the Eastern Bypass road which forms part of the City's ring road. It is around a mile from the centre of Headington and about 3 miles from Oxford city centre. It is part of the Risinghurst and Sandhills civil parish.

Houses

Most of the houses in Risinghurst are semi-detached 1930s 3 bedroom affairs, although there are some smaller ex-council houses dating from the late 1980s. Property prices are high - sometimes reaching £250,000 for said 3 bed semi.

Places of interest

Risinghurst was once home to the author C.S. Lewis, who lived in the house called The Kilns and the nature reserve directly behind his former house is named after him. Situated on the steep hill beyond the nature reserve lies Shotover Country Park, which is home to a variety of wildlife and is designated as a Site of Special Scientific Interest. The top of the hill offers views of Oxfordshire, although Oxford itself is hard to see.

Businesses and services

Risinghurst is home to The Ampleforth, the local public house which has recently been renovated, next door to Risinghurt Post Office, which contains a convenience store, run by a man called Mr Gandhi. It is from this very store that the phrase to "double dip" was first coined during the early 1990s. In the colloquial slang of the time, this phrase roughly translated to mean - "obtaining goods in an excessive and comical fashion".