THESE spectacular photographs show the full extent of the past week’s flooding in Oxford and surrounding areas. The pictures were taken by Air Experiences, a company founded last year by Rachel McCombie and Lee Ingram, offering people the opportunity to take to the skies whether for fun or for business. For more details visit airexperiences.co.uk

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  • The River Thames swells from Wolvercote to Swimford

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  • Only the railway tracks appear to have escaped the flooding at Hinksey, Oxford

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  • Abingdon Road to the right of the photo during the worst of this week's misery

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  • Allotments off Abingdon Road, Oxford, which suffered extensive flooding

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  • The Oxford Spires Four Pillars Hotel, left, and right, the college boathouses

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  • Magdalen College, right, with floods from the River Cherwell

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  • Botley Road with Port Meadow in the distance